1. Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Hospitals will close two of its Chicago market acute care hospitals in the spring as part of plans to consolidate its four long-term acute care facilities in the area.
2. MercyOne Primghar (Iowa) Medical Center, part of Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne, shuttered, citing current economic and workforce challenges.
3. Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed an Oct. 7 notice of closure for its already nonoperational Norwood (Mass.) Hospital and four satellite facilities.
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