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Southern Missouri Community Health Center Thayer Clinic — Thayer, MO

Southern Missouri Community Health Center Thayer Clinic is a community health center clinic at US Highway 63, Thayer, MO 65791, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical Missouri clinic. It is run by Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth, which serves 7,813 patients across 3 clinic locations.

Address: US Highway 63, Thayer, MO 65791 · Directions
Phone: (417) 264-2990
Website: www.smchc.org
Weekly hours: 40 (Missouri clinic median: 40)
Operated by: Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth (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

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Southern Missouri Community Health Center Thayer Clinic depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth patients, 4% are uninsured, 58% have Medicaid or CHIP, 12% have Medicare and 26% have private insurance. Call (417) 264-2990 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth

Patients came to Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	2,503	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	1,683	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	2,503	children had checkups
Flu shots	249	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	135	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	174	patients screened
Family planning	152	patients served
Diabetes care	571	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,169	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	378	patients with asthma
HIV testing	153	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	105	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	233	children tested

Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth also provides care by telehealth.

Who Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth serves

7,813 patients used Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth in 2025. 48% live at or below the poverty line and 97% are at or below twice the poverty line. 21 patients were experiencing homelessness and 89 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Patients at or below the poverty line	48%	61%	65%	−14 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	97%	92%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Uninsured patients	4%	14%	14%	−9 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	58%	48%	42%	+10 pts
Medicare patients	12%	9%	11%	+3 pts
Privately insured patients	26%	26%	24%	−1 pts

Quality of care at Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth

Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth is at or above the Missouri median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Adults with high blood pressure under control	79%	69%	68%	+10 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	71%	45%	54%	+26 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	58%	49%	54%	+9 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	61%	40%	44%	+21 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	84%	85%	77%	−1 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	94%	85%	86%	+10 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	80%	79%	79%	+2 pts

Patients from ZIP 65791

802 Rural Alliance for Better Family Hlth patients live in ZIP 65791, and 5% of them are uninsured.

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