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UMass Medical School will be renamed to honor a record-breaking $175 million donation, the Worcester, Mass.-based university said Sept. 7. 

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital's 65-acre medical campus in Venice, Fla., is on track to open in November, according to the Herald-Tribune.

Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Md., broke ground Sept. 2 on a $166 million expansion and modernization project.

UnitedHealthcare will reenter the Affordable Care Act fold in 2022 as it will expand its offerings into seven states.

Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent Health plans to open its $26 million replacement hospital in Leadville on Sept. 8. 

Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Rex Healthcare will delay opening its new hospital in Holly Springs, N.C., as the health system manages a COVID-19 surge, according to The News & Observer. 

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

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' plan to build a $230 million hospital received a key approval from a state council Aug. 31 despite mounting opposition, according to The Gazette. 

Below are six hospitals or health systems that purchased or announced plans to buy land or properties for expansions in the last month. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has filed plans with county officials to build a new inpatient hospital and outpatient center in Springfield, Va., The Washington Business Journal reported Aug. 31.