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Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc.

Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Bastrop, LA, with 8 clinic locations in 5 cities. It served 17,523 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

17,523patients in 2025
8%uninsured patients
67%at or below the poverty line

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

Who Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc. serves

67% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 88% are at or below twice that level. 8% have no insurance, 60% have Medicaid or CHIP, 12% have Medicare and 20% have private insurance. 235 patients were experiencing homelessness. 273 were veterans.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Patients at or below the poverty line	67%	72%	65%	−5 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	88%	94%	92%	−5 pts

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Uninsured patients	8%	12%	14%	−4 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	60%	48%	42%	+12 pts
Medicare patients	12%	12%	11%	In line
Privately insured patients	20%	22%	24%	−2 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,704	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	4,726	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	269	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	2,623	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,054	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	588	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	897	patients screened
Family planning	1,514	patients served
Diabetes care	1,245	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,949	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,025	patients with asthma
HIV testing	2,170	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,836	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	131	children tested

Quality of care

Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc. is at or above the Louisiana median on 6 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	75%	67%	68%	+8 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	62%	59%	54%	+4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	43%	47%	54%	−3 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	54%	43%	44%	+12 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	98%	86%	77%	+12 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	99%	85%	86%	+14 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	82%	79%	79%	+3 pts

Where Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
71220	6,526	7%
71292	1,737	12%
71203	1,557	5%
71291	1,333	7%
71260	1,139	8%
71241	860	13%
71201	666	3%
71202	641	4%