Introducing The DPO
The solution is in plain sight, to offer a DPO, where employees can pay out of pocket, directly for care, without having to go through insurance.
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Time to Sound the Alarm
Everyone agrees the current healthcare system is inefficient, overpriced, and in need of a complete overhaul. We continue to accept a less than perfect scenario because we trust that doctors and nurses will always do their best to ensure our safety. Paperwork and bureaucracy is a nuisance, but at the end of the day, patients …
A Three Tier System
The majority of people in the US have health coverage from their employer or from the government, which means patients do not negotiate directly with physicians or hospitals. The insurers and politicians determine the price of care, access to providers, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. There is no need for price transparency because there are so many …
The Stay-at-Home Doctor
There is no doubt that 2020 will be a watershed year in the history of medicine. The rapid adoption of digital health care in the wake of a global pandemic is fundamentally changing, perhaps indefinitely, the way we practice. While it may not rank alongside the first use of general anesthesia in 1846 or Sir …
Embracing New Definition of Healthcare as Digital Age Confronts Holdouts
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our healthcare system like nothing before. We have confronted other diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS and even the opioid epidemic; but we have never before shut down the world economy or put the citizens of the entire country on quarantine. Whatever the response, the consequences …
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Conquering Fear in Times of Epidemics
The past few weeks have been unprecedented in my career as a surgeon. The sweeping response to this global COVID-19 pandemic—to mobilize resources, restrict social behaviors and curtail businesses—is far beyond any previous modern health threat. What makes this particularly frightening is how many of my colleagues on the front lines have contracted the virus, …
The Patient as Payer
The time is here to think differently about healthcare. There is physician burnout, administrative overload, a shortage of resources, both human and otherwise, and the costs are uncontrolled. At the same time technology is changing how we evaluate and treat nearly all disease, and at a lightening pace. We need a new paradigm – one …