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More doctors are using artificial intelligence to record patient visits, saying the tools save them time and allow them to be more present with patients. Some patients and experts have concerns about privacy and accuracy.

A month after Atrium announced it was erasing thousands of judgments filed against patients for medical debt, four other N.C. hospitals with large numbers of medical debt lawsuits said they have taken the same step.

Atrium and Novant won’t sell their debt to a charity that buys medical debt and forgives it, saying they already have charity care policies. A retired Atrium physician is on a quest to change that.

The new law was passed in the waning hours of the legislative session, but advocates worry it may go too far and hurt mental health patients.

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 ¹ÏÉñapp analysis shows. Hospitals say they provide millions in discounted medical care – but others say it’s time for big hospitals to pay up.

Health care systems including Novant now charge a fee for some doctor-physician message exchanges.