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June 01, 2012
CHI and Avera in talks regarding facilities in Pierre, S.D.
Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and Avera Health of Sioux Falls, S.D., have signed a letter of intent to explore options for their Pierre, S.D. ministries.
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June 01, 2012
SSM to acquire hospital in central Oklahoma
Late this month, SSM Health Care of Oklahoma plans to acquire the 114-bed Unity Health Center of Shawnee, Okla.
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June 01, 2012
Mercy in talks to sell Arkansas hospital, potentially acquire Missouri hospital
Mercy health system of Chesterfield, Mo., is in negotiations to sell St. Joseph's Mercy Health System of Hot Springs, Ark., to Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare.
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June 01, 2012
Marian in Santa Maria, Calif., prepares to open replacement hospital
Marian Regional Medical Center of Santa Maria, Calif., is settling into a replacement hospital that is twice the size of its old facility.
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June 01, 2012
CHRISTUS to convert a San Antonio campus into a children's hospital
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System of San Antonio plans to convert one of its five hospitals into a children's hospital by 2014.
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June 01, 2012
USCCB provides a blessing for unborn babies
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted a resource online for dioceses, parishes and others to use to bless unborn children and their families.
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June 01, 2012
Eastern Iowa's Mercy Medical Center to form ACO with university system
Mercy Medical Center of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the University of Iowa Health Care system of Iowa City, Iowa, plan to form an accountable care organization.
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June 01, 2012
IRS allows hospitals to claim credit for environmentally responsible activities
Environmental sustainability and policy leaders from Catholic health care and other health care organizations meeting here at CleanMed 2012 had high praise for an IRS rule change that allows hospitals to report certain environmental investments and activities as community benefits on IRS Form 990, Schedule H.
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June 01, 2012
Philadelphia archdiocese repurposes churches, schools as senior housing
Mary Poiesz lived 84 years in the same row house in south Philadelphia. She and her brothers were born there. The parish church was on the same block.
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June 01, 2012
CRS head uses organizational savy to tackle challenges
To someone unfamiliar with her formation as a Catholic and her adventurous nature, it might seem that Carolyn Y. Woo made a big leap this year when she left a deanship at one of the top business schools in the U.S. for the presidency of Catholic Relief Services — an organization that does development work in some of the world's poorest economies.