The most morbid stories I have ever heard about patient care have been told by physicians recalling their patient experiences at the VA hospitals. This is no secret and is nothing new. Whenever a government take over of health care has been proposed, one of the...
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi I think it might be useful to review the objections of the cartel to the medical free market and price transparency movement, more or less in the order of their...
In my travels all over the country (and recently outside the U.S.!) telling the story of our facility, making the case for market-driven health care, I have met many great people and made many friends. On my most recent trip, I met several individuals who described...
The most frequent question I am asked these days by employer groups and individual patients who have learned about our facility and pricing is: ”when are you going to franchise?” Or they ask, “how do I find others in my area of the country that are...
Here is a link to the Samaritan Ministries website, to a page that includes the video tour of our facility and more patient testimonials. We are both honored and thrilled to have been chosen by so many members of this cost-sharing ministry for their surgical care....
I missed a phone call recently from someone who relayed to our receptionist that he was returning my call. Although I didn’t recognize his name, I took him at his word, only to find that he was selling an investment in a stock fund and was someone I had never...
I intended to write about Dr. Jane Orient first, as her role in the battle for free markets in health care is indisputably the greatest. There are far too many accolades and accomplishments of this tireless woman to list here, part of the reason I have not written...
I met Lee Gross, M.D. last year at an event at which both he and I spoke in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an event set up by Dr.’s Ken Fischer and Matt McCord, two more free market axe-swingers. I am going to let the fine article written here by Mike Klein tell Dr....
How can ASCs help eligible providersattest to Meaningful Use despite the 50% rule? Main Line Endoscopy Center knows from experience. The Meaningful Use 50% rule requires that at least half of patient encounters take place at facilities with certified EHR technologies...
Phil Cross of Oklahoma City’s Fox affiliate, KOKH, has reported recently on the pricing at our facility and the savings generated for Oklahoma County’s self-funded plan. Here he interviews my friend Jonathan Small, Vice President for Policy at the...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.