A dispute between UNC Hospitals and the private WakeMed Health is no closer to a resolution after a late December meeting.
WakeMed requested financial information regarding UNC Hospitals’ charity care expenses and its private subsidiary Rex Hospitals in November, but UNC has still not responded.
William Atkinson, president and CEO for WakeMed, said the meeting was “generic, pleasant and nice” but that UNC did not provide any answers or any new information.
“We agreed to agree to meet later,” Atkinson said.
UNC declined to comment on the specifics of the meeting.
Atkinson said the only formal response from UNC has been the acknowledgement of receiving the request on the first day.
“It’s about freedom of information but we have not heard a peep out of them,” Atkinson said. “Their response has been silence.”
UNC medical center spokeswoman Jennifer James said they are still reviewing the records request from WakeMed.
Although part of WakeMed’s complaint against UNC is its partnership with clinics statewide, WakeMed announced in December new partnerships with three physicians’ practices and 13 physicians.