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Two nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans are planning on combining.

The University of California San Francisco's plan to build a 1.5 million-square-foot hospital and research facility is drawing criticism from residents in the area, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC will build a technology operations center in Kilkenny, Ireland, to help support the system's overseas expansion. 

Cleveland Clinic launched its office of business development to grow its innovation efforts and embark on a new digital transformation strategy.

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health plans to invest more than $100 million to build a  behavioral health center and expand its network of urgent care and outpatient clinics, according to the Beacon Journal. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is offering providers a claim advancement program that will provide three-month loans to providers who are experiencing significant cash strains related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope has purchased a 190,000-square-foot building and 11 acres of land as part of a $1 billion investment in a new hospital and cancer research center in Irvine, Calif. 

Five healthcare companies were awarded contracts to manage Kentucky's Medicaid health plan, Gov. Andy Beshear said May 29.

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

Ascension Wisconsin will establish a micohospital in a 32,000-square-foot building in Waukesha, Wis., according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.