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...
It has always amazed me that while big hospital systems continue to claim that it is impossible for them to display their prices for medical services, insurance carriers know in advance what they are going to pay these same hospitals for these very same services....
I laugh every time I see headlines bragging about the number of people enrolled in “Obamacare.” What choice to people have, after all? ”Buy this crappy insurance plan (that you wouldn’t buy unless you were forced), or face the wrath of the IRS bayonet.” And then...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.