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Sunshine Community Health Center, Inc.

FQHC Rural
3,748patients served (2024)
12quality measures reported
1/12at or above the national median
2HRSA quality badges in 2025
Location
Talkeetna, AK 99676
Grant number
H80CS00568
Project director
Joshua Gilmore

Who this health center serves · 2024

The population behind the quality numbers — from this center's HRSA UDS report.

9%uninsured
27%on Medicaid
39%at/below 200% poverty
0%best served in another language
20%racial/ethnic minority
7%children (under 18)

Services

MedicalDentalBehavioral healthVisionPharmacyEnabling services

Special populations served

  • 66 experiencing homelessness
  • 20 migrant/seasonal agricultural workers
  • 315 veterans

4 delivery sites · 14,554 patient visits in 2024.

Clinical quality measures · 2024

Self-reported to HRSA on the Uniform Data System (UDS) — covers all the center's patients, every payer. "National median" and percentile are vs all health centers reporting the measure (denominator ≥ 30). How UDS differs from other programs →

Cancer screening

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Cervical cancer screening 29.9% 51.3% Bottom quartile · 14th
Breast cancer screening 39.2% 52.3% Bottom quartile · 22th
Colorectal cancer screening 39.2% 40.5% Below median · 47th

Chronic disease control

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Blood-pressure control 59.8% 66.2% Bottom quartile · 24th
Diabetes: HbA1c poor control (>9%) (lower=better) 25.5% 27.2% Above median · 60th
Statin therapy 64.5% 78.1% Bottom quartile · 8th
Aspirin/antiplatelet for heart disease 68.0% 75.7% Bottom quartile · 25th

Behavioral health

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Depression screening & follow-up 58.1% 75.3% Bottom quartile · 21th

Prevention & wellness

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Childhood immunization · small n 0.0% 28.4% n=21
Adult BMI screening & follow-up 47.5% 68.5% Bottom quartile · 24th
Child BMI counseling 23.8% 73.5% Bottom quartile · 7th
Tobacco screening & cessation 81.4% 85.7% Below median · 37th
HIV screening 8.9% 47.0% Bottom quartile · 7th

HRSA quality recognition

Health Center Quality awards, 2021–2025. Quality Leader = top 10/20/30% nationally on clinical quality; National Quality Leader = best-in-class on a clinical domain.

Access Enhancer2025
Advancing Health IT for Quality2025
Advancing Health IT for Quality2024
Advancing Health IT for Quality2023
Access Enhancer2022
Advancing Health IT for Quality2022
Advancing Health IT for Quality2021

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Source: HRSA Uniform Data System 2024 (H80 / look-alike file); population context from the same UDS report. US-government public domain, republished with provenance. Spot an error? Tell us — corrections are published, not buried.