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Here is an analysis of the average staff hourly wages and the administrator's salary in an ASC by facility size, as determined by the number of operating rooms, according to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker.

Black Hills Surgery Center, a physician-owned hospital in Rapid City, S.D., is planning a 17,000-square-foot expansion, according to a Rapid City Journal report.

A new study found that wages for RNs increased faster in Californian metropolitan areas than in other states due to legislation that mandated minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, according to a Project HOPE news release.

The 360,000-square-foot Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center in Redwood City, Calif., will open Feb. 17, according to the facility's Web site.

The law firm of McGuireWoods has been ranked as the sixth largest healthcare firm in the country, according to the American Health Lawyers Association.

Leopardo Construction, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill., has announced the completion of DuPage Medical Group's new Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Clinic.

MEDIBIS has announced that United Surgical Partners International (USPI) will deploy the company's Web-based business intelligence software to all of USPI's ASCs and specialty hospitals, according to a news release.

The N.J. Assembly has passed a bill amending the state’s Codey Law that will now be presented to the state’s governor for approval; if signed into law, the bill will confirm that physician ownership of surgery centers is permitted in…

Billings (Mont.) Clinic has opened a new 29,000-square-foot surgery center, according to the Billings Clinic Web site.

United Surgical Partners International is currently searching for an administrator for its River North Same Day Surgery Center in Chicago. This is a well-established facility needing a seasoned clinical ASC administrator.