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Payor executives recently ranked ICD-10 and the need to reduce administrative costs as the most important and significant obstacles currently facing their organizations, according to HealthEdge's Dec. 2011 Payor Market Survey.

West Valley Hospital in Dallas, Ore., will undergo a $6.2 million renovation that will likely take 16 months to complete, according to a Statesman Journal report.

Saint John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., is expected to begin building a new facility at the end of this month, according to a KOAMTV report.

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St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., has received a $2.5 million grant from Empire State Development for its $140 million expansion project, according to a Greater Binghamton Business Journal report.

Baptist Hospital, a Baptist Health Care facility in Pensacola, Fla., has begun work on a $1.9 million emergency department expansion project, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.

St. Luke's Hospital-Riverside in Bethlehem, Pa., is investigating the cause of a fire in the hospital's MRI unit, according to a Beaver County Times report.

Florida's Commission on Review of Taxpayer Funded Hospital Districts has completed its final report of recommendations to lawmakers and is advising the state to require voters to reauthorize hospital districts that levy taxes every eight years, according to a report…

Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital, part of Santa Barbara-based Cottage Health System, will hold a grand opening ceremony for area community members this weekend, according to a Santa Barbara Independent report.

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is set to open its $1.1 billion patient care building April 29.