Net income at King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services soared 156 percent during the fourth quarter of 2011, from $37.2 million in 2010 to $95.3 million in 2011, due to its year-old acquisition of Psychiatric Solutions.
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Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett (Tenn.) has announced the completion of its $34 million expansion project.
Wilbarger General Hospital in Vernon, Texas, has completed the first phase of a $2.5 million renovation project, according to a Times Record News report.
Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Calif., has been granted state approval to begin using a new 50,000-square-foot wing after completing the $40 million expansion project in January, according to a Daily Press report.