| AdventHealth Weaverville | |
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| AdventHealth | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Weaverville, North Carolina, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private hospital |
| Type | General hospital |
| Religious affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
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| Lists | Hospitals in North Carolina |
AdventHealth Asheville is a planned non-profit hospital in Weaverville, North Carolina for AdventHealth. Construction on the medical facility has been delayed, due to Mission Health filing a lawsuit to stop it from being built. [1] [2] Their appeal was denied by the North Carolina Supreme Court, ending a three year court battle with AdventHealth. [3]
On April 20, 2022, AdventHealth announced that it would apply with the state of North Carolina on June 15, to construct a hospital with 67 beds in Buncombe County, North Carolina. [4] [5] On November 22, AdventHealth was approved to build the new hospital by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. AdventHealth received 4,000 letters of support from government and community leaders in the county and surrounding counties. [6] [7] [8]
Mission Health had applied with the state to add the 67 beds to its hospital in Asheville, their request for the expansion at Misssion Hospital was denied. [9] [10] Also Novant Health had applied to build a hospital in Buncombe County, their bid was rejected by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [11] [12] They both sued North Carolina over its decision to choose AdventHealth. [13] [14] [15] Later Novant Health dropped its lawsuit against the state in 2023. [16]
On February 21, 2024, AdventHealth purchased 25.45 acres between U.S. Route 25/U.S. Route 70 and Interstate 26 in Weaverville, North Carolina for $7.5 million. Originally it had planned to build in Candler, North Carolina. [17] [18] On March 19, AdventHealth announced that it would build its hospital in Weaverville for about $254.1 million, even thou it did not have approval from a judge. [18] [19] [20] North Carolina at its annual State Medical Facilities Plan announced that the Asheville metropolitan area needed 26 more acute beds. AdventHealth after hearing the announcement applied for a certificate of need for the additional 26 beds. This would increase the number of beds for AdventHealth Asheville to 93 beds once built. [18] [21] [22] On May 10, a judge from the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings rejected the lawsuit by Mission Health System a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare against North Carolina over its decision of AdventHealth. In thirty days they have the decision to appeal. [23] [24] [25] In late November, the hospital networks certificate of need for the additional 26 beds was approved by the state, [26] [27] [28] rejecting the certificate of need for the twenty-six beds by Mission Health and Novant Health. [29] [30] On December 20, Mission Health appealed to the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, claiming that the additional twenty-six beds should have never been given to AdventHealth. [31] [32] The reason why they are fighting is because they want to keep the beds they had given up after closing Asheville Specialty Hospital, [33] and also Mission Hospital is over capacity. [34]
On May 9, 2025, AdventHealth announced that it would apply for a certificate of need for an additional 129 bed for AdventHealth Weaverville. [35] [36] This would increase the number of beds for the future hospital to 222, making it the second-largest hospital in western North Carolina. [37] [38] In June, the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld AdventHealth's certificate of need for the sixty-seven beds. [39] In early July, Novant Health announced that it would also apply for the 129 beds for a new hospital. [16] [38] In late July, attorneys for Mission Hospital appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court for a temporary stay of the court of appeals ruling. [40] On July 26, in response to the request the court approved the temporary stay. [41] [42] On August 1, AdventHealth asked the North Carolina Supreme Court not to except the case, since they consider Mission Health's attempt to overturn the certificate of need for the sixty-seven beds to be futile and not appropriate for the court to review. While Mission Health wants the court to clear up contradictory and confusing rulings. [43] [44] In early October, Mission Health announced that it would apply for the 129 beds; [34] [38] and also UNC Health announced that it to would apply for the beds for a new hospital. [38] [45] [46] On December 15, the North Carolina Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Mission Health, paving the way for AdventHealth to have its first phase of AdventHealth Weaverville built. [47] [48] [49] Due to the delay the only work done on the site in 2025, was land development and the demolition of a house. The hospital could create about 1,600 jobs when it opens. [50] [51]
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