Angel Medical Center

What Angel Medical Center does

Angel Medical Center is a 30-bed critical access hospital located at 124 One Center Court in Franklin, North Carolina, serving Macon County and surrounding counties in western North Carolina. Operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mission Health within the HCA Healthcare network, the facility provides a full-service portfolio including a 17-bed emergency department with two trauma bays, two operating rooms, dedicated endoscopy and radiology units, inpatient services, and a broad outpatient offering spanning cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, orthopedic care, wound care, infusion therapy, women's care, diagnostic imaging (digital mammography and nuclear medicine), laboratory services, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. The hospital also operates Mission My Care Now - Angel (urgent care) and CarePartners Hospice, with an onsite Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) hangar enabling rapid emergency transport.

Technology is built on standard hospital infrastructure without disclosed proprietary platforms, integrations, APIs, mobile applications, or AI/ML capabilities. Differentiated clinical credentials include Joint Commission accreditation and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association stroke treatment accreditation, but these are certifications rather than technology assets.

The business model is direct-to-consumer acute care delivery, generating patient services revenue billed through commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid (with critical access hospital cost-based reimbursement from Medicare). Distribution is in-person at the single campus plus an online registration portal for select services, with community-oriented marketing across Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Customer segmentation is entirely geographic, focused on the rural Macon County catchment, with no disclosed enterprise customers, recurring software contracts, or non-geographic revenue diversification.

Name

Angel Medical Center

Legal name

Angel Medical Center

Website

https://angelmed.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Angel Medical Center is a 30-bed critical access hospital in Franklin, North Carolina, serving Macon County and surrounding rural areas with emergency, surgical, rehabilitation, and outpatient services, operated as a subsidiary of Mission Health within the HCA Healthcare network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Critical Access Hospital

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Operated Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Air Medical Transport (Helicopter/Fixed-Wing) (HLAFANAD)

Keywords

• Critical access hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Outpatient imaging
• General surgery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Patient Services Revenue: Revenue generated from providing medical services to patients including emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic tests, rehabilitation, and outpatient services. Services are billed through insurance plans, Medicare/Medicaid, and direct patient payments

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Angel Medical Center is a full-service, 30-bed critical-access hospital in Franklin, North Carolina, providing 24/7 emergency care (including a Chest Pain Center and stroke-accredited program), inpatient acute care, general surgery, women's care, infusion therapy, wound care, cardiac and orthopedic rehabilitation, outpatient physical rehabilitation, laboratory services, and a full range of diagnostic imaging such as digital mammography, X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. The hospital also operates the Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) helicopter transport service and the Mission My Care Now – Angel urgent care line for non-emergency needs.

Product overview

Angel Medical Center is a full-service, critical-access hospital offering a comprehensive portfolio of healthcare services. The 30-bed hospital features two operating rooms, dedicated endoscopy and radiology units, and a 17-bed emergency department with two trauma bays. Beyond core hospital services, the facility operates Mission My Care Now – Angel (outpatient urgent care) and CarePartners Hospice. Outpatient services include a wound clinic, full laboratory, digital mammography, nuclear medicine, and physical/occupational/speech therapy. The hospital provides specialized care across multiple service lines including cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedic care, women's care, burn care, infusion therapy, and surgery. The organization is part of Mission Health, affiliated with HCA Healthcare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Care 24/7 emergency department providing acute emergency stabilization, Chest Pain Center services, and stroke care for adult and pediatric patients in Macon County and surrounding western North Carolina communities.
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program for patients recovering from heart attacks, cardiac surgery, or other cardiac events, delivered on the Angel Medical Center campus.
• Orthopedic Care Inpatient and outpatient orthopedic services for patients with joint, bone, and musculoskeletal conditions, including surgical and non-surgical treatment.
• Outpatient Physical Rehabilitation Outpatient physical therapy and rehabilitation services for patients recovering from injury, surgery, or illness.
• Imaging Services Full diagnostic imaging suite offering digital mammography, X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency patients.
• Laboratory Services In-house clinical laboratory providing diagnostic testing to support inpatient care, outpatient visits, and emergency department workflows.
• Wound Clinic Outpatient wound care clinic treating chronic, complex, and post-surgical wounds using advanced wound-healing therapies and protocols.
• Infusion Therapy Outpatient infusion therapy for patients needing intravenous medications such as chemotherapy, antibiotics, biologics, or hydration, delivered under clinical supervision.
• Women's Care Women's health services covering obstetrics, gynecology, and breast imaging, including digital mammography for screening and diagnosis.
• General Surgery Inpatient and outpatient general surgery services covering common abdominal, soft-tissue, and other routine surgical procedures.
• Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) Helicopter-based emergency medical transport service providing rapid inter-facility transfers and scene response for critically ill and injured patients across the western North Carolina mountain region.
• Mission My Care Now – Angel Walk-in urgent care service for non-emergency illnesses and injuries, allowing patients to reserve a care slot online through Mission My Care Now.

Quantifiable outcome

• Joint Commission accredited
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mission My Care Now – AngelcoreOthersAffiliated outpatient care location operated as part of the Mission Health network, providing convenient access to urgent care and outpatient services in the Angel Medical Center service area.
• CarePartners HospicecoreOthersAffiliated hospice care provider providing end-of-life care services as part of the comprehensive care continuum offered by Angel Medical Center and the Mission Health network.
• Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA)coreOthersHelicopter transport service with onsite hangar at Angel Medical Center for emergency medical evacuation and rapid transport of critical patients to specialized care facilities in the mountain region.
• Mission HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent healthcare system and network affiliation providing Angel Medical Center with access to broader medical specialties, shared resources, quality standards, and coordinated patient care across western North Carolina.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare: Ultimate parent corporation (NYSE: HCA) operating ~180 hospitals. Sets capital allocation, reimbursement strategy, and operational standards that govern Angel Medical Center, and provides the system-level context for valuing any individual facility.
• LifePoint Health: Large for-profit operator of rural community hospitals across the U.S., including Harris Regional Hospital in western NC. Competes with HCA in the rural community hospital segment and provides a direct operational comparable for small-market CAH economics.

Regional players

• Cherokee Indian Hospital: Indian Health Service-affiliated hospital in Cherokee, NC serving the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Comparable rural western NC facility but operates under IHS funding rather than traditional payer model, limiting direct commercial overlap.

Direct peers

• Transylvania Regional Hospital: Mission Health/HCA hospital in Brevard, NC. Same system affiliation and rural western NC service area; comparable community hospital offering emergency, surgical, and outpatient services with shared HCA infrastructure.
• Blue Ridge Regional Hospital: Mission Health/HCA hospital in Spruce Pine, NC serving rural Mitchell and Yancey counties. Comparable rural acute care community hospital model within the same parent system, offering ED, surgical, and outpatient services.
• Swain Community Hospital: HCA/Mission Health-affiliated hospital in Bryson City, NC serving Swain County. Similar small rural hospital in the same western NC region with overlapping service area and CAH-like operations.
• Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital: Rural community hospital in Murphy, NC serving Cherokee and surrounding counties. Comparable rural hospital in western NC with similar emergency, inpatient, and outpatient service mix serving an adjacent mountain population.
• Haywood Regional Medical Center: Community hospital in Clyde, NC serving Haywood County in the same western NC region. Offers similar emergency, surgical, and cardiac services in a comparable rural mountain catchment area, competing for the same patient population.
• Harris Regional Hospital: Community hospital in Sylva, NC serving Jackson and surrounding counties in western NC. Operated by Duke LifePoint Healthcare; competes directly with Angel Medical Center for rural western NC patients, with comparable emergency, surgical, and inpatient services.
• Highlands-Cashiers Hospital: Also a Mission Health/HCA-affiliated critical access hospital in the North Carolina mountains. Operates with a similar small-bed CAH model serving rural western NC, making it the most direct comparable for bed count, payer mix, and service-line structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MissionHealthNC
• Facebookfacebook.com/AngelMedCenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/angel-medical-center
• Instagraminstagram.com/missionhealthnc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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