Uncompahgre Medical Center (UMC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serves the residents of Montrose, San Miguel, and Ouray Counties.  UMC treated nearly 7 out of every 10 residents in the Norwood zip code and nearly 40% of the residents in the Naturita and Nucla Colorado zip codes in 2025.    Patients travel from east San Miguel County to receive care at UMC.

UMC treated nearly 4 out of every 10 residents in west Montrose County.

In addition to the above UMC treated 123 individuals living outside the above zip codes. 

Population source: Copy of U.S. ZIP Code Demographic Data and Mappings to U.S. Locations – Row Zero

• UMC has 39 full-time employees plus several who are part-time. They have a combined annual salary of roughly $2,900,000.  21 of UMC’s 39 full-time employees reside in Montrose County.  They have a combined annual salary of roughly $1,107,000
• UMC’s Board of Directors all live locally. Three of its twelve Board members reside in Montrose County, one in Ouray County, the rest in San Miguel County.
• UMC runs a patient transportation shuttle which will pick up patients from their residence and bring them to their appointment at UMC and then return them to their residence at no charge. 82% of the patients who used this service were Montrose County residents.  Service is only available to UMC’s patients.
• UMC has partnered with the Food Bank of the Rockies to provide food for its patients who are homebound and have food insecurities. 82% of these residents live in Montrose County.  Service is only available to UMC’s patients.  Service is only available to UMC’s patients
• UMC recently hired Dr. Anna Sirbu, dentist, to provide dental services in partnership with Nichol Bray, dental hygienist, who, like the rest of UMC’s providers, offer care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Sirbu is trilingual.  UMC is negotiating with other providers in a continuous effort to broaden the skills and services offered.  In addition to dentistry UMC provides comprehensive primary care through its medical, behavioral health, and pharmacy staff.  
• UMC maintains a Neighbor-to-Neighbor fund that was created to help members of the west end obtain medically necessary patient support when no other funds are available. Its vision is to help UMC provide the best comprehensive care possible for our communities and reduce barriers that UMC’s patients may face in receiving care.  Service is only available to UMC’s patients. 
• UMC has been designated a Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance every year since 2015.
• Nationally there are roughly 1,400 FQHC’s under the control of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Yearly, HRSA measures each center’s quality and ranks them based on these results.  UMC was ranked in the top 10% nationally in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
• UMC participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, a value-based program, where results are based on quality related Medicare patient outcomes. We are grouped with 20 other Colorado FQHC’s, some of whom are the largest primary care providers in Colorado. We were deemed to have the best patient outcomes for diabetes (A1c) and hypertension among this group in 2024 and 2025.  In 2025 this network improved care for 11,829 Medicare beneficiaries.  Together, we, with this group, provide care to 857,000 Coloradans annually.