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Charlotte hospitals say ‘no thanks’ to charity’s efforts to erase medical debt
By Michelle Crouch 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...
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Charlotte leaders urge Atrium to consider working with charity that abolishes...
By Michelle Crouch At-large Charlotte City Council member Dimple Ajmera is urging Atrium Health to consider working with RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that buys unpaid medical debt and...
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Atrium Health: A unit of ‘local government’ like no other
By Michelle Crouch To an outsider, Atrium Health might look no different than its Charlotte competitor Novant Health. Like other nonprofit hospital chains nationwide, both have gobbled up community...
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Three county commissioners sit in on Atrium Health board meeting; ‘the public...
By Michelle Crouch Three Mecklenburg County commissioners attended the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority board meeting on Tuesday after reading a Ledger/NC Health News article this week — and...
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37 N.C. hospitals have joined Gov. Cooper’s medical debt initiative. Will...
By Michelle Crouch UPDATE: As of the afternoon of Friday, August 9, Atrium Health, Duke Health and HCA/Mission Health had opted into Gov. Cooper’s debt relief program, according to spokespeople at...
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N.C.’s new medical debt relief plan: 11 must-dos for hospitals
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Every eligible hospital in North Carolina has opted in to Gov. Roy Cooper’s medical debt relief initiative, which promises extra payments to...
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