Atrium Health

$23 million — that’s how much Charlotte’s two largest hospital systems, Atrium Health and Novant Health, avoid paying in taxes on their Mecklenburg County properties that are valued at more than $2.4 billion. NC Health News and the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter analyzed local records to figure that out. Michelle Crouch, the reporter who wrote the story, joins WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss.

The number of gunshot victims in Atrium Health’s emergency rooms is staggering and rising. The health system released a report that shows a 54% increase over five years.

With a flip of dirt from their shovels, officials from local government, Atrium Health and Wake Forest University on Tuesday officially started construction on the city of Charlotte’s first medical school.

Another COVID-19 wave is hitting the Charlotte region. Just last week the county announced Mecklenburg County moved to the CDC’s high COVID-19 community level. Slipping into this category, which is driven by reported cases and hospital admissions, may feel a bit like flipping the calendar back to 2020.

Atrium Health announced today it has received a $10 million gift from the C.D. Spangler Foundation to improve women’s access to healthcare and combat infant mortality.

North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made record profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Wednesday by the state treasurer’s office. The association for the state's hospitals accused the report of “falsely demonizing” hospital systems.

Atrium Health has announced plans to merge with another major hospital system. What does that mean for patients in the Charlotte area? We discuss the impact with area doctors and health care analysts.

Charlotte-based Atrium Health is merging with Midwest-based Advocate Aurora Health, a move that will double atrium size. For more, "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger business newsletter in this week's BizWorthy.

Atrium Health announced Wednesday it’s merging with Midwest-based Advocate Aurora Health. The combined systems will be headquartered in Charlotte and will operate 67 hospitals across Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin, according to a news release.

Charlotte area hospitals make a profit on patient care, according to an online calculator from the National Academy for State Health Policy.