$727 Million in Federal Grants to Local Health Centers
Community health centers across the nation will be seeing an infusion of capital after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $727 million in grants. Ranging in size from $500,000 for a clinic in Sacramento, Calif., to $12 million for a neighborhood health center in Mount Vernon, N.Y., the federal grants are being issued as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Community health centers service nearly 19 million patients annually, about 40 percent of whom have no health insurance, according to and HHS report.
Read More CDCR Issues RFQ for $600 Million Prison Hospital
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State officials issued a request for qualifications for the design and construction of the planned 1.2 million-square-foot corrections department medical complex in Stockton.
The proposed California Health Care Facility, which will house and treat 1,722 male inmate-patients with serious or chronic medical and mental health conditions, has a construction budget of $600 million, according to the notice issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Read More Allscripts Seals EHR Deal with Catholic Health
CHICAGO — Catholic Health Initiatives, an owner and operator of hospitals and care facilities in 18 states, has selected Allscripts — a player in the electronic health records market — as its sole endorsed Ambulatory Electronic Health Records provider for CHI’s 7,200 affiliated physicians across 18 states.
Novo Nordisk Invests $73 Million in Manufacturing Facility
PRINCETON, N.C. — Global pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk is investing $73 million to expand their manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C. The expansion will accommodate increased capacity for the company’s insulin-delivery devices.
Novo Nordisk has more than 420 employees in the Clayton facility who are responsible for the formulation, packaging and distribution of six different diabetes treatment products. The expected expansion will include the addition of two final assembly lines, two packing lines and building refurbishment.
Read More Sunrise Senior Living Signs $41.5 Million Deal
MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living entered into a $41.5 million purchase and sale agreement with frequent senior housing partner Ventas Inc. to sell to its property ownership and joint venture stakes to Ventas.
The move adds 58 properties that were previously owned by Sunrise into Ventas’ portfolio.
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MOB to Top Off $350 Million Louisiana Replacement Hospital
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Read More Arizona a Hot Spot for Cancer Centers
PHOENIX — Construction is under way on the new Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Phoenix — a 131,000-square-foot building that will be located on the two-year-old Banner Gateway Medical Center campus, which already has 76-beds designated for cancer care.
Designed by the local office of international architectural firm Cannon Design, the BMAC center is slated to open sometime in 2011. The opening of the new facility will unite one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems, Banner Health, with the University of Texas MD Ander
Read More University of Iowa plans Children’s Hospital
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Officials at the University of Iowa moved ahead with the application for a $100 million federal grant that would fund the construction of a new children’s hospital there.
Tom Moore, spokesman for the university, says the grant would pay a major portion of the costs for the hospital.
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