Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, thank you for joining me. We’ve discussed the two types of buyers of health care, now let’s discuss the two types of sellers. The first we’ll cover is unfortunately the most prevalent; the...
I’ve decided there are two types of buyers of health care in the United States. There are those who care what health care costs and there are those who don’t. Ask the average person how much they pay for their gallbladder surgery. They’ll likely scratch their head and...
Let’s talk for a minute about medical care vs healthcare. My friends at the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, an organization to which every physician should belong, have made the distinction between these two phrases very clear. Physicians, after all,...
Behind me you’ll see something that, unfortunately, is very rare to see in healthcare. I’m going to step out of the picture and pan so you can see what is behind me. These are paper charts. Paper medical records. We’re going to talk a little bit more about electronic...
Have you ever been in your car on a trip and your car broke down and you were fortunate enough to encounter a mechanic who could have charged you whatever he wanted? He could have ripped you off, but he didn’t. He charged you a fair price and got you on our way. You...
Some of my favorite authors, historical or fiction, are those who knew their writings would land them in jail, their careers would be destroyed or worse. I figured these people meant what they said and they felt strongly enough about it that they wrote it anyway,...
Here’s a question for you. A question I was recently asked by a United States Congressman. “Should we forego the opportunity to price 95% of healthcare services when 5% of them cannot be priced ahead of time and up front?” Of course the Congressman did not ask me that...
Our most recent meeting was a wild success and the videos of all of the presentations will be online very soon at FMMA.org, there will also be an announcement of the location and dates of next year’s meeting. The most meaningful and poignant part of the conference for...
I recently was made aware of a new phrase in the healthcare industry: population health management. This sounds benign enough but it should be very scary, particularly for anyone watching this that has any underlying medical problems. Let me tell you why. If you don’t...
My friend, Jack Brown, from Oregon has reminded me of a term that I was familiar with, but one I never use. But it’s one I’m going to start using. Disintermediation – a term which describes the removal of all unnecessary parties in any market exchange....
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.