Dr. Stewart Segal’s dream
Dr. Stewart Segal posted this on the KevinMD.com website recently and I though many of you following my blog would enjoy it. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
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Eschew Obfuscation!
I had the pleasure of spending some time today with a clear thinker and communicator. This individual (someone I had heard of but had never met) had expressed an interest in our business model and asked for an hour to learn more. After listening for 45 minutes...
A popular justification for the FDA’s just-announced ban on trans fats is that it will prevent people prone to eat unhealthy foods from running up health-care costs – costs that would be shifted onto innocent others. The idea is that it’s wrong to allow Jones to act...
I finally know what to say
One of the most frequently asked questions I hear is, “when are you going to franchise?” This is such a great compliment, and I have been so humbled by this remark, that I haven’t really given much thought to how to answer. My initial answer was...
Welcome Back!
The physician-hiring meltdown has begun. Hospitals realized that doctors made lousy employees in the mid ‘90’s when hiring doctors to secure referrals (locking in the cartel) was tried….and failed. Hospitals are now realizing….well….the...
We are not alone according to U.S. News and World Report
The most vicious hate mail I have received is for recently stating that our surgery center has no intention of dealing with any of the Obamacare exchange plans. After all, we have never accepted a dime of government money and we have no intention of starting now!...
“All but 129 million of you can keep your insurance if you like it.”
Here is an article full of facts and figures on TUCA (The Unaffordable Care Act). Really inconvenient facts and figures. Really embarrassing facts and figures. 129 million may lose their insurance as a result of TUCA. That kind of stuff. Enjoy. G. Keith Smith,...
A Change of Heart?
"Oklahoma Watch" is not what you would call a bastion of libertarian journalism. Up until now it seems as if they have walked lock-step with the hospitals in Oklahoma parroting the poor-mouthing propaganda and promoting the Medicaid expansion of Obamacare. I have...
My radio interview with Robert Herriman of WTAN
Here is a radio interview I did this weekend with Robert Herriman of station, WTAN (Clearwater, Florida), for his show, “Outbreak News this Week.” I thought some of you would like to hear it. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Local CBS station, KWTV, interviews me.
Here is a link to an article/video our local CBS affiliate, KWTV, did on our facility this past week that I thought some of you would be interested in. GKS
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