A large number of people in our area end up at HCA/Mission in Asheville for emergency care. Approval is now being sought for a freestanding emergency department in Buncombe County. MH Mission Hospital LLLP, which is Mission Hospital, has filed a certificate of need application with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a freestanding emergency department in Asheville. The proposed emergency department would offer emergency, laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services.
The project is expected to cost $29 million and would be completed in July 2025.
A public hearing for this project will be held June 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the Ferguson Auditorium of Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College, 340 Victoria Road in Asheville.
Anyone may file written comments concerning this proposal. Comments must be received by the Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section no later than 5 p.m. on May 31.
Comments may be submitted as an attachment to an email if they are sent to DHSR.CON.Comments@dhhs.nc.gov. Comments may also be mailed to the following address:
Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
Division of Health Service Regulation
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2704
For more information contact:
Tanya M. Saporito, Project Analyst
Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
(919) 855-3873
tanya.saporito@dhhs.nc.gov
Certificate of need public notices are posted on the DHSR website.
