We Need Your Help

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) has chosen Access East to lead one of its six NC ROOTS Hub regions. We have several pressing items right now that need public involvement, to aid us in this important work on behalf of our underserved eastern North Carolina (ENC) neighbors.
Please visit here for ways to share your input on improving rural health care in eastern North Carolina. These include:

An unrivaled 30-year history providing complex care-management services to Medicaid recipients in 34 Eastern North Carolina counties. Read more ...

Access East pilot program, and one of only three of its type in North Carolina, delivering non-medical services to qualifying Medicaid enrollees in northeastern North Carolina, focusing principally upon food, housing, interpersonal violence/toxic stress and transportation services. Read more ...

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) has chosen Access East to lead one of its six NC ROOTS Hub regions.

The statewide RHTP initiative will connect key organizations and community leaders in each unique region to strengthen, and improve access to, quality health care and health-related social services for that region’s underserved rural population. Read more ...

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Our nonprofit network coordinating donated or reduced-fee health care services for qualifying low-income, uninsured residents of Beaufort, Greene, Edgecombe, Hertford, Martin and Pitt counties, and including our Affordable Care Act (ACA) Navigators and the Access East Farmworker Health Program. Read more ...

August 2026 Regional Education Sessions for Medicaid Users

Access East continues its series of free education sessions for our eastern North Carolina neighbors to learn about Medicaid plans and how to change them.
Events are arranged by county, though all events are open to everyone, regardless of the county you live in. Simply click the links to view detailed information.