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Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., announced the completion of its more than $8 million cancer center expansion.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that provides $71 billion in discretionary funding for HHS programs, according to an AHA News Now report.

The healthcare industry saw a 0.2 percent increase in prices from April to May, according to the latest statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index.

A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding on Wednesday that increases discretionary spending for HHS programs by $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2013, supporting funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Prime Health Service, a nationwide preferred provider organization, has acquired Denver-based Casualty Management Network, another PPO network.

LHC Group, a national provider of post-acute care services, announced the completion of its review of strategic alternatives for the company.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has announced it will invest $20 million over three years to expand its research and development functions and better align its current research programs.

Next month, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., will break ground on a new $34.5 million cancer center as part of its recent partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, according to a Hartford Business Journal report.

Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge (La.) is planning a $15 million cancer treatment center, according to an Advocate report.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care is seeking permission to expand its initial proposed cancer center with a $29.1 million investment, which would bring the total cost to more than $94 million, according to a Commercial Appeal report.