About Asheville Specialty Hospital

Asheville Specialty Hospital (ASH) is the only accredited long-term acute care hospital in the western North Carolina region. ASH is an independent affiliate of Mission Health, housing 34 licensed beds and an attending medical staff of two physicians and two nurse practitioners’ who communicate and plan medical treatment with your physician.

Treatment and Therapy Services:

• 24/7 RN Coverage
• Daily Attending Physician Visits
• Respiratory Therapy
• Ventilator Support
• Certified Wound Care
• Physical, Occupational, & Speech Therapies
• Chaplain Services
• Nutritional Therapy
• Palliative Care
• Pet Therapy
• Case Management & Social Service
• Cardiopulmonary Program

• Patients come to us with: Neurological Conditions
• Cardiac Disease
• Pulmonary Disease
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Renal Disease
• Post-Operative Complications (infection, stroke, bleeding)
• Complex Wounds