The University of Texas at Austin has received a $100 million gift to support its planned academic medical center. The donation comes from Austin residents Tench and Simone Coxe, according to a Jan. 12 health system news release. The donation…

CommonSpirit on Jan. 11 opened a hospital in Ringgold, Ga., as part of a strategic push to keep more patients in North Georgia and prevent them from seeking care across the state line in Tennessee. The 135,000-square-foot Memorial Hospital-North Georgia…

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center has received a $35 million gift, the largest in the hospital’s history. The gift from Tim and Jayne Donahue was used to support the hospital’s new $135 million patient care tower, which will open later in…

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health on Jan. 8 received final approval from the New Jersey Department of Health to build its 15th hospital. Here are five things to know: 1. The decision allows the system to build an acute care…

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian received a $20 million gift from entrepreneur and philanthropist Emilia Fazzalari to establish a new women’s health program. The initiative, known as Fazzalari Women’s Health, includes the Emilia Fazzalari Women’s Health Center of Excellence and the…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has shared plans to open the Pagidipati Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s in 2030, according to a Jan. 6 news release.  The $650 million freestanding facility will succeed the system’s existing St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital…

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System has wrapped a 15,000-square-foot, two-story expansion at Beacon Granger (Ind.) Hospital to grow its outpatient services footprint.  The $11.9 million expansion, which took around one year, adds services like rheumatology and infusion, laboratory and…

Habitat Health, launched in 2024 by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and healthcare investment firm Town Hall Ventures, has opened a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center in Compton, Calif. Five things to know:  1. Habitat Health offers…

Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System on Jan. 6 opened Riverside Smithfield Hospital — its fifth acute care hospital and the first for Isle of Wight County and surrounding communities. The $300 million, 200,000-square-foot hospital is in Smithfield, Va. It…

Health systems launched more than $800 million in capital projects in the Denver area this year amid a strategic push to expand services in high-growth areas, The Denver Post reported Dec. 31. At least 13 capital projects were either launched…