Capital

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital is planning an expansion to its facility and to its parking garage, a spokesperson told Becker's.

South Carolina senators voted 35-6 on Jan. 25 to repeal the certificate of need regulatory process, which would mean healthcare providers no longer need the state's permission for capital projects or to buy expensive medical equipment, The Post and Courier…

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia opened its new inpatient hospital in King of Prussia, Pa., on Jan. 26; it spans more than 250,000 square feet.

The health insurance market is in a strong, favorable position for the nation's largest payers, according to a Fitch Ratings report shared with Becker's. 

Seven healthcare organizations have honored their donors in the last couple months by naming a building or program after them:

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center and the city of Steamboat Springs, Colo., plan to start building housing units in July — pending funding — that would be available for hospital and city employees, Steamboat Pilot & Today reported Jan. 24.

Ascension Seton will build a $320 million, 282,000-square-foot women's tower on its Austin, Texas, campus.

Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth Care opened ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital-Mukwonago (Wis.) on Jan. 24, the city's first hospital and the health system's fourth.

Seven hospital capital projects worth more than $500 million have been announced, advanced or completed in the last two months.

To meet a population boom, several health systems with hospitals in North and South Carolina are moving fast on capital projects, Charlotte Business Journal reported Jan. 21.