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Below are 15 hospitals or health systems that recently announced or completed construction projects worth more than $300 million in the last three months, reported by Becker's Hospital Review.  

St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital began construction of its $75 million, 166,000-square-foot birthing center, according to The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Georgia approved Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's certificate-of-need application to replace the 325-bed children's hospital in Atlanta with a larger one containing 446 beds, also located in Atlanta, according to Georgia Health News.

Washington Hospital in Fremont, Calif., opened its $340 million emergency and critical care pavilion Nov. 12, according to SF Gate.

Despite protests from area residents, Phoenix-based Banner Health has received unanimous approval from the Chandler City Council to build a 245,000-square-foot, $155 million hospital in Chandler, Ariz., according to AZ Central.

Nashville, Tenn.-based St. Thomas Health and Franklin, Tenn.-based Arcadia Healthcare are building a 76-bed mental health hospital together,  according to The Tennessean.

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities:

The country's five largest commercial payers posted strong results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018.

Columbus-based OhioHealth plans to consolidate a portion of its nonclinical workforce in Dublin, Ohio, according to a Columbus Business First  report.

Health insurer startup Oscar Health is growing its member services team and office space in Tempe, Ariz., and plans to add another 400 jobs by 2020, according to KTAR News.