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Sentara Healthcare began its first phase building its new Sentara Albemarle Regional Health Campus in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Sept. 29, according to a press release from the organization.

Allegheny Health Network, a Pittsburgh-based health system owned by Highmark Health, opened its $345 million hospital in Wexford, Pa., Sept. 30.

The average premium for 2022 Medicare Advantage plans will be down to $19 per month from $21.22 in 2021, CMS said in a Sept. 29 news release to share information ahead of the 2022 open enrollment period. 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's medical school has been renamed after receiving a record-breaking $95 million gift.

UNC Health's plan for a 40-bed hospital in the Durham, N.C., portion of Research Triangle Park was approved by state regulators, The News & Observer reported Sept. 29.

The American Medical Association published its annual report on the state of health insurance competition Sept. 28. 

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Network, part of Community Health Systems, is opening a new 60-bed hospital Nov. 13, TV station WANE reported Sept. 28. 

University of California San Diego Medical Center is seeking approval to begin a modernization of its aging medical campus that is slated to cost $2.5 billion, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Orlando (Fla.) Health is adding a new 95-bed patient tower to South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Fla., an expansion made possible by a $50 million grant from the Live Well Foundation, ClickOrlando reported Sept. 27.

BJC HealthCare will break ground in October on a 16-story inpatient tower at its flagship Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.