About Us

Community Health Partners (CHP) is one of the 14 networks composing Community Care of North Carolina. There are 60 primary care physician practices in the CHP network that serve as the medical home for the Health Choice and Carolina ACCESS II Medicaid patients.

CHP partners with health departments, social services agencies, hospitals and local area mental health agencies to help manage the medical services needed by the patients. Our aim is to improve the quality of care and impact the utilization of Medicaid services. The State of NC has charged Community Care of North Carolina with reducing the Medicaid budget in a responsible and patient-centered manner.

CHP nurse care managers perform activities including:

Screening, health assessments and care planning to identify problems
Patient education and behavior modification to improve outcomes
Chronic disease management and use of evidence-based protocols
Emergency room diversion for non-urgent reasons

CHP also administers the Health Check Program to make sure that children get to their doctor to receive their well-check exams and the ABCD Program to identify early childhood developmental problems.

Several new initiatives are underway through the CHP network:

Behavioral Health Integration with Primary Care Physicians
Palliative Care and End of Life Care
Separating True Chronic Pain Patients from Prescription Drug Abusers