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Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital received its third gift from Michelle and Michael Hagerty — philanthropists and Boca Raton residents — toward its $250 million Keeping the Promise campaign. 

Centene announced Oct. 26 that it will begin using a third-party pharmacy benefits manager for its $30 billion in annual spending — a move that CFO Drew Asher said will be "a huge opportunity for an external PBM."

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The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them in the last two weeks:

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University's board of directors approved a $650 million expansion to its hospital Oct. 29, which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine opened its 17-story, $1.6 billion hospital, the Pavilion, Oct. 30, the University of Pennsylvania's largest capital project and the biggest hospital project in the Philadelphia area, according to the health system.

Construction began Oct. 29 on Mason, Ohio-based Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital, a 172,000-square-foot, $200 million facility, the Dayton Daily News reported.

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