NCHS Carlsbad Family Medicine

Area Served

About NCHS Carlsbad Family Medicine

NCHS Carlsbad Family Medicine, North County Health Project, Inc., d.b.a. North County Health Services (NCHS) began in 1971 to serve primarily the rural areas of Ramona, Pauma Valley and San Marcos in North San Diego County, California a region commonly known as “North County”. Because physicians practicing in these communities were unwilling to treat low-income patients, a small group of health professionals came together to contract with UCSD to provide the much-needed health services. Advisory boards were formed in designated service areas, healthcare needs assessments completed according to the needs and priorities set by each individual community and a Registered Nurse began healthcare services in Pauma Valley and Ramona. In 1973, NCHS became a Community/Migrant Health Center (PHS Section 330/329) and incorporated as a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. The catchment area given to NCHS was the entire North County region from the coast to the mountains with the service area 60 miles east to west, and 35 miles north to south. The area includes two Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), North County East and West. Responding to the need to provide health services to low-income patients continues to underlie the mission of NCHS “to improve the health status of our diverse communities by providing quality healthcare that is comprehensive, affordable, and culturally sensitive.”