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North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.

North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Wellsboro, PA, with 13 clinic locations in 9 cities. It served 26,282 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

26,282patients in 2025
5%uninsured patients
83%at or below the poverty line
168full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. serves

83% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 95% are at or below twice that level. 5% have no insurance, 29% have Medicaid or CHIP, 22% have Medicare and 43% have private insurance. 35 patients were experiencing homelessness. 756 were veterans.

Measure	This center	PA median	U.S. median	vs PA
Patients at or below the poverty line	83%	69%	65%	+14 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	95%	91%	92%	+3 pts

Measure	This center	PA median	U.S. median	vs PA
Uninsured patients	5%	13%	14%	−8 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	29%	41%	42%	−13 pts
Medicare patients	22%	12%	11%	+10 pts
Privately insured patients	43%	23%	24%	+21 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	9,737	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	6,374	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	1,602	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,359	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	368	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,579	patients screened
Family planning	366	patients served
Diabetes care	2,333	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,792	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	736	patients with asthma
HIV testing	72	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	135	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	131	children tested

Quality of care

North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. is at or above the Pennsylvania median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	PA median	U.S. median	vs PA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	77%	69%	68%	+8 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	69%	52%	54%	+16 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	48%	49%	54%	In line
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	37%	43%	44%	−6 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	58%	77%	77%	−19 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	80%	82%	86%	−2 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	80%	79%	−4 pts

Staffing

168 full-time-equivalent staff work at North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., including 22 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 1,219 patients per clinical provider, against the Pennsylvania median of 998 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where North Penn Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
16901	4,086	4%
16933	2,868	3%
16912	1,434	4%
16950	1,187	5%
17724	1,145	6%
18848	1,091	5%
16946	1,065	4%
16929	1,015	3%