Ted Clifford is a statewide accountability reporter at The State Newspaper. He focuses on criminal justice, public safety, and court coverage, having previously reported on high-profile cases like the Murdaugh saga. His work has been featured in various publications, including Lawton Publishing Company, Yahoo News, and The Charlotte Observer, and he is a recipient of the 2023 award for best beat reporting by the South Carolina Press Association.
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By: Ted Clifford
A Mission Hospital patient under an involuntary commitment order died by suicide in the emergency department in the early morning hours of May 21, Asheville Watchdog has confirmed. The patient, whom The Watchdog is not naming at this time, was brought to the hospital by law enforcement, according to four people familiar with the incident. […]
By: Ted Clifford
The latest death occurs during “enhanced” federal safety monitoring following 4th immediate jeopardy citation since 2021.
By: Ted Clifford
Paula Case knows the job of a medical examiner wasn’t meant to be easy. Since 2021 she has driven up and down seven counties of western North Carolina investigating deaths that are sudden, violent, unexpected or simply unattended by a physician. Like all local medical investigators in the state, Case, a registered nurse, is a […]
UNC Health, the University of North Carolina's hospital system, has applied for permission to open a 92-bed hospital near downtown Asheville. North Carolina's state-owned nonprofit health provider, which already operates UNCHealth Pardee in Henderson County, made the request to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services under the state's Certificate of Need (CON) requirement, which requires regulatory approval.
Following the sale of Asheville's Mission Health system to HCA Healthcare in 2019, nurses and doctors left in large numbers, practices closed, regulators sanctioned the hospital multiple times, and the public has clamored for information. But lately, that information has been harder to get.
Chris Fink likes to volunteer. But where some people might build houses or help out in a soup kitchen, once every three months Fink takes a tour of Buncombe County's nursing homes and long-term adult care facilities as a member of the county's Community Advisory Committee. Fink visits with residents, helps them to resolve issues and checks to see if bathrooms are clean, medicine carts are locked, and cleaning supplies are put away. He speaks with managers to understand the issues they're facing and helps them stay in compliance with the law.
By: Ted Clifford
A report from the independent monitor tasked with supervising Mission Hospital has found two areas of “potential noncompliance” with the agreement HCA Healthcare signed when buying the hospital in 2019.
By: Ted Clifford
Since its sale to the for-profit HCA Healthcare seven years ago, Mission Hospital has been beset by complaints about declining care. Staff have left in waves, medical specialties have vanished and patient deaths have triggered threats from regulators that the hospital could lose crucial Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
By: Ted Clifford
The U.S. House of Representatives' Ethics Committee has recommended the censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards for violating the House Code of Official Conduct by “failing to adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers.”
By: Ted Clifford
Six months after being threatened with the loss of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements , Mission Hospital told employees that it is officially back in compliance with federal regulations.
