Leadership & Management

Mid-America Medical District in East St. Louis, Ill., may be allowed to issue bonds and expand into other communities, pending Gov. Pat Quinn's signature, according to a News-Democrat report.

Iowa hospitals provided more than $850 million in total uncompensated care, including charity care and bad debt, in 2010, according to an Iowa Hospital Association report.

St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is expected to announce an undetermined number of layoffs in the near future, according to a KBND report.

Phoebe Putney Health System, based in Albany Ga., has broken ground on its digestive disease center, according to an Albany Herald report.

Here are quarterly earnings reports from six notable hospital operators.

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Solvang, Calif., has completed a $12.5 million renovation, according to a Santa Ynez Valley News report.

As Cleveland-based MetroHealth continues to face increased scrutiny over how it spends public funds, an editorial published in the Plain Dealer said the system will no longer be an institution “everyone love[s] unreservedly” and called for it to increase its…

Healthcare Finance Group, a specialty lender that provides secured debt financing to healthcare companies, has provided a $20 million revolving credit facility to Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta (Calif.), according to a company release.

St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., announced it will be closing its subsidiaries Rockingham Regional Ambulance and Granite State Mediquip, translating to a 10 percent reduction in the hospital's workforce, according to a Nashua Telegraph report.

Virginia (Minn.) Regional Medical Center is raking in a net profit of approximately $1 million for the first six months of 2011, according to a Northland's NewsCenter report.