Michelle Crouch | The Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News

The protesters were pressing the hospital authority board to honor affordable housing promises as the system reported soaring 2025 revenues. Meanwhile, union workers from affiliated facilities in the Midwest decried working conditions.

Residents and advocates pressed county commissioners to use their limited oversight power to hold the health care giant accountable for affordable-housing promises tied to development of the Pearl.

In 2021, Atrium Health promised affordable housing in a pitch to win $75 million in local tax incentives for its medical innovation campus, The Pearl. The housing hasn’t materialized.

Duke Health steps out of the Triangle with a new partnership and a Duke-branded hospital in the Charlotte region. For patients in Charlotte, the move could mean more choice — and maybe even lower prices.

One Charlotte elected official said he is confident Atrium Health will share demographic data soon about its new medical school class. With DEI efforts under scrutiny, some N.C. medical schools have removed stats from their webpages.

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine launches in Charlotte this week with a nontraditional training curriculum that includes digital dissections, robotic patients and problem-based learning.

Some ambulance patients are surprised to find their wages or tax refunds seized to settle hefty bills. EMS leaders say the measures are needed to cover their costs because insurers often underpay.

A proposal in the state legislature would protect patients from surprise ambulance bills. Critics worry it’s written in a way that will drive up health care costs — and maybe insurance premiums.

An organ procurement organization filed a lawsuit to stop Atrium Health from taking over organ donation services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. The dispute highlights the controversy over new rules that aim to improve the nation’s organ transplant system.

As hospitals buy up medical offices and specialty clinics, hospital facility fees for routine doctor’s visits catch patients off-guard.