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Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.

Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Saltville, VA, with 6 clinic locations in 4 cities. It served 14,713 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

14,713patients in 2025
5%uninsured patients
97%at or below the poverty line
169full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. serves

97% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice that level. 5% have no insurance, 40% have Medicaid or CHIP, 25% have Medicare and 29% have private insurance. 286 patients were experiencing homelessness. 172 were veterans.

Measure	This center	VA median	U.S. median	vs VA
Patients at or below the poverty line	97%	53%	65%	+43 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	99%	96%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	VA median	U.S. median	vs VA
Uninsured patients	5%	16%	14%	−11 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	40%	28%	42%	+12 pts
Medicare patients	25%	17%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	29%	26%	24%	+4 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,662	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	5,082	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	464	patients in treatment
Eye exams	813	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	582	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,459	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	324	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	744	patients screened
Family planning	178	patients served
Diabetes care	2,145	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,376	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	577	patients with asthma
HIV testing	381	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	654	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	59	children tested

Quality of care

Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. is at or above the Virginia median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	VA median	U.S. median	vs VA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	79%	71%	68%	+8 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	55%	56%	54%	−1 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	40%	49%	54%	−9 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	49%	50%	44%	−1 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	79%	79%	77%	In line
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	90%	86%	+1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	82%	80%	79%	+2 pts

Staffing

169 full-time-equivalent staff work at Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc., including 21 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 714 patients per clinical provider, against the Virginia median of 841 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
24370	2,233	2%
24201	1,589	4%
24354	1,158	3%
24319	1,075	3%
24210	853	5%
24340	777	3%
24630	775	–
24202	749	8%