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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.

Recently unsealed case describes what they say is widespread use of unnecessary trauma alerts and added tests.

In a move that signals another step past the height of the pandemic, the Triangle's three major hospital systems are relaxing mask requirements.

State Treasurer Dale Folwell is calling on North Carolina lawmakers to pass new consumer protections addressing medical debt collections.

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.

This is now the fifth report issued by the treasurer's office critical of hospital finances. Folwell has called the state's hospitals a "cartel," and accused them of driving up health care costs.

The healthcare sector in the United States accounts for 8.5% of national carbon emissions. Hospitals use enormous amounts of energy to provide nonstop care for patients. In North Carolina, some hospital systems are starting their work to become more sustainable.

Health care accounts for one out of every $5 spent in the United States. Expensive drugs and medical devices have received public scrutiny, but only recently have hospitals come under the microscope.

Health systems and surgery centers are again competing to add services in Wake County.

UNC Johnston is like a lot of other hospitals in North Carolina right now. The big spikes in COVID-19 patients that stretched the health system to nearly its breaking point are in the past. Hopefully for good. But the coronavirus is going to be a way of life for a long time - and that’s meant long-term changes for hospitals.