Because of a reporting error, three statements attributed to Greg Lowe, president of HCA HealthCare’s North Carolina Division, during his June 2 address to the Asheville-based Council of Independent Business Owners, appeared incorrectly in the June 7-20 edition of the Daily Planet.

Specifically, the story should have stated that Asheville-based Mission Hospital provided more than $300 million in charity care to “patients in need in Western North Carolina.” 

Also, the story should have said that Mission Hospital’s pays more than $60 million in taxes per year.

Finally, the story should have reported that the two free-standing emergency rooms that Mission Health aspires to build in WNC will cost about $29 million each.