North Carolina Telehealth Network Association Named Strategic Partner of the North Carolina Healthcare Association
The North Carolina Telehealth Network Association (NCTNA) is proud to announce that it has been officially named a Strategic Partner of the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA), strengthening a shared commitment to advancing high-quality, reliable broadband infrastructure for healthcare providers across North Carolina.
Through this strategic partnership, NCTNA will collaborate with NCHA to support hospitals, health systems, and community-based healthcare organizations with secure, affordable, and medical-grade broadband connectivity — a foundational requirement for modern healthcare delivery, telehealth, and digital health innovation.
As an NCHA-vetted strategic partner, NCTNA delivers connectivity over MCNC’s NC Research and Education Network (NCREN), a highly protected statewide fiber backbone that provides direct, point-to-point fiber connections between healthcare sites. Unlike traditional commercial internet services, NCTNA’s network operates as a dedicated healthcare intranet, keeping traffic off the public internet and enabling lower latency, higher reliability, and protected data transport for mission-critical clinical applications.
“Reliable broadband is no longer optional in healthcare; it is essential infrastructure,” said Jordan Rogers, Director of Relationship Marketing, NCTNA. “This partnership with NCHA affirms the role NCTNA plays in supporting North Carolina’s healthcare community with connectivity that is purpose-built for patient care, not just general internet use.”
In addition to network delivery, NCTNA manages the full FCC Rural Health Care(RHC)/Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) subsidy process on behalf of eligible healthcare providers, including applications, documentation, processing, and audit support. Through the permanent HCF program, participating sites can receive up to 65% in federal subsidies on qualifying broadband services, significantly reducing long-term connectivity costs.
NCTNA’s mission is to ensure that healthcare providers — large and small, rural and urban — have access to affordable, high-performance broadband that supports telehealth, electronic health records, remote diagnostics, cybersecurity, and emerging digital care models.
The NCHA Strategic Partner program highlights organizations that bring proven value, expertise, and mission alignment to North Carolina’s healthcare ecosystem. NCTNA’s inclusion reflects its growing role as a statewide leader in healthcare connectivity and digital health transformation infrastructure.
For more information about NCTNA and its services, visit www.nctna.org.
To view NCTNA on the NCHA Strategic Partner page, visit www.ncha.org/strategic-partners.
