Baptist Community Health Services- Lower 9th Ward — New Orleans, LA
Baptist Community Health Services- Lower 9th Ward is a community health center clinic at 4960 Saint Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, open 32 hours a week. The typical Louisiana clinic is open 40 hours a week. It is run by Baptist Community Health Services, Inc., which serves 4,276 patients across 5 clinic locations.
- Address: 4960 Saint Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117 · Directions
- Phone: (504) 533-4999
- Website: www.bchsnola.org
- Weekly hours: 32 (Louisiana clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. (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 Baptist Community Health Services, Inc.
Patients came to Baptist 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 | 134 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 1,097 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 1,177 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 622 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 102 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 218 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 127 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 296 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 604 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 304 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 243 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 241 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 101 | children tested |
Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. serves
4,276 patients used Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. in 2025. 81% live at or below the poverty line and 94% are at or below twice the poverty line. 85 patients were experiencing homelessness and 43 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 81% | 72% | 65% | +9 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 94% | 94% | 92% | +1 pts |
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 10% | 12% | 14% | −2 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 69% | 48% | 42% | +21 pts |
| Medicare patients | 7% | 12% | 11% | −6 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 14% | 22% | 24% | −8 pts |
Quality of care at Baptist Community Health Services, Inc.
Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. is at or above the Louisiana median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 63% | 67% | 68% | −4 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 67% | 59% | 54% | +8 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 52% | 47% | 54% | +6 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 50% | 43% | 44% | +7 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 61% | 86% | 77% | −25 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 71% | 85% | 86% | −14 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 78% | 79% | 79% | −2 pts |
Staffing at Baptist Community Health Services, Inc.
The health center employs 53 full-time-equivalent staff, including 8 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 4 mental health staff. That is 523 patients per clinical provider against the Louisiana median of 912 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 14,704 visits, about 3.4 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 70117
971 Baptist Community Health Services, Inc. patients live in ZIP 70117, and 6% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Marillac Community Health Centers — 3,224 patients from 70117
- New Orleans AIDS Task Force — 2,138 patients from 70117
- St. Thomas Community Health Center, Inc. — 1,004 patients from 70117
- Access Health Louisiana — 445 patients from 70117
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