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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.

Livingston, N.J.-based Saint Barnabas Medical Center received a $100 million donation from the Cooperman Family Foundation, prompting them to rename the hospital Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, according to a Sept. 30 press release emailed to Becker's.

Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., is entering the next phase of its construction project, which includes a $222 million, five-story critical care tower, Triad Business Journal reported. 

Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Whitman Peterson are collaborating with the Jacksonville-based Mayo Clinic in Florida to build an eight-story Hilton Hotel at the hospital.