1st Choice Healthcare Salem — Salem, AR
1st Choice Healthcare Salem is a community health center clinic at 172 Highway 62, Salem, AR 72576, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical Arkansas clinic. It is run by 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc., which serves 19,577 patients across 7 clinic locations.
- Address: 172 Highway 62, Salem, AR 72576 · Directions
- Phone: (870) 895-2735
- Website: www.1stchoice-ar.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (Arkansas clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc.
Patients came to 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 6,606 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 2,993 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,620 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 289 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,163 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 287 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 2,526 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 5,329 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 905 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,345 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 80 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 207 | children tested |
1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. serves
19,577 patients used 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. in 2025. 57% live at or below the poverty line and 81% are at or below twice the poverty line. 134 patients were experiencing homelessness and 451 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 57% | 65% | 65% | −8 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 81% | 89% | 92% | −8 pts |
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 15% | 19% | 14% | −4 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 36% | 29% | 42% | +8 pts |
| Medicare patients | 19% | 18% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 30% | 36% | 24% | −6 pts |
Quality of care at 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc.
1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. is at or above the Arkansas median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | AR median | U.S. median | vs AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 81% | 73% | 68% | +8 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 56% | 51% | 54% | +5 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 29% | 39% | 54% | −10 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 44% | 44% | 44% | In line |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 63% | 68% | 77% | −5 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 80% | 88% | 86% | −8 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 76% | 77% | 79% | −1 pts |
Staffing at 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc.
The health center employs 184 full-time-equivalent staff, including 29 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 6 mental health staff. That is 687 patients per clinical provider against the Arkansas median of 780 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 75,310 visits, about 3.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 72576
545 1st Choice Healthcare, Inc. patients live in ZIP 72576, and 7% of them are uninsured.