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Mission Health opens new Angel Medical Center in …
WEBThe new Angel Medical Center in Macon County marks a commitment that HCA Healthcare made when it purchased Mission Health System in 2019. “I don’t think that another community comparable to Franklin that can boast of a new 82,500 square foot hospital that with an investment that including the new heliport equals over a $70 million,” said
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HCA and Mission Health: An FAQ
WEBIn 2019, HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest for-profit hospital company, bought Mission Health System, a nonprofit health organization based in Asheville. Mission Health’s facilities include six hospitals — the largest is the 815-bed Mission Hospital in Asheville — as well as other clinics and specialty facilities throughout the region.
Quality Of Care Concerns Rise At Mission Hospital
WEBIn a letter to Brevard mayor Jimmy Harris, Attorney General Stein responded on May 7 saying, “We are closely monitoring the concerns about changes to the quality of care and charity care at HCA Healthcare facilities in western North Carolina, including reports of physicians leaving HCA due to contract concerns.”
Attorney General calls report on conditions at Mission Hospital
WEBNorth Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein (D) voiced concern Friday about a report on conditions at Mission Hospital, calling the news “extremely alarming.”. The Asheville Watchdog reported Thursday that state investigators have concluded that conditions at Mission Hospital pose “immediate jeopardy” to patients’ safety.
Thousands of state employees will lose coverage of Wegovy, other …
WEBThe State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted yesterday to remove coverage of expensive weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Saxenda. Beginning April 1, nearly 25,000 state employees with existing prescriptions for these types of medications for weight loss will have to pay out of pocket, or stop taking the medicine.
Suit Claims HCA/Mission Health Using Monopoly To Charge More …
WEBA class-action lawsuit alleges that HCA Healthcare, the for-profit owner of Mission Health, is using a monopoly to charge more while providing poorer quality of care.The 87-page suit was filed Wednesday in Buncombe County Superior Court on behalf of six plaintiffs, all of whom live in Mission's Western North Carolina service area.
Mission Hospital receives official notice of ‘immediate jeopardy
WEBAsheville’s Mission Hospital has received official notice from federal authorities that conditions there pose “immediate jeopardy” to patients’ safety, putting the facility on track to potentially lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding if the issues are not resolved.
Almost $12 Million Awarded By Local Legacy Foundations In 2019
WEBNantahala Health Foundation . The Nantahala Health Foundation was created to support the region covered by Angel Medical Center, which did not have a hospital foundation that the time of Mission Health’s sale to HCA Healthcare. The foundation supports the six westernmost counties and the Qualla Boundary. The foundation’s first almost $1.5 …
Rural providers especially excited about NC Medicaid expansion: …
WEBThat has providers in rural areas particularly excited about Medicaid expansion, which North Carolina legislators passed — and Gov. Roy Cooper signed — into law earlier this year. The move will bring health insurance to some 600,000 low-income North Carolinians beginning Dec. 1. In the Triangle or Charlotte, patients can call up a rideshare
WakeMed wins major victories for new hospitals
WEBNorth Carolina is what is known as a Certificate of Need state, meaning health services here are tightly regulated — health systems can't just open a new hospital, and they first need approval in the form of a Certificate of Need, or CON. Last year, hospitals in Wake County could apply for up to 45 new acute care beds, the backbone of any hospital, and …
New report sounds alarm on affordable housing
WEBThe need for affordable housing in western North Carolina is getting more severe, a new study commissioned by the Dogwood Health Trust found. By 2025 the region will need 20,000 more units for lower-income households, the study found, with 70 percent, or 14,000, of those new units needed in just three counties: Buncombe, Henderson, and …
Mission Health to open two new emergency rooms in the …
WEBPublished May 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT. Courtesy of Mission Health. Mission Health has announced Certificate of Need approval for two new ERs in the Asheville area. One of the emergency rooms will be near the corner of Hendersonville Road (US 25) and Airport Road in South Asheville and the other will be west of Asheville near Candler.
HCA Healthcare faces lawsuit #3 in WNC, along with a letter from …
WEBA joint class-action lawsuit filed by the City of Asheville and Buncombe County is the latest legal action against HCA Healthcare, the Nashville-based corporation that bought the nonprofit Mission Health System in 2019 . The lawsuit filed in federal court federal on July 27 is similar to the one filed in June by theCity of Brevard.It’s the third lawsuit against …
Where public health stands 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic …
WEBRASCOE: President Trump declared COVID a national emergency on March 13, 2020. That anniversary has come and gone, but COVID continues to affect us as we live alongside the disease. Today on the program, we look ahead at the future of the public health system that COVID pushed to the brink four years ago.
A new CEO, wound care center and structure at Erlanger Western …
WEBOn Tuesday, June 21, Erlanger Western hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new wound center and announced that Dr. Andrew B. Beeghly will serve as the medical director. Beeghly previously served as EWCH’s Medical Director of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, before stepping away for military deployment, according to a press release.
Elected officials call on HCA to sell Mission Health System in wake …
WEBMore than a half-dozen elected officials including state Sen. Julie Mayfield, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Buncombe County Commission Chair Brownie Newman harshly criticized HCA Healthcare on Tuesday, calling on the embattled for-profit hospital giant to put patient safety first or sell Mission Health System to a nonprofit entity.
A new mental health facility opens in Asheville this August
WEBSweeten Creek Mental Health & Wellness Center held its ribbon cutting on July 18, 2023. A new behavioral health facility, built to accommodate everyone from children to geriatric patients, opens this August off Sweeten Creek Road between Asheville’s Oakley and Shiloh neighborhoods. The Sweeten Creek Mental Health & Wellness Center is owned
Erlanger expands Andrews clinic hours as local doctor faces
WEBPatients seeking basic health care access in Western North Carolina face many challenges- cost, a lack of providers and sometimes a long travel time to a clinic. An Erlanger clinic in Andrews celebrated extended hours at the beginning of April. One noticeable feature of the otherwise celebratory gathering was etched on the door: the …
Contract renegotiation could leave 200,000 UnitedHealthcare …
WEBUNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, part of the UNC Health network. UNC Health has notified health insurer UnitedHeathcare that it wants to renegotiate their contract. If both sides don't reach a deal by April 1, it could leave some 200,000 people with UnitedHealthcare insurance out of network for much – though not all – of the UNC Health system.
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