By Heerwagen, Peter Valley Health is going into the hospital building business. The Winchester health-care organization recently purchased land in Warren County for a new hospital, and its West Virginia subsidiary, East Mountain Health Advantage, has purchased land near Romney for a new hospital.

By Heerwagen, Peter Valley Health may have to change its name to Valley & Mountain Health.

By Tracy Correa, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Feb. 17--A tiny west Fresno County health clinic paid its chief executive more than $400,000 a year even as it lost so much money that a state agency may withdraw its backing for a loan.

By Jennifer Robison, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nov. 23--A seven-month labor dispute between the Service Employees International Union and the Valley Health System is poised to boil over into a strike.