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Peter Ubel

  • Professor, Duke University and Contributor, Freelance
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Getting Surgery? Here’s A Question To Ask The Hospital Original

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By Peter Ubel
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Surgical procedure underway Getty Images Recently, I discussed an important question to ask your surgeon before agreeing to undergo a procedure. There’s another question you should ask, and it relates to the hospital where the surgery will be performed. You need to ask whether a private equity firm owns the hospital. Here’s why. Private equity firms have been acquiring hospitals and clinical practices for a decade now, transforming the practices in ways that will maximize profits.
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Before Getting An Operation, Ask Your Surgeon This Question Original

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By Peter Ubel
| Forbes Verified
Surgeon putting on mask in preparation for a surgery getty I have had a dozen surgical procedures in my life. Some have gone well. Some I prefer not to talk about. I did some smart things before each procedure: I pursued every viable nonoperative treatment; I got opinions from multiple physicians about whether I am likely to benefit from the procedure; and I sought out surgeons at elite institutions.
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Some Private Equity Firms Would Rather Let People Go Blind Than Reduce Their Profits Original

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By Peter Ubel
| Forbes Verified
The patient noted tiny gray flecks drifting across his field of vision a week ago. He’d try to look at them, and they seemed to scatter like a cockroach after you turn on the kitchen light. Weird; annoying even – but the floaters did not seem urgent. That soon changed. Seven days later, he started losing his vision; it felt like a curtain was coming down over his left eye. He was within hours of permanently losing sight in that eye, his retina detaching from the back of his eyeball.
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