Ohi Brick Township — Brick, NJ
Ohi Brick Township is a community health center clinic at 1610 Route 88, Brick, NJ 08724, open 40 hours a week. The typical New Jersey clinic is open 50 hours a week. It is run by Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc., which serves 35,151 patients across 5 clinic locations.
- Address: 1610 Route 88, Brick, NJ 08724 · Directions
- Phone: (732) 363-6655
- Weekly hours: 40 (New Jersey clinic median: 50)
- Operated by: Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc.
Patients came to Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 1,842 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 2,565 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 92 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 5,183 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 4,010 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 2,991 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,262 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 12,151 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 2,647 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 4,437 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 988 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,753 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 1,751 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 213 | children tested |
Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. serves
35,151 patients used Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. in 2025. 68% live at or below the poverty line and 94% are at or below twice the poverty line. 383 patients were experiencing homelessness and 180 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | NJ median | U.S. median | vs NJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 68% | 68% | 65% | In line |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 94% | 95% | 92% | −1 pts |
| Measure | This center | NJ median | U.S. median | vs NJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 17% | 28% | 14% | −11 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 65% | 51% | 42% | +14 pts |
| Medicare patients | 6% | 6% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 12% | 16% | 24% | −4 pts |
Quality of care at Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc.
Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. is at or above the New Jersey median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | NJ median | U.S. median | vs NJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 68% | 61% | 68% | +7 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 45% | 42% | 54% | +3 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 59% | 58% | 54% | +1 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 33% | 36% | 44% | −4 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 95% | 80% | 77% | +15 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 83% | 85% | 86% | −1 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 99% | 79% | 79% | +20 pts |
Staffing at Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc.
The health center employs 151 full-time-equivalent staff, including 18 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 3 dental staff and 5 mental health staff. That is 2,009 patients per clinical provider against the New Jersey median of 1,113 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 96,152 visits, about 2.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 08724
1,304 Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. patients live in ZIP 08724, and 16% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Lakewood Resource and Referral Center, Inc. — 1,020 patients from 08724
- Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Center, Inc. — 101 patients from 08724
- Monmouth Family Health Center — 76 patients from 08724
Community health centers near Ohi Brick Township
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