At the bottom of the written version of this blog, there will be a link provided to a very important graph, one which shows the rate of rise of healthcare spending in the United States over time, the rate of rise of the number of administrators in healthcare over time...
Every day I see reports about insurance companies that are radically increasing the amounts they charge for health insurance premiums. That doesn’t seem very affordable. Every day, there are patients that come to the Surgery Center of Oklahoma that have these...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you on behalf of the Free Market Medical Association. I know that I speak for Jay Kempton and the rest of the staff at the Free Market Medical Association when I say that one of the most exciting things about our conference is the look in...
Industry insiders have told me that the only thing more remarkable than the fact that our prices are online for all to see is that they’re bundled. That means the surgeon, anesthesia facility charges are all rolled into one number, one price. I thought I would give...
This past October, I was asked to appear before the Florida Governor’s Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding to discuss the development and effects of price transparency initiatives (Surgery Center of Oklahoma’s, in particular) here in Oklahoma. My first...
Whenever I talk to medical students, as any medical student who is a member of the Benjamin Rush Institute will tell you, I leave them with one piece of advice: never go to work for a hospital. Never go to work for a hospital system. Why do I tell them this? I believe...
I wanted to pass along a story about an experience I had at a car dealership. I found a car online with a priced attached and went to the dealership and make a very strong offer. The dealer countered with his list price. We he realized how strong my offer was he...
Healthcare costs, Obamacare and Ted Cruz. No topic is off-limits on the Outbreak News Radio Show.
Are you a physician who complains about your practice and how the government has systematically disrupted the relationship physicians have traditionally had with their patients? Are you a physician who is truly concerned about the care your patients will receive from...
Interest in the power and effect of transparent and direct pricing within the self-funded community continues to grow at an incredible pace, evidence for which includes the speaking invitation I have accepted from the Ebix Health User Group’s Conference May 4-6 in...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.