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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel is undergoing a $78 million expansion and renovation project.

Rooftop gardens, a wood-fired brick oven and lavish patient rooms are just some of the amenities offered at the newly opened St. David's Surgical Hospital in Austin, Texas, according to the Austin Business Journal.

The Illinois Department of Insurance released 2017 premium increases for health plans sold through the state's Affordable Care Act marketplace, with average rate increases topping 45 percent, NPR Illinois reports.  

UnitedHealth Group reported strong revenue growth in the third quarter of 2016, and the Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer expects that growth in 2017.

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services released 2017 premium rates for health plans sold on the federal marketplace, with individual premiums set to jump an average 16.7 percent.

Philadelphia-based managed care organization Health Partners Plans will sell its Medicare Advantage policies in three additional Pennsylvania counties effective Oct. 15.

Boston Children's Hospital has gained the support of Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker (R) on its proposed $1 billion expansion plan, despite opposition from competing hospitals and patients' families, according to The Boston Globe.

Nearly three-quarters of a million south Florida residents may be affected by a contract dispute between Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and payer Humana, Sun Sentinel reports.

Patients will now be able to visit the new Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, a facility created through a partnership between Jacksonville, Fla.-based St. Vincent's HealthCare and the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal.

In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Medical Center created a new opioid urgent care center to expand treatments for patients with substance abuse disorders.