How to Save Your Business 50% on Health Care Expenses
Are you a decision maker at your business? If you’re a CEO, CFO, the head of HR, or perhaps the owner of a small, medium or large business then you …
Opening the Medical Practice of Your Dreams with Chris Habig
In survey after survey, the number one satisfier for physicians – by a long way – is their relationship with patients. Anything you can do to improve or deepen that …
Apple Failed at Health Care, Doctors Didn’t with Dr. Doug Farrago
Apple Failed at Health Care, Doctors Didn’t with Dr. Doug Farrago There has been no shortage of people or schemes to fix the US health care industry. US medicine consistently …
Colorado Threatens to Take Away Your License if You Don’t Play Ball
Colorado Threatens to Take Away Your License if You Don’t Play Ball with Dr. Belen Amat This year, the Colorado legislature introduced a bill to radically change the way health …
Episode 110: Birthing Babies and Direct Primary Care with Dr. Nick Tomsen
Episode 110: Birthing Babies and Direct Primary Care with Dr. Nick Tomsen Direct primary care (DPC) is a style of practicing medicine we have discussed many times on the show. …
Episode 105: What is the One Question You Wish You Knew Before Starting a DPC Practice?
Episode 105: What is the One Question You Wish You Knew Before Starting a DPC Practice? Direct primary care (DPC) is a movement that is growing quickly in the United …
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance The Story In late Summer of 2019 my wife and I had to make a difficult choice – …
Episode 100! What Have We Learned So Far About Medicine?
Episode 100! What Have We Learned So Far About Medicine? Episode 100 is a momentous achievement for a podcast about medicine where I had only about 3 show ideas in …
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell Finally an episode without discussing COVID-19 (well a tiny bit maybe). Today I’m joined by my friend and colleague Dr. …
Episode 083: Making it Through Coronavirus without Health Insurance
Episode 083: Surviving Coronavirus Without Health Insurance Once again, the coronavirus outbreak is dominating the news. Government officials at the federal, state, and local levels have closed down most businesses …
Episode 084: The US Bungling of the Coronavirus Outbreak with Dr. Michel Accad
Episode 084: The US Bungling of the Coronavirus Outbreak with Dr. Michel Accad Once again, the only news worth reporting and discussing (especially if you’re in health care) is the …
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter Real health care price transparency is a an elusive goal for many in the …
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com Many physicians and those supportive of free markets in medicine are making a big …
Episode 070: How to Market Your Medical Practice: Dr. Nitin Gupta
Episode 070: How to Market Your Medical Practice: Dr. Nitin Gupta If you own your own business, which physicians who are independent or run concierge or DPC practices do – …
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD As direct primary care practices …
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy?
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy? What’s the deal with nurse practitioners (NPs)? Why is there so much anger from physicians and NPs when it comes to …
Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard
Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard Serving the poor in health care is a mission that many enter medicine …
Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK’s NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan
Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK’s NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan Debate rages in the United States about whether we should …
Episode 059: Allergist Says Direct Care Is Nothing to Sneeze At. A Discussion with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder
Episode 059: Allergist Says Direct Care Is Nothing to Sneeze At. A Discussion with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder One of the most frequently asked questions I get from people when I …
Episode 058: Is Self Care the Best Care? With Dr. Wayne Jonas
Episode 058: Is Self Care the Best Care? With Dr. Wayne Jonas Self Care is the term used to describe how patients can take care of themselves and use techniques …
Episode 055: Surviving the Zombie Lab Scandal with Dr. Molly Rutherford
Episode 055: Surviving the Zombie Lab Scandal with Dr. Molly Rutherford Zombies aren’t real, but sometimes they sure seem like it. Especially when it involves medicine and the law. Health …
Episode 048: Bringing Markets to Medicine with Health Sharing Ministries. A Discussion with Matt Bellis of Liberty Health Share
Episode 048: Bringing Markets to Medicine with Health Sharing Ministries. A Discussion with Matt Bellis of Liberty Health Share This podcast has been dedicated to bringing you disruptors to the …
Episode 047: Making Direct Care Work as a Gynecologist with Dr. Deborah Herchelroath
Episode 047: Making Direct Care Work as a Gynecologist with Dr. Deborah Herchelroath Today, we continue our journey discussing physicians who are using direct patient care through a membership model …
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran Physicians today need to be more than healers – they need to be physician leaders. They need to also be leaders …
Episode 042: How to Fix US Health Care and Other Simple Questions
Episode 042: How to Fix US Health Care and Other Simple Questions This week’s episode is a longer interview I did as a guest on the Gray Matters Radio Podcast …
Episode 041: An Otolaryngologist Sticks Her Neck Out and Actually Discusses Prices Ahead of Time. A Discussion with Dr. Elaina George
Episode 041: An Otolaryngologist Sticks Her Neck Out and Actually Discusses Prices Before Providing Care. A Discussion with Dr. Elaina George Only in medicine is discussing prices before providing care …
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin How would you feel if someone who didn’t know, was unfamiliar with your …
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight.
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight. I have spent a lot of time discussing innovative ways …
Episode 034: Is Direct Primary Care the Future of Medicine? A Discussion with Dr. Lee Gross of Docs 4 Patient Care
Episode 034: Is Direct Primary Care the Future of Medicine? A Discussion with Dr. Lee Gross of Docs 4 Patient Care If there is one thing patients and doctors agree …
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta Direct Primary Care (DPC) is starting to gain some steam and popularity with established physicians, residents, and medical students. …
Episode 030: The Epidemic of Physician Suicide with Dr. Pam Wible
Episode 030: the Epidemic of Physician Suicide with Dr. Pam Wible Physician suicide is an epidemic. How else do you describe 400 physicians per year ending their own lives which …
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman We can all agree – outside of a few overpaid pharma CEOs – that the …
Episode 024: Are HMOs the Past and Present Too? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Reece.
Episode 024: Are HMOs the Past and Present Too? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Reece. Sometimes, the best way to understand your present is to view it through the lens …
Episode 022: Are Hospitals Really Non-Profits? A Discussion with Dr. Craig Wax
Episode 022: Are Hospitals Really Non-Profits? A Discussion with Dr. Craig Wax Did you know that most hospitals (or hospital systems) enjoy a non-profit tax status? Despite revenues in the …
Episode 015: Physician Burnout – Why & How to Save the Docs with Dr. Mari Sanchez Wohlever.
Episode 015: Physician Burnout – Why & How to Save the Docs with Dr. Mari Sanchez Wohlever. It’s easy to forget that physicians are people. Certainly when we discuss doctors …
Episode 013: Assume the Physician. Making Sure Residents Take Naps and Other Silly Rules by the ACGME with Author Dr. John Hunt.
Episode 013: Assume the Physician. Making Sure Residents Take Naps and Other Silly Rules by the ACGME with Author Dr. John Hunt. Would residents (doctors in training) forget to rest …
Episode 011: Let’s Treat Patients, Not Populations. A Discussion with Dr. Michel Accad.
Episode 011: Let’s Treat Patients, Not Populations. A Discussion with Dr. Michel Accad. What does it mean to treat a patient? Is it knowing your patient and making an educated …
Episode 006: “Doc, I’m Over Here, That’s Just a Computer Screen.” Why Don’t Electronic Health Records Help with Dr. Ken Fisher
Episode 006: “Doc, I’m Over Here, That’s Just a Computer Screen.” Why Don’t Electronic Health Records Help with Dr. Ken Fisher Electronic health records (EHRs) were supposed to revolutionize the …
Episode 004: A Step-by-Step Guide in How to Start a Direct Primary Care Practice with Dr. Chad Savage
Episode 004: A Step-by-Step Guide in How to Start a Direct Primary Care Practice with Dr. Chad Savage Have you wondered what the steps are to open your own direct …
Episode 002: How Direct Primary Care Made Me Love Medicine Again & Made Me Less Cranky with Dr. Belen Amat
Episode 002: How Direct Primary Care Made Me Love Medicine Again & Made Me Less Cranky with Dr. Belen Amat In this episode, Eric speaks with Dr. Belen Amat, a …