Mission Health

Mission Health will build a second emergency facility in western Buncombe County.

It is the largest facility of its kind — and fulfills an agreement HCA Healthcare made when acquiring Mission Health in 2019.

Mission Hospital has reapplied for a second emergency department in Buncombe County.

There was no item pertaining to the old hospital on the Franklin Town Council agenda. But that didn’t stop community members from speaking out during the public comment session about the needs for mental health and substance abuse services in Macon County.

The possibility of transforming the Old Angel Medical Center in Franklin to affordable senior housing is too costly for the town. On Monday, council members heard the results of an feasibility study which concluded the rehabilitation project would cost between $50.8 million and $63.5 million.

Franklin Town Council moves forward with a feasibility study on a new project to put senior housing into the former Angel Medical Center building.

The new Angel Medical Center will open on Sunday September 18th.

The City of Brevard is the latest to announce a lawsuit against HCA Healthcare, the Nashville-based corporation that bought the nonprofit Mission Health System in 2019. A press release issued by the City of Brevard says the lawsuit further alleges that HCA’s actions have also harmed Brevard and its community by “making changes to charity care, performing and billing for unnecessary procedures, causing the loss of experienced and highly qualified physicians and other health care providers from the HCA system and reducing the availability of appointments for health care services.”

MissOne 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.

Asheville Watchdog counts 223 departures of doctors since HCA Healthcare purchased Mission Health Sytem in 2019. Two prominent physician groups quit the Mission Health system in the first two weeks of 2022.