Our local newspaper, the Daily Oklahoman, recently published this editorial by Stephen Parente, PhD, of the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Make no mistake, Dr. Parente, writing opinion pieces like this one is in no danger of receiving an...
Kelly Carson, writing for Watchdog.org here, praises the leader of Oklahoma County’s group health plan (Jon Wilkerson) for the success of their arrangement with our facility. I thought it might be informative to summarize the nature of our “arrangement” with Oklahoma...
Forbes Magazine’s Josh Archambault wrote recently about the trouble the hospitals in Arkansas are having getting their grubby hands on more taxpayer dollars. You can read it here. His story centers around how a popular and powerful Republican legislator, the...
One of the smartest people I have ever met is a property and contracts lawyer, someone from whom I have gleaned countless and valuable insights over the years. He has advised me, among other things, to lead a “haggle-free” business life, where bids solicited from...
OCPA’s Brandon Dutcher sent along this article. It seems that some of the biggest Obamacare loud mouths, also Medicaid expanders, don’t want this in their back yard.
I have been asked many times to pass on a reading list to readers of this blog. I have resisted because I find that I am most affected by what I have most recently read many times. While the older I get, the more uncommonly I encounter a jaw-dropping new perspective...
Here is my half hour interview with Albert Lu, an intensely well-informed disciple of the Austrian School of economics. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with him and hope you enjoy it, as well. G. Keith Smith, M.D. For more information about free market health care,...
In a related article, The New American’s William Jasper exposes the health industry’s cronyism, all enabled by the federal government. You can read it here. This is courageous, “take no prisoners” journalism. Dr. Lantier and I thoroughly...
William Jasper, senior editor of The New American Magazine, has combined his gift as a writer with his recently obtained knowledge about what we are doing at the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. The result is one of the finest articles I have ever read. You can read it...
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) which administers Medicaid in the state of Oklahoma and facing anticipated budget shortfalls, has proposed an increase in the copays Medicaid beneficiaries should pay for medicines and doctor visits. Before you give too much...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.