Kemper Family Medical Center — De Kalb, MS
Kemper Family Medical Center is a community health center clinic at 201 Birch St, De Kalb, MS 39328, open 40 hours a week. The typical Mississippi clinic is open 42 hours a week. It is run by Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc., which serves 6,505 patients across 6 clinic locations.
- Address: 201 Birch St, De Kalb, MS 39328 · Directions
- Phone: (601) 743-2643
- Website: www.gmhcinc.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (Mississippi clinic median: 42)
- Operated by: Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, and women’s health
Care and screenings at Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc.
Patients came to Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 860 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 955 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 733 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 790 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 534 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 256 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 264 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 934 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 2,447 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 352 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 841 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 43 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 80 | children tested |
Who Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. serves
6,505 patients used Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. in 2025. 10% live at or below the poverty line and 13% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | MS median | U.S. median | vs MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 10% | 67% | 65% | −57 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 13% | 92% | 92% | −79 pts |
| Measure | This center | MS median | U.S. median | vs MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 17% | 25% | 14% | −8 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 40% | 23% | 42% | +17 pts |
| Medicare patients | 23% | 19% | 11% | +4 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 20% | 32% | 24% | −12 pts |
Quality of care at Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc.
Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. is at or above the Mississippi median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MS median | U.S. median | vs MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 64% | 68% | 68% | −4 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 56% | 53% | 54% | +4 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 52% | 41% | 54% | +11 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 45% | 37% | 44% | +8 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 75% | 90% | 77% | −15 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 64% | 88% | 86% | −24 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 88% | 82% | 79% | +6 pts |
Staffing at Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc.
The health center employs 89 full-time-equivalent staff, including 12 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 5 dental staff and 1 mental health staff. That is 550 patients per clinical provider against the Mississippi median of 911 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 18,435 visits, about 2.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 39328
327 Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. patients live in ZIP 39328, and 15% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- East Central Mississippi Health Care, Inc. — 24 patients from 39328
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