About Us
High Country Community Health
High Country Community Health is a community health center with locations in Avery, Burke, and Watauga Counties in western North Carolina. HCCH provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services within an integrated medicine model of care that treats the whole person.
Mission - Vision - Values
Our Mission
The mission of the HCCH team is to provide quality, patient centered, culturally appropriate, affordable and compassionate care that serves the whole person.
Our Vision
HCCH will be the leading employer, patient health educator, and provider of innovative whole person care in the communities we serve
Our Values
Wellness, Empowerment, Diversity, Accountability, Collaboration, and Respect
Board of Directors
The HCCH Board of Directors is comprised of community members and patients, representative of the ethnicity and economic status of the areas in which we provide care.
Current Board Members: Yolanda Adams (Chair), Carrie McNeil (Co-Chair), Jeannie Keasey (Treasurer), Sarah Stamey (Secretary), Gary McCullough, Dr. Chip Watkins, Elizabeth Wegmann, Nicole Hiegl, Andi Gelsthorpe, Cynthia Dillon, Katie Langley, Charlie Brady, and Joe Landowne
High Country Community Health is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provider
High Country Community Health is a deemed Federal Public Health Service Employee