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For Wilkes Regional
The hospital is owned by the town of North Wilkesboro. It is governed by the North Wilkesboro Board of Commissioners through the Hospital Board. Members of the Hospital Board include:

In 2006, the North Wilkesboro Board of Commissioners approved a plan to let Carolinas HealthCare Systems manage the hospital with development of some clinical programs by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

In 2012, investigative reporting done by both the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer reported on some hospitals use of litigation to recover payment for services. The articles cited Carolinas HealthCare Systems, and Wilkes Regional Medical Center (managed by CHS) as each filing over 12,000 suits in the five-year period ending in 2010. The article states that Wilkes Regional "appears to be the state’s most litigious individual hospital."

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 * Michigan State
 * Washington State
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 * Indiana
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