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Reviewed 2026-07-02

ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY is marked as a corporate-chain case. That is separate from direct private-equity ownership, but it still belongs in the red corporate-control color family.

Finding
Corporate-chain ownership/accountability warning
Last reviewed
2026-07-02
Evidence
9 cited sources
Documented warningPart of a corporate hospital chain

ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY has a completed North Carolina state-template dossier baseline with official identity, CMS enrollment/owner context when matched, CMS Care Compare point-in-time context when matched, HCRIS financial/utilization context when matched, and explicit limitations for missing fields. Unsupported ownership, compensation, labor, quality-trend, or causation claims are not inferred.

Corporate-chain ownership/accountability warning
Last verified Jun 2026
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Control Map

This leads to this

controls
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital AuthorityATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY
operates
Atrium HealthATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY
parent_company_or_controller
Advocate HealthAtrium Health

Evidence limits

Red color requiredCMS enrollment match used where available18 ownership sources checked9 total sources below
Direct PE ownershipNot documented as direct PE ownership in this state-template pass
PE relationshipNo documented PE link in current baseline sources
OperatorAtrium Health
Population servedNeeds system/facility catchment estimate

ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY is connected to Atrium Health. No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is nonprofit system governance through Advocate Health / Atrium Health. Institutional shareholder names are context only and do not override facility-level ownership evidence.

Review Note

Why this page is published

completed state-template official-source baseline

Publish state-template completion fields while preserving explicit unavailable/searched-not-found limitations.

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Facility legal owner, operator, parent company, ultimate controller, PE sponsor, and institutional shareholder context are separate evidence layers.

See the full ownership chain
controlsThe Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority → ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY

THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY.

operatesAtrium Health → ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY

Atrium Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.

parent_company_or_controllerAdvocate Health → Atrium Health

Advocate Health is the best available ultimate parent, sponsor, or controller context for Atrium Health.

  • Institutional shareholders such as Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street are context nodes only; they are not hospital operators unless direct control evidence is found.
  • CMS owner rows identify enrolled owner/control roles but may not name every ultimate financial sponsor.
  • Sibling/system affiliation does not cause a facility to inherit another hospital’s red status.

Connections

Who owns, backs, staffs, or connects to this facility

Legal-owner layerTHE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITYFacility legal owner / enrollment layer · legal owner or enrolled operator

THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY is shown separately from the parent system and ultimate financial/control context.

Operator layerAtrium HealthLarge nonprofit health system · nonprofit system operator

This connection identifies the operating or system layer used for the public map and dossier.

Parent-company contextAdvocate HealthUltimate parent or controller · ultimate parent / controller context

Advocate Health is shown as the upper control or sponsor context, while the facility-level legal-owner layer remains separate.

Shareholder contextInstitutional shareholders / governance contextShareholder or governance context · context only, not hospital operation

No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is nonprofit system governance through Advocate Health / Atrium Health.

Leadership

Current accountability and official image status

Advocate Health Chief Executive OfficerEugene A. Woods

System-level accountability context for Atrium Health and Atrium Wake Forest Baptist records.

official page has an image, but direct image URL was not captured from the public HTML

System Thread

Connected facilities and system family

  • ATRIUM HEALTH ANSONAtrium Health · WADESBORO, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH CABARRUSAtrium Health · CONCORD, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH CLEVELANDAtrium Health · SHELBY, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH LINCOLNAtrium Health · LINCOLNTON, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH PINEVILLEAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH STANLYAtrium Health · ALBEMARLE, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH UNIONAtrium Health · MONROE, NC · connected NC facility
  • ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITYAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · current record
  • CAROLINAS CONTINUECARE HOSPITAL AT PINEVILLEAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS CONTINUECARE HOSPITAL AT UNIVERSITYAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BLUE RIDGEAtrium Health · MORGANTON, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BLUE RIDGE - VALDESEAtrium Health · VALDESE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER - CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTHAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-MERCYAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER/CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTHAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS REHABILITATIONAtrium Health · CHARLOTTE, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS REHABILITATION - NORTHEASTAtrium Health · CONCORD, NC · connected NC facility
  • CAROLINAS REHABILITATION MT. HOLLYAtrium Health · BELMONT, NC · connected NC facility

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. controls

    THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY is the best available legal-owner or enrolled-operator layer for ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY.

  2. operates

    Atrium Health is shown as the operator or parent-system layer for this facility.

  3. parent company or controller

    Advocate Health is the best available ultimate parent, sponsor, or controller context for Atrium Health.

  4. cms owner context

    CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.

  5. operates

    State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

MetricPeriodValueMethod note
net patient revenue01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$341,166,102Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$286,923,846Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$257,991,643Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$213,618,337Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$220,469,380Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$204,970,787Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$178,899,799Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$156,849,417Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$127,693,355Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$90,896,992Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$91,806,798Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$66,590,573Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$1,204,870,548Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$1,080,274,375Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$988,909,501Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$897,337,142Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$3,847,368Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$7,003,585Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$6,526,142Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$6,640,345Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023$9,432,711Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022$17,631,403Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021$5,956,067Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020$1,760,180Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2023 to 12/31/20231,100.86 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022975.29 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021996.16 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020779.61 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023104 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022104 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021100 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020100 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2023 to 12/31/202342,977 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2022 to 12/31/202241,152 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2021 to 12/31/202138,017 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days01/01/2020 to 12/31/202030,558 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2023 to 12/31/20238,078 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2022 to 12/31/20227,917 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2021 to 12/31/20217,177 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges01/01/2020 to 12/31/20206,666 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes
Limitation

This automated NC pass searched mandatory official/source systems and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

Limitation

This five-state template completion pass used official cached CMS/HIFLD/PESP/HCRIS sources and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

Unavailable

official CEO image URL

Unavailable

source-backed local CEO/current leader

Unavailable

facility-level CEO compensation amount

Direct connection

Legal/enrollment layer: THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

Direct connection

Operator layer: Atrium Health.

Direct connection

Ultimate parent/controller context: Advocate Health.

Direct connection

Shareholder/governance context: No public-company shareholder layer. Control context is nonprofit system governance through Advocate Health / Atrium Health.

Direct connection

Operator/owner context: Atrium Health.

Direct connection

CMS Care Compare ownership category: Government - Hospital District or Authority.

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Sources

Evidence and source documents

governmentHospitals RAPTHomeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level DatagovernmentNorth Carolina hospital license dataNorth Carolina Division of Health Service RegulationgovernmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesprimaryAdvocate Health leadershipAdvocate Health / Atrium Health