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S1 Ep90: Medicine's broken workflow, with Kevin Schulman, M.D., MBA
Kevin Schulman, M.D., MBA, professor of medicine, clinical excellence research center at Stanford University, joins the show to talk about why the U.S. spends more on health care administration than many countries spend on care itself.
Schulman explains how complexity in billing and payment drives up costs, why current processes are still stuck in the analog era and how ideas from other industries could help create more efficient, digital systems. The conversation also explores the role of AI, the impact of prior authorizations and what reducing administrative waste could mean for physicians…
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