Ep 159: Tracking Surgeon Quality to Improve Cost & Care for Patients

Patients trust that their healthcare providers are sending them to the best surgeon possible when the need arrives, but that’s not always the case. Too often, patients aren’t receiving the best match when surgery is required due to outdated methods but times are changing. Sanjay Prasad, MD, CACS, started the company SurgiQuality to better track surgeon results and better identify quality of care. Today he joins us to talk about this new business and its goal to improve both costs and care for all parties.

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About our guest and his book: https://resettinghealthcare.com/ 

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What we discuss in this episode: 

2:36 – Background on our Dr. Prasad

5:03 – What’s the issue with surgical referrals right now?

7:52 – How SurgiQuality operates

10:18 – Acquiring data on surgeries

13:51 – COVID’s impact on healthcare

16:56 – Where are we headed?

19:02 – Dealing with difficult patients

21:20 – Working with surgeons for tracking results

24:02 – Dr. Prasad shares a story

26:11 – Who buys into SurgiQuality?

26:11 – How many companies are self-insured?

29:40 – Medicare and Medicaid

30:31 – Cost savings

32:22 – Details on his book

33:22 – Building the SurgiQuality platform

35:30 – Final message from Dr. Prasad