Heart City Health Center — Elkhart, IN
Heart City Health Center is a community health center clinic at 236 Simpson Ave, Elkhart, IN 46516, open 45 hours a week. That matches the 45-hour week of a typical Indiana clinic. It is run by Heart City Health Center, Inc., which serves 16,909 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 236 Simpson Ave, Elkhart, IN 46516 · Directions
- Phone: 574-293-0052 x233
- Website: N/A
- Weekly hours: 45 (Indiana clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Heart City Health Center, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Heart City Health Center, Inc.
Patients came to Heart City Health Center, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 3,506 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,665 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 3,879 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,802 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,179 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 706 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 707 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,811 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 2,974 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 820 | patients with asthma |
| Childhood lead tests | 1,659 | children tested |
Heart City Health Center, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Heart City Health Center, Inc. serves
16,909 patients used Heart City Health Center, Inc. in 2025. 68% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 1,250 patients were experiencing homelessness and 119 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | IN median | U.S. median | vs IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 68% | 62% | 65% | +6 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 87% | 92% | +6 pts |
| Measure | This center | IN median | U.S. median | vs IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 18% | 12% | 14% | +7 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 53% | 44% | 42% | +9 pts |
| Medicare patients | 9% | 13% | 11% | −4 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 20% | 26% | 24% | −6 pts |
Quality of care at Heart City Health Center, Inc.
Heart City Health Center, Inc. is at or above the Indiana median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | IN median | U.S. median | vs IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 65% | 67% | 68% | −3 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 45% | 52% | 54% | −6 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 48% | 53% | 54% | −5 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 27% | 39% | 44% | −13 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 60% | 74% | 77% | −14 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 81% | 80% | 86% | +1 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 86% | 78% | 79% | +8 pts |
Staffing at Heart City Health Center, Inc.
The health center employs 146 full-time-equivalent staff, including 16 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 11 dental staff and 6 mental health staff. That is 1,084 patients per clinical provider against the Indiana median of 1,039 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 63,539 visits, about 3.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 46516
5,718 Heart City Health Center, Inc. patients live in ZIP 46516, and 16% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Maple City Health Care Center — 879 patients from 46516
- Healthlinc, Inc. — 847 patients from 46516
- Indiana Health Centers, Inc. — 129 patients from 46516
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