NorthStar Anesthesia Ranked the Fastest Growing Anesthesia Company by Modern Healthcare

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NorthStar Anesthesia, a national anesthesia management company focused on improving quality, efficiency, and accountability, is proud to announce its recognition as the fastest growing anesthesia company in the nation on the “Healthcare’s Hottest” list published by Modern Healthcare magazine. This list recognizes the fastest growing healthcare companies that are headquartered in the US, have at least $20M in revenue for 2011 and have been in business for five years or more.

“We would like to extend a huge thank you to all employees and clients for helping NorthStar achieve this recognition, and we are looking forward to continuing our growth.”

NorthStar is the first anesthesia management company on the list, and ranks 15^th overall for growth within the healthcare industry as a whole. Between 2006 and 2011, NorthStar’s Revenue grew 306.1%, with a 2011 total revenue of $111.8 million.

NorthStar Anesthesia was co-founded over eight years ago by Dr. Phil Eichenholz and Neil Neal, CRNA. It is partnered with 46 facilities nationwide and has never failed to renew an exclusive contract.

“Reception of this award and recognition as the fastest growing anesthesia management company in the nation validates that our service model is aligned with the needs of today’s hospitals: improving outcomes while increasing efficiency and sustainability,” said Eichenholz.

“We’re growing because we offer the insights, knowledge, skills, and technology to successfully meet the specific challenges of the OR suite at each facility,” added Neal. “We would like to extend a huge thank you to all employees and clients for helping NorthStar achieve this recognition, and we are looking forward to continuing our growth.”

To learn more about NorthStar, please visit www.northstaranesthesia.com

About NorthStar Anesthesia

With 46 facilities in 6 states, Arlington, TX based NorthStar is the fastest growing anesthesia management company in the country. The company added 14 new facility partners in 2011 and is on track to exceed that pace in 2012. Our performance-driven approach combines quality anesthesia care with the efficiency and accountability that hospitals require. NorthStar was founded in 2004 by an Anesthesiologist and a CRNA who believe today’s anesthesia model is broken, and we’re here to fix it. Let us open your eyes to a new anesthesia approach. NorthStar has renewed and extended 100% of its exclusive contracts.