HCA pushed out providers, downgraded care after acquiring Mission Health: report

HCA pushed out providers, downgraded care after acquiring Mission Health: report 
Healthcare Dive; by Susanna Vogel; 8/16/24 
Dive Brief:

• A new working draft study from Wake Forest University alleges HCA has driven doctors away from Mission Hospital and drastically decreased nurse and emergency department staffing since acquiring North Carolina-based Mission Health in 2019.
• The analysis, which draws on dozens of interviews, alleges doctors left Mission following HCA’s $1.5 billion acquisition due to care quality concerns.
• HCA is currently being sued by the North Carolina’s attorney general’s office over allegations the for-profit giant degraded services at Mission following its acquisition.