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Surgery Center of OK

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Free market-loving, price-displaying, state-of-the-art, AAAHC accredited, doctor owned, multispecialty surgical facility in central OK.

Oklahoma City เข้าร่วม Ağustos 2011
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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Excellent! This is just great. Few know the role of Hill-Burton, much less Pete Stark. Thank you for this post. GKS
Special Interest Media@thoughtson_tech

Doctors can’t own hospitals. Ever wonder why? Short answer: Pete Stark, a four-page law Reagan signed without reading, and 80 years of the government fixing its own fixes. The longer answer is one of the better origin stories in American policy. Hill-Burton in 1946 solved a real problem (not enough hospitals) so well it created a new one (way too many hospitals). CON laws in 1974 tried to fix that, didn’t work, got repealed federally in 1987, but 36 states kept them anyway because incumbent hospital systems realized they were a great way to block competition. Then Medicare and Medicaid blew up demand in ways nobody predicted. Then EMTALA made ERs a legally mandated safety net with zero federal funding attached. Then Stark showed up to stop doctors from referring patients to facilities they owned. Then the ACA closed the last loophole that let them. Then 340B, a tiny 1992 drug discount program, quietly became a $66B/year machine that barely resembles its original purpose. None of it was designed. All of it was improvised. Every fix created the next problem. For anyone deploying capital or building companies in health tech, this history is basically the operating manual for why the market looks the way it does. CON laws, Stark compliance, 340B mechanics, EMTALA cost structures - these aren’t background noise. They’re the load-bearing walls. ----- Link to the full analysis onhealthcare.tech/p/how-the-gove…

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Heath Veuleman
Heath Veuleman@HeathVeuleman·
Remember - it’s self-referral when a physician does it. If I own the hospital, and employ the physician - they must self-refer to their and its verticals or else they’re not being a team player. And - I’m even going to “legally” induce those referrals by paying a wRVU. The gaslighting is insane. This is why there’s a hospital in every soap opera.
Federation of American Hospitals@FAHhospitals

There is no issue with physician-led hospitals- the issue is about the conflict of interest when physicians self-refer patients to their own hospitals. The data is clear: POHs tend to treat more commercially insured and healthier patients than full-service hospitals. In rural communities, this can leave rural hospitals with a greater financial burden, further threatening their ability to keep their doors open and keep 24/7 care available in their communities. Read more: fah.org/wp-content/upl…

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
When leaders in healthcare innovation point to something and say “this works,” it matters. Gregory Smith, founder of Coral Platform, shares why Surgery Center of Oklahoma stands out in a system that rarely gets it right. Transparent pricing. Exceptional care. No surprises. "As a patient, you have to take control of your own care. A high price doesn't mean a high quality outcome." Take control: price your procedure today at surgerycenterok.com
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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
When it’s your kid who needs care, the math should be simple. One price. Everything included. No “we’ll bill you later” stress. At Surgery Center of Oklahoma, you know the full cost before you schedule surgery, so you can focus on what actually matters…getting your child the care they need and then back home. See the price. Make the plan. surgerycenterok.com
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Humane Healthcare for All
Humane Healthcare for All@LighthouseDPC·
If a Taxpayer Subsidized “Nonprofit” Grocery Store Chain payed Tribute to Congress to stop competing Grocery Stores from opening in order to Financially Sodomize you with Price Gouging Food Prices there would be RIOTS! 86% of Virginia Hospitals are Taxpayer Subsidized “Nonprofits”. #hospital #CORRUPTION #scam
Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK

Of course this makes sense. This secured the support of the hospital industry for the Unaffordable Care Act. DC has been a protection racket for their pals in this industry with legislation like this. Nothing short of repeal should grant any credibility to DC reform efforts.

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Disa Sacks
Disa Sacks@SacksDisa·
@SurgeryCenterOK The uniparty has worked hard and long to destroy American Doctors and the patient -doctor relationship They have no intention of reforming rather they will hold a few performative “ hearings” and continue grifting the money $$$$ Duplicity at its finest
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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Outstanding post! GKS @FreeMarketMed
Special Interest Media@thoughtson_tech

Rep. Griffith is asking the right question, and the answer is actually pretty straightforward once you trace the legislative history: it makes sense as incumbent protection, not as health policy. The ACA’s closure of the whole hospital Stark exception in 2010 was the culmination of a years-long campaign by the American Hospital Association against physician-owned facilities. The AHA’s argument was that physician-owned hospitals cherry-picked the healthiest, most profitable patients — orthopedics, cardiac, elective surgery — while relying on community hospitals to absorb the complex, uncompensated, and Medicaid cases. MedPAC and the GAO both produced data supporting that characterization. What the AHA didn’t emphasize was that physician-owned hospitals also consistently outperformed on patient satisfaction and quality metrics, precisely because the physicians had a financial stake in the outcome. The CBO scored the exception closure at $500 million in deficit reduction over ten years — which gave fiscal cover to what was functionally a market foreclosure in favor of the hospital lobby. The growth restrictions on existing facilities that Rep. Griffith is highlighting are the same logic extended: don’t just stop new entrants, cap the ones already operating. The deeper issue is that this is how the regulatory cage gets built and maintained. No one writes a law that says “protect incumbent hospital systems from physician competition.” What gets written is a patient safety rationale, a deficit reduction score, and a grandfathering clause that freezes the existing competitive map in place. The Surgery Center of Oklahoma has been living inside this architecture for years — their entire model is a demonstration that price transparency and physician ownership can produce radically better economics — and the regulatory structure treats that as a threat to be contained rather than a model to be replicated. The Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act has been introduced repeatedly and gone nowhere, which tells you everything about where the political power still sits. Full background on how this provision got into the ACA and what the regulatory history behind it looks like: <onhealthcare.tech/p/how-the-gove…>

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Medicare ( a true Ponzi scheme) is the biggest fraud of them all. Anyone who wants to opt out should be allowed...but then everyone would know it was a Ponzi scheme! Think of Uncle Sam as Madoff. GKS
DrOzCMS@DrOzCMS

We’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of fraud in our health care system. Next up: Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida. What I saw on the ground in Florida around durable medical equipment fraud was horrifying. The scale is out of control – and not just limited to these schemes. Cleaning this up will require a laser focus and real action from state leaders. The reality is that fraud in our government health programs is widespread, sophisticated, and deeply entrenched. Consider just a few recent cases: June 2025: The CEO of a healthcare software company was convicted of orchestrating a nationwide scheme that generated fraudulent physician orders and resulted in more than $1 billion in false Medicare claims. January 2026: Two health care executives were convicted for running a $34 million Medicare Advantage fraud scheme, using deceptive telemarketing tactics to pressure elderly beneficiaries into accepting medical equipment they didn’t need. January 2026: A laboratory owner admitted guilt in a $52 million Medicare fraud operation involving medically unnecessary genetic testing ordered through illegal kickbacks. January 2026: Two individuals were arrested in Central Florida for a Medicaid fraud scheme that billed the program for thousands of non-emergency medical transportation trips that never occurred, stealing more than $65,000 from taxpayers. And these are just the cases that have already been uncovered. Behind every fraudulent claim is money taken from taxpayers, resources diverted from patients who truly need care, and vulnerable seniors and low-income Americans being exploited for profit. Florida has been a hotspot for health care fraud for years. Taxpayers and vulnerable patients deserve better—and it’s time for state leadership to step up and work with us to stop it. We’re exposing the abuse, pursuing the fraudsters, and cleaning up these programs.

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
If hospitals can own physicians why can't physicians own hospitals? GKS
PaleOncologist@JOSEPHM45075332

@FAHhospitals “Self referral” is what hospitals make their employed physicians do, all the time. If avoiding conflict of interest is so important, we should end hospitals employing physicians and restore physician’s independence Don’t you agree?

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Jason Robertson
Jason Robertson@JRobFromMN·
I have two Kidney Stones that have caused me horrible pain for Months I've spent a TON of time arguing with my Insurance Company about coverage so I decided to say screw it, I'm just going to skip insurance and pay for it myself Its now been months of trying to even get a price from the Hospital for the procedures, much less trying to get quotes from other providers What really is insane is that President Trump took action to make Price Transparency possible, but Hospitals are not even doing it...I mean try to get a price on a procedure if you just want to pay for it yourself Why won't GOP leaders like @JasonSmithMO, @MikeJohnson, and @SteveScalise do anything to ensure that hospitals are now following these procedures?
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Will Tanner@Will_Tanner_1

Back in 2025, President Trump set new standards for hospitals having to be transparent about prices Which makes sense. As I've written about before, hospital systems have been bought up by private equity firms, and prices have skyrocketed. Over 250% since 2000, in fact. Which is about double the rate of inflation But the hospitals haven't followed his orders, and aren't engaging in price transparency So, with the @HouseCommerce Committee doing a hearing on this today, it would be good to see lawmakers like @RepMGriffith, or frankly any lawmakers on the committee, press the hospital systems on why they've ratcheted up prices so tremendously even when compared against inflation, and why they have been buying up independent practices, particularly high-margin specialty practices like gastroenterology. I think we all know the answer, but seeing them have to explain it would be great, as this issue is a mess, and the fact that the hospital systems are getting away with not following President Trump's rules as established in a lawfully promulgated EO are infuriating

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
@DrAlexUrology Exactly….Stark only applies to physicians, not facilities who employ/own their referring physicians. GKS
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Alex Shteynshlyuger MD
Alex Shteynshlyuger MD@DrAlexUrology·
The conflict of interest exists when hospital-employed physicians are required to refer within the system. That is in every employed physician contract (with some exceptions). A "conflict" of interest exists when the EMR referral system makes it almost impossible to refer outside the hospital system.
Federation of American Hospitals@FAHhospitals

There is no issue with physician-led hospitals- the issue is about the conflict of interest when physicians self-refer patients to their own hospitals. The data is clear: POHs tend to treat more commercially insured and healthier patients than full-service hospitals. In rural communities, this can leave rural hospitals with a greater financial burden, further threatening their ability to keep their doors open and keep 24/7 care available in their communities. Read more: fah.org/wp-content/upl…

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Can’t we just DOGE the office of the “Surgeon General?” Pretty sure that wouldn’t change anyone’s day to day routine. GKS
Jerome Adams@JeromeAdamsMD

According to a new @axios poll, 68% of Americans say they have little or no trust in health information from Surgeon General nominee Casey Means. A confirmation would mean the Senate is out of step with almost 70% of the people they serve. 🤷🏽‍♂️ axios.com/2026/03/17/tru…

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Imagine legislation requiring Walmart to list prices. They must, in order to compete. Medical industry cronies have sought & received DC favors protecting them from competition for decades. And now DC is requiring them to post prices, not repeal their protection? GKS
PatientRightsAdvocate.org@PtRightsAdvoc

President & CEO of @PBGHealth, @lizzymitch2: “We are now making that information, those prices, available to our members.” Accessing the true prices is still “much more difficult than it should be.” Employers need clear, actionable data to transform care and lower costs!

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
Of course this makes sense. This secured the support of the hospital industry for the Unaffordable Care Act. DC has been a protection racket for their pals in this industry with legislation like this. Nothing short of repeal should grant any credibility to DC reform efforts.
PHA@physicianhosp

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Surgery Center of OK@SurgeryCenterOK·
@ofernandezjr Dr. Michael Kieffer, Boca Raton. In Fort Myers, Dr. David Marconi, Dr. Michael Barry and Dr. Raymond Kordonowy. In Naples: Dr. Michael Havig, Sarasota, Dr. Jared Wallen, spineorthocenter.com, multiple locations & Dr. Grace Hodges, DPM, Pensacola. GKS
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