FMCS-Seat Pleasant — Capitol Heights, MD
FMCS-Seat Pleasant is a community health center clinic at 5936 Martin Luther King Jr Hwy, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, open 40 hours a week. The typical Maryland clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc., which serves 3,450 patients across 2 clinic locations.
- Address: 5936 Martin Luther King Jr Hwy, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 · Directions
- Phone: (202) 889-7900
- Weekly hours: 40 (Maryland clinic median: 45)
- 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 | MD median | U.S. median | vs MD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 80% | 58% | 65% | +22 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 91% | 92% | +1 pts |
| Measure | This center | MD median | U.S. median | vs MD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 20% | 14% | 14% | +6 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 57% | 37% | 42% | +20 pts |
| Medicare patients | 16% | 12% | 11% | +4 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 8% | 23% | 24% | −15 pts |
Quality of care at Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc.
Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. is at or above the Maryland median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MD median | U.S. median | vs MD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 73% | 68% | 68% | +4 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 56% | 60% | 54% | −3 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 64% | 57% | 54% | +7 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 42% | 42% | 44% | In line |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 79% | 88% | 77% | −8 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 78% | 85% | 86% | −8 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 79% | 82% | 79% | −2 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 against the Maryland median of 764 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 19,760 visits, about 5.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 20743
163 Family and Medical Counseling Service Inc. patients live in ZIP 20743, and 18% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Greater Baden Medical Service Inc. — 1,959 patients from 20743
- Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care, Inc. — 604 patients from 20743
- Unity Health Care, Inc. — 433 patients from 20743
- Community Clinic, Inc. — 432 patients from 20743
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