Outpatient Surgery Magazine

formalizing the process, you'll let staff know that you take their ideas seriously. Sherri Jones, MS, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Pittsburgh, Pa. jonessl@upmc.edu D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 1 Download the "Surgical Services Associate Improvement Idea" form at outpatientsurgery.net/forms.

• Cover: Obamacare, You're Fired! - Outpatient Surgery Magazine, December 2016
• Table of Contents: Features
• Table of Contents: Departments
• Editor's Page: Follow the Money
• Ideas That Work: Let Your Staff Know Their Ideas Matter
• Ideas That Work: Stock Snacks in Your Office
• Ideas That Work: What We'd Love to Tell Our Patients
• Ideas That Work: Cords Offer Cleaning Cues
• Ideas That Work: A Positive Spin on Same-Day Reports
• Ideas That Work: Store Endoscopes and Their Parts Together
• Staffing: Vendor Reps Are People, Too
• Coding & Billing: The Absurdity of the ASC Payment System
• Business Advisor: We Posted Our Prices Online (You Can, Too)
• Is Obamacare About to Get Trumped?
• Streamline Room Turnover
• Warming Trends
• Say Yes to Opioid-Free Surgery
• Where's the Love?
• Torn Between Two Meshes
• Keep Your Employees Free From Harm
• 28 Tips to Improve Arthroscopy Efficiency
• The Latest and Greatest in Anesthesia
• Thinking of Buying ... Surgical Video Monitors
• Anesthesia Alert: Ever Wonder How Anesthesia Gets Paid?
• Cutting Remarks: The Instrument Approval Gauntlet
• Behind Closed Doors: Saving the Shrew