Moving Health Care Forward
AdventHealth is expanding access and services to whole-person care across our region.
We believe patients should feel empowered to take control of their health care, and more choice is a step in that direction. As a not-for-profit health care organization, we invest our financial resources into our communities, expanding access to high-quality care for the people in those communities.
Share Your Support
Your Voice Matters.
We are excited to share that AdventHealth has applied to provide 26 additional acute care beds to our state-approved hospital being built in Weaverville. This CON would allow AdventHealth to expand the scope and scale of health care services for the people of Western North Carolina. With the announcement of our intention to apply for the Certificate of Need for these additional beds, we have once again received incredible community support.
We are now in the Public Comment phase of this CON process. During the month of July, the public may share their written comments regarding AdventHealth’s application for these 26 acute care beds. The deadline for submitting a written comment regarding the 26-bed CON is Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
If you would like to share your support for this additional choice in health care for the region, you can use the link below.
Click Here to Submit a Letter of Support
You can also submit a letter of support via mail to:
Certificate of Need Chief
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2704
Make Your Voice Heard.
Join us at the Certificate of Need the Public Hearing.
Following the written public comment period, there will be a public hearing for community members to share their comments and voice their support for AdventHealth's CON application.
Monday, August 19 | 11 am
26-Bed CON Public Hearing
Ferguson Auditorium, AB-Tech
340 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC
New Hospital in Buncombe County
AdventHealth is honored to have been selected – by the community and the State of North Carolina – to build a new hospital to serve the people of Buncombe, Graham, Madison and Yancey Counties. In March, we announced the purchase of more than 30 acres of land along US 25/70 in Weaverville where we will build the hospital. This new AdventHealth hospital in Buncombe County will be a community hospital with in-patient, surgical, labor and delivery, and emergency care. The hospital will include access to whole-person care through the following services:
- The Baby Place – Labor and Delivery Unit featuring 13 beds and a dedicated C-section Surgery Suite
- 42 Medical/Surgical Beds
- 12 Intensive Care Beds
- 8 Observation Beds
- A state-of-the-art Surgery Suite for general and specialty procedures with 5 procedure rooms
- Emergency Department with 12 beds
- Imaging Services
- Ancillary Services including Laboratory, Pharmacy and In-patient Therapy
After an initial appeal delayed construction for more than 18 months an NC Administrative Judge upheld the state's decision to award AdventHealth the Certificate of Need (CON) to build the new hospital.
The project is once again being delayed by an additional appeal to the NC Administrative Judge's decision. AdventHealth remains confident that the state's decision will once again be upheld. However, this latest delay in the process will likely prevent the start of construction for an additional 6 to 12 months.
Expanding Care Across Western North Carolina
For more than 110 years, AdventHealth has been bringing wholeness to our patients, team members and communities of Western North Carolina. We are continually Moving Health Care Forward through advanced technology, innovative treatments and growing our team of top physicians, nurses and medical staff. At the center of every move we make are the people we serve. In our conversations with people across the region, you have made it clear that you want it to be easier to get the best medical care possible when and where you want it.
We are excited to share the new choices for AdventHealth’s unique whole-person care taking shape across our region.
- Additional Acute Care Bed CON Application
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More than Just More Beds
On June 17, AdventHealth delivered its application for the Certificate of Need to provide more resources for people looking for more choices in health care. In January, the state outlined the need for 26 acute care beds for the service area of Buncombe, Graham, Madison and Yancey Counties in its annual State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP).
Our application for the CON outlines our plan to bring those additional beds to the new hospital the state approved AdventHealth to build in Buncombe County. This application for this 26-bed CON is about much more than just adding more beds. This CON would allow AdventHealth to expand the scope and scale of health care services for the people of Western North Carolina. AdventHealth’s leadership is shaping the potential for expanded care around the health care needs and concerns we are hearing at our regular community listening sessions across the CON service area of Buncombe, Graham, Madison and Yancey Counties.
In the listening sessions, community members shared their continued desire for choice and competition for their health care. They want to be able to receive safe, high-quality health care closer to where they live and work. We were humbled to hear they want AdventHealth to be the one to bring that choice to these communities with its new, state approved hospital in Buncombe County.
The state’s announcement of the need for additional beds for the same service area allows AdventHealth to take its commitment to meet the needs shared by the people of these counties further. More beds are more than just more hospital beds for these communities. More beds mean the possibility of bringing additional cancer care, interventional cardiology and radiology, along with other specialized care services to a closer, more convenient location.
- New Out-Patient Surgery Center and Medical Office Building
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A new Medical Office Building is taking shape on the main campus of our hospital in Henderson County. In early March, team members and leaders signed the final beam before it was installed. People living in Henderson and surrounding counties told us they wanted more options for outpatient surgery, physician care and other services like imaging and lab. AdventHealth is moving forward to meet those needs with this building that will open by the end of the year
The new building will have approximately 60,000 square feet of space to house hospital-based ancillary and support services. It will allow us to expand our orthopedic care, out-patient procedure services and offer new space for Physician offices.
Some of the services will include:
- Procedure Rooms and Support Space
- Physician Clinic Space
- Laboratory Draw Stations
- Imaging Services
- Expanding Critical Care for Babies
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The Baby Place at AdventHealth is consistently the top choice for labor and delivery care for moms across the region. To make it easier for moms experiencing high-risk pregnancies to receive the award-winning mother and baby care they want from AdventHealth, we applied for a CON for five Neonatal Intensive Care Unit beds. Our team of physicians, midwives and specially trained nurses rank in the top decile in patient experience scores. The addition of the OB Hospitalist program and our exceptional pediatric hospitalists team have positioned The Baby Place to add the NICU, making it easier for moms in our community to access an advanced level of care for their babies closer to home.
- Expanding Clinic Space in Five Counties
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AdventHealth’s commitment to Moving Health Care Forward includes adding new medical offices for the communities we serve. Later this summer, we are opening our new Urgent and Primary Care office in Robbinsville to care for the people of Graham County. In 2025, AdventHealth will add more than 40,000 square feet of clinical space in Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood and Transylvania Counties.
News and Events
- 26-Bed CON Public Comment Period
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Your voice matters. We are now in the Public Comment phase of the next step in the additional 26-bed CON process. Beginning on July 1, there will be a 30-day public comment window in July during which the public may share their input regarding AdventHealth and any other applications for these 26 acute care beds.
Use the link to submit a letter of support.
You can also submit a letter of support via mail to:
Certificate of Need Chief
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2704
- 26-Bed CON Public Hearing: Monday, August 19
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Help us advocate for more health care in WNC. Following the written public comment period, there will be a public hearing before the Certificate of Need Project Analyst, Ena Lightbourne. The Project Analyst will hear statements from AdventHealth and the other applicants during the public hearing. After that, there will be a time for public comments. This is an opportunity in addition to submitting a letter of support in July. You will be able to share your comments directly with the Project Analyst. All public members who wish to speak should arrive about 30 minutes before the hearing to sign up for the public comment section. Members of the public will have up to five minutes to speak.
26-Bed CON Public Hearing
Monday, August 19 | 11:00 am
Ferguson Auditorium, AB-Tech
340 Victoria Road, Asheville, NCAdventHealth would like to thank everyone who has shared their thoughts about the health care landscape, their experiences, and their desire for increased access to AdventHealth’s whole-person care.
- HCA Appeals Judge’s Decision Again
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Fueled by the Administrative Judge’s ruling in favor of the State’s approval of our CON application, AdventHealth has been working to bring a new hospital to Buncombe County. In the weeks following the decision in May, we selected HKS Architects to partner in the design process. This follows the purchase of more than 30 acres of land in North Buncombe County in March.
HCA/Mission’s repeated attempts to block all competition within the state-defined service area continue to fail. Their most recent appeal, filed on June 6, is yet another attempt to stop the introduction of healthy competition. This challenge will certainly delay the opening of the new 67-bed community hospital in Buncombe County, but we believe we will again prevail. The sentiments of fear and frustration we heard from the people of Buncombe, Graham, Madison, and Yancey Counties during our latest public listening sessions are a reminder of the urgency of this matter. Despite these obstacles, AdventHealth's commitment to delivering more access and improved health care to these communities is unwavering.