CA · Healthcare shortage profile
Tehama County, CA
Designation volume is the standout signal for Tehama County: 44 active HPSA records, above 99% of real US counties. Population 65,829.
- Active HPSAs
- 44
- Population
- 65,829
- Peak shortage score
- 20.0
- MUA Index
- 61.1
Heavy-burden verdict
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Tehama County ranks among the most underserved counties in the country - 44 active HPSA designations, more than 99% of the 3,289 real US counties, with primary care the deepest gap.
- 44
- Active HPSA designations
- 15
- Dental shortages
- 20
- Peak severity score (of 26)
- Top 1%
- US counties by volume
Key findings
What the HRSA Data Warehouse does not surface for Tehama County, CA on its own pages , computed from the retained designation mirror as of 2026-08-15. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Peak HPSA score 20.0 clears HRSA's 17-point high-priority line.
Scores at or above 17 on the 0–25/26 scales open NHSC placement priority for the matching provider type; eligibility still follows the designated area, not the county boundary alone.
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Closing Tehama County's active designations would take about 11 additional clinician FTEs, with primary care the largest gap.
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id (no double-count across status rows): 6.6 primary care, 1.3 mental health, 3.3 dental. This is the federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
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36.4% of Tehama County's 44 active designations are primary care.
Discipline mix from designated HPSA records only: 16 primary care, 13 mental health, 15 dental (denominator 44).
Dense ZCTA lattice over Tehama County
Tehama County intersects 17 Census ZCTAs, above the 15-ZIP dense-tercile cut. Shortage designations still attach at the county (or smaller HPSA) grain; the ZIP list is geography, not a second severity score.
Largest land-share ZCTAs in this county
5 additional ZCTAs intersect this county in the crosswalk (ordered by land share).
Source: Census ZCTA–county relationship file joined to this portal's county FIPS set. As of 2026-08-15.
Corpus placement
Active-designation volume placement
According to current HRSA Data Warehouse records, Tehama County carries 44 active designations, above 99% of real US counties. Use the state peer line below before treating the national percentile as a local access verdict.
State peer position. Tehama County falls in the upper quarter of CA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 10 of 58. Ties share a rank.
Computed from current designated HPSA rows for every five-digit county FIPS. See the placement methodology.
Healthcare shortage designations from HRSA. FIPS: 06103. Population: 65,829.
Medically Underserved Area
Peak severity scores
Current designated records only. Scores range 0–25 (primary/mental health), 0–26 (dental). Higher = greater need. What counts as a high score?
Highest-severity HPSA designations
Showing the 40 most-severe of 44 active (designated) HPSAs in Tehama County, ranked by HRSA shortage score.
| Name | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Clinic- Corning | dental | 20.0 |
| Red Bluff Dental Clinic | dental | 20.0 |
| Dignity Health Solano Street Medical Clinic | mental_health | 19.0 |
| Red Bluff Dental Clinic | mental_health | 19.0 |
| Dignity Health Women's Health Services | mental_health | 18.0 |
| Red Bluff Dental Clinic | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Clinic- Corning | primary_care | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Clinic - Red Bluff Medical & Dental | mental_health | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Red Bluff | mental_health | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Clinic- Corning | mental_health | 17.0 |
| Adventist Health Clearlake | mental_health | 17.0 |
| Greenville Rancheria Dental Clinic | dental | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Clinic - Red Bluff Medical & Dental | dental | 17.0 |
| Mssa 220/Dairyville | dental | 17.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Red Bluff | dental | 17.0 |
| Mssa 220/Dairyville/Paynes Creek | primary_care | 16.0 |
| Greenville Rancheria Dental Clinic | mental_health | 16.0 |
| Red Bluff Clinic | mental_health | 16.0 |
| Rolling Hills Clinic - Red Bluff Medical & Dental | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Red Bluff Clinic | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Corning | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Dignity Health Lassen Medical Clinic- Red Bluff | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Greenville Rancheria Dental Clinic | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Dignity Health Women's Health Services | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Red Bluff | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Tehama County Health Center CL | primary_care | 15.0 |
| Dignity Health Lassen Medical Clinic- Red Bluff | mental_health | 15.0 |
| Red Bluff Clinic | dental | 15.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Corning | dental | 15.0 |
| Adventist Health Clearlake | primary_care | 14.0 |
| Tehama County | mental_health | 14.0 |
| Rolling Hills Medical - Corning | mental_health | 14.0 |
| Tehama County Health Center CL | mental_health | 14.0 |
| LI-Mssa 219 Paskenta/Rancho Tehama | dental | 14.0 |
| ME Mssa 221 and 222 - Red Bluff/Corning | dental | 14.0 |
| Dignity Health Solano Street Medical Clinic | primary_care | 13.0 |
| Dignity Health Solano Street Medical Clinic | dental | 13.0 |
| Adventist Health Clearlake | dental | 13.0 |
| Mssa 222 - Corning, Los Molinos, Tehama County | primary_care | 12.0 |
| Li/mfw - Mssa 221/Red Bluff | primary_care | 12.0 |
Heavy-burden reading for Tehama County
Designation volume is the standout signal for Tehama County: 44 active HPSA records, above 99% of real US counties. Dental care carries Tehama County's deepest shortage reading, 20.0 on HRSA's 0–26 dental scale, past the 17-point line HRSA uses to open National Health Service Corps placement and enhanced Medicare reimbursement. Primary care reads 17.0 of 25; Mental health reads 19.0 of 25. The county also sits inside a Medically Underserved Area, indexed at 61.1, and the lower the index, the greater the measured need.
Volume places Tehama County above 99% of real US counties (44 active designations: 16 primary care, 13 mental health, 15 dental). Peak severity on the current designated set is 20.0. The table on this page lists the highest-severity records first so a reader can see which named facilities, geographies, or population groups drive that burden without treating the county total as a personal appointment forecast.
Tehama County falls in the upper quarter of CA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 10 of 58. Heavy-burden counties are where NHSC placement, Community Health Center grant geography, and related federal instruments concentrate; eligibility still follows the designated area and provider type, not the county boundary alone.
Tehama County designations by care type
Active Health Professional Shortage Area designations in the county, by provider category (high-priority disciplines emphasized).
- Primary care
Primary care
16 designations
- Dental
Dental
15 designations
- Mental health
Mental health
13 designations
Heavy-volume FTE gap in Tehama County
HRSA providers_needed summed once per HPSA id for Tehama County's active designations: about 11 FTE, a federal gap estimate, not a headcount of practising clinicians.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse, Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) + Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) HPSA primary-care, mental-health, and dental designations for Tehama County, CA · 2026 HRSA designation data updated quarterly; HPSA scores 0-25 (primary/mental) and 0-26 (dental); higher = greater shortage severity. Coverage tiers from U.S. Census ACS PUMS + KFF state tracker.
Acting on a heavy-burden county
Tehama County's shortage designations unlock specific federal programs and comparisons, here is how to act on them.
- Tehama County's 44 active designations make providers here eligible for National Health Service Corps loan repayment, estimate the award and service terms. NHSC estimator
- See how the county's primary care burden compares with the rest of CA before you draw conclusions from a single score. CA overview
- Check whether an area clears HRSA's 3,500:1 population-to-provider threshold with the provider-to-population ratio behind an HPSA score. HPSA score lookup
HPSA scores describe shortage severity within HRSA's designation criteria, not the availability of any individual provider. For a specific appointment, contact a provider or your insurer; use HRSA's current tools to verify a designation.
Counties With a Similar Dental Shortage Score
Other U.S. counties whose active HRSA dental HPSA score is closest to Tehama County's 20.0. This compares the designation score only, not local appointment availability or care quality. Start with Isabella County, MI and Carroll County, NH.
Showing 6 of 2744 counties nationally with an active designation this severe.
High-volume peers of Tehama County (44 active)
One peer set for this volume-led county: nearest active designation count to 44 across the national corpus.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Tehama County's MUA standing sit beside its HPSA records?
- Yes - Tehama County carries an MUA designation (index 61.1; lower = greater measured need) in addition to its HPSA rows. MUA and HPSA are separate HRSA tracks; both can open different federal pathways.
- What makes up Tehama County's 44 active HPSA designations?
- 44 Designated rows (16 primary care, 13 mental health, 15 dental). Highest-scored name on this release: "Rolling Hills Clinic- Corning" (score 20.0; dental; 11,665 people in the service area; designated 08/18/2019). Also active: "Red Bluff Dental Clinic", "DIGNITY HEALTH SOLANO STREET MEDICAL CLINIC", "Red Bluff Dental Clinic". Above 99% of real US counties by volume.
- What does volume-plus-score look like for Tehama County?
- Peak active score 20.0 in dental care clears the 17-point line while volume sits at 44 rows.
- What clinician need sits behind Tehama County's designation volume?
- Closing published gaps would take about 11 additional clinician FTEs (id-de-duped providers_needed). "Rolling Hills Clinic- Corning" is the severity lead inside that inventory.
- Which federal programs follow Tehama County's designation volume?
- 44 active designations can open NHSC placement, CHC grants, Medicare bonus and J-1 waivers, by designated area and provider type, not by county line alone.
- How does Tehama County's volume compare inside CA?
- 44 active HPSA rows · peak 20.0. Tehama County falls in the upper quarter of CA counties by active-designation volume, at rank 10 of 58. Score-nearest counties on this release include Isabella County, MI and Carroll County, NH.
Source: HRSA Data Warehouse. FIPS: 06103. This county’s designations come from BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_PC.csv (primary care) , BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_MH.csv (mental health) and BCD_HPSA_FCT_DET_DH.csv (dental) — download the normalized export on our open data page. PlainHealthAccess is not affiliated with HRSA or any government agency.
HRSA Data Warehouse HPSA + MUA/P records for FIPS 06103 (Tehama County, CA), vintage 2026-08-15. Active designation count 44; peak score 20.0; signature 44 active designations. This profile is reference material, not professional advice; see methodology.