Cost control should extend to legal services.
While a healthcare organization may consider legal services to be outside its management scope, control of legal spending is within a hospital's grasp. Whether an organization is large or active enough to merit an internal legal staff, an administrative position should be established to centralize management of legal services. A hospital may choose to undertake a cost reduction audit, which can determine the feasibility of an internal legal staff and coordinate competitive proposals from outside law firms handling litigation.
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D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D007603:Jurisprudence; D014481:United States