WellSpace Health - North Highlands Community Health Center — North Highlands, CA
WellSpace Health - North Highlands Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at Watt Ave, North Highlands, CA 95660, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical California clinic. It is run by Wellspace Health, which serves 77,368 patients across 26 clinic locations.
- Address: Watt Ave, North Highlands, CA 95660 · Directions
- Phone: (916) 679-3925
- Website: www.theeffort.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (California clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Wellspace Health (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 Wellspace Health
Patients came to Wellspace Health for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 20,363 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 14,118 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 668 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 9,720 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 4,624 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 8,374 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 3,696 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 3,357 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 10,471 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 11,561 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 2,651 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 12,051 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 9,847 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 2,518 | children tested |
Wellspace Health also provides care by telehealth.
Who Wellspace Health serves
77,368 patients used Wellspace Health in 2025. 57% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 3,494 patients were experiencing homelessness and 402 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 57% | 75% | 65% | −18 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 95% | 92% | −2 pts |
| Measure | This center | CA median | U.S. median | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 14% | 8% | 14% | +6 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 78% | 71% | 42% | +6 pts |
| Medicare patients | 6% | 8% | 11% | −3 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 3% | 10% | 24% | −7 pts |
Quality of care at Wellspace Health
Wellspace Health is at or above the California median on 1 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 | 50% | 68% | 68% | −18 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 42% | 59% | 54% | −18 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 49% | 60% | 54% | −11 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 31% | 44% | 44% | −12 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 78% | 68% | 77% | +9 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 81% | 86% | 86% | −5 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 75% | 79% | 79% | −4 pts |
Staffing at Wellspace Health
The health center employs 848 full-time-equivalent staff, including 68 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 84 dental staff and 79 mental health staff. That is 1,143 patients per clinical provider against the California median of 869 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 285,885 visits, about 3.7 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 95660
3,091 Wellspace Health patients live in ZIP 95660, and 14% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Elica Health Centers — 4,460 patients from 95660
- Health and Life Organization, Inc. (H.A.L.O) — 1,427 patients from 95660
- Cares Community Health — 510 patients from 95660
- Sacramento County Primary — 482 patients from 95660
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