Here is a stunner: The Dow Jones’ online newsletter, “Marketwatch” has published this piece, wherein the Surgery Center of Oklahoma is portrayed as just the medicine the sick healthcare industry needs. Remember the surge in stock prices of the big health corporations...
My friend, Dr. Jeffrey Singer, has written this brilliant article, one that originally appeared in “Reason Magazine.” His perspective on the history of the slippery slope that ushered the healthcare industry to the cartelized mess it now represents is as insightful...
Here is a link to an interview done recently with the television station, WSB, Atlanta. Having discovered that folks from Georgia were traveling to Oklahoma City for their surgery, the crew at the station decided to film their story at our facility. Dr. Gallup, also...
Uh oh. This piece by Craig Ladwig of the Indiana Policy Review, makes the case for a more free market approach to health care in the state of Indiana. While I have never met Mr. Ladwig or talked to him on the phone, you will think that I have, after reading his...
This article is an updated version of the one that Mr. Chase penned after visiting with me in March of 2013, just after I had spoken to a group of third party benefit administrators (those who administer the health plans of self-funded companies) about our facility’s...
< Hello. Dr. Keith Smith with you. Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. I have Dr. Rice and Dr. Barton with me. They have a very exciting development here in Oklahoma City. They have started Oklahoma ER and Hospital. A free-standing, emergency...
“We talked about the idea of mutual beneficial transfers, or the idea that markets should rule medicine. Basically, in 2009, Dr. Smith did something revolutionary. He launched a website displaying all-inclusive pricing. Basically, he wanted to make sure that there was...
Happy New Year from Dr. Smith and the Surgery Center of Oklahoma! As we look forward to the New Year, we want to take a look back at 2018. To wrap up a phenomenal year, we’ve compiled the top 5 most popular vlogs from this past year: 1. Collin-Fannin County Medical...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you. Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. We’re looking at the edit page on my website where I add procedures and change pricing. We received a call this last week, that I was very excited about, where an equipment and...
Hello, Dr. Keith Smith with you. Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Thank you for joining me. I recently had to endure yet another economist claim that the free market does not apply to the healthcare industry. His point was that the patient in the ambulance who is...
Specialists and surgeons from all of Oklahoma’s top healthcare systems choose to operate here.