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December 10 from Asheville Citizen Times‘ Jacob Boba: In a Dec. 6 ruling, a North Carolina Business Court judge dismissed counterclaims HCA Healthcare filed in response to N.C. Attorney Josh Stein’s lawsuit against the Nashville-based for-profit health system. Stein, North Carolina’s incoming governor, sued HCA in December 2023 alleging HCA breached the terms of its 2019 acquisition of Mission […]

The rise of mega-hospitals by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger, North Carolina Health News April 22, 2024   By Michelle Crouch When it comes to growth, it seems like hospitals can’t get enough of it. Across the country, a tidal wave of hospital mergers and acquisitions in recent years has created multi-billion-dollar hospital giants that

Conditions at Asheville’s Mission Hospital pose ‘immediate jeopardy to patients’ health and safety,’ state investigators report by Asheville Watchdog, North Carolina Health News January 23, 2024 By Andrew R. Jones Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital risks losing Medicare and Medicaid funding because of deficiencies in care that were so severe, state inspectors concluded last month, that

Charlotte hospitals say ‘no thanks’ to charity’s efforts to erase medical debt by Charlotte Ledger, North Carolina Health News December 11, 2023 By Michelle Crouch North Carolina Health News Earlier this year, Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem received national attention for doing something extraordinary: It erased nearly $3.3 million in medical debt for 3,355 local

Atrium Health halts lawsuits against patients for unpaid medical bills by Charlotte Ledger, North Carolina Health News October 16, 2023 By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Atrium Health, the state’s top collector of medical debt in recent years, has quietly stopped suing patients for unpaid medical bills. The change was praised by critics