Of all the exciting developments in the free market movement in healthcare in the United States, one of the ones I’m most excited about is right here in Oklahoma City. Alliance Deaconess Hospital – a hospital we’ve worked with very closely in the last 2-3 years – they...
Hello Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. Are any of you still shopping for Christmas gifts? If so, I have one for you. It’s a good suggestion, I think. The Primal Prescription by emergency room doctor, Doug McGuff and...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. I like to give credit where it’s due, unlike those who have copied our website and made no mention of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. The credit due is Dr. John Hay of Mississippi...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. What does it mean when someone says they’re afraid of leaving money on the table? It means they are not as interested in a mutually-beneficial exchange as seeing what they can get...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you - Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. Imagine for a moment that you’re interviewing companies to clean your home or your business. One company gives you a very honest quote. Another company gives you a very low...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. I’d like to discuss a concept and an activity called ‘shared savings.’ This is the same as repricing, but I think it’s a little easier to understand, actually. Remember in...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. Last week, Forbes contributor, Dave Chase, author of Healthcare Economics, wrote a piece called ’The 7 Organizations that will turn healthcare...
Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. What does it mean when a patient from Canada flies to Oklahoma City and has surgery here in our facility? What does that mean? That means that they...
TRANSCRIPT: Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you – Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us in this video blog series. I had the privilege to travel to England to see a relative who is living over there. While I was there, I made a point of visiting a...
People who have passed kidney stones have likened the experience to the pain of childbirth. I can certainly attest that it’s one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever had… that is until I got the bill. I woke up one morning in June, 2014 noticing a dull pain in my...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.