Internal HCA hospital documents and texts between hospital staffers provided to NBC News support these health care professionals' views. (Morgenson, 6/21) Asheville Watchdog: North Carolina AG Threatens HCA With Litigation The North Carolina Department of Justice today expressed "serious concerns" about HCA Healthcare's compliance with the commitments it made as a condition of acquiring Asheville's nonprofit Mission Hospital system in 2019. In a June 20 letter to Greg Lowe, CEO of HCA's North Carolina Division, the North Carolina Attorney General's office cited HCA's sharp reduction in cancer services, consisting of just one physician "where it once had as many as 14." (Jones and Lewis, 6/20) On health care personnel — Philadelphia Inquirer: Nursing Home Inspectors Are In Short Supply, According To Report Sen. Bob Casey worries that many of the 1 million-plus people living in 15,000 nursing homes across the United States are in facilities that haven't been inspected for a long time.