Valley Health Care Eye Care Center — Elkins, WV
Valley Health Care Eye Care Center is a community health center clinic at 33 Chenoweth Creek Rd, Elkins, WV 26241, open 40 hours a week. The typical West Virginia clinic is open 42.5 hours a week. It is run by Valley Health Care, Inc., which serves 11,971 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 33 Chenoweth Creek Rd, Elkins, WV 26241 · Directions
- Phone: (304) 636-0133
- Weekly hours: 40 (West Virginia clinic median: 42.5)
- Operated by: Valley Health Care, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Valley Health Care, Inc.
Patients came to Valley Health Care, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 3,863 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Eye exams | 1,260 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 1,138 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 766 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 141 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 960 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 179 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,647 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,550 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 571 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 110 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 460 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 60 | children tested |
Valley Health Care, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Valley Health Care, Inc. serves
11,971 patients used Valley Health Care, Inc. in 2025. 30% live at or below the poverty line and 63% are at or below twice the poverty line. 113 patients were experiencing homelessness and 440 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | WV median | U.S. median | vs WV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 30% | 45% | 65% | −15 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 63% | 80% | 92% | −16 pts |
| Measure | This center | WV median | U.S. median | vs WV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 8% | 7% | 14% | +1 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 27% | 31% | 42% | −3 pts |
| Medicare patients | 23% | 25% | 11% | −1 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 41% | 39% | 24% | +2 pts |
Quality of care at Valley Health Care, Inc.
Valley Health Care, Inc. is at or above the West Virginia median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | WV median | U.S. median | vs WV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 74% | 74% | 68% | In line |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 55% | 61% | 54% | −5 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 32% | 46% | 54% | −14 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 48% | 49% | 44% | −2 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 88% | 78% | 77% | +10 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 94% | 87% | 86% | +6 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 79% | 80% | 79% | −1 pts |
Staffing at Valley Health Care, Inc.
The health center employs 127 full-time-equivalent staff, including 16 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 7 mental health staff. That is 765 patients per clinical provider against the West Virginia median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 44,078 visits, about 3.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 26241
4,536 Valley Health Care, Inc. patients live in ZIP 26241, and 8% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Belington Community Medical Services Association, Inc. — 648 patients from 26241
- Community Care of West Virginia — 509 patients from 26241
- St. George Medical Clinic, Inc. — 179 patients from 26241
- Preston-Taylor Community Health Centers, Inc. — 30 patients from 26241
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