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Cogdell Spencer Announces Q2 2009 Financial Results

Cogdell Spencer, a real estate investment trust that invests in medical offices and ambulatory surgery and diagnostic centers and provides strategic planning and design and construction services, has announced its second-quarter 2009 financial results, according to a Cogdell Spencer news…

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally?

Ed Hetrick, president/CEO of Facility Development and Management: We currently contract with local groups that our surgeons are familiar with and know their quality and their ability to service the ambulatory market.

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Marge Schillaci of Surgery Center of Joliet)

Marge Schillaci, RN, MS, administrative director of Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.): At the Surgery Center of Joliet, we contract with the same anesthesia group that provides service to our hospital partner which is adjacent to our center.

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Dianne Wallace of Menomonee Falls Ambulatory Surgery Center)

Dianne Wallace, RN, BSM, MBA, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center: Our free-standing multispecialty center performs around 13,000 procedures annually. We have a contracted anesthesia group that we have worked with exclusively for 14.5 years. They also…

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Ed Hetrick of Facility Development and Management)

Ed Hetrick, president/CEO of Facility Development and Management: We currently contract with local groups that our surgeons are familiar with and know their quality and their ability to service the ambulatory market.

8 Statistics About Surgery Center Case Volume

Here are eight statistics about case volume in surgery centers from VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Accounts Receivable Analysis for Surgery Centers By Number of Operating Rooms

Here is an accounts receivable analysis for surgery centers, with a detailed breakdown by the number of operating rooms in an ASC, according to the VMG Health 2009 Intellimarker. Note: Figures provided are averages, dollar amounts are in thousands.

WiFi in an ASC: Is It Safe?

Many ASCs have WiFi networks. For clinical applications, WiFi provides convenient network access throughout the patient areas, which allows the clinical staff to access patient records, the materials managers to keep up with supply inventories and providers to retrieve lab…

Consumer Reports Rates Physician-Owned Hospital as Best Hospital in Colorado

Consumer Reports has ranked Animas Surgical Hospital, a physician-owned hospital in Durango, Colo., as the top hospital in the state.

Elizabeth Litten of Fox Rothschild Discusses How to Be Prepared for N.J. Codey Law Amendments' September 2009 Deadline

Recent amendments to New Jersey's Codey Law, which prohibits self-referrals by physicians, include a Sept. 17, 2009, deadline which marks the beginning of a moratorium on new ambulatory surgery centers.