Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health filed two certificate-of-need applications June 15 with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to increase construction costs for its Duke Health Cary (N.C.) expansion while also seeking to build a new freestanding emergency…

With cancer care growing beyond hospital walls and more cancer patients surviving than ever before, health systems in the U.S. are doubling down on their oncology infrastructure commitments. “Cancer care can no longer be designed around treatment alone. We must…

Batesville, Ind.-based Margaret Mary Health will open a $125 million replacement hospital in Batesville Aug. 8, according to the system’s website.  The Six Pine Ranch campus was expected to open June 6, but was pushed back due to a construction-related…

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Holy Cross Health broke ground June 30 on its $57.3 million Holy Cross Health Center & Emergency Care – Fort Lauderdale at Sunrise. Holy Cross Health is a member of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.  The nearly 45,000-square-foot…

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has filed a certificate of need application to build a $480 million pediatric hospital, emergency department and outpatient center in Downers Grove, Ill. Six things to know: 1. The proposed project…

The Health Resources and Services Administration has opened applications for nearly $140 million in new grant funding aimed at expanding healthcare access and strengthening rural health systems. The funding, announced June 29, will support rural hospitals, telehealth, physician workforce development,…

Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi acquired Rock Regional Hospital, a shuttered Derby, Kan.-based facility, June 26. Newly renamed Ascension Via Christi St. Peter, the hospital closed its doors in early January after a federal judge approved its eviction process amid…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has filed a letter of determination to build its first hospital in metropolitan Atlanta, partnering with Morehouse School of Medicine to develop a short-stay acute care general teaching hospital in Fulton County, Ga. The filing, submitted…

Ascension Seton will open its new women’s hospital in Austin, Texas, on June 29. The $362 million Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital, located on the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin campus, was built to meet growing demand for women’s health and…

Hermitage, Tenn.-based TriStar Summit Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has received approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission for a certificate of need to build an $18 million freestanding emergency department. The facility, which will be located…