Discussion: "Cost Control"

• Use the Internet or Strayer Databases to research "cost escalation" within the health care segment. Next, determine one key driver of health care cost escalation. Indicate one trategy health care managers can implement to reduce costs in the future. Provide support for your rationale.

• Assume that you are a financial administrator of a hospital, and you are responsible for reducing costs (e.g., fixed, variable, semi-fixed, etc.) for the facility. Determine the most significant cost within the hospital, and recommend a strategy for reducing this cost 10% over the next year. Provide support for your strategy.