Office of Rural Health and Community Care

The N.C. Office of Rural Health and Community Care, founded in 1973 as the Office of Rural Health Services, provides technical assistance to small hospitals and community health centers in rural and medically underserved communities. The office also recruits health care providers to work in rural and medically underserved communities and provides grants for community health centers.

The Office is the lead agency for demonstrations in the delivery and financing of health care for the Department. Presently they are working on a Medicaid program called Access II & III, and an indigent care and long term care demonstration.