Currently, layoffs are not part of the LSU Health Shreveport plan, but the health system does expect to cut more than $2 million from its medical school, according to the report.
Other cost-savings measures being considered include group purchasing of hospital supplies that could save $500,000 and new contracts for food and radiology services that could save more than $530,000 combined.
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