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New Orleans-based LCMC Health granted a $1.5 million gift to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.

The $400 million renovation project plan for Kapaa, Hawaii-based Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital has moved forward as hospital administrators work to have a set plan in place by the end of the year, Honolulu Civil Beat reported Jan. 13.

Omaha, Neb.-based Children's Hospital is expanding with a new Omaha facility, ABC affiliate KETV reported Jan. 12.

Advantum Health, a healthcare revenue cycle management company, launched its newest RCM platform, ATOM.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock (Texas) broke ground Jan. 11 on a construction project that will expand the labor and delivery unit, add a neonatal intensive care unit and add more operating rooms, according to ABC affiliate KVUE.

Hospitals and health systems have long been recipients of philanthropists' gifts. Here are three donations over $1 million Becker's has reported since Dec. 19:

The site of a former state hospital in Allentown, Pa., has been sold to Developer City Center for $5.5 million, WFMZ reported Jan. 11.

Charitable group Spark of Hudson donated $1.2 million to Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health to forgive the medical debt held by 1,156 patients, the Times Union reported Jan. 12.

A former hospital building in Norristown, Pa., has been sold for $22.5 million, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Jan. 11. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $640 million expansion that will add more than 650,000 square feet of hospital space, ABC affiliate WHAM reported Jan. 11.