Surgeon's Record November 7, 2024
I’ve followed Dutch Rojas’ work for years. While we’ve traded social media likes and comments, I’ve been waiting for the chance to pick Dutch’s brain. Employers and provider groups are warming to the idea of direct contracting as a way to reduce costs by cutting out health care middlemen. Always ahead of the curve, Dutch figured this out years ago. He’s also become one of physicians’ most vocal supporters, advocating for a repeal of the ACA moratorium on physician-owned hospitals, an end to anti-competitive certificate of need laws, and re-evaluation of Stark Laws and Anti-Kickback Statutes. Dutch thinks physicians should be in control of health care – an idea I can obviously get behind.
That said, physicians have to move...