Delegates at the national Shriners convention have voted to keep all 22 hospitals in the Shriners system open and to reopen Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, which was closed after it was damaged by Hurricane Ike, according to…
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California Pacific Medical Center, an affiliate of Sutter Health, is planning a 15-story, 550-bed hospital in San Francisco, Calif., as part of a $2.5 billion, long-term plan, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Specialty Hospital of Washington at United Medical Center, a new 50-bed, short-term critical care facility has opened in Southeast Washington, D.C., according to a Specialty Hospitals of America news release.
Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health Systems filed a certificate of public need with the state of Virginia to build a new full-service hospital in Loudoun County, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.
Manassas, Va.-based Prince William Health System and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health received approval from the Federal Trade Commission and the Virginia Attorney General to complete a merger between the two health systems, according to a PWHS news release.
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The Upper Chesapeake Health System, which operates hospitals in Bel Air, Md., and Havre de Grace, Md., has announced plans to merge with the University of Maryland Medical System, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.
Nassawadox, Va.-based Shore Health Services is joining Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, Va., according to a report in the Daily Press.
Plans to build a new, smaller Western State Hospital in Staunton, Va., have been approved by the city council, according to a report in the News Virginian.
CMS announced that hospitals participating in the Medicare pay-for-reporting program have from July 1 to Aug. 15 to report whether they participate in a systematic database for cardiac surgery, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.
Patty Gabow, MD, CEO and medical director of Denver Health, will testify to the U.S. House of Representatives committee on healthcare reform, according to a report in the Denver Business Journal.