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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Surgical Construction - March 2017

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2 0 S U P P L E M E N T T O O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E M A R C H 2 0 1 7 froze and burst. The bad news? The facility flood- ed. The good news? The facility flooded. Although we took over ownership of a distressed property that was going to cost us $250,000 to renovate, the landlord's insurance company covered $125,000 of the bill and kicked in another $75,000 to repair sig- nificant mechanical issues. In the end, we spent only $50,000 on the entire renovation. Of course, we also had to invest about $1 million in capital equipment to get the facility fully functional (see "What It Takes to Add Outpatient Spine"). We have a long-standing relationship with vendors at our main surgery center, which has been open for 15 years, so we worked with them to outfit the new space with the needed equipment and instru- mentation. The renovations, which transformed the look and function of the entire building, took 10 months to complete. We decided to transform the facility's pro- cedure room into a fully functioning OR, so the rehabbed facility now has 2 suites. The original OR was developed for a neurosurgeon, so it's much larg- er than a conventional room and easily big enough to house the equipment needed to perform spine cases. The room we outfitted is a conventional size OR and appropriate for total joint cases. Patients are prepped for surgery in the rooms and return to the same space to recover where their personal belong- ings and loved ones are waiting for them. Inevitably, unexpected issues arose during the

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