Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc. — Washington, DC
Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc. is a community health center clinic at 2041 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Suite 303, Washington, DC 20020, open 48 hours a week. That matches the 48-hour week of a typical the District of Columbia clinic. It is run by Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc., which serves 3,450 patients across 2 clinic locations.
- Address: 2041 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Suite 303, Washington, DC 20020 · Directions
- Phone: (202) 889-7900
- Website: www.fmcsinc.org
- Weekly hours: 48 (the District of Columbia clinic median: 48)
- Operated by: Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc.
Patients came to Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 638 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 598 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 187 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 151 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 259 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 414 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 66 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 451 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 1,027 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 304 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 512 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 270 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 27 | children tested |
Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. serves
3,450 patients used Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. in 2025. 80% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 163 patients were experiencing homelessness and 42 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | DC median | U.S. median | vs DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 80% | 65% | 65% | +15 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 92% | 92% | +1 pts |
| Measure | This center | DC median | U.S. median | vs DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 20% | 20% | 14% | In line |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 57% | 52% | 42% | +5 pts |
| Medicare patients | 16% | 9% | 11% | +7 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 8% | 10% | 24% | −2 pts |
Quality of care at Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc.
Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. is at or above the the District of Columbia median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | DC median | U.S. median | vs DC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 73% | 72% | 68% | +1 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 56% | 59% | 54% | −2 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 64% | 72% | 54% | −8 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 42% | 45% | 44% | −4 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 79% | 78% | 77% | +1 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 78% | 78% | 86% | In line |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 79% | 79% | 79% | +1 pts |
Staffing at Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc.
The health center employs 91 full-time-equivalent staff, including 4 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 7 mental health staff. That is 869 patients per clinical provider and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 19,760 visits, about 5.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 20020
869 Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. patients live in ZIP 20020, and 12% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Unity Health Care, Inc. — 7,985 patients from 20020
- Community of Hope — 2,057 patients from 20020
- Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. — 1,065 patients from 20020
- Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care, Inc. — 883 patients from 20020
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