Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare opened its $235 million HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital on May 5. The investment was initially estimated at $231 million, but was updated to $235 million upon the hospital’s opening, a spokesperson confirmed with Becker’s.  The 90-bed,…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, will break ground June 16 on Ascension Saint Thomas Clarksville Hospital, a new full-service hospital in Clarksville, Tenn. The $148.5 million project will anchor a 96-acre integrated healthcare campus designed…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System will kick off the first phase of construction May 12 on its Pagidipati Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s, according to a May 4 statement shared with Becker’s. The new facility, which is scheduled to open…

Two health systems have appealed certificate-of-need approvals for hospital expansions in North Carolina after two competing systems — Mission Health and Novant Health — won approval. Seven things to know: 1. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth and Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC…

St. Louis-based Ascension continues to build out its freestanding emergency department network with a new opening in Jacksonville, Fla. Ascension St. Vincent’s is expanding emergency care access in Jacksonville., with the opening of a new freestanding ED on the city’s…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health broke ground in mid-April on a multispecialty care facility in Melbourne, Fla. Nemours Children’s Health, Viera, will offer approximately two dozen pediatric services. Construction will begin this summer, with the facility expected to open in…

San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare broke ground April 30 on a freestanding emergency room in San Antonio, bringing the system’s total number of freestanding ERs to 11. Methodist ER Medina Valley will serve as an extension of Methodist Hospital Westover Hills…

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has submitted a notice of intent to the Delaware Health Resources Board to develop a new health campus in Camden, Del., that will include a neighborhood hospital and health center.  Five things to know:  1. The proposed…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 30 for its $430 million Alan B. Miller Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The seven-story, 365,000-square-foot facility is set to start treating patients in May 2026,…

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health broke ground April 28 on a new freestanding emergency department and urgent care facility in Marion, Ind. Parkview Marion, which is expected to open in the fall of 2027, will offer 24/7 emergency care with…