Viewpoint: The Losses to Physician Medicare Reimbursement in 2022/23 are Mind-boggling. Update to “When Will Enough Be Enough.”
Viewpoint: The Losses to Physician Medicare Reimbursement in 2022/23 are Mind-boggling. Update to “When Will Enough Be Enough.”
"Inflation acts like a hidden tax which erodes the buying power of people’s income and savings and eats away at the ability to achieve long-term financial goals."
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: Honesty In Healthcare – A Little Bit Can Go A Long Ways
Viewpoint: Honesty In Healthcare – A Little Bit Can Go A Long Ways
"A foundation of trust is necessary for the best practice of medicine."
By Dr. Kathleen Brown
Viewpoint: Addressing Montana’s Healthcare Shortage Should Begin With Occupational Licensing
Viewpoint: Addressing Montana’s Healthcare Shortage Should Begin With Occupational Licensing
Montana’s unprecedented shortage of healthcare workers requires a paradigm shift in occupational licensing regulations.
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: Should You Really Have To Get Government Permission To Work?
Viewpoint: Should You Really Have To Get Government Permission To Work?
"Unnecessary or overbroad restrictions erect significant barriers and impose costs that harm American workers, employers, consumers, and our economy as a whole, with no measurable benefits to consumers or society."
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: Business As Usual For Health System After Passage Of The No Surprises Act
Viewpoint: Business As Usual For Health System After Passage Of The No Surprises Act
"This is still business as usual for our broken healthcare system: overpriced, overcomplicated and impossible to navigate."
By Dr. Kathleen Brown
Viewpoint: Blockchain Technology Can Bring Trust, Speed and Efficiency to Medical Licensing and Credentialing
Viewpoint: Blockchain Technology Can Bring Trust, Speed and Efficiency to Medical Licensing and Credentialing
"Even though blockchain technology was initially designed for the financial cryptocurrency market, it is potentially an excellent vehicle for storing and accessing licensing and credentialing documents."
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: Why should a doctor licensed to practice in California be unable to do so in Montana?
Viewpoint: Why should a doctor licensed to practice in California be unable to do so in Montana?
"While the European Union allows free movement of healthcare workers across its 27 member countries, the United States does not allow this movement across state borders."
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: How to Get More Physicians Practicing in Montana
Viewpoint: How to Get More Physicians Practicing in Montana
"It is possible to remove the licensing barriers preventing more physicians from practicing in Montana while maintaining high quality health care."
By Dr. Kathleen Brown
Viewpoint: When Will Enough be Enough? Why Physicians are Quitting Medicare
Viewpoint: When Will Enough be Enough? Why Physicians are Quitting Medicare
"Physicians find themselves faced with an increasingly bureaucratic regulatory nightmare, forcing them to choose between providing good medical care or playing the 'Medicare game' to survive."
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: What About the Poor?
Viewpoint: What About the Poor?
"Lowering costs and improving quality is actually now happening without mandates and laws, and in spite of bureaucratic obstacles."
By Dr. Kathleen Brown
Viewpoint: What is so bad about Fee-For-Service?
Viewpoint: What is so bad about Fee-For-Service?
"By undermining the direct physician/patient relationship, bureaucrats have created the very moral hazards they supposedly try to cure"
By Jack Brown
Viewpoint: What Is So Special About Direct Primary Care?
Viewpoint: What Is So Special About Direct Primary Care?
What makes Direct Primary Care special is that it is subject to real market forces, not legislated contrivances, and that the patient is a real customer, causing excellence and value to prevail.
By Dr. Kathleen Brown