Can A Community Hospital Stay True To Its Mission After Sale To Large Corporation? [khn.org]

Alicia Doktor 7/24/184:00 AM

Mission Health, the largest hospital system in western North Carolina, provided $100 million in free charity care last year. This year, it has partnered with 17 civic organizations to deliver substance abuse care to low-income people.

Based in bucolic Asheville, the six-hospital system also screens residents for food insecurity; provides free dental care to children in rural areas via the “ToothBus” mobile clinic; helps the homeless find permanent housing, and encourages its 12,000 employees to volunteer at schools, churches and nonprofit groups.

Asheville residents say the hospital is an essential resource.

[For more on this story by Steven Findlay, go to https://khn.org/news/can-a-com...o-large-corporation/]

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