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Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers

Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers is a federally qualified community health center based in Asheville, NC, with 7 clinic locations in 4 cities. It served 17,017 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

17,017patients in 2025
14%uninsured patients
51%at or below the poverty line
224full-time-equivalent staff

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers serves

51% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 84% are at or below twice that level. 14% have no insurance, 33% have Medicaid or CHIP, 23% have Medicare and 30% have private insurance. 893 patients were experiencing homelessness. 683 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Patients at or below the poverty line	51%	59%	65%	−8 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	84%	92%	92%	−8 pts

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Uninsured patients	14%	24%	14%	−10 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	33%	28%	42%	+5 pts
Medicare patients	23%	15%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	30%	25%	24%	+5 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	2,827	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	8,422	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	730	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	827	children had checkups
Flu shots	2,326	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	927	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,647	patients screened
Family planning	624	patients served
Diabetes care	2,116	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,811	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	833	patients with asthma
Hepatitis C testing	31	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	42	children tested

Quality of care

Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers is at or above the North Carolina median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Adults with high blood pressure under control	72%	70%	68%	+2 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	55%	59%	54%	−4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	59%	54%	54%	+5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	58%	49%	44%	+9 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	78%	76%	77%	+1 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	87%	87%	86%	In line
High-risk adults on statin therapy	91%	80%	79%	+11 pts

Staffing

224 full-time-equivalent staff work at Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers, including 32 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 536 patients per clinical provider, against the North Carolina median of 807 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
28771	3,609	8%
28806	2,304	17%
28906	1,957	11%
28748	1,478	11%
28801	1,027	14%
28901	568	25%
28715	514	17%
28803	481	17%