North East Medical Services - Polk — San Francisco, CA
North East Medical Services - Polk is a community health center clinic at 650 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94102, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical California clinic. It is run by North East Medical Services, which serves 93,680 patients across 22 clinic locations.
- Address: 650 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94102 · Directions
- Phone: (888) 500-1886
- Website: www.nems.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (California clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: North East Medical Services (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 North East Medical Services
Patients came to North East Medical Services for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 26,419 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 8,944 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 53 | patients in treatment |
| Eye exams | 16,068 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 7,755 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 29,286 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 7,556 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 10,311 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 2,745 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 10,975 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 19,878 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 2,141 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 14,191 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 14,847 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 1,222 | children tested |
North East Medical Services also provides care by telehealth.
Who North East Medical Services serves
93,680 patients used North East Medical Services in 2025. 59% live at or below the poverty line and 83% are at or below twice the poverty line. 1,076 patients were experiencing homelessness and 95 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 59% | 75% | 65% | −16 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 83% | 95% | 92% | −12 pts |
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 8% | 8% | 14% | In line |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 57% | 71% | 42% | −15 pts |
| Medicare patients | 19% | 8% | 11% | +11 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 16% | 10% | 24% | +7 pts |
Quality of care at North East Medical Services
North East Medical Services is at or above the California median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 80% | 68% | 68% | +12 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 72% | 59% | 54% | +13 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 76% | 60% | 54% | +16 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 84% | 44% | 44% | +41 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 89% | 68% | 77% | +21 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 83% | 86% | 86% | −3 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 84% | 79% | 79% | +5 pts |
Staffing at North East Medical Services
The health center employs 910 full-time-equivalent staff, including 92 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 70 dental staff and 15 mental health staff. That is 1,015 patients per clinical provider against the California median of 869 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 566,259 visits, about 6.0 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 94102
2,628 North East Medical Services patients live in ZIP 94102, and 4% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium — 3,729 patients from 94102
- Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Inc. — 1,134 patients from 94102
- Mission Area Health Associates DBA Mission Neighborhood Health Center — 748 patients from 94102
- San Francisco Medical Center Outpatient Improvement Programs, Inc. — 484 patients from 94102
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