About

Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is a Community Health Center / Federally Qualified Health Center that offers primary care, behavioral health, and dental services, discounted pharmacy services, and a sliding fee program for insured and uninsured patients. We are private nonprofit serving 13 counties in Western North Carolina.

Community Health Centers

Patient Governed

FQHCs must maintain a patient-majority Board of Directors that reflects the people we serve — ensuring that our organization and the care we provide are directly impacted by real patients and members of our community.

Affordable

FQHCs can never turn away patients based on their ability to pay. WNCCHS accepts many major insurance plans, including Medicaid and Medicare. We also offer pricing discounts and sliding scale discounts that are based on a patient’s family size and income. 

Necessary

FQHCs remove common barriers to care by serving communities whose residents have historically experienced financial, geographic, or cultural barriers to receiving care. FQHCs must operate in a federally designated “medically underserved” location.

Integrating Care

FQHCs provide patients with a health care home that integrates high quality medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, and enabling services.

Tri-Fold Brochure

Click the links below to open a low-res digital PDF version of our tri-fold brochure in English, Spanish, or Russian.

To request physical copies of our brochure or rack cards for our locations and/or individual services — please contact our Marketing Director at mgriffin@wncchs.org.

Mission

To provide high-quality and life-enriching whole-person health care.

Vision

A healthy, thriving Western North Carolina.

Values

  • Compassion

  • Diversity

  • Quality

  • Integrity

  • Teamwork

History

  • In 1993, a group of community activists led by Carlos Gomez, Minnie Jones, and Dr. Polly Ross formed a non-governmental organization that began providing HIV medical care to patients at the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church.

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