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Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Amita Health is planning a $43 million project to expand Amita Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange (Ill.), according to the Chicago Tribune.

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

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health's board of directors approved a $306 million expansion project for Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, according to the News Press.

Massachusetts Public Health Council approved Boston-based North Shore Medical Center's scaled-back $168 million expansion at Salem (Mass.) Hospital, according to the Gloucester Times.

Pana (Ill.) Community Hospital is set to begin its $20.1 million expansion project to make the facility more convenient, comfortable and attractive for patients and staff, according to The State Journal-Register.

Four of the five major commercial payers saw their stock prices rise last week.

Ochsner Health Center-River Parishes opened in LaPlace, La., Tuesday, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The future of cost-sharing reduction payments topped the minds of state officials congregating at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' summer meeting in Philadelphia, The New York Times reports.

Honolulu-based University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine will establish a diabetes research center thanks to an $11.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, according to Hawaii News Now.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota will construct a new clinic in Minneapolis after receiving numerous donations, including a record-setting $6.5 million gift from a local family, according to the Star Tribune.