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Health Care District of Palm Beach County

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is a federally qualified community health center based in West Palm Beach, FL, with 8 clinic locations in 6 cities. It served 41,716 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

41,716patients in 2025
47%uninsured patients
74%at or below the poverty line
274full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Health Care District of Palm Beach County serves

74% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 95% are at or below twice that level. 47% have no insurance, 30% have Medicaid or CHIP, 4% have Medicare and 19% have private insurance. 9,120 patients were experiencing homelessness. 262 were veterans.

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Patients at or below the poverty line	74%	75%	65%	−1 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	95%	95%	92%	In line

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Uninsured patients	47%	27%	14%	+20 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	30%	33%	42%	−3 pts
Medicare patients	4%	5%	11%	−1 pts
Privately insured patients	19%	28%	24%	−9 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	14,309	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	8,712	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	2,319	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	5,477	children had checkups
Flu shots	4,073	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	4,287	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	4,931	patients screened
Family planning	1,022	patients served
Diabetes care	4,531	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	7,725	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,181	patients with asthma
HIV testing	8,217	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	5,869	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	738	children tested

Quality of care

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is at or above the Florida median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	FL median	U.S. median	vs FL
Adults with high blood pressure under control	73%	66%	68%	+7 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	59%	52%	54%	+7 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	65%	56%	54%	+10 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	47%	44%	44%	+3 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	92%	79%	77%	+12 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	94%	90%	86%	+4 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	87%	79%	79%	+8 pts

Staffing

274 full-time-equivalent staff work at Health Care District of Palm Beach County, including 31 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 1,333 patients per clinical provider, against the Florida median of 1,067 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Health Care District of Palm Beach County patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
33407	3,601	43%
33430	3,045	34%
33460	2,759	57%
33463	2,497	49%
33461	2,262	59%
33404	1,985	41%
33462	1,671	40%
33435	1,583	39%