"When your brain is programmed that the only way it can be done is through submitting your insurance and when your brain has been for years and years and years that accepting cash is criminal, it's very hard to break that." - Dr. K

My good friend Dr. K, founder of the NTTC Surgery Center and Hinkapin Health, joined the show to shed further light on what upfront pricing and value-based healthcare can do for this industry, employers, and patients. 

Dr. K came to America from India, and we discussed what it was like to encounter our health insurance for the first time was like as a physician. We discussed what lead him to choose Texas for his surgery center, why a surgery center is better and more cost effective than a hospital for surgery, and how he was able to determine pricing for his cash-based practice. 

Since founding NTTC Surgery Center near Dallas, Dr. K has stayed ambitious and is aiming to expand this model nationwide through Hinkapin Health. 

When practices publicly display prices and are able to compete with other practices to win business, everybody benefits; it’s a fundamental benefit of capitalism, and I’m always glad to be able to highlight practices like Dr. K’s. 

Chapters:

00:00:00 Meet Dr. K

00:06:56 An Outside Perspective On US Health Insurance

00:15:25 Lowering Costs Through Bundled Procedures

00:20:11 Building Out Upfront Surgical Costs

00:22:14 The Importance Of Transparency In Bundled Procedures

00:27:30 Infection Rates Are The Key Indicator Of Quality

00:53:46 Why We Need Value-Based Healthcare

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