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Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc.

Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. is an FQHC look-alike community health center based in Asheville, NC, with 12 clinic locations in 7 cities. It served 48,084 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

48,084patients in 2025
8%uninsured patients
27%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 Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. serves

27% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 56% are at or below twice that level. 8% have no insurance, 33% have Medicaid or CHIP, 19% have Medicare and 40% have private insurance. 613 patients were experiencing homelessness. 815 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Patients at or below the poverty line	27%	59%	65%	−32 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	56%	92%	92%	−35 pts

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Uninsured patients	8%	24%	14%	−16 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	33%	28%	42%	+5 pts
Medicare patients	19%	15%	11%	+4 pts
Privately insured patients	40%	25%	24%	+15 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,489	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	18,744	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	1,154	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,577	children had checkups
Flu shots	4,180	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	4,461	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	2,260	patients screened
Family planning	3,909	patients served
Diabetes care	4,166	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	9,066	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,984	patients with asthma
HIV testing	2,237	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	1,669	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	361	children tested

Quality of care

Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. is at or above the North Carolina median on 3 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	71%	70%	68%	+1 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	58%	59%	54%	−1 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	59%	54%	54%	+5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	59%	49%	44%	+10 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	28%	76%	77%	−49 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	44%	87%	86%	−43 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	78%	80%	79%	−2 pts

Where Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
28806	6,728	9%
28803	5,008	7%
28715	4,379	8%
28804	2,925	6%
28801	2,281	7%
28805	2,173	7%
28787	2,169	6%
28704	2,153	12%