Author Archives: Vernon Rowe
Health Care Pricing and Facility Fees
In Kansas City Star Opinion piece, an Overland Park doctor details how two emergency rooms made overly expensive choices about how to deliver care.
Patients Must Educate Themselves About Health Care Costs
53% of Consumers ‘Oblivious’ to Healthcare Costs. Patients can only fight rising costs by educating themselves.
KC Writers Anthology Reflects RNI Patient-Centered Philosophy
If you want to understand a book, don’t open it in the middle. We at RNI place unusual emphasis on patient histories, even more unusual in this age of numbers-driven healthcare (and numbers-driven everything else, too).
Bloomberg News Investigates Cost Inflation by Hospital Chains
Bloomberg News published an exceptional piece on how monopolistic hospital chains are using their political leverage to drive medical costs up for everyone.
Aaron Seacat, MBA
Aaron Seacat serves as Physician Liaison at RNI. Aaron’s principle duty is to keep primary care physicians in the greater Kansas City community up-to-date on developments at the Institute. Aaron earned a BS of Human Development and Social Policy from
The Independent Neurologist–The Only Path To Cost-Effective Neurologic Care | Rowe Neurology Institute
You have probably received a letter from one of your doctors stating that they “have joined” a larger health organization. They reassure you, yet in reality you will not receive the care you did when they were independent.
Sleep Disorders Research at MANRF
Posters the MidAmerica Research Foundation staff have presented at various conferences. Look for these sleep research posters in the left sidebar: Studying the effects of depression in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. High prevalence of sleep disorders in multiple sclerosis.