Reviewed 2026-07-02

ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL.

Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL has a completed North Carolina state-template dossier baseline with official identity, CMS enrollment/owner context when matched, CMS Care Compare point-in-time context when matched, HCRIS financial/utilization context when matched, and explicit limitations for missing fields. Unsupported ownership, compensation, labor, quality-trend, or causation claims are not inferred.

Finding: Closed / historical Mission Health facility
Last reviewed: 2026-07-02
Evidence: 19 cited sources

Baseline reviewClosed / historical Mission Health facility

Closed / historical Mission Health facility
Last verified Jul 2026

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Key sources

CMS owners HCA acquisition

Hospital status

CLOSED / SHUT DOWNClosed / shut down in 2024Mission Health permanently closed Asheville Specialty Hospital in 2024 after suspending services following Tropical Storm Helene.Source: North Carolina Health News ↗

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Control Map

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Hospital ownership/control path

HCA HealthcareMission HealthASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

Evidence limits

Baseline record, research incompleteContract document missingNo CMS enrollment match in automated pass7 ownership sources checked19 total sources below

Direct PE ownershipNot documented as direct PE ownership in this state-template pass

PE relationshipNo documented PE link in current baseline sources

OperatorHCA Healthcare

Population servedNeeds system/facility catchment estimate

ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL is connected to HCA Healthcare. HCA is a public company. Its 2026 proxy identifies Frist-related holdings and Vanguard beneficial-owner context. Treat Vanguard and other public-market holders as institutional shareholder context, not hospital operators. Institutional shareholder names are context only and do not override facility-level ownership evidence.

Review Note

Why this page is published

completed state-template official-source baseline

Publish state-template completion fields while preserving explicit unavailable/searched-not-found limitations.

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Facility legal owner, operator, parent company, ultimate controller, PE sponsor, and institutional shareholder context are separate evidence layers.

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operatesProprietary → ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

PROPRIETARY is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL.

operatesHca Healthcare → ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

HCA Healthcare is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.

Institutional shareholders such as Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street are context nodes only; they are not hospital operators unless direct control evidence is found.
CMS owner rows identify enrolled owner/control roles but may not name every ultimate financial sponsor.
Sibling/system affiliation does not cause a facility to inherit another hospital’s red status.

Connections

Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility

Legal-owner layerPROPRIETARYFacility legal owner / enrollment layer · legal owner or enrolled operator

PROPRIETARY is shown separately from the parent system and ultimate financial/control context.

Operator layerHCA HealthcarePublic for-profit hospital company · corporate owner/operator

This connection identifies the operating or system layer used for the public map and dossier.

Shareholder contextInstitutional shareholders / governance contextShareholder or governance context · context only, not hospital operation

HCA is a public company. Its 2026 proxy identifies Frist-related holdings and Vanguard beneficial-owner context. Treat Vanguard and other public-market holders as institutional shareholder context, not hospital operators.

Corporate-chain backedHCA HealthcarePublic mega-corporation / hospital chain · owned or operated Mission Health facility before closure

HCA is the public-company corporate chain behind Mission Health. This layer is shown separately from private-equity or staffing-contract evidence.

Mission Health system threadMission HealthRegional health system / HCA division · historical system affiliation

Mission Health ties the Asheville flagship, regional acute-care hospitals, CarePartners, Mission Children's, and Asheville Specialty into one HCA-owned family thread.

Closed HCA/Mission branchAsheville Specialty Hospital closureClosed facility context · reported permanent closure

This row remains in the Mission Health thread as historical/closed context rather than a current operating branch.

Leadership

Current accountability and official image status

HCA Healthcare Chief Executive OfficerSamuel N. Hazen

Corporate-level HCA accountability context; local facility leadership should remain separate when a local source is available.

official image unavailable in this automated NC pass

Compensation context: Corporate executive compensation is disclosed in the HCA 2026 proxy; local hospital CEO compensation was not identified.

Leadership source Compensation source

System Thread

Connected facilities and system family

ANGEL MEDICAL CENTERMission Health · FRANKLIN, NC · connected NC facility
ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITALMission Health · ASHEVILLE, NC · current record
BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITALMission Health · SPRUCE PINE, NC · connected NC facility
CAREPARTNERS REHABILITATION HOSPITALMission Health · ASHEVILLE, NC · connected NC facility
CAREPARTNERS REHABILITATION HOSPITALMission Health · ASHEVILLE, NC · connected NC facility
HIGHLANDS - CASHIERS HOSPITALMission Health · HIGHLANDS, NC · connected NC facility
MISSION HOSPITALMission Health · ASHEVILLE, NC · connected NC facility
MISSION HOSPITAL MCDOWELLMission Health · MARION, NC · connected NC facility
TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL HOSPITALMission Health · BREVARD, NC · connected NC facility

Timeline

Ownership history and events

2019-02-01
HCA completes Mission Health purchase
HCA announced completion of the Mission Health acquisition; CMS CHOW records align for the enrolled Mission/HCA branches where a CCN row is available.
2024-11-30
Asheville Specialty Hospital closure reported
North Carolina Health News reported Mission Health would not reopen Asheville Specialty Hospital after 2024 disruption.
Current / undated
operates
PROPRIETARY is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL.
Current / undated
operates
HCA Healthcare is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.
2019-02-01
formerly owned or operated
ASHEVILLE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL is tied to HCA-owned Mission Health; this ownership layer is public-company ownership, not PE ownership.
Current / undated
operates
State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

Metric	Period	Value	Method note
net patient revenue	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$12,484,445	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$14,388,655	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$14,150,182	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$14,524,502	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$18,250,498	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$19,116,647	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$15,440,178	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$14,013,508	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	-$5,765,521	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	-$4,723,781	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	-$1,580,635	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$541,672	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$2,976,436	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$4,162,816	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$4,285,315	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$4,190,790	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	$13,203,051	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	$9,970,409	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	$5,512,603	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	$4,311,345	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	89.16 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	90.21 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	92.3 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	89.06 FTE	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	34 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	34 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	34 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	34 beds	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	8,751 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	9,602 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	8,913 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	8,513 days	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2022 to 09/30/2023	305 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2021 to 09/30/2022	323 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2020 to 09/30/2021	296 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges	10/01/2019 to 09/30/2020	288 discharges	Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes

Limitation

No TeamHealth/Blackstone staffing-contract evidence was located for this branch in the reviewed sources.

Limitation

HCA/Mission ownership is public-company ownership and should not be classified as current PE ownership.

Limitation

No current CMS enrollment or CHOW row for Asheville Specialty Hospital was located in the local CMS cache used for this pass.

Limitation

No current CMS enrollment match was found by CCN or unique name/city/state match.

Limitation

No matching CMS Care Compare general-information row was found.

Limitation

This automated NC pass searched mandatory official/source systems and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

Limitation

This five-state template completion pass used official cached CMS/HIFLD/PESP/HCRIS sources and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

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contract_start_date

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contract_terms

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NPI

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official CEO image URL

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current CMS overall rating

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source-backed local CEO/current leader

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facility-level CEO compensation amount

Direct connection

mission-health

Direct connection

hca-healthcare

Direct connection

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Direct connection

Legal/enrollment layer: PROPRIETARY.

Direct connection

Operator layer: HCA Healthcare.

Direct connection

Ultimate parent/controller context: HCA Healthcare, Inc..

Direct connection

Shareholder/governance context: HCA is a public company. Its 2026 proxy identifies Frist-related holdings and Vanguard beneficial-owner context. Treat Vanguard and other public-market holders as institutional shareholder context, not hospital operators.

Direct connection

Operator/owner context: HCA Healthcare.

Action / event

Keep this branch connected to Mission Health while avoiding a PE warning absent supporting evidence.

Action / event

Recheck TeamHealth recruiting and hospital service-line pages in future reviews.

Action / event

Preserve HCA/Mission public-company ownership separately from Blackstone/TeamHealth service-contract evidence.

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Sources

Evidence and source documents

governmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services governmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services governmentHospital Change of OwnershipCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services governmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services primaryHCA Healthcare Completes Purchase of Mission HealthHCA Healthcare primaryContact UsMission Health primaryOur HistoryMission Health primaryLocationsMission Health reportingAsheville Specialty Hospital won't reopenNorth Carolina Health News governmentHospitals RAPTHomeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data governmentNorth Carolina hospital license dataNorth Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation governmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services primaryHCA Healthcare 2026 proxy statementSecurities and Exchange Commission primaryHCA Healthcare 2025 Form 10-KSecurities and Exchange Commission derived_public_datasetHospital universe / existing map location recordPE Healthcare Watch hospital universe researchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder Project