New Horizon Health Center — Laguna Vista, TX
New Horizon Health Center is a community health center clinic at 723 Santa Isabel Blvd, Laguna Vista, TX 78578, open 40 hours a week. The typical Texas clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Brownsville Community Health Center, which serves 15,615 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 723 Santa Isabel Blvd, Laguna Vista, TX 78578 · Directions
- Phone: (956) 548-7400
- Weekly hours: 40 (Texas clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Brownsville Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Brownsville Community Health Center
Patients came to Brownsville Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 1,858 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,255 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 638 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 1,446 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 1,127 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 3,909 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 1,878 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,737 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 594 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 4,116 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 5,071 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 555 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 2,277 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 1,797 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 145 | children tested |
Brownsville Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Brownsville Community Health Center serves
15,615 patients used Brownsville Community Health Center in 2025. 76% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 3,120 patients were experiencing homelessness and 36 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 76% | 65% | 65% | +11 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 98% | 94% | 92% | +4 pts |
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 48% | 32% | 14% | +16 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 13% | 23% | 42% | −11 pts |
| Medicare patients | 13% | 9% | 11% | +4 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 26% | 30% | 24% | −4 pts |
Quality of care at Brownsville Community Health Center
Brownsville Community Health Center is at or above the Texas median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | TX median | U.S. median | vs TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 81% | 67% | 68% | +14 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 60% | 48% | 54% | +12 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 66% | 54% | 54% | +12 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 47% | 40% | 44% | +7 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 73% | 80% | 77% | −7 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 97% | 89% | 86% | +8 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 85% | 81% | 79% | +4 pts |
Staffing at Brownsville Community Health Center
The health center employs 220 full-time-equivalent staff, including 22 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 6 dental staff and 4 mental health staff. That is 704 patients per clinical provider against the Texas median of 1,028 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 82,270 visits, about 5.3 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 78578
447 Brownsville Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 78578, and 51% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Su Clinica Familiar — 408 patients from 78578
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