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Florida Department of Health in Union County - New River Community Health Care Center — Lake Butler, FL

Florida Department of Health in Union County - New River Community Health Care Center is a community health center clinic at 495 E Main St, Lake Butler, FL 32054, open 50 hours a week. That is 6 more hours than the typical Florida clinic (44 a week). It is run by Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department, which serves 5,536 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 495 E Main St, Lake Butler, FL 32054 · Directions
Phone: (386) 496-3211
Weekly hours: 50 (Florida clinic median: 44)
Operated by: Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, and women’s health

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Florida Department of Health in Union County - New River Community Health Care Center depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department patients, 29% are uninsured, 37% have Medicaid or CHIP, 5% have Medicare and 29% have private insurance. Call (386) 496-3211 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department

Patients came to Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,866	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	788	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	530	children had checkups
Flu shots	303	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	267	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	116	patients screened
Family planning	387	patients served
Diabetes care	525	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,194	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	162	patients with asthma
HIV testing	440	patients tested

Who Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department serves

5,536 patients used Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department in 2025. 75% live at or below the poverty line and 82% are at or below twice the poverty line.

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Patients at or below the poverty line	75%	75%	65%	In line
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	82%	95%	92%	−13 pts

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Uninsured patients	29%	27%	14%	+2 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	37%	33%	42%	+4 pts
Medicare patients	5%	5%	11%	In line
Privately insured patients	29%	28%	24%	+1 pts

Quality of care at Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department

Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department is at or above the Florida median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Adults with high blood pressure under control	61%	66%	68%	−5 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	37%	52%	54%	−14 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	48%	56%	54%	−8 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	34%	44%	44%	−11 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	78%	79%	77%	−1 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	95%	90%	86%	+5 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	68%	79%	79%	−11 pts

Staffing at Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department

The health center employs 33 full-time-equivalent staff, including 5 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 2 dental staff and 2 mental health staff. That is 1,035 patients per clinical provider against the Florida median of 1,067 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 23,421 visits, about 4.2 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 32054

1,422 Florida Department of Health Union County Health Department patients live in ZIP 32054, and 33% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Trenton Medical Center, Inc. DBA Palms Medical Group — 533 patients from 32054

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