Iowa City-based University of Iowa Healthcare is looking to get approval for nine construction projects costing a total of $193 million, The Gazette reported April 11.

Further details have emerged regarding plans by Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health to build two new hospitals in Garner, a suburb of Raleigh.

Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First is scaling back plans to build a $508 million project on Merritt Island, clickorlando.com reported April 11.

UPMC has issued $1.6 billion in bonds and has earmarked the proceeds for capital projects across the health system, including the patient tower being built at UPMC Presbyterian-Oakland in Pittsburgh, its flagship academic medical center, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. 

Voters in Moses Lake, Wash., will be asked to approve or reject a $130 million construction bond request for Samaritan Healthcare on April 25, the Columbia Basin Herald reported April 11.

Munson Healthcare Manistee (Mich.) Hospital is reopening its emergency room following a $2.5 million renovation project the hospital had been working on over the past year, upnorthlive.com reported April 11.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth broke ground on a $170 million expansion project at its Deer Valley Medical Center in northern Phoenix, the six-hospital system said April 11.

Construction of new expanded acute care service locations is to begin April 12 at Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Memorial Hospital, according to an April 8 report from the Iredell Free News.

Austin, Texas-based Ascension Seton is investing $280 million to expand and revamp the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Richmond, Va.-based Sheltering Arms Institute, a rehab hospital partly owned by VCU Health, plans to add 30 beds, Richmond BizSense reported April 10.

Oregon Health & Science University has signed a $111 million contract amendment with New York City-based Skanska USA for the system's hospital expansion project in Portland.

Sandusky, Mich.-based McKenzie Health System is applying for a United States Department of Agriculture loan to help cover the costs of a new hospital in Sandusky, the Times Herald reported April 7.

Torrington (Wyo.) Community Hospital, a part of Phoenix-based Banner Health, finished construction on a six-year, $27 million expansion project, Wyoming News Now reported April 6.

The Cherokee Nation broke ground on a new $400 million hospital in Tahlequah, Okla.,The Journal Record reported April 6.

An analysis of 40 interviews of healthcare executives published by consulting firm CWH Advisors found that 63 percent of providers were dealing with revenue cycle staffing shortages.

Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital is investing $86 million in new capital expansion projects after recently completing work on a specialty care center, Dayton Business Journal reported April 6. 

Boardman, Ohio-based Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley unveiled its expanded emergency room after investing $31 million into the construction project, local news outlet 21WFMJ reported April 5.

Dallas-based Methodist Health System broke ground on its new $200 million campus in Celina, Texas, local news outlet WBAP reported April 5.

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare is putting $70 million toward an acute care hospital to replace Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va.

Cascade (Idaho) Medical Center is asking voters to approve a $40 million bond for the construction of a new hospital, a year after voters rejected $19 million in bonds for the hospital, the BoiseDev reported April 4.