Providing Compassionate Community Care in North Tillamook County for over 100 years.
Nehalem Bay Health Center
230 Rowe Street, Wheeler, Oregon
HOURS: Monday - Friday: 8 am to 6 pm
Phone: 1-800-368-5182
Fax: 1-844-712-3001
Mission: Delivering compassionate team-based health care and wellness education to improve the lives of ALL in our community.
Vision: A community in which all people achieve their full potential for health and well-being across their life span.
Nehalem Bay Health Center (formerly known as Rinehart Clinic) is a non-profit family health center on the North Oregon Coast that provides comprehensive and personalized healthcare to everyone who comes through our doors. Designated a Tier 4 (out of 5) Primary Care Clinic by the Oregon Health Authority, Nehalem Bay Health Center is recognized for its commitment to patient-centered care.
We take a team approach to patient care, and we offer a variety of programs and classes to help patients become an active participant in their own health.
We accept most insurance plans, including the Oregon Health Plan and Medicare. A sliding scale fee program is available for all patients based on income. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Nehalem Bay Health Center has programs available to help patients who may have difficulty paying their health care bills.
Services are available to everyone, regardless of health condition or financial circumstances. The clinic welcomes everyone, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, and any other status protected by law.
Nehalem Bay Health Center is the proud recipient of the following awards from the Health Services & Resources Administration (HRSA):
Patient-Centered Medical Home, recognized for meeting national standards for primary care that emphasize care coordination and on-going quality improvement.
Access Enhancer Awards recognize health centers that increased the total number of patients served and the number of patients receiving comprehensive services between 2018 and 2019.
Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality recognizes health centers that meet all criteria to optimize services that advance telehealth, patient engagement, interoperability, and collection of social determinants of health to increase access to care and advance quality of care.
Health Disparities Reducer Awards recognize health centers that met or exceeded the Healthy People 2020 goals, or made at least a 10% improvement across different racial/ethnic groups for the most recent reporting year.
The COVID-19 Public Health Champion badge recognizes health center contributions to providing critical public health services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Nehalem Bay Health Center is a National Health Service Corps site providing outpatient, primary health care services with access to comprehensive mental and behavioral health services.
