Health Talks with Tom Farmer

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#025: What If My Deductible Is Too High Or My Doctor Is Out-Of-Network?

2018-09-0504:23

Are you one of the millions of people whose deductible is so high you can't use your insurance? Is the doctor you want not In your network? Find a solution here. Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

#023: Guest: Jim Sheldon, Managing Director Of The Sheldon Group

2018-08-2209:40

What are the opportunities for physicians with DirectPay networks? How is that good for patients? Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

#022: How Can We Measure The Quality Of Healthcare Procedures?

2018-08-1508:34

How do you compare when you are facing a surgical procedure? What choices do you have? How do you choose? Share your opinion/experience on www.healora.com/healthtalks

#021: What Is The Real Price Of Healthcare In The U.S.?

2018-08-0807:32

Hospitals are billing at exponential multiples of Medicare costs. How do we get around it and how do we find out the costs before we go? Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

#020: Does Your Healthy Lifestyle Get You Better Insurance Rates?

2018-08-0106:05

Triathlete or chain smoking alcoholic - find out how it effects your rates and your surgery outcomes. Leave your comments at www.healora.com/healthtalks

#018: Let’s translate your Healthcare bill

2018-07-1808:58

What are copays and coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximums? Let us decipher your healthcare bill’s components. Other questions? www.healora.com/healthtalks

#017: Is This A Good Time To Be A Doctor?

2018-07-1107:38

How do aging population and exploding bureaucracy effect doctors? Let us know what you think on www.healora.com/healthtalks

#016: What are the main change areas for Healthcare investment?

2018-07-0408:27

Find out the two main areas where Healthcare is seeing change: Perioperative and tech. Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#015: What’s the infection rate difference between Hospital & Surgery Center?

2018-06-2705:19

The infection rate in hospital is just under 1%? Did you also know that is 10 times higher than the rate in Surgery Centers? Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#014: Why do people say single payer will be the Trabant of Healthcare?

2018-06-2007:28

Imagine a car company building only one type of car with a very limited number of options. Think now, how perfect could be this car be? Will this work for healthcare? Let us know on www.healora.com/healthtalks

#013: Healthcare, you don’t know what you don’t know

2018-06-1310:09

Brian MacMahon, founder of the Expert Dojo, joins us to talk about how technology is impacting healthcare innovation, costs and delivery. Leave your comments at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#012: Healthcare vs Healthbusiness?

2018-06-0606:21

This looks at the business of healthcare. How can these two work together for all of us? Share your opinion at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#011: Can patients find better cash prices than the big insurance company discounts?

2018-05-3007:25

Hard to do with medical procedures. Why? Because there is no transparency. No one knows how much medical procedures cost. How do you compare? Share your thoughts at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#010: Why help your employer with your insurance?

2018-05-2308:45

What is really going on with your company and health benefits? Why so many components with your insurance? Your company wants to provide value and they want you to share in the risk. Let us know how much risk you want to take at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#009: Does your doctor care about you?

2018-05-1607:08

Doesn’t feel like your doctor cares? Do insurance companies limit doctor consultation times? What percentage of time do doctors spend on administrative tasks? The average time spent with a patient in Los Angeles is about 7-1/2 minutes. Share the time you spent with the doctor in your last visit at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#008: OBAMACARE

2018-05-0910:06

Obamacare. Is it helping the people it most wanted to target? Let us know at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#007: Why does the hospital bill at 832% of the Medicare price?

2018-05-0207:11

How Medicare pricing works in the system. Leave your questions at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#006: California wants to regulate Healthcare prices. Good idea?

2018-04-2503:27

Healthcare price regulation has consequences: hear about the Iron Triangle of Healthcare. Give us your opinion at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#005: Healthcare as a Human Right

2018-04-1805:19

First, this is a philosophical question. The answer is no, healthcare cannot be a natural or human right. Find out why. Share your thoughts at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

#004: Medical Bills with Company Insurance

2018-04-1108:52

Are you an employee getting health benefits from your company? Does it matter if your company is self-funded? You might have a card with an insurance company name. Want to know how it works? Ask your questions at: www.healora.com/healthtalks

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