Memorial Hermann Katy (Texas) Hospital broke ground on a $167 million expansion that will add a new medical plaza and parking garage and increase the size of the emergency room, Houston Business Journal reported April 4.

Hospitals have long been a favorite target of philanthropists.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia received a $10 million donation from the Gilbert Family Foundation to research a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1.

Las Vegas-based University Medical Center has started a $55 million modernization and renovation project, the largest in the hospital's 92-year history, local news outlet 8 News Now reported April 3.

Doylestown (Pa.) Health has surpassed its fundraising goal of $100 million through its One Vision Campaign, which invests in programs, technology, facilities and people across the health system. Patch reported April 3.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Health is celebrating a project milestone at its Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center as expansion there is set to be completed later this year.

NYC Health + Hospitals is partnering with other organizations in the city to build a new $30 million health center in one of the most underserved areas in New York.

Columbus-based OhioHealth is starting construction this year on $1 billion worth of projects focused on expanding its flagship hospitals' presence in Columbus, Columbus Business First reported March 30.

Ninety-thousand Washington, D.C., residents could receive medical debt cancellation under Mayor Muriel Bowser's budget plan, which will cancel up to $90 million in medical debt, CBS affiliate WUSA reported March 30.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has received approval on its certificate of public need to build a new hospital in Franconia, Va., WTOPnews reported March 29.

Star Lake, N.Y.-based Clifton-Fine Hospital received a $16 million grant to upgrade its facilities, local news outlet WWNY reported March 29.

San Francisco, Calif.-based Dignity Health is considering expanding its footprint in Arizona, a representative confirmed to Becker's March 29. 

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has reintroduced plans for a new hospital tower on the city's Upper East Side, Patch reported. The project is more than 20 years in the making and was originally disrupted by the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. 

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital received a $17 million donation from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation to bring in new pediatric physicians to the region.

Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, penned a March 28 op-ed in The Washington Post responding to claims that hospitals are the cause of medical debt.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare says its proposed new campus in an old Salt Lake City Sears location would be an "anchor" of the city as it awaits rezoning approval from the city council, ksl.com reported March 28.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health is not moving forward with plans to build a $180 million standalone orthopedics facility in Northeastern Pennsylvania, as the system reevaluates how it provides certain inpatient services, according to a March 28 Daily Item report.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare is planning to reopen the former Jennersville Hospital, which it acquired from West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health last July, in late 2024.

White Sulphur Spring, Mont.-based Mountainview Medical Center is moving forward with plans to break ground on a new $42 million medical center in July, the Independent Record reported March 27.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente on March 24 broke ground on an inpatient tower with 138 beds at Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center, which serves about 360,000 healthcare members in the area. according to The Sacramento Bee.