This link is a report by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) on the imprisonment of Dr. John Natale. A vascular surgeon, Dr. Natale was convicted of making a mistake on the wording of his dictation report on two operations on Medicare...
Ah. The “do nothing” president. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Here is a piece I recently wrote for RetireEarlyLifestyle.com I thought I’d pass along: A little over 15 years ago, Dr. Steve Lantier and I began the operation of The Surgery Center of Oklahoma. We invited 10 surgeons to join us in this venture, physicians who...
Dr. Doug Cox, a Republican state legislator here in Oklahoma, has written this piece, in which he bemoans Governor Mary Fallin’s rejection of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Among his complaints? Hospitals, facing a loss of their DSH (disproportionate...
A colleague recently suggested that I repost my blog “Cheaters” from about 7 months ago. Here it is. Multiple reports since I posted this blog have shown that hospital billings have increased drastically since the implementation of electronic health...
One of our orthopedic partners brought me this article recently. Some comments. The author’s conclusion is that Medicare’s pay cuts for orthopedic surgeons performing total knee replacements has paradoxically resulted in more of these surgeries being...
Here is a link to an interview I did recently with Adam Kokesh. I will have to learn to sit farther back from the camera in future Skype interviews, as I look like the Wizard of Oz. Enjoy. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Patrick Mcguigan eloquently promotes medical free markets once again in this fine article. He confirms in this current article the national stir and intrigue our transparently priced, free market model has inspired. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
I’ll be on with Adam Kokesh (www.adamsvstheman.com/live) tonight at 10pm EST, 9pm CST for anyone wanting to listen to the interview. G. Keith Smith, M.D.
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.