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Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South

Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South is a federally qualified community health center based in Baton Rouge, LA, with 11 clinic locations in 5 cities. It served 19,894 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

19,894patients in 2025
11%uninsured patients
61%at or below the poverty line
159full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South serves

61% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 84% are at or below twice that level. 11% have no insurance, 50% have Medicaid or CHIP, 20% have Medicare and 19% have private insurance. 45 patients were experiencing homelessness. 129 were veterans.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Patients at or below the poverty line	61%	72%	65%	−10 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	84%	94%	92%	−9 pts

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Uninsured patients	11%	12%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	50%	48%	42%	+2 pts
Medicare patients	20%	12%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	19%	22%	24%	−3 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	4,369	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	6,180	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	644	children had checkups
Flu shots	854	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	602	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	944	patients screened
Family planning	544	patients served
Diabetes care	1,261	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	3,176	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	350	patients with asthma
HIV testing	3,335	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,454	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	180	children tested

Quality of care

Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South is at or above the Louisiana median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	61%	67%	68%	−5 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	45%	59%	54%	−13 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	39%	47%	54%	−7 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	45%	43%	44%	+3 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	88%	86%	77%	+2 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	90%	85%	86%	+5 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	83%	79%	79%	+3 pts

Staffing

159 full-time-equivalent staff work at Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South, including 19 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 1,062 patients per clinical provider, against the Louisiana median of 912 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
70805	1,556	10%
70802	1,499	10%
70764	935	9%
70791	901	9%
70806	889	14%
70816	771	15%
70810	726	23%
70815	703	13%