Council to consider regional resolution asking HCA CEO to meet local stakeholders
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Summary
The council agreed to place on its consent agenda a draft resolution, drawn from a regional Board of Delegates, asking HCA leadership to meet West North Carolina stakeholders after repeated CMS ‘immediate jeopardy’ designations at local HCA facilities; the mayor said the draft will be tailored for Fletcher and returned next week.
The Fletcher Town Council discussed a draft resolution modeled on language passed unanimously by a regional board of delegates that asks HCA leadership to meet with stakeholders in western North Carolina about recent care-quality concerns. The mayor said the resolution would be adapted for Fletcher and could be placed on the consent agenda at next week’s meeting.
The mayor noted that HCA has repeatedly received an “immediate jeopardy” designation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a designation that could affect Medicaid and Medicare funding for the region’s only level-1 trauma center. The resolution, if adopted, would ask HCA’s CEO to engage with local officials and stakeholders about those concerns.
Councilors agreed the language could be revised to reflect Fletcher’s circumstances and that the town would coordinate with regional delegates before sending any final resolution to HCA’s CEO. No formal vote on the resolution occurred during this meeting.
