St Johnsbury-based Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Morristown-based Copley Hospital recieved millions in funding from the United States Department of Agriculture, NBC5 reported March 24.

Hartford-based Connecticut Children's plans to spend $47 million on a 900-space parking garage, the Hartford Courant reported March 27.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held March 28 for the Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, a $400 million project, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Credit rating agency Moody's is revising Springfield Ill.-based Memorial Health System's outlook from stable to negative' as the health system ended fiscal year 2022 with $343 million in outstanding debt.

Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital is beginning preliminary work to prepare for an $8 million renovation of its intensive care unit and emergency department, the Washington Times Herald reported March 23.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, the parent company of Wellington (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, will break ground on a new 150-bed hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on March 28, The Town-Crier reported March 24.

Orlando (Fla.) Health is looking to build two new freestanding emergency rooms, adding to the health system's six current freestanding ERs, the Orlando Sentinel reported March 24.

Covington, Ga.-based Piedmont Newton Hospital is asking Newton County officials to allocate $2.2 million of its remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds to add 10 inpatient beds, the Rockdale Newton Citizen reported March 23. 

UPMC signed a new agreement with Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan to grow its medical residency program and form an academic medical center, the health system said March 23.

Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional has announced plans to renovate a former hospital location into a freestanding children's hospital.

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education approved a plan by Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School and Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital and Medical Center to build a new campus in Burlington, masslive.com reported March 23.

Erie, Pa.-based LECOM Health Millcreek Community Hospital broke ground on a new emergency department and intensive care unit, yourerie.com reported March 23.

Holy Cross Health in Silver Spring, Md., is hitting the pause button on two projects costing $45 million total, the Washington Business Journal reported March 22.

UCHealth Greeley (Colo.) Hospital completed an expansion project that added a 12-bed progressive care unit and 20-bed acute care unit to its fourth floor, the GreeleyTribune reported March 21.

Sovah Health, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, said the emergency room renovations at its Danville, Va., site are now budgeted at more than $20 million compared with an original estimate of $12 million, according to a March 22 Danville Register & Bee report.

Vituity, a physician-owned multispeciality partnership, is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to eliminate $127 million in medical debt for 208,622 patients in Illinois and Georgia.

UnityPoint Health St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, completed its $14 million renovation of its surgical specialty unit, Iowa's News Now reported March 21.

Fairhope, Ala.-based Thomas Hospital wrote a letter to Rep. Jerry Carl seeking federal funding for a 30-bed expansion, local CBS affiliate WKRG reported March 21.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center will build a new $70 million, 60,000-square-foot outpatient facility at a former Sears site on the West Side, NBC Chicago reported March 21.

A $5 million gift from philanthropists Mandy and Dennis Weinman will contribute to the construction of a new cancer care building at Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health Sinai Hospital, The Daily Record reported March 20.