Leadership & Management

RegionalCare Hospital Partners has acquired 150-bed Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio, according to the Wilmington News Journal.

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston has announced completion of a $240 million, 473,000-square-foot expansion, according to a release from the hospital.

Ross Alexander, MBA, administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), shares four approaches his ASC takes to ensure effective working relationships with its anesthesiologists.

Arizona Heart Institute, a physician-owned cardiology group based in Phoenix, has signed a letter of intent to merge with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which operates the five-hospital Abrazo Health Care system, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.

WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., has reported $2.2 million in profits for 2009, according to The Post-Journal.

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital has started a $104-million expansion project, according to Ultimate Woodlands.

Two years after his resignation, the former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System is the subject of controversy over his $7.8 million pay package, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun.

Medical Properties Trust has entered into a new $450 million credit arrangement with a group of banks that will enable it to pursue more healthcare property acquisitions, according to a company press release. The new credit facility replaces an existing…

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., has announced a $75 million expansion that opens in fall 2012, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune.

Congressional Democrats are ready to scrap a proposed five-year Medicare physician fee fix, meaning that Congress is back to passing month-by-month patches to keep a looming 21.3 percent fee cut from going into effect, according to a report by Politico.