Novant 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.

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.

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.

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

Novant Health is now using artificial intelligence at its Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte to help emergency room doctors read CAT scans. The idea is to catch patients with more serious injuries quickly.

Neither of Charlotte's two largest hospital systems have plans to require their health care workers to get a booster shot against COVID-19, physicians with Atrium Health and Novant Health said on Tuesday.

Months after a new health care price transparency rule went into effect, some North Carolina hospitals failed to show full compliance. Now, nearly a full year under the new rule, leaders from those hospitals say they are fully following the policy, but regulators have not publicly released information to show these hospitals are indeed in good standing.

In his 2019 lawsuit, David Duvall said he lost his job as senior vice president of marketing and communication at Novant Health due to its effort to diversify its top leadership.

Soon, parents will be able to get their children between the ages of 5 and 11 vaccinated against COVID-19. A Novant Health pediatrician talks about how the vaccine rollout will work and lauds the safety and effectiveness of the shot.

Not all hospitals responded to questions, but those who did are saying vaccine exemptions for their workers are relatively rare.