Asher Clinic — Fossil, OR
Asher Clinic is a community health center clinic at 712 Jay St, Fossil, OR 97830, open 44 hours a week. The typical Oregon clinic is open 47 hours a week. It is run by Asher Community Health Center, which serves 1,778 patients across 2 clinic locations.
- Address: 712 Jay St, Fossil, OR 97830 · Directions
- Phone: (541) 763-2725
- Website: none
- Weekly hours: 44 (Oregon clinic median: 47)
- Operated by: Asher Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Asher Community Health Center
Patients came to Asher Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 490 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 360 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 100 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 99 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 26 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 53 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 27 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 192 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 444 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 84 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 117 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 110 | patients tested |
Asher Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Asher Community Health Center serves
1,778 patients used Asher Community Health Center in 2025. 27% live at or below the poverty line and 39% are at or below twice the poverty line. 17 patients were experiencing homelessness and 96 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | OR median | U.S. median | vs OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 27% | 62% | 65% | −35 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 39% | 85% | 92% | −46 pts |
| Measure | This center | OR median | U.S. median | vs OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 7% | 7% | 14% | +1 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 36% | 52% | 42% | −16 pts |
| Medicare patients | 30% | 16% | 11% | +13 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 28% | 18% | 24% | +9 pts |
Quality of care at Asher Community Health Center
Asher Community Health Center is at or above the Oregon median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | OR median | U.S. median | vs OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 68% | 65% | 68% | +3 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 49% | 59% | 54% | −10 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 33% | 56% | 54% | −23 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 26% | 44% | 44% | −18 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 80% | 73% | 77% | +7 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 91% | 84% | 86% | +7 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 69% | 76% | 79% | −7 pts |
Staffing at Asher Community Health Center
The health center employs 20 full-time-equivalent staff, including 3 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 3 dental staff and 1 mental health staff. That is 575 patients per clinical provider against the Oregon median of 767 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 9,908 visits, about 5.6 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 97830
411 Asher Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 97830, and 7% of them are uninsured.