MississippiCare - 127 — Tupelo, MS
MississippiCare - 127 is a community health center clinic at 65 S Thomas St, Tupelo, MS 38801, open 40 hours a week. The typical Mississippi clinic is open 42 hours a week. It is run by Arcare, which serves 125,836 patients across 108 clinic locations.
- Address: 65 S Thomas St, Tupelo, MS 38801 · Directions
- Phone: (870) 347-2534
- Website: arcare.net
- Weekly hours: 40 (Mississippi clinic median: 42)
- Operated by: Arcare (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 Arcare
Patients came to Arcare for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 34,960 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 3,842 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 6,627 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 7,126 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,416 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 2,091 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 1,147 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 13,486 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 28,937 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 3,758 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 13,745 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 13,847 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 47 | children tested |
Arcare also provides care by telehealth.
Who Arcare serves
125,836 patients used Arcare in 2025. 82% live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice the poverty line. 8,833 patients were experiencing homelessness and 385 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | MS median | U.S. median | vs MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 82% | 67% | 65% | +15 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 96% | 92% | 92% | +4 pts |
| Measure | This center | MS median | U.S. median | vs MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 9% | 25% | 14% | −16 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 36% | 23% | 42% | +13 pts |
| Medicare patients | 20% | 19% | 11% | +1 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 35% | 32% | 24% | +3 pts |
Quality of care at Arcare
Arcare is at or above the Mississippi median on 1 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 | 56% | 68% | 68% | −12 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 37% | 53% | 54% | −15 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 34% | 41% | 54% | −7 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 42% | 37% | 44% | +5 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 64% | 90% | 77% | −26 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 80% | 88% | 86% | −9 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 73% | 82% | 79% | −9 pts |
Staffing at Arcare
The health center employs 1,441 full-time-equivalent staff, including 147 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 24 mental health staff. That is 854 patients per clinical provider against the Mississippi median of 911 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 463,378 visits, about 3.7 per patient.
Health centers serving ZIP 38801
- Access Family Health Services, Inc. — 490 patients from 38801
- Mantachie Rural Health Care, Inc. — 205 patients from 38801
- North Mississippi Primary Health Care, Inc. — 169 patients from 38801
Community health centers near MississippiCare - 127
Access Family Health Services - Tupelo
Dorsey Family Medical Clinic
Mantachie Rural Health Care, Inc.
Mantachie Rural Health Care Behavioral Health Clinic
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