Providence to expand SoCal footprint post-Hoag split

Providence will invest $712 million to expand inpatient and outpatient care in Southern California, the health system said Monday.

Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo will add a 100-bed patient care tower and a multispecialty ambulatory surgery center.

The tower will provide private rooms, operating suites and cardiac catheterization labs that will improve its neurology, cardiovascular and maternity care. Providence will move its…