ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – The NC Department of Health and Human Services names Impact Health Region 1 NC Rural Organizations Orchestrating Transformation for Sustainability (NC ROOTS) Hub Lead, advancing coordinated rural health priorities across 19 counties.
Moving forward, Impact Health will lead implementation of the North Carolina Rural Health Transformation Program (NCRHTP) in Western North Carolina (WNC). North Carolina is home to more than 3.5 million rural residents, the second-largest rural population in the nation.
NCRHTP is supported by $213 million in federal funding from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…