New York City-based Montefiore Health System was among the recipients of 538 grants worth $165 million awarded by the nonprofit Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

Hospitals and health systems have long been recipients of philanthropists' gifts. Here are three donations over $40 million Becker's has reported since Nov. 17:

A Milwaukee County plan to eliminate $153 million in medical debt through a partnership with nonprofit RIP Medical Debt will be considered by the County Board after the American Rescue Plan Act Task Force approved the resolution, NPR affiliate WUWM…

University of Iowa Health Care plans to add primary care services in an underserved area of Iowa City, adding to its more than $1 billion in new construction projects.

Glendale, Ariz.-based Abrazo Arrowhead Campus has begun construction on a $14 million expansion of its neonatal intensive care unit, local radio station KTAR reported Jan. 19.

Port Charlotte, Fla.-based Fawcett Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is nearing completion of repairs from Hurricane Ian as the hospital works on a $60 million expansion project that it had started before the hurricane, NBC-2 reported Jan. 18.

Tallahassee-based Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare broke ground on a Panama City Beach healthcare campus, FSU said Jan. 17.

Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health, a specialty hospital system, will build a new 42-bed rehabilitation hospital in Wesley Chapel, Fla. 

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue received an anonymous $1 million donation to acknowledge care provided to a patient who sustained head trauma after a fall.

About 11 percent of Americans belonged to families that struggled to pay medical bills in 2021, down from 14 percent in 2019, in a sign that COVID-19 pandemic-era efforts to expand insurance access are working, Bloomberg reported Jan. 18.