The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them in the last two weeks:
1. Piedmont to build 100-bed South Carolina hospital, ending yearslong legal battle
Rock Hill, S.C.-based Piedmont Medical Center plans to break ground on its 100-bed hospital in South Carolina this spring, ending a 15-year battle among health systems competing to expand there.
2. Ochsner LSU Health, Oceans Healthcare open behavioral health hospital
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (La.) and Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare opened a behavioral health hospital in Louisiana.
3. UC Irvine gets OK to build $1B hospital campus
University of California Irvine plans to build a $1 billion hospital campus that will house a 144-bed acute care facility, ambulatory care center and cancer center.
4. CoxHealth opens Missouri hospital
Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth opened its new hospital in Monett, Mo., Jan. 22.
5. Orlando Health to open $145M hospital this month
Orlando (Fla.) Health plans to open its six-story, $145 million hospital in Horizon West, Fla., Jan. 30.
6. AdventHealth plans 100-bed hospital in Florida
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth plans to build a $100 million, 100-bed hospital in Palm Coast, Fla.
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