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The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them since Sept. 1.

September was a big month for donations to healthcare organizations, with eight gifts reported by Becker's Hospital Review. These gifts went to hospital improvements, new buildings and research.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Clover Health is nearly doubling its Medicare Advantage reach by entering 101 new counties and one new state ahead of the 2022 open enrollment period. 

Humana is launching 72 new Medicare Advantage plans and expanding benefit offerings in 2022.

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford broke ground on its $25 million, 32,000-square-foot microhospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Main Street Nashville reported Sept. 29.

Aetna is expanding both its Medicare Advantage plan offerings and markets as it approaches the 2022 open enrollment period. 

Ketchum, Idaho-based St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center began constructing four condo units for employees in an effort to attract and retain staff, Boise State Public Radio reported Oct. 1.

Cigna is charting its third year in a row of Medicare Advantage plan expansion, entering three new states and 108 new counties. 

UnitedHealthcare shared its plans to expand Medicare Advantage plans in 2022 to 276 counties, continuing its dominant market control. 

New York City-based startup Oscar Health announced Sept. 30 a pair of partnerships that tie into market expansions.