AdventHealth formally submitted an application to state health regulators in North Carolina to build a hospital in Asheville, an area well-known for its previous state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, Healthcare Dive reports.
The health system is seeking to build a 67-bed hospital, including labor and delivery, surgery, an intensive care unit and an emergency department.
The health system plans to build the hospital about nine miles from Mission Hospital, the only other acute care hospital in the area.
AdventHealth said the new hospital will bring more healthcare choice to residents in the Asheville region, which economists who have studied the region say is needed.
Mission Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital merged nearly three decades ago and the state shielded the two competitors from federal antitrust enforcement in exchange for state oversight. Read more.
