Atrium Health

Atrium Health, the state’s top collector of medical debt in recent years, has quietly stopped suing patients for unpaid medical bills. Patient advocates praised the move but noted that hundreds of people still have judgments against them.

Medical debt is a fact of life for millions of people in the U.S., and when patients receive a medical bill that they can’t or don’t pay, some hospitals will take them to court. A new study outlines the extent of this practice in North Carolina.

$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.