Columbia-based University of Missouri Health recently reached a topping out milestone as it builds a 90-bed pediatric hospital it plans to open in 2024, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Feb. 10.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health is delaying its new Cambridge Medical Center amid concerns over rising costs brought about by inflation and hikes in labor and supply expenses, according to a Feb. 9 County News Review report.

The formerly $164 million expansion project at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.) is now going to cost $186 million as increased labor costs and inflationary pressures kick in, according to a Feb. 8 Talk Business report.

Phoenix Children's Hospital is adding 97 beds at its Thomas campus as part of an expansion that will see the location increase its licensed bed capacity to approximately 500.

New Jersey's lone public hospital is planning a 10 year, $1.8 billion overhaul that remains mostly unfunded, nj.com reported Feb. 9.

Naples, Fla-based NCH Healthcare System landed a $20 million naming gift from the Rooney Foundation, the South Florida Hospital News reported Feb. 8.

Hospitals and health systems are often a target of philanthropists and charity donations. 

Medical City McKinney (Texas) has started work on a $17 million project to expand care for mothers and newborns. 

Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University and Tom Gores and the Detroit Pistons plan to invest $2.5 billion over the next decade to transform Detroit's New Center district.

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital filed two construction permits to build the foundations of a 15-story outpatient clinic building and a 15-story clinical office building, the Memphis Business Journal reported Feb. 7.

An anonymous donor's $25 million gift to Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will establish the Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 

Achintya Moulick, MD, the CEO of Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health System, said he hopes to one day turn the parking lots surrounding its Hoboken, N.J.-based Christ Hospital into a "medical city," nj.com reported Feb. 6.

After acquiring Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System plans to invest $100M and reopen closed services at the hospital, Crosscut reported Feb. 7.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC St. Margaret hospital is investing in new LED lighting, paved parking lots, American Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalks, new signs and a replacement canopy to improve the exterior safety of the UPMC hospital, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Feb. 5.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital announced plans to build a new off-campus emergency room in Marion, Iowa, The Gazette reported Feb. 3.

Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center is set to build a new 60-bed, five-story medical tower to meet growing patient demand, ABC affiliate WFTS reported Feb. 3.

The Health Affairs Committee of Columbia-based University of Missouri is looking to move forward with a $70 million expansion and renovation project, ABC affiliate KMIZ reported Feb. 2.

Cincinnati-based TriHealth is leasing a 6,400-square-foot property right across from a planned Mercy Health hospital, according to a Feb. 2 Cincinnati Business Courier report.

District commissioners voted unanimously to put a $130 million construction bond request for the construction of a new hospital for Moses Lake, Wa.-based Samaritan Healthcare to a special election, the Columbia Basin Herald reported Feb. 1.

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) is looking to build a 50-unit employee housing complex on an old Mercy Hospital site, NPR affiliate WVXU reported Feb. 1.