WakeMed claims the UNC system is creating “unfair competition” by duplicating high revenue-generating services. WakeMed also claims it provides a disproportionate amount of charity care when compared to UNC. WakeMed provides 80 percent of charity care in Wake County, according to the report.
“Any time we see a non-profit organization doing very little non-profit work and being subsidized by state money, it’s time to call attention to that,” said WakeMed CEO Bill Atkinson.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek report on WakeMed.
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– North Carolina’s WakeMed opening $99M Children’s Hospital
– Head of North Carolina’s Moses Cone Leaves to be COO of WakeMed System
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