Same-Day Surgery offers advice to save you thousands of dollars

Same-Day Surgery offers advice to save you thousands of dollars

In this special cost-saving issue, we've talked to outpatient surgery programs around the country to find out their best tips. In our cover package, we tell you how you can be environmentally friendly and save thousands in the process. Also in this issue, we share how one facility profited when it renegotiated insurance contracts and carved out implants. We tell you the specifics about how a health system saved more than $14 million by evaluating prices on items and standard operating procedures, including many in outpatient surgery. We also share how one system is using a checklist of best practices to reduce its length of stay and reduce readmissions. We tell you how to reduce your supply prices by up to 40% and your shipping by up to 50%. We also share a couple of free resources available.

We also have enclosed the results of our annual salary survey in this issue. Don't miss reading this issue jam-packed with ideas to save your program money and boost your career!