TRANSCRIPT: Hello. Dr. Keith smith with you, Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. Let’s keep going with the scams and review one we’ve gone over before in previous blogs – uncompensated care. When I say ‘uncompensated care,’...
One of the most hard-hitting writers in the healthcare industry is the editor of “Outpatient Surgery Magazine,” Dan O’Connor. The piece, here, is no exception. Keep what you read in mind whenever you hear some shameless politician or bureaucrat belch out the usual...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. Here’s scam #2: ‘pay-for-performance.’ First, let’s cover ‘pay for no performance.’ That would be what HMOs or ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) do....
TRANSCRIPT: Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you, Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me in this video blog series. Here’s scam #1, as promised. Let’s start with electronic medical records. You know, the state has such great ideas, they have to be mandatory....
Hello. I’m Dr. Keith Smith with you from the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. While I think it’s important for everyone to understand the good news of the application of free market principles to healthcare and how that...
TRANSCRIPT: Hello. Dr. Keith smith with you again, coming to you from the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. There are lots of exciting things happening here at the Surgery Center and here in the state of Oklahoma and I’d...
TRANSCRIPT: Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me in this video blog series. Prior to putting our prices online, my thoughts about pricing were quite flawed and I think have evolved and I’d like to share that with you....
TRANSCRIPT: Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you - Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me in this video blog series. Well, April 15th has come and gone and, as Chris Rock famously said, "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." And many of you now understand...
I think it is good to be alert to any discussions that are “downstream of a flawed premise.” Let me explain. When I hear, for instance, that the “flat tax” is preferable to the current income tax, I think to myself that this is a discussion of the knife versus the...
I think it is good to be alert to any discussions that are what I call “downstream of a flawed premise.” Let me explain. When I hear, for instance, that the “flat tax” is preferable to the current income tax, I think to myself that this is a discussion of the knife...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.