Our mission is to provide quality healthcare services to all patients regardless of their ability to pay.  United Family Practice Health Center (UFPHC) is undergoing a step-by-step transformation that will affect the health and lives of thousands of people in and around the city of St. Paul.

On March 13, 2004 the Clinic shifted from a medical clinic in the Allina Medical Clinic system to a freestanding, Federally Qualified Health Center “Look-Alike” (FQHCLA). 

This means UFPHC is now one of three federally qualified medical clinics serving St. Paul and the surrounding area. 

Another unique feature of UFPHC is that it is a teaching clinic. Because it is a teaching clinic - our physicians are also UFPHC faculty for the Residency Program. Our physicians follow patients who are admitted to the hospital. They "round" on our in-patients and remain involved with all medical decisions that impact our patients. This provides exceptional continuity of care and contributes to improved outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Meet Our Providers.

UFPHC Statistics

• In 2006, approximately 13,000 people are active patients of UFPHC, accounting for over 45,000 clinic visits.  Nearly 60 percent of the visits are from Medical Assistance, Medicare, and uninsured patients.
  
• 47 percent of our patients have private insurance and chose our clinic because of the quality of care they receive.
• 37 percent of the people across our service area live below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.  The median per capita income in the service area is 30 percent lower than the county’s median ($15,995 versus $23,536).
• The unemployment rate in our service area is almost double that of all of Ramsey County.  The West 7th unemployment rate is 8%, while it is 4.3 percent for all of Ramsey County.
• 20 percent of our service area population is foreign-born, i.e. refugees and immigrants who have resettled in our community 16 percent of the population we serve speaks English “less than very well.”  Over 25 percent of the service area population does not have a high school education.
• Both our patients and staff speak a variety of languages from all over the world.
• We offer healthcare in multiple languages at UFPHC. Our providers and clinic support staff collectively speak more than 10 languages.

 

Meet our Community Partners...

Allina
Face to Face Health and Counseling Services
Healthcare for the Homeless
Highland Mac Groveland
Jewish Community Center
Partners for Violence Prevention
SAGE
St. Paul Intervention Project
United Hospital
West 7th Community Center
West 7th Family Center
Winslow Commons