Birch Grove Clinic — Tofte, MN
Birch Grove Clinic is a community health center clinic at 9 Good Neighbor Hill Rd, Tofte, MN 55615, open 3 hours a week. The typical Minnesota clinic is open 44.5 hours a week. It is run by Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc., which serves 4,328 patients across 3 clinic locations.
- Address: 9 Good Neighbor Hill Rd, Tofte, MN 55615 · Directions
- Phone: (218) 663-7263
- Website: sawtoothmountainclinic.org
- Weekly hours: 3 (Minnesota clinic median: 44.5)
- Operated by: Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, 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 Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc.
Patients came to Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 315 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 1,400 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 19 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 302 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 931 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 208 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 314 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 175 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 402 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 1,134 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 241 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 120 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 198 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 24 | children tested |
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. serves
4,328 patients used Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. in 2025. 18% live at or below the poverty line and 64% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 18% | 71% | 65% | −53 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 64% | 96% | 92% | −31 pts |
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 7% | 24% | 14% | −18 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 15% | 42% | 42% | −28 pts |
| Medicare patients | 36% | 8% | 11% | +28 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 42% | 12% | 24% | +30 pts |
Quality of care at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. is at or above the Minnesota median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 74% | 67% | 68% | +8 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 59% | 44% | 54% | +14 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 65% | 51% | 54% | +14 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 65% | 37% | 44% | +28 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 56% | 62% | 77% | −6 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 97% | 86% | 86% | +11 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 66% | 77% | 79% | −12 pts |
Staffing at Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc.
The health center employs 59 full-time-equivalent staff, including 8 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 5 mental health staff. That is 568 patients per clinical provider against the Minnesota median of 939 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 19,471 visits, about 4.5 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 55615
170 Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc. patients live in ZIP 55615, and 12% of them are uninsured.
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