Rural Health Access Corporation

Rural Health Access Corporation, doing business as Rural Health Access Corp and operating the Coalfield Health Center division, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Chapmanville, West Virginia, that receives federal grant funding to deliver primary and preventive healthcare services to underserved and low-income populations in rural Appalachia. The organization operates as a prime federal grant recipient (89% of recent awards) under the Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Center Program and related public health initiatives, with no federal contract footprint.

Coalfield Health Center operates as a Federally Qualified Health Center look-alike, providing primary medical care, diagnostic laboratory services, screenings, family planning, immunizations, well-child care, gynecological services, mental health and substance use treatment, and enabling services including case management, eligibility assistance, health education, and transportation. The center collaborates with the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall University's Center for Rural Health to support medical student rural health rotations.

The vendor's federal customer base concentrates in the Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA is the dominant grantor, accounting for four awards across the Health Center Program, Bridge Access Program, and COVID-19 vaccination expansion initiatives. The Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 has placed two awards carrying $6 thousand in combined potential value. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has contributed one award to the portfolio. The most recent and largest grant is an August 1, 2026 Health Center Program award of $650,000 running through July 31, 2027, which supports expansion to serve an additional 5,000 new patients in 2026 across multiple fixed service delivery sites in Chapmanville and a new mobile unit. The organization has operated continuously since July 2009 and holds a single federal grant sub-award from March 2022, when it partnered with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources on COVID-19 vaccination outreach leveraging partnerships with local health departments and surrounding federally qualified health centers. Activity is sporadic — two awards in 2018, one in 2021, two in 2022, one in 2023, and one in 2026 — with one award reaching completion in the next twenty-four months.