Caring Community Health Center - Kistler Clinic — Wilkes Barre, PA
Caring Community Health Center - Kistler Clinic is a community health center clinic at 175 S Wilkes Barre Blvd, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702, open 80 hours a week. That is 36 more hours than the typical Pennsylvania clinic (44 a week). It is run by Caring Community Health Center, which serves 55,013 patients across 3 clinic locations.
- Address: 175 S Wilkes Barre Blvd, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 · Directions
- Phone: (570) 829-2621
- Website: www.pacommunitycare.org/locations
- Weekly hours: 80 (Pennsylvania clinic median: 44)
- Operated by: Caring Community Health Center (FQHC look-alike)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Caring Community Health Center
Patients came to Caring Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 13,744 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Eye exams | 2,200 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 5,417 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 7,886 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 2,226 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 5,835 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 932 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 6,490 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 12,561 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 3,878 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 23 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 140 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 186 | children tested |
Caring Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Caring Community Health Center serves
55,013 patients used Caring Community Health Center in 2025. 94% live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | PA median | U.S. median | vs PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 94% | 69% | 65% | +26 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 99% | 91% | 92% | +8 pts |
| Measure | This center | PA median | U.S. median | vs PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 3% | 13% | 14% | −10 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 38% | 41% | 42% | −3 pts |
| Medicare patients | 19% | 12% | 11% | +7 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 38% | 23% | 24% | +15 pts |
Quality of care at Caring Community Health Center
Caring Community Health Center is at or above the Pennsylvania median on 2 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 | 67% | 69% | 68% | −2 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 77% | 52% | 54% | +24 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 48% | 49% | 54% | In line |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 47% | 43% | 44% | +4 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 55% | 77% | 77% | −22 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 77% | 82% | 86% | −5 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 78% | 80% | 79% | −2 pts |
Staffing at Caring Community Health Center
The health center employs 177 full-time-equivalent staff, including 50 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 5 mental health staff. That is 1,104 patients per clinical provider against the Pennsylvania median of 998 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 153,015 visits, about 2.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 18702
8,041 Caring Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 18702, and 4% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- The Wright Center Medical Group — 2,291 patients from 18702
- The Children's Service Center of Wyoming Valley — 510 patients from 18702
- Rural Health Corp. of Northeastern PA — 290 patients from 18702
- Scranton Primary Health Care Center, Inc. — 132 patients from 18702
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Conyngham Primary Health Care Center- Building A
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The Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre Practice
McKinney Clinic
Valley Medical
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