New Madrid Health Center

What New Madrid Health Center does

New Madrid County Health Department is a county government public health agency headquartered at 406 US Highway 61, New Madrid, Missouri, operating under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services network to serve residents of rural New Madrid County in the Missouri Bootheel region. Its mission is to prevent disease and illness, promote health, and protect life and the environment through a portfolio that combines clinical preventive services — immunizations, women's health and family planning, blood lab services, TB testing ($5 per test), STI/HIV testing, blood pressure screening, lead testing, pregnancy testing, vital records issuance (birth certificates at $15, death certificates at $13/$10), and CPR training — with community health programs including the WIC nutrition program, Chronic Disease and Diabetes Self-Management workshops (ADA-endorsed), Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program, Maternal and Child Health services, the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) initiative, P.A.C.E. arthritis exercise classes, Emergency Response preparedness, the Smoke Free.gov cessation program, and the Preeclampsia Foundation's Cuff Kit Program. Distribution is anchored by the main New Madrid office and supported by six satellite WIC clinics in Matthews, Morehouse, Portageville, Gideon, Risco, and Parma, with community outreach supplemented through embedded ParentLink Navigators from the University of Missouri.

The business model is government-funded rather than commercially monetized: the department is funded through county budgets, an annually renewed state WIC contract (most recently for federal fiscal year 2026), and program-specific state and federal grants (OD2A, ParentLink, ADA-endorsed diabetes programming). Pricing on the few fee-bearing services (vital records, TB testing) is nominal and set by state guidance, while the vast majority of clinical and educational services are provided at no cost to eligible residents regardless of ability to pay, consistent with its public health mandate. The organization employs between 11 and 50 staff and does not disclose revenue; there is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no private equity or venture capital involvement, and no M&A history, confirming its status as a stand-alone public entity.

Strategically, the department's recent moves are partnership-driven rather than expansion-driven: deepening ties with the Missouri DHSS via WIC contract renewal, embedding ParentLink Navigators for cross-sector social service referrals, securing ADA endorsement for its diabetes programming, and layering on federally aligned overdose-prevention and preeclampsia initiatives. There are no indications of geographic expansion beyond New Madrid County, no hiring or fundraising signals, and no AI, technology-platform, or productization efforts beyond a content-website presence; the competitive position rests entirely on its statutory designation as the county's public health provider and its physical footprint across the Bootheel.

Name

New Madrid Health Center

Legal name

New Madrid County Health Department

Website

https://newmadridcountyhealthdept.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

New Madrid County Health Department is a Missouri county government public health agency delivering clinical preventive services, chronic disease programs, WIC nutrition support, communicable disease surveillance, and vital records to residents of the rural Bootheel region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAJAAAB

County/District/Local Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

SECONDARYHLAJAAAK

Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

SECONDARYHLAJAAAN

Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

SECONDARYHLAJAAAM

Substance Use, Addiction & Harm Reduction Health Departments

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Agencies & Health Departments

Keywords

• Public health services
• County health department
• Immunization services
• Vital records
• WIC nutrition program

Headquarters

HQ city

New Madrid

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

New Madrid County Health Department is a county government public health agency providing preventive and primary health services to residents of New Madrid County, Missouri. Its offerings include clinical services (immunizations, women's health, lab testing, TB and STI/HIV testing, blood pressure screening, lead and pregnancy testing, vital records, CPR courses), community programs (WIC, chronic disease and diabetes self-management, maternal and child health, overdose prevention, arthritis exercise, emergency preparedness, smoking cessation, Cuff Kit), and public health functions (communicable disease control, environmental health, emergency response).

Product overview

New Madrid County Health Department is a county government health agency providing a unified portfolio of clinical health services and community health programs. The core clinical services include immunizations, women's health/family planning, blood lab services, TB testing, STI/HIV testing, blood pressure screening, lead testing, pregnancy testing, vital records issuance, and CPR training courses. These clinical services are complemented by community health programs including the WIC nutrition program, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Diabetes Self-Management Program, Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program, Maternal and Child Health Program, OD2A overdose prevention program, P.A.C.E. Arthritis Exercise Class, Emergency Response Program, Smoke Free.gov cessation support, and Cuff Kit Program for expecting mothers. The health department also provides communicable disease and environmental health services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Three Navigators are housed in the county health offices serving the Bootheel region (Mississippi and New Madrid Counties)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• Preeclampsia FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cuff Kit Program is offered in partnership with the Preeclampsia Foundation. The program provides free blood pressure monitoring kits to pregnant women and postpartum mothers to detect preeclampsia early, addressing one of the leading causes of serious illness and death in new mothers.
• ParentLink (University of Missouri)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParentLink Navigators are housed in county health offices and work across the Missouri Bootheel to connect parents and caregivers with physical and mental health resources, home visiting programs, developmental screenings, educational programs, legal services, housing, transportation, and job training. Three Navigators split time between county health offices across the Bootheel region.
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe New Madrid County Health Department operates under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. A contract was signed to continue providing WIC services for federal fiscal year 2026. DHSS also provides emergency preparedness guidance and communicable disease surveillance support.
• Missouri Department of Public SafetyminorOthersProvides emergency preparedness information including guidance on natural disasters, weather emergencies, tornados, severe weather, flooding, earthquakes, and extreme heat through the Emergency Response Program.
• American Diabetes AssociationmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Diabetes Self-Management Program is endorsed by the American Diabetes Association, meeting the organization's standards for diabetes self-management education programs offered at no cost through the local health department.
• Smokefree.govminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Smoke Free.gov Program connects residents with free, research-based quit smoking tools and resources including text message programs, mobile apps, online quit plans, and quit coaches, supplemented by local cessation support from the health department.
• M PowerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerM Power is referenced as a resource partner supporting diabetes self-management and other chronic disease programs. Website designed by Creative Design Group.
• Bootheel Network for Health ImprovementminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a resource link on the health department's resources page, supporting community health improvement initiatives in the Bootheel region.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Scott County Health Department: Bootheel-adjacent Missouri county health department sharing a ParentLink Navigator with Stoddard County. Comparable rural county population, service portfolio, and funding profile.
• Mississippi County Health Department: A neighboring Missouri Bootheel county health department that shares a ParentLink Navigator with New Madrid and offers the same WIC, immunizations, vital records, and chronic disease services. Direct operational peer in the same regional public-health network.
• Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center: Larger southeast-Missouri county public health agency providing the same core services (WIC, immunizations, vital records, environmental health) and serving as a regional public-health peer in the same DHSS network.
• Stoddard County Health Department: Bootheel-area Missouri county health department paired with Scott County under the ParentLink Navigator program. Same rural operating context and public-health service mandate.
• Dunklin County Health Department: Bootheel county health department paired with Pemiscot County for ParentLink coverage. Closest functional peer in scale, geography, and service mix within the same Navigator grouping.
• Pemiscot County Health Department: Bootheel county health department paired with Dunklin County for ParentLink coverage. Operates an essentially identical service portfolio (WIC, immunizations, vital records, environmental health) for a similarly rural Missouri county.
• Butler County Health Department: Poplar Bluff-based Missouri county health department serving a rural southeast-Missouri county. Comparable in scale, governance structure, and breadth of WIC/clinical/community-health programming.

Broad incumbents

• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: State-level public health agency that contracts with and oversees county health departments, including New Madrid's WIC and communicable disease programs. Not a direct competitor but the upstream funder and policy-setter whose priorities shape the department's operating scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-madrid-county-health-department

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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