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How one Oklahoma surgery center is disrupting the healthcare cost status quo

In Oklahoma, a startling example of how price transparency could disrupt health care bureaucracies as […]

In Oklahoma, a startling example of how price transparency could disrupt health care bureaucracies as we know them.

No wonder Illinois is a Certificate-of-Need state – it prevents any real attempt at disrupting the status quo. Still, as direct costs to patients rise, I predict this model will become more common.


Westby G. Fisher, MD

Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005. He writes regularly at Dr. Wes. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this blog are strictly the those of the author(s) and should not be construed as the opinion(s) or policy(ies) of NorthShore University HealthSystem, nor recommendations for your care or anyone else's. Please seek professional guidance instead.

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