Novant Health, NHRMC partnership begins
Today is day one of the new hospital partnership By WECT Staff | February 1, 2021 at 12:14 PM EST - Updated February 1 at 7:36 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - It’s the dawn of a new era for healthcare in southeastern North Carolina.
Monday marked the first day for the partnership of Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
“We are excited to expand the Novant Health family to include New Hanover Regional Medical Center,” said Carl S. Armato, president and CEO of Novant Health. “Throughout this process, Novant Health has been confident in the tremendous benefits this partnership would bring to the community: leading-edge, high-quality care closer to home, availability of care to underserved communities and lower health care costs. Looking forward, we are eager to hit the ground running and work with the local board and leadership team to identify our first steps to continue improving the health of those in New Hanove
If all goes as planned, the sale of NHRMC to Novant Health is expected to become official Monday, but don’t expect any immediate changes. (Port City Daily photo / Johanna F. Still)
WILMINGTON On July 23, 2019, citing increased financial uncertainty and the level of funding needed to expand facilities and services amid the area’s rapid growth, officials announced plans to explore selling New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Barring any last-minute hurdles, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2020 18 months later and in the midst of the area’s worst health crisis in a century the county-owned health system will officially become Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. It will operate as a part of Novant’s Winston-Salem-based private nonprofit health network.
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Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center celebrate beginning of partnership
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Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Novant Health provides care at 14 medical centers. (PRNewsFoto/Novant Health)
Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Novant Health provides care at 14 medical centers. (PRNewsFoto/Novant Health)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) are celebrating the beginning of their partnership. The two North Carolina not-for-profit health systems have come together after more than a year of public evaluation of how NHRMC could best meet the needs of the growing region. The sale of NHRMC from New Hanover County to Novant Health opens new opportunities for collaboration and growth as well as additional medical education and clinical capabilities through an expansion of NHRMC
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New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is a publicly owned hospital delivering good care at lower prices than most others and still makes money―yet the county is selling the hospital to one of the state’s biggest healthcare systems.
In America s healthcare system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an anomaly. It is a publicly owned hospital that boasts good care at lower prices than most and still flourishes financially.
Nonetheless, New Hanover County is selling the hospital to one of the state s biggest healthcare systems. The sale has stoked concerns locally that the change in ownership will raise fees, which would not only leave patients with bigger bills but also eventually filter down into higher health insurance premiums for Wilmington workers.
If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive?
If Wilmington’s self-sufficient medical center cannot stand alone, can any public hospital avoid being subsumed into the large systems that economists say are helping propel the cost of American health care ever upward?
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In America’s health care system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an anomaly. It is a publicly owned hospital that boasts good care at lower prices than most and still flourishes financially.
Nonetheless, New Hanover County is selling the hospital to one of the state’s biggest health care systems. The sale has stoked concerns locally that the change in ownership will raise fees, which would not only leave patients with bigger bills but also eventually filter down into higher health insurance premiums for Wilmington workers.