Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. - Fort Payne — Fort Payne, AL
Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. - Fort Payne is a community health center clinic at 3840 Gault Ave N, Fort Payne, AL 35967, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical Alabama clinic. It is run by Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc., which serves 8,162 patients across 7 clinic locations.
- Address: 3840 Gault Ave N, Fort Payne, AL 35967 · Directions
- Phone: (256) 844-4975
- Website: N/A
- Weekly hours: 40 (Alabama clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc.
Patients came to Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 444 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,036 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 70 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 670 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 241 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 375 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 173 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,704 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,676 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 285 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 621 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 125 | patients tested |
Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. serves
8,162 patients used Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. in 2025. 88% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 177 patients were experiencing homelessness and 111 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | AL median | U.S. median | vs AL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 88% | 83% | 65% | +5 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 98% | 96% | 92% | +2 pts |
| Measure | This center | AL median | U.S. median | vs AL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 25% | 24% | 14% | +1 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 14% | 26% | 42% | −12 pts |
| Medicare patients | 12% | 12% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 48% | 32% | 24% | +16 pts |
Quality of care at Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc.
Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. is at or above the Alabama median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | AL median | U.S. median | vs AL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 66% | 63% | 68% | +3 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 51% | 46% | 54% | +5 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 31% | 44% | 54% | −12 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 37% | 36% | 44% | +1 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 84% | 85% | 77% | −1 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 96% | 92% | 86% | +4 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 71% | 83% | 79% | −12 pts |
Staffing at Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc.
The health center employs 40 full-time-equivalent staff, including 9 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 1 mental health staff. That is 907 patients per clinical provider against the Alabama median of 835 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 31,209 visits, about 3.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 35967
425 Northeast Alabama Health Services, Inc. patients live in ZIP 35967, and 36% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Quality of Life Health Services, Inc. — 86 patients from 35967
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