Agape Community Health Center — Washington, NC
Agape Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 120 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Washington, NC 27889, open 49 hours a week. That is 9 more hours than the typical North Carolina clinic (40 a week). It is run by Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc., which serves 9,693 patients across 6 clinic locations.
- Address: 120 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Washington, NC 27889 · Directions
- Phone: (252) 940-0602
- Website: NA
- Weekly hours: 49 (North Carolina clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc.
Patients came to Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 1,997 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,115 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 410 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 195 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 909 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 301 | patients tested |
| Family planning | 142 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 2,008 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,632 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 509 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,366 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 1,614 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 18 | children tested |
Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. serves
9,693 patients used Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. in 2025. 78% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 83 patients were experiencing homelessness and 179 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 78% | 59% | 65% | +19 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 92% | 92% | +2 pts |
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 27% | 24% | 14% | +3 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 25% | 28% | 42% | −3 pts |
| Medicare patients | 25% | 15% | 11% | +10 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 23% | 25% | 24% | −3 pts |
Quality of care at Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc.
Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. is at or above the North Carolina median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 67% | 70% | 68% | −3 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 62% | 59% | 54% | +4 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 31% | 54% | 54% | −23 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 73% | 49% | 44% | +25 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 81% | 76% | 77% | +5 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 97% | 87% | 86% | +10 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 86% | 80% | 79% | +6 pts |
Staffing at Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc.
The health center employs 237 full-time-equivalent staff, including 20 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 16 dental staff and 23 mental health staff. That is 485 patients per clinical provider against the North Carolina median of 807 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 41,078 visits, about 4.2 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 27889
2,715 Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc. patients live in ZIP 27889, and 24% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Greene County Health Care, Incorporated DBA Contentnea Health — 629 patients from 27889
Community health centers near Agape Community Health Center
Contentnea Health Bernstein
Contentnea Health Diabetology
CCHD - Craven County Community Health Center
Goshen Medical Center - Bridgeton
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