Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Hospital has wrapped up a multimillion emergency room expansion project that doubled the size of the space from 11,500 to 22,000 square feet, KETV reported Jan. 26.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care is building a replacement hospital for Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, Healthcare Design reported Jan. 25.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital is partnering with the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council to expand Tampa's medical and research district.

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed Health is moving forward with plans to build a new standalone emergency room at its Piedmont campus, NBC12 reported Jan. 25.

Somerville, Mass., is looking to become the first Massachusetts city to partner with RIP Medical Debt to eliminate $4.3 million of its residents' debt, the Boston Herald reported Jan. 24.

UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Health System of Texas are planning to build a pediatric campus in Dallas that will cost an estimated $2.5 billion, D Magazine reported Jan. 24.

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital unveiled a 45,000-square-foot common area funded through a $50 million donation from biopharmaceutical company AbbVie.

The fate of a new Brooks-TLC hospital location in Western New York looks to be clearer as local authorities in Dunkirk appear increasingly resigned to losing out to a new facility in next door Fredonia, according to a Jan. 24 report in The Post-Journal.

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Venice (Fla.) campus is speeding up its expansion project to meet increased demand following the closure of local competitor ShorePoint Health Venice, WFLA reported Jan. 23.

Construction has begun on a $220 million expansion that would double the size of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock (Texas), according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Five hospital projects costing more than $100 million Becker's has reported on since Dec. 29:

New York City-based Montefiore Health System was among the recipients of 538 grants worth $165 million awarded by the nonprofit Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

Hospitals and health systems have long been recipients of philanthropists' gifts. Here are three donations over $40 million Becker's has reported since Nov. 17:

A Milwaukee County plan to eliminate $153 million in medical debt through a partnership with nonprofit RIP Medical Debt will be considered by the County Board after the American Rescue Plan Act Task Force approved the resolution, NPR affiliate WUWM reported Jan. 20.

University of Iowa Health Care plans to add primary care services in an underserved area of Iowa City, adding to its more than $1 billion in new construction projects.

Glendale, Ariz.-based Abrazo Arrowhead Campus has begun construction on a $14 million expansion of its neonatal intensive care unit, local radio station KTAR reported Jan. 19.

Port Charlotte, Fla.-based Fawcett Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is nearing completion of repairs from Hurricane Ian as the hospital works on a $60 million expansion project that it had started before the hurricane, NBC-2 reported Jan. 18.

Tallahassee-based Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare broke ground on a Panama City Beach healthcare campus, FSU said Jan. 17.

Enola, Pa.-based PAM Health, a specialty hospital system, will build a new 42-bed rehabilitation hospital in Wesley Chapel, Fla. 

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue received an anonymous $1 million donation to acknowledge care provided to a patient who sustained head trauma after a fall.