Top healthcare planning stories from the week of July 14th, 2026

Hospital

• HCA Healthcare is undertaking a comprehensive rebuild of Catholic Medical Center, spanning from its energy plant to its emergency bays.
• A $500 million expansion in Camden topped out, adding 78 private rooms and 10 operating rooms to the Marvin Samson Pavilion.
• BayCare’s new hospital in Manatee County, the first north of the river, topped out and is on track to open in 2028.
• SVMC has four construction projects simultaneously underway on its Bennington campus.
• Stormwater concerns halted a vote on Sharon Hospital’s medical arts building expansion before it reached the board.

ER

• Catholic Medical Center opened Greater Nashua’s first freestanding emergency room.

Neonatal Intensive Care

• A Justin Tower expansion in Fort Worth will relocate women’s services and grow the NICU.

Surgical Center

• NYU Langone converted a vacant big box store in Patchogue into an ambulatory surgical center.

Family Medicine

• University of Iowa Health Care will open Tiffin’s first primary care clinic.