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Company type | Nonprofit organization |
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Industry | Healthcare |
Founded | December 2, 2022 |
Headquarters | 1000 Blythe Boulevard, , |
Number of locations | 69 hospitals [1] (2024) |
Area served | Alabama, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin |
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Number of employees | 155,000 (2024) [1] |
Divisions | Advocate Aurora Health, Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist |
Website | advocatehealth |
Advocate Health is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, it was created when Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged on December 2, 2022. It operates facilities in 6 states in the United States.
On December 2, 2022, Advocate Health was created when Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged. [3] [4] [5] After the merger it quietly stopped sueing patients for not paying their bills and reporting them to collection agencies. [6] [7]
In early March 2024, Advocate Health became a founding member of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network. [8] [9] In late March, it sold Maryland based Senior Helpers to Waud Capital, the amount that the private equity firm paid is not known. [10] [11] On September 20, Advocate Health announced that it would cancel 11,500 liens, some that have been unpaid for 20 years. [6] [12]