John Hornbeak, former president of San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare System, wrote an editorial in the San Antonio Express-News claiming the three new children's hospitals planned for San Antonio will lead to higher costs with little gain in children's health.
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is planning a $6 million expansion of its outpatient center in Kennesaw, Ga., according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle report.
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., has broken ground on its new $168 million children's hospital, according to an NBC12 report.
Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Health System is opening its new Lake Regional Cancer Center today, according to a LakeNewsOnline.com report.
Houston-based Harris Health System — formerly called Harris County Hospital District — will open its new outpatient oncology center Oct. 1, according to a KUHF report.
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New York City will sell land to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and City University of New York to build a new cancer care facility and a new university building, according to a Real Estate Weekly report.
Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colo., has opened its new $26 million Calaway-Young Cancer Center, according to a Vail Daily report.
Saint Louis University announced its Saint Louis University Cancer Center and School of Public Health is creating a new cancer education prevention and research center to improve the survival of St. Louis minorities, particularly African-American residents of north St. Louis…
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La., and Baton Rouge, La.-based Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center have entered into an agreement to create a closer, integrated alliance.
Although the United States Supreme Court may have finally put to rest any constitutional disagreements over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the debate over healthcare is far from settled. Finding critics of the landmark decision is as easy…