Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vetoed $50 million for improvements at an adult hospital building at Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center, he shared in an April 26 tweet.
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UnityPoint Health opened its $38.4 million replacement hospital in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Des Moines, Iowa-based organization said April 27.
Several health systems have recently announced competing plans for hospitals or for providing beds. Becker's recently covered these four turf wars:
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group's proposal to build a $61 million hospital on April 26.
Houston Methodist has begun site preparation for its $1.4 billion Centennial Tower, which will be 26 stories tall and connect to the Paula and Joseph C. "Rusty" Walter III Tower.
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Atlanta-based Piedmont has finished its $194 million patient tower at Piedmont Athens (Ga.) Regional, which spans nearly 229,000 square feet.
Several hospital construction projects with price tags of $500 million or more have been recently announced, advanced or completed. Here are nine Becker's has reported on since March 23:
Health organizations saw on average a 1.9 percent decrease in funding in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a report by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.
Several hospital construction projects have been recently announced, advanced, completed or delayed. Becker's reported on the following nine projects since April 12.
TriStar Greenview Regional, a subsidiary of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, has applied to build a $350 million acute care hospital with 72 beds in Bowling Green, Ky., Bowling Green Daily News reported April 21.