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The Dogwood Health Trust — the foundation responsible for enforcing HCA Healthcare’s compliance with the terms of its 2019 purchase of nonprofit Mission Health — has accelerated its oversight schedule in the wake of Mission Hospital’s latest violations of federal safety standards.
In a statement to Asheville Watchdog far in advance of the foundation’s official annual report to the attorney general, typically in the summer, Rachel Ryan, Dogwood’s General Counsel, said Dogwood considers Mission Hospital’s multiple immediate jeopardy sanctions to be “a matter of noncompliance” with the contract…