CoxHealth and CBRE Healthcare are pleased to announce the ribbon cutting of the new Cox Medical Center Branson expansion and renovation project.

Cox Medical Center Branson is a 3-story expansion and renovation project that took place on the existing Branson campus. The new facility consists of all private rooms. The Critical Care Unit has 20 beds, 14 new beds and 6 existing. The first floor is a 30,700 square foot emergency department (ED). The ED consists of 26 exam rooms, 2 trauma/resuscitation bays, 8 rooms in the Clinical Decision Unit, and 5 rapid treatment rooms. The rapid treatment rooms allow patients with less serious injuries and illnesses to be treated and released quickly, separate from the general ED population. This will streamline the operational process and allow for quicker ED turn over times. The second floor was expanded 15,000 square feet with an additional 20 private rooms and family amenity space added to the ICU. The third and final floor is shelled for a future medical/surgical nursing unit of all private rooms.

“On January 1, 2013, Skaggs Regional Medical Center became part of the CoxHealth system and with that partnership came the promise that CoxHealth would invest in the hospital and our community so we could better serve the residents of Taney and Stone counties,” said William Mahoney, president of Cox Medical Center Branson. “Over the past 20 months, there have been numerous improvements including aggressive physician recruitment, equipment purchases and building maintenance. Our emergency department and critical care unit expansion is by far the most visible of these improvements and one more way CoxHealth is continuing to make good on their promise.” 

The first phase of the $30 million Cox Medical Center Branson ED and Critical Care Unit (CCU) expansion and renovation project has come to a successful end. Grand opening events took place on September 12, 2014. Guests were invited on September 13, 2014 to participate in public tours of the new ED and CCU.

CoxHealth leadership began construction on the new ED with the vision to enable future growth of the hospital. Previously, Cox Medical Center Branson served approximately 37,000 patients annually in their ED. Now, with the new expansion, Cox Medical Center Branson can provide care to more than 55,000 patients annually. Along with the expansion is the improvement of work flow efficiency. This will ensure that patients will receive care right away without prolonging the healing process.

CoxHealth has seen a large increase in the local labor force participation during the Cox Medical Center Branson project. According to the project construction manager, 95% of all subcontractors working on the Cox Medical Center Branson project come from within a 50 mile radius of Branson. And as of mid-July, over 500 workers have been on site cumulatively, representing over 120,000 man hours. This is an incredible effort put forth by the surrounding community to ensure this project is successfully completed.

Cox Medical Center Branson anticipates having their first patient later this month.

CBRE Healthcare is currently providing CoxHealth Project Management Services that include: Launch Gap Analysis; Facilities Planning Committee Organization; Project Work Review and Validation; Master Program Schedule and Budget Development and Maintenance; CON Submission; Project Delivery Team Selection; Project Staffing Plan and Project Implementation Plan Development; Patient Occupancy Planning and Management. 

“The impact of this project is far-reaching and CBRE Healthcare is honored to be a part of it. Assisting CoxHealth in delivering superior care to the community is our main focus and ultimate goal,” stated Steve Higgs, Managing Director, CBRE Healthcare.

Project Team

Owner – CoxHealth

Architects – Beck Group

Construction Managers – Beck Group 

Civil Engineer – CJW Transportation Consultants

Mechanical Electrical Plumbing – ccrd Partners

Medical Equipment – Healthcare Building Solutions

Project Manager – CBRE Healthcare

Structural Engineer – Armstrong-Douglass Partners

Technology – SSR, Inc.

About CoxHealth: CoxHealth is the only locally owned, not-for-profit health system based in Springfield, Mo. It is accredited by The Joint Commission, distinguished as one of the nation’s Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Systems (2006-2012), recognized as a U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital, and committed to caring for the community. CoxHealth provides more than $122 million annually in community benefit to serve the unmet needs of its friends and neighbors. Established in 1906, the organization serves more than 900,000 people in a 25-county service area in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas, offering a comprehensive array of primary and specialty care including five hospitals and more than 84 clinics in 24 communities. The health system includes Cox Medical Center South, Cox Medical Center Branson, Cox North Hospital, Meyer Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital, Cox Monett Hospital, Oxford HealthCare (the nation’s second largest hospital-based home health agency), Home Parenteral Services (home infusion therapy), CoxHealth Foundation, Cox College, Cox HealthPlans and more.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2013 revenue). The Company has approximately 44,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through approximately 350 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.