Care Coordination

Trinity Muscatine (Iowa) has broken ground on an $18.5 million expansion project, according to a Quad-City Times report.

The New Jersey Hospital Association and partner organizations have made several recommendations for hospitals to reduce inappropriate emergency department use by Medicaid patients.

The New Jersey Hospital Association announced a project at two New Jersey hospitals decreased inappropriate emergency department use by Medicaid patients by 47 percent over two and a half years.

Life Line Screening announced a new business relationship with INNOVA Health Solutions to help the company's sponsoring providers, including hospitals and health systems, connect with high-risk consumers.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of up to $75 million in grants for the construction or renovation of school-based health centers.

French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., announced the opening of its new Women's Health and Imaging Center.

Rodney Borger, MD, emergency department medical director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, Calif., recently received the San Bernardino County Medical Society's award for "outstanding contribution to the community," according to a news release from CEP America.

Physician-owned Black Hills Surgical Hospital in Rapid City, S.D., has announced it will open an urgent care center in July.

Providence Portland (Ore.) Medical Center is facing some opposition from community members to its 10-year expansion plan, according to a Daily Journal of Commerce report.

The American Hospital Association released its advocacy priorities for 2012, including a message card urging legislative action on drug shortage legislation and key extensions, according to an AHA News Now report.