![]() My field of orthopedic surgery can count almost 10% of that," Dr. has the most expensive health care system in the world by far. The one-hour presentation was 30-minutes of Dr. Essentially, Badia says, "The bureaucracy is asphyxiating us." He noted that insurance companies with separate codes for alligator and crocodile bites demonstrates "an absurd abuse of bureaucracy and regulations." ![]() ![]() He notes that the country is witnessing an astronomical growth of administrators dwarfing the growth of physicians, this while population growth outstrips the number of clinicians able to care for them. Badia is how "Authorization is a Four-letter Word" in the insurance industry. Insurance companies are pitting physicians and providers against one another which degrades the quality of care for millions.Ī major sticking point for Dr. These include increased price transparency, utilization of more outpatient clinics and physicians banding together rather than fighting each other. Badia noted that the current pandemic has brought to the public debate many of the reforms he has been advocating for decades. Badia attended Cornell as an undergraduate and the conference reiterated many of the topics in his book, which has 27 contributors from across the healthcare industry.ĭuring the conference, which was also attended by the Harvard and Yale Alumni Clubs, Dr. Alejandro Badia, author of Healthcare from the Trenches, was the keynote speaker on a recent Cornell University Zoom Conference on the Challenges and Possible Solutions for U.S. ![]()
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