Mission Hospital is trying to keep acute care beds it gave up when it closed Asheville Specialty Hospital late last year, but ...

LTACH stands for long-term acute care hospital. It has also been called Asheville Specialty Hospital. Most people do not know the significance of a long-term acute care hospital, and why would you?

Mission Hospital’s chief nursing officer, Melanie Wetmore, who led the staff through some of the most tumultuous years in the company’s 140-year history, will depart for another leadership role with ...