Atrium Health

A decision to halt seeking medical payments was praised by critics who have long said it’s not right for a publicly chartered, multibillion-dollar, nonprofit hospital to take patients to court for medical costs that are often out of their control.

The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. "I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's," said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.

As Charlotte leaders discuss a possible tax increase, Mecklenburg County hospitals are exempt from $23 million per year in property taxes, a Charlotte Ledger/N.C. Health News analysis shows. Hospitals say they provide millions in discounted medical care – but others say it’s time for big hospitals to pay up.

A former nurse at a North Carolina hospital has been charged in the deaths of two patients after officials said he injected them with lethal doses of insulin.

A report released from North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the seven largest hospital systems reaped sizeable financial benefits last year, even as they received billions of dollars in federal pandemic assistance.

At least 5,750 employees at Atrium Health have still not received a COVID-19 vaccine, leading the Charlotte-based hospital system to push back its original deadline for mandatory vaccination.

There appear to be more disagreements than initially thought in a proposed combination of UNC Health Care and Charlotte-based Atrium Health – formerly…