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Horizon Health - Fort Thompson — Fort Thompson, SD

Horizon Health - Fort Thompson is a community health center clinic at State Highway 249, Fort Thompson, SD 57339, open 44 hours a week. That matches the 44.5-hour week of a typical South Dakota clinic. It is run by Horizon Health Care, Inc., which serves 26,641 patients across 22 clinic locations.

Address: State Highway 249, Fort Thompson, SD 57339 · Directions
Phone: (605) 245-2700
Weekly hours: 44 (South Dakota clinic median: 44.5)
Operated by: Horizon Health Care, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Horizon Health - Fort Thompson 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 Horizon Health Care, Inc. patients, 24% are uninsured, 31% have Medicaid or CHIP, 14% have Medicare and 31% have private insurance. Call (605) 245-2700 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Horizon Health Care, Inc.

Patients came to Horizon Health Care, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	8,992	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	4,639	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	115	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	2,062	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,918	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	557	patients tested
Family planning	658	patients served
Diabetes care	1,833	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,241	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	767	patients with asthma
HIV testing	664	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	584	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	347	children tested

Horizon Health Care, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Horizon Health Care, Inc. serves

26,641 patients used Horizon Health Care, Inc. in 2025. 43% live at or below the poverty line and 75% are at or below twice the poverty line. 524 patients were experiencing homelessness and 888 were veterans.

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Patients at or below the poverty line	43%	42%	65%	+1 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	75%	64%	92%	+11 pts

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Uninsured patients	24%	25%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	31%	33%	42%	−2 pts
Medicare patients	14%	13%	11%	In line
Privately insured patients	31%	28%	24%	+3 pts

Quality of care at Horizon Health Care, Inc.

Horizon Health Care, Inc. is at or above the South Dakota median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Adults with high blood pressure under control	77%	74%	68%	+2 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	55%	53%	54%	+1 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	53%	58%	54%	−5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	54%	47%	44%	+7 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	88%	73%	77%	+15 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	93%	88%	86%	+5 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	78%	79%	−2 pts

Staffing at Horizon Health Care, Inc.

The health center employs 244 full-time-equivalent staff, including 36 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 28 dental staff and 6 mental health staff. That is 750 patients per clinical provider against the South Dakota median of 783 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 83,711 visits, about 3.1 per patient.