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HCA pruned staff at Mission Hospital, reaped soaring profits, academic study finds
By Grace Vitaglione, Carolina Public Press Staff cuts have driven up patient-care profits at Mission Hospital in Asheville after HCA Healthcare acquired the facility, according to a draft report by Mark Hall, director of the health law and policy program at Wake Forest University. The report tracked the hospital’s profits from 2011 to 2022 and…
The rise of mega-hospitals
By Michelle Crouch When it comes to growth, it seems like hospitals can’t get enough of it. Across the country, a tidal wave of hospital mergers and acquisitions in recent years has created multi-billion-dollar hospital giants that serve large swaths of the population. For example, just in North Carolina: In all, U.S. health systems announced…
Fighting in the courts may lead to more care options for people with disabilities
By Anne Blythe It has been a busy few weeks in the courts for an organization that has been a staunch advocate for North Carolinians with disabilities. Disability Rights North Carolina announced a settlement agreement on Wednesday with the state Department of Health and Human Services in a long-running state court battle known as the…
Time running out to extend federal program that provides 900,000 North Carolinians with affordable internet
By Jaymie Baxley In September 2023, Sara Nichols went before the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the continuation of a federal program that has provided more than 900,000 low-income North Carolinians with help paying for internet access. Created through a sweeping infrastructure package…
Inside Charlotte’s private cadaver lab
Editor’s Note: Some readers may find images of bodies in this story disturbing. By Michelle Crouch In a nondescript office building near the Charlotte airport last month, adults clad in blue gowns crowded around the body of a woman who had died of cardiovascular disease. An instructor gently pressed her gloved finger against the woman’s…
Workforce woes delay support services for N.C. residents with disabilities
By Jaymie Baxley Thousands of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities rely on caregivers, known as direct support professionals, for help with everyday tasks like bathing and eating. But those workers are in short supply. A recent study by The Arc of North Carolina, a nonprofit that advocates for people with cerebral palsy, Down…