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Since 1996, Project Access has been a vital healthcare initiative, connecting uninsured, low-income residents (under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level) in Buncombe and Madison counties with free, comprehensive medical care. Each year, more than 2,500 individuals receive essential healthcare services through our program.
“Project Access® fills an urgent need in our community allowing us to coordinate preventive and wellness care that keeps patients’ overall health at a higher level. As a result, our volunteer physicians limit the episodes of crisis care such as hospitalization or emergency care, which is always more expensive and less desirable for patients.”
Referral form – PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REFER A PATIENT
Participating-Practices-2026_Public – Current as of May 2026. Project Access patients may be referred to practices on this list.
Participating healthcare providers volunteer their time and services, pledging any amount of donated care to treat patients free of charge. The WCMS Project Access model has been successfully replicated in 30+ states, serving as a national blueprint for community-based healthcare solutions.
Please call 828.203.6001 or email julie@mywcms.org
Contact the WCMS Interpreter Network (WIN) at 828.274.0950 or win@mywcms.org
Call us at 828.274.6989 or email projectaccess@mywcms.org
*The Health Access Navigator Team works with applicants, verifications, referrals, denials and other daily Project Access operations.
*We can provide our tax ID if you require it for your records. Please send us a claim for each Project Access visit so that we can keep track of kept appointments. We can provide a quarterly count to each office to monitor referrals.
Project Access is not health insurance but a critical bridge to stabilizing health and improving access to long-term coverage.
Project Access celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2021 and made a video about the program. Learn more about its impact and some of the people who have helped make it successful!
Thank you to our incredible volunteer providers, practice managers, clinical staff, schedulers and billing teams. Project Access is only possible because of your generosity! Every year we place an ad in the Asheville Citizen-Times to thank our volunteers. This ad typically runs in the summer and thanks providers for care in the previous year.
