New Orleans-based LCMC Health granted a $1.5 million gift to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.

The $400 million renovation project plan for Kapaa, Hawaii-based Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital has moved forward as hospital administrators work to have a set plan in place by the end of the year, Honolulu Civil Beat reported Jan. 13.

Omaha, Neb.-based Children's Hospital is expanding with a new Omaha facility, ABC affiliate KETV reported Jan. 12.

Advantum Health, a healthcare revenue cycle management company, launched its newest RCM platform, ATOM.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock (Texas) broke ground Jan. 11 on a construction project that will expand the labor and delivery unit, add a neonatal intensive care unit and add more operating rooms, according to ABC affiliate KVUE.

Hospitals and health systems have long been recipients of philanthropists' gifts. Here are three donations over $1 million Becker's has reported since Dec. 19:

The site of a former state hospital in Allentown, Pa., has been sold to Developer City Center for $5.5 million, WFMZ reported Jan. 11.

Charitable group Spark of Hudson donated $1.2 million to Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health to forgive the medical debt held by 1,156 patients, the Times Union reported Jan. 12.

A former hospital building in Norristown, Pa., has been sold for $22.5 million, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Jan. 11. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $640 million expansion that will add more than 650,000 square feet of hospital space, ABC affiliate WHAM reported Jan. 11.

The New York City-based nonprofit RIP Medical Debt has grabbed headlines through its ability to buy back medical debt and cancel it.

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System has received a $5 million match grant from Barbara and Steve Slaggie to support the construction of a new Margo Urgent Care clinic. 

Investment banker Morgan Stanley has purchased a Californian $68 million office building anchored by medical offices just 3 miles from two of Stanford Medicine's main hospital locations.

Rochester, N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital has begun construction on a project that will nearly triple the size of its emergency department with the addition of a nine-story tower, rochesterfirst.com reported Jan. 10.

Easton, Md.-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health has filed for a certificate of need to build a new 142-bed hospital in Easton, The Daily Record reported Jan. 9.

A Zelis survey of 800 patients who had at least one medical billing error in the last five years found that only 30 percent felt "extremely confident" in their ability to identify a billing error. 

Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours opened a new medical office building on its Richmond (Va.) Community Hospital campus Jan. 10. 

The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the charity of Best Buy founder Dick Schulze, donated $4 million to the Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota neurosciences program and committed another $1.5 million to a matching donation challenge for the pediatric health system.

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital opened a new cardiac rehabilitation center clinic, nwfdailynews reported Jan. 9.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health's board of directors has approved the proposal to increase the size of its downtown hospital and expanded medical campus project.