Berks Community Health Center — Reading, PA
Berks Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 838 Penn St, Reading, PA 19602, open 50 hours a week. That is 6 more hours than the typical Pennsylvania clinic (44 a week). It is run by Berks Community Health Center, which serves 19,174 patients across 3 clinic locations.
- Address: 838 Penn St, Reading, PA 19602 · Directions
- Phone: (610) 988-4838
- Website: www.berkschc.org
- Weekly hours: 50 (Pennsylvania clinic median: 44)
- Operated by: Berks Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Berks Community Health Center
Patients came to Berks 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 | 2,142 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,406 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 65 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 2,355 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 2,993 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 2,614 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,316 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 2,183 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 966 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 3,105 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 6,113 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 1,459 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 3,780 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 3,474 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 672 | children tested |
Berks Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Berks Community Health Center serves
19,174 patients used Berks Community Health Center in 2025. 87% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 227 patients were experiencing homelessness and 57 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | PA median | U.S. median | vs PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 87% | 69% | 65% | +18 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 98% | 91% | 92% | +7 pts |
| Measure | This center | PA median | U.S. median | vs PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 16% | 13% | 14% | +2 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 44% | 41% | 42% | +2 pts |
| Medicare patients | 14% | 12% | 11% | +2 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 25% | 23% | 24% | +3 pts |
Quality of care at Berks Community Health Center
Berks Community Health Center is at or above the Pennsylvania median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | PA median | U.S. median | vs PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 74% | 69% | 68% | +5 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 72% | 52% | 54% | +20 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 72% | 49% | 54% | +23 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 55% | 43% | 44% | +12 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 95% | 77% | 77% | +18 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 90% | 82% | 86% | +7 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 86% | 80% | 79% | +5 pts |
Staffing at Berks Community Health Center
The health center employs 119 full-time-equivalent staff, including 17 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 5 dental staff and 3 mental health staff. That is 1,129 patients per clinical provider against the Pennsylvania median of 998 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 78,153 visits, about 4.1 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 19602
3,351 Berks Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 19602, and 14% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Keystone Rural Health Center — 101 patients from 19602
- Community Health and Dental Care — 62 patients from 19602
- Union Community Care — 60 patients from 19602
Community health centers near Berks Community Health Center
Keystone Agricultural Worker Program - Berks Co.
Denver Declaration House- Dental Care
CHDC Boyertown
Community Health & Dental Care, Inc.
Community Health and Dental Care-Barto
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