In 2009, Public Law 16-51 established a public corporation for healthcare and related public health and behavioral health services, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC). CHCC encompasses the sole hospital, public health, and behavioral health programs for the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. 

The CHCC services include Administration, Hospital Services, Outpatient Services, the Division of Public Health Services, the Community Guidance Center, two health centers on the neighboring islands (Tinian Health Center and Rota Health Center), and the Dr. Jose T. Villagomez Center for Dialysis. The Hospital Services include the Commonwealth Health Center, an 86-bed, Medicare-certified hospital that provides comprehensive clinical care, including, but not limited to, emergency medicine, obstetrics, nursery, adult and neonatal intensive care, pediatrics, nursing, physical therapy, radiology, and a newly established oncology unit. The three health centers also provide an array of clinical services, such as out-patient and in-patient care, nursing, pharmacy, emergency services and laboratory services. 

To improve the health of all people in the Commonwealth, the CHCC Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) strives to empower families and communities to “choose health” and make healthy choices towards a healthier lifestyle. The division does this through a variety of programs and services, including Maternal, Infant, Child, and Adolescent Health Programs, Non-Communicable Disease Programs, Communicable Disease Programs, and Environmental and Disease Prevention Programs. These sections include a wide array of public health programs, such as Immunization and Vaccines for Children TB/Hansen’s Disease Program, HIV/STI/VH Prevention, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Home Visiting, Family Planning, Nicotine Cessation, Diabetes Prevention, and others. Supporting these programs are cross cutting units for Public Health Promotions and Partnerships and Public Health Data and Surveillance. Approximately 130 DPHS employees deliver the majority of public health services to the people of the CNMI. DPHS programs and personnel are almost exclusively funded by federal grants from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services