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HCA Healthcare completed its $1.5-billion acquisition of western North Carolina s Mission Health in 2019, but the nonprofit sale to a for-profit entity hasn t been without scrutiny. Following reports from the local community of charity care that s difficult for patients to understand and declines in service, a slew of physician departures is now turning heads.
Dogwood Health Trust a foundation formed with proceeds from the sale to monitor HCA s compliance with obligations of the deal and to invest in the health and well-being of North Carolinians hasn t notified HCA of any issues of noncompliance to date. But the recent or impending loss of more than a dozen physicians has caught the attention of the North Carolina Attorney General s Office as well as the independent monitor put in place to advise Dogwood Health Trust.