Mission & Vision
To be a compassionate and viable Community Health Center.
Health Care Services
Americans want better health. Better health can be achieved through prevention.
Message from the CEO
Greetings and welcome to Franklin Primary Health Center Inc.’s new website.
Franklin Primary Health Center is a non-profit, federally qualified health center founded in 1975 by Dr. Marilyn Aiello and a group of concerned citizens who recognized the need for quality health care in the underserved Davis Avenue community (now Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue community).
Franklin Primary Health Center is named after Dr. James Alexander Franklin, a physician, scholar, and humanitarian who faithfully served his community for over 60 years.
Under the leadership of Charles White, CEO, Franklin continues to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are or what they have, has access to quality health care services.
Franklin consists of twenty-three locations in 6 counties (Mobile, Baldwin, Choctaw, Escambia, Monroe and Conecuh) in Alabama. The services provided by Franklin includes pediatrics, OB/GYN, family medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics, rheumatology, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, nutrition services, wellness & fitness, social services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV/AIDS services including case management, health education, pharmacy, laboratory, x-ray, and transportation services for the homeless.
As a patient of Franklin you can save money on your health care costs.
This practice has a policy of offering discounted services to all uninsured persons below 200% of the federal poverty level. Persons with insurance, who are below 200% of the federal poverty level, may also receive a discount on services not covered by their insurance.
Quality comprehensive outpatient health care service
Franklin is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation on Health Care Organizations.This is the same accreditation that hospitals are required to receive. No other private physician office in our area has this accreditation.
Franklin is also a certified patient-centered medical home recognized by NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance). Recognition of Patient Centered Medical Home status denotes a health center’s commitment to the delivery of patient- centered care through a team of multi- disciplinary members whose primary focus is to deliver quality, patient- oriented, efficient care.
Recognition of Patient Centered Medical Home status denotes a health center’s commitment to the delivery of patient-centered care through a team of multi-disciplinary members whose primary focus is to deliver quality, patient-oriented, evidence-based care.
“This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.”
