Free Market Medicine Association (FMMA)-Houston chapter meeting: Making Healthcare Transparent
FMMA-Houston chapter meeting to discuss direct primary care and other free market healthcare medical delivery systems and options.
FMMA-Houston chapter meeting to discuss direct primary care and other free market healthcare medical delivery systems and options.
Dr. Beth Haynes was one featured speakers at the AANS conference in Los Angeles. The Socioeconomic Section session of the AANS meeting had a variety of speakers. Dr. Jim Hinsdale gave a brief overview of recent US health policy initiatives and changes. Dr. Haynes spoke on the inadequate and imbalanced health policy instruction on US medical school campuses. A neurosurgeon from Bolivia presented on his very low cost neurosurgery procedures (craniotomy for less than $320). A variety of other speakers presented original research on patient satisfaction and tools for predicting surgical outcomes. The final speaker discussed the lack of women pursuing neurosurgical careers and the paucity of female neurosurgeons in academia and leadership positions.
The Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation has been leading the fight along with other free market organizations like BRI and The Heritage Foundation to bring attention to Certificate of Need laws that obstruct competition in the medical marketplace.
Understanding economics is key to being able to get American out of its healthcare mess.
This year: The Ethics of the Patient-Doctor Relationship
To whom does a doctor owe loyalty? An employer or insurance contract, government ("state") rules, or the patient?
What happens when regulations, government policy, and other third parties insert their priorities into medical decision making?
How does the concept of "social justice" affect the patient-doctor relationship?
Beth Haynes, MD, BRI medical director participated in the Conference for Global Transformation, a 3-day international event held in Monterey, CA. Her poster, Clichés, Memes, and Euphemisms in Healthcare was accepted for exhibit in a main hall and was designed to promote and foster open dialogue and communication about healthcare. The poster's purpose: "Far too often […]
FMX (formerly Assembly) is the best five days in family medicine. Choose evidence-based family medicine education with real-world applications. Here inspiring speakers, meet peers facing similar challenges, and strengthen your commitment to family medicine. *BRI is offering two scholarships for interested medical students to attend this conference. Apply HERE for one of 2 BRI scholarships.
At the Health Policy Orientation, you will learn from well-known experts about the ins and outs of health policy-making, understand how the many pieces of the health care puzzle work together, and gain take-home skills to cut through the bureaucratic red tape and achieve your health policy goals. Registration is limited to the first 50. […]
This conference trains physicians to start or expand a direct primary care practice (DPC) that is based on the private patient to doctor relationship. Through recurring payments (monthly, quarterly, or annually), patients "contract" directly with their doctor for care for a low fixed fee. By unshackling physicians from paperwork, bureaucracy, and reimbursements, DPC cuts out […]
This important conference helps realize the full potential of evidence to optimize health and health care by bridging the gap between research, practice, and policy. By outlining the priorities in the field, the Science of D&I Conference aims to ensure that evidence is used to inform decisions that will improve the health of individuals and […]
Join the nation's leading health care decision makers and policy leaders for an extensive overview of the nation's health policy agenda. The conference is presented by Academy Health. *Limited sponsorships are available for this important conference. Please complete and submit your BRI Conference & Event Scholarship Application form.
More details will be updated as information becomes available. Please check back often. BRI Leadership Conference 2019 will be held immediately following FMMA Annual Conference. Scholarships are available to BRI student members after completion of this form.