Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger
Atrium Health would have to add four local elected officials to its board under a North Carolina state Senate bill — one of several proposals this session taking aim at the growing power of large hospital systems.
The bill, SB 961, would also require any meeting of county hospital authority board members to comply with North Carolina open meetings laws, a provision that appears to address concerns that Atrium Health has conducted much of its substantive business behind closed doors…