TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL INC

MEDICAL: AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, COMMWELL HEALTH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY MEDICAL, DENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. COMMWELL HEALTH SERVED 25,944 PATIENTS, REPRESENTING 79,101 VISITS DURING CY 2024(SOURCE: UDS). THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES 16 FIXED PERFORMANCE SITE LOCATIONS IN SIX COUNTIES. OF THE PATIENTS SERVED, 36 PERCENT OF PATIENTS HAD INCOMES OF LESS THAN 100 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. 12 PERCENT OF PATIENTS HAD INCOMES BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. 37 PERCENT - OF COMMWELL HEALTH PATIENTS WERE UNINSURED. OTHER ON-SITE COMMWELL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDE CARE COORDINATION, PEDIATRICS, PHARMACY AND MAIL-ORDER PHARMACY, WIC/NUTRITION; HIV, OB/GYN, LABORATORY AND X-RAY, CASE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT (HIV, DIABETES). COMMWELL HEALTH PROVIDES MEDICAL SERVICES TO 16,846 PATIENTS REPRESENTING 42,176 ENCOUNTERS.

DENTAL: COMMWELL HEALTH PROVIDED DENTAL SERVICES TO 10,348 PATIENTS REPRESENTING 23,072 VISITS DURING CY 2024. COMMWELL HEALTH OPERATES SEVEN DENTAL PRACTICE LOCATIONS IN FIVE COUNTIES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS DENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS FOR LOW INCOME POPULATIONS. COMMWELL HEALTH OPERATES ONE MOBILE DENTAL UNIT THAT PROVIDES DENTAL CARE TO STUDENTS IN THREE SCHOOLS SYSTEMS IN SAMPSON AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES.