By Modern Healthcare | February 11, 2012
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ATLANTA—A consolidation agreement may be on the horizon for 403-bed Atlanta Medical Center and 180-bed South Fulton Medical Center, East Point, Ga. Officials with the two Atlanta-area hospitals are in discussions with officials from the state's community health department “to determine the most viable option and to secure all necessary approvals” for such a deal, according to a joint news release. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 04, 2012
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Duke Realty, an Indianapolis-based healthcare property owner, manager and developer, announced it has bought Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Alamo Heights in San Antonio and an adjacent medical office building. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 28, 2012
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DOTHAN, Ala.—Construction has begun on the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, following a Jan. 19 groundbreaking ceremony that drew hundreds. The project is expected to cost $40 million and the building is set to be ready to occupy by May 2013, a few months before the first class of 150 students is scheduled to arrive, according to an announcement from 420-bed Southeast Alabama Medical Center. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 21, 2012
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SAN ANTONIO—Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Alamo Heights, a short-stay surgical hospital, opened Jan. 16 after an open house and blessing ceremony on Jan. 13. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 14, 2012
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HARTSELLE, Ala.—Hartselle Medical Center will close its doors Jan. 31, according to a statement from its parent company, Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam | January 14, 2012
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Two rejections in 10 days from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear of the University of Louisville Hospital's plans to join a three-way merger prompted the hospital's leaders to issue a challenge for the governor: FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 19, 2011
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Two health systems received separate certificate-of-need approvals to build hospitals in Florida, and at least one of the CONs is going to be opposed in court. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 12, 2011
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HARLINGEN, Texas—There is not much left to Charlotte, N.C.-based MedCath Corp., which is down to its last hospital after selling its ownership stake in 88-bed Harlingen (Texas) Medical Center and HMC Realty to Prime Healthcare Services of Ontario, Calif. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 05, 2011
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STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.—Georgia's attorney general approved a partnership between Henry Medical Center and Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, clearing the way for the deal to take effect Jan. 1, 2012. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | November 28, 2011
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MADISONVILLE, Ky.—Trover Health System has entered into exclusive negotiations to join five-hospital Baptist Healthcare System. Trover includes 197-bed Regional Medical Center, Madisonville, as well as a number of clinics in the western part of the state. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | November 21, 2011
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LORIS, S.C.—Loris Healthcare System has agreed to become part of McLeod Health, Florence, S.C., according to a news release. No financial terms were disclosed. Voters in Horry County, S.C., approved a referendum earlier this month, with 85% of votes in favor, that gave the Loris Community Hospital District board the authority to conclude an agreement, according to the news release. FULL STORY »
By Vince Galloro | October 24, 2011
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The tide that swung the U.S. House of Representatives into Republican hands after the 2010 election had an even stronger effect in North Carolina, where both houses of the state Legislature swung from the Democrats to the Republicans. Like their federal counterparts, the North Carolina Republicans are focusing some of their recently gained power on healthcare matters. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 24, 2011
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EDMOND, Okla.—Integris Health Edmond opened for business Oct. 3, according to parent Integris Health, Oklahoma City. The $94 million, 200,000-square-foot hospital and medical office building sits on 44 acres. The hospital has more than 200 staffers—with more expected to be added—and more than 200 physicians with privileges to practice there. Integris Health Edmond includes surgical suites for general, women's and orthopedic surgeries; a fully dedicated and private women's center; advanced diagnostic imaging; and an intensive-care unit. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 17, 2011
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RALEIGH, N.C.—WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, held a groundbreaking ceremony this month for its $62 million, 61-bed hospital on the north side of Raleigh, according to WakeMed. WakeMed North Hospital is being built on a site that features a freestanding ambulatory center with an emergency department and operating rooms. The hospital is a 90,000-square-foot addition to the ambulatory building and is expected to open in 2014. Initially, the hospital will focus on women's services, but WakeMed expects to expand the hospital into a full-service acute-care facility, according to... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 10, 2011
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TEMPLE, Texas—Children's Hospital at Scott & White opened for business Oct. 4. The 148,000-square-foot, standalone 64-bed hospital is housed in the former King's Daughters Hospital, which Scott & White purchased in 2009. The six-story hospital underwent a $40 million renovation and includes 48 private rooms and 16 pediatric intensive-care rooms, according to Scott & White. A community preview of the hospital was held Sept. 24. The hospital entered into a 20-year clinical affiliation agreement with Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, in July. Among the features of the hospital is... FULL STORY »
By Vince Galloro | October 03, 2011
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, is expanding its service-line affiliations with three hospitals outside of Nashville, two south of the city and one to the north. The hospitals are 241-bed Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia; 81-bed NorthCrest Medical Center, Springfield; and 184-bed Williamson Medical Center, Franklin. Two of the three hospitals already had service-line relationships with Vanderbilt, and all three will remain independent under the affiliation agreement, according to a news release. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 08, 2011
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—UNC Health Care opened a 10-bed expansion of the newborn critical-care center within its North Carolina Children's and Women's Hospital, which itself is part of 738-bed University of North Carolina Hospitals. All of the facilities are in Chapel Hill. The critical-care unit now accounts for 58 of the 150 beds in the children's hospital. Clinicians and families whose newborns had been patients in the unit helped design the new “pod” of 10 beds. Some of those family members now serve on a family advisory board. Several families were on hand for a... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 01, 2011
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WASHINGTON—Maj. Walter Reed's sword was symbolically handed over to the Navy at a ceremony marking the closure of the Army hospital bearing his name, where hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded have been treated for more than a century. Most recently, more than 18,000 troops from the current wars have gone there for treatment. The hospital opened in 1909 and has a storied history of care to military members, their families and presidents. President Dwight Eisenhower died there, as did Gens. John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur. In 2007, that reputation was scarred... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | July 25, 2011
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The University of Tennessee Medical Center broke ground this month on its new cancer institute. The 100,000-square-foot facility will more than double the size of the current cancer institute. The institute is expected to cost $25 million to construct and equip. The building should take about a year to erect. All of the medical center's outpatient cancer services, including CT and PET scans, will be offered there. The building also will house a breast center, a chemotherapy infusion center and clinics for surgical, medical, radiation and gynecological oncology. FULL STORY »
