Advocate Health
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| Company type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | December 2, 2022 |
| Headquarters | 1000 Blythe Boulevard, , |
Number of locations | 69 hospitals[1] (2024) |
Area served | Alabama, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin |
Key people | Eugene A. Woods(CEO, 2022-present[2] |
| Revenue |  US$9.2 billion[3] (2025) |
| US$8.8 billion[3] (2025) | |
 US$499.5 million[3] (2025) | |
Number of employees | 160,000 (2025)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Advocate Health Care, Aurora Health Care, Atrium Health, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine[1] |
| Website | advocatehealth |
Advocate Health is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina,[1] it was created when Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged their operations on December 2, 2022. It operates facilities in 6 states in the United States.
On December 2, 2022, Advocate Health was created when Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged.[4][5][6] After the merger it quietly stopped suing patients for not paying their bills and reporting them to collection agencies.[7][8]
In early March 2024, Advocate Health became a founding member of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network.[9][10] In late March, it sold Maryland based Senior Helpers to Waud Capital, the amount that the private equity firm paid is not known.[11][12] On September 20, Advocate Health announced that it would cancel 11,500 liens, some that have been unpaid for 20 years.[7][13]