McDowell Hospital is a member of Mission Health, a Top 15 Health System, and a community hospital serving Marion and the surrounding North Carolina mountain communaties of McDowell County.  The hospital is supported by practice service lines that include: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Urology and Obstetrics & Gynecology. Currently five of its primary care practices have been recognized by CMS as Rural Health Clinics, and McDowell Hospital is developing an expanded primary care network for western North Carolina.