Medicare threatens to cut off funding for HCA’s Mission Hospital

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HCA’s Mission is in trouble again

It’s only been six years since HCA took over Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, but in that time, Medicare has threatened to cut off funding three times because of safety lapses.

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