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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has unveiled an action plan with four proposals to the federal government on how to improve healthcare quality and tackle rising costs.

Mayo Clinic Health System has announced plans to build a hospital to replace its current Cannon Falls, Minn., hospital, according to a KAALTV report.

Hospitals in New York City's suburbs are opposing New York City-based Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's plans to construct a $140 million free-standing cancer treatment center in nearby Harrison, N.Y., according to a New York Times report.

Kentucky Children's Hospital, part of Lexington-based UK HealthCare, has opened the new Congenital Heart Clinic, according to a health system news release.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is planning to create a new, approximately $20 million comprehensive cancer center in Needham, Mass., according to a hospital news release.

Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville (Ga.) has opened the Gwinnett Breast Center, according to a Weekly report. The breast center, which is designated as a Breast Center of Excellence, includes the Marion Allison Webb Center for Screening Mammography and the…

Officials at Memorial Hospital of Abilene (Kansas) expect to break ground on its $20 million expansion project on Nov. 15, according to an Abilene Reflector-Chronicle report.

Oakland Regional Hospital in Southfield, Mich., is looking to expand by opening new clinics, according to a Detroit News report.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth has acquired Lebanon, Tenn.-based Integrity Hospitalists Group, according to a TeamHealth news release.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has mandated that accredited institutions provide rehabilitation services to cancer patients and that the institution's cancer committee include a rehabilitation specialist. This requirement is part of CoC's new, patient-centered approach described in…