Novant Health

What Novant Health does

Novant Health is a private, nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, operating 900+ locations across North Carolina and South Carolina, including 14 hospitals, outpatient clinics, specialty centers, and diagnostic imaging facilities. Its service portfolio spans general acute and critical access care, women's health, mental health (via the Amae Health joint venture), virtual menopause care, orthopedic imaging, plastic and oral surgery, emergency whole-blood provision through EMS partnerships, and multidisciplinary obesity care through CoreLife Novant Health clinics. The organization employs 10,000+ team members and has been actively expanding through acquisitions (OrthoCarolina imaging locations, Piedmont Plastic & Oral Surgery Center, Community Hospital of Stokes) and major capital projects, including a $1 billion patient tower application at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington and a $320 million 50-bed hospital under construction in Bluffton, SC, targeted to open in 2028. Revenue is generated through professional healthcare services billed to patients and insurance providers, and the system is the second largest healthcare provider in the Charlotte market. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales in the sense that growth is driven by hospital and clinic facility expansion, M&A, and partnerships rather than discrete product sales; the underlying technology stack is a conventional healthcare delivery platform without disclosed proprietary AI or software products.

Name

Novant Health

Legal name

Novant Health

Website

https://novanthealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Novant Health is a private, nonprofit integrated healthcare system operating 900+ locations across North Carolina and South Carolina, delivering hospital, outpatient, specialty, and virtual care services to a broad patient population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Healthcare Delivery

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Specialty Care Platforms (tele-stroke, tele-ICU, tele-derm, tele-cardiology) (HLALABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Psychiatry Virtual Care (Payer Network) (HLALACAC), Maternal, Women’s & Family Virtual Care Programs (Payer-Sponsored) (HLALACAJ), Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (HLALAAAA)

Keywords

• Integrated healthcare delivery
• Hospital and clinical services
• Specialty medical care
• Outpatient care services
• Emergency medical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Novant Health generates revenue through providing healthcare services billed to patients and insurance providers, including hospital services, outpatient clinics, specialty care, and diagnostic imaging services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Novant Health is an integrated nonprofit healthcare system that delivers acute inpatient hospital care, outpatient primary and specialty care, diagnostic imaging, emergency services, and virtual/telehealth care to patients across North Carolina and South Carolina. Revenue is generated by billing patients and insurance providers (Medicaid and commercial) for services rendered through its owned network of 14+ hospitals and 900+ clinics, imaging centers, and specialty facilities.

Product overview

Novant Health is a healthcare system operating across North Carolina and South Carolina, offering a broad portfolio of healthcare services rather than a unified software product. The system operates hospitals (including the flagship New Hanover Regional Medical Center), critical access hospitals (Community Hospital of Stokes), specialty clinics (Women's Specialty Care - Asheville, Virtual Menopause Wellness Clinic), outpatient clinics (Amae Health mental health partnership), imaging centers (acquired OrthoCarolina locations), and surgical centers (Piedmont Plastic & Oral Surgery Center). Services also include emergency whole blood provision through EMS partnerships and obesity care through CoreLife clinic participation. The organization is expanding through acquisitions, partnerships, and new facility construction (including a $1 billion Wilmington expansion and $320 million 50-bed hospital in Bluffton, SC).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Novant Health Care Network: Integrated healthcare network including hospitals, outpatient clinics, and specialty care centers
• Novant Health Virtual Menopause Wellness Clinic

Products and services

• Inpatient hospital care (New Hanover Regional Medical Center and 14+ hospitals) Acute inpatient hospital services including complex medical, surgical, and emergency care delivered through 14+ hospitals across North Carolina and South Carolina, serving patients requiring advanced and complex treatment.
• Outpatient and primary care clinics Primary care, preventive care, and outpatient specialty visits delivered through 900+ clinic locations across North Carolina and South Carolina.
• Diagnostic imaging services Diagnostic imaging including MRI (fixed and mobile) and related imaging services delivered through 18 imaging centers in Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad.
• Amae Health Mental Health Clinics Specialized outpatient psychiatric care for severe mental illness delivered through Amae Health x Novant Health partnership clinics in Charlotte, aimed at reducing hospital readmissions.
• Virtual Menopause Wellness Clinic Virtual specialty care service for women navigating menopause-related health changes, providing expert personalized consultations through a digital platform.
• Women's Specialty Care - Asheville Women's specialty clinic in Asheville, NC offering gynecological care, breast cancer care, and urogynecology services.
• Piedmont Plastic & Oral Surgery Center Plastic and oral surgery services in Salisbury, NC, including post-cancer reconstruction and noninvasive aesthetic treatments, affiliated with Novant Health.
• Community Hospital of Stokes 53-bed critical access hospital in Stokes County, NC with a nursing home and multiple outpatient clinics, providing general acute and outpatient care to the Stokes County community.
• Pre-hospital Whole Blood Emergency Services Pre-hospital emergency medical service in which Novant Health supplies whole blood units to Rowan County EMS vehicles for faster trauma intervention prior to hospital arrival.
• CoreLife Novant Health Obesity Care Clinics Multidisciplinary obesity care delivered through 11 CoreLife Novant Health clinics in North Carolina, with research participation in the BEACON Study of GLP-1 therapy outcomes.
• Bluffton, SC Hospital (planned) Planned 50-bed community hospital in Bluffton, South Carolina with capacity to expand to 100 beds, intended to serve the growing southern coastal SC market.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 April 2026Novant Health partners with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for health and wellness fairs, providing community health engagement and wellness resources to students and families.
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 April 2026Novant Health partners with Palisades Park Elementary school and other CMS schools for health and wellness activities, supporting community wellness initiatives.
• Amae HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Novant Health and Amae Health are partnering to open specialized outpatient clinics in Charlotte aimed at improving care for severe mental illness and reducing hospital readmissions. The initiative launched its first clinic on May 18, 2026, and aims to serve both Medicaid and commercially insured patients, addressing a critical mental health crisis in the region.
• CoreLife HealthcareminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026CoreLife Healthcare and Omnia Health Solutions partnership includes 11 CoreLife Novant Health clinics in North Carolina referring eligible patients to the BEACON Study, an IRB-approved real-world outcomes study evaluating long-term clinical outcomes among individuals treated with GLP-1 therapies for obesity.
• Omnia Health SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026Omnia Health Solutions collaborates with CoreLife Healthcare on the BEACON Study, conducting cohort sub-analysis to evaluate outcomes within CoreLife's multidisciplinary care model compared to the broader study population. Findings intended for sharing with medical and scientific community.
• Rowan County Emergency Management SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 January 2026Novant Health partnered with Rowan County Emergency Medical Services to supply whole blood units for EMS vehicles, enabling faster intervention for patients with severe blood loss before hospital arrival. Whole blood is considered the most complete option for treating hemorrhagic shock, and early pre-hospital administration improves outcomes for trauma patients.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Ascension Health: National Catholic nonprofit health system operating hospitals, clinics, and virtual care services across multiple states. Comparable large nonprofit governance, diversified acute and ambulatory portfolio, and recent acquisition-led regional expansion strategy.
• Bon Secours Mercy Health: Large Catholic nonprofit health system operating across the eastern US. Comparable in scale, nonprofit structure, multi-state regional hospital operations, and reliance on M&A to expand market share — though geographically focused on Mid-Atlantic and Ohio rather than the Carolinas.
• Tenet Healthcare: National for-profit health system operating hospitals and a large ambulatory surgery platform (USPI). Comparable diversified acute and outpatient model with active M&A and partnership strategy, though for-profit and more ambulatory-weighted than Novant's hospital-centric footprint.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the US, with significant presence across the Southeast and Carolinas. Differs in for-profit/equity-funded model but directly comparable in hospital and ambulatory operating model, capital deployment cadence, and M&A-driven regional expansion playbook.
• CommonSpirit Health: One of the largest US nonprofit health systems, formed from Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. Comparable nonprofit structure, multi-state hospital operations, ambulatory and virtual care service lines, and growth through partnership and acquisition — though national rather than regional in focus.

Regional players

• ECU Health: Eastern North Carolina nonprofit health system anchored by Vidant Medical Center, serving rural and underserved markets. Comparable nonprofit governance, CON-regulated expansion model, and regional hospital network operating model; competes with Novant in NC tertiary referral patterns.
• Duke University Health System: Academic nonprofit health system anchored in Durham, NC with expanding community hospital footprint across North Carolina. Comparable nonprofit structure, similar CON-dependent expansion model, and overlapping tertiary/quaternary services with Novant in NC markets.
• UNC Health: North Carolina-based nonprofit health system affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill, operating community hospitals and physician networks across the state. Directly comparable nonprofit governance model, regional footprint, and CON-regulated growth strategy overlapping with Novant's NC service areas.

Direct peers

• Cone Health: Greensboro, NC-based nonprofit regional health system serving the Piedmont Triad — a market where Novant has expanded imaging presence via OrthoCarolina acquisition. Similar mid-sized regional profile, nonprofit structure, and community-hospital-plus-specialty-clinic operating model.
• Atrium Health (Advocate Health): Largest nonprofit health system in the Charlotte region and Novant's most direct competitor. Both operate regional hospital networks across NC/SC with overlapping service lines, employed physician groups, and CON-regulated expansion strategies. Atrium's merger with Advocate Aurora gives it deeper capital and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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