University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's plan to close 123-bed UPMC Braddock Hospital on Jan. 31, 2010, is causing a storm of protest, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Mercy Health Partners, based in Knoxville, Tenn., will begin rebranding its hospitals, which will include dropping the "Baptist" name from some facilities, according to a report in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., will soon open a new, $200 million inpatient pavilion and pediatric surgery center, according to a report by the Press-Telegram.
Payors such as WellPoint and Cigna report an increase in charging for hospital facility fees at hospital-owned clinics, even when they are not on the hospital campus, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The Cleveland Clinic recently broke ground on a new $98 million health and surgery center in Avon, Ohio, according to a report by The Morning Journal.
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The University of California Board of Regents has approved a deal to rescue Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in Willowbrook, Calif., according to a report by the New York Times.
The Hughes Spalding Hospital, a 30-bed children's facility in Atlanta, has moved into a new $43 million building, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Erie (Pa.) Shriners Hospital for Children, a 30-bed pediatric orthopedic hospital, will move its inpatient services to 434-bed Hamot Medical Center, according to a report by the Erie Times-News.
The boards of the town and village of Prairie du Sac, Wis., and the town of Sauk City, Wis., have approved an intergovernmental boundary agreement, which may postpone expansions plans proposed by Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital until 2014, according to…