Capital

Local governments in Toledo, Ohio, and Cook County, Ill., are using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to erase medical debt for eligible residents, the Wisconsin Examiner reported Nov. 28.

The state of Pennsylvania has scrapped plans to sell the 300-acre former Harrisburg (Pa.) State Hospital Grounds, PennLive reported Nov. 23. 

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers awarded a $62 million contract to SNC-Lavalin, a project management company, to provide outfitting and transition services for the replacement of General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., which is…

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is always on the lookout for possible M&A activity, according to a senior executive within the health system featured on a Nov. 20 Becker's podcast.

The following service cuts by hospitals and health systems have been reported by Becker's since Oct. 25: 

The following service additions at hospitals and health systems have been reported by Becker's since Oct. 27: 

North Carolina approved AdventHealth's bid to build a new 67-bed acute care hospital, according to the Citizen Times.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Hospital may partner with the city government to turn its West Moreno Street Campus into 214 affordable housing units as the hospital plans to relocate to Brent Lane next year, Pensacola News Journal reported Nov. 22.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health is planning to build a 50-bed inpatient clinic in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis is set to build a new $1 billion, 27-acre hospital and office building in North Charleston.