Did the 5th Vital Sign Lead to Opioid Addiction?
For those of you not in the medical field, there are typically four vital signs the nurse or doctor takes of the patient: blood pressure, respirations, heart rate and temperature. But in 1996, the American Pain Society coined the phrase, the 5th vital sign, which is pain. The only problem is that while the first […]
BuildMyBod Featured at Becker’s Healthcare Conference
BuildMyBod is very proud to announce their inclusion in the 23rd annual meeting of Becker’s ASC Review in Chicago. As one of the largest industry meetings that help hospitals and ambulatory surgery center’s (ASC’s) achieve first-in-class best practices, this is recognition of the new-found importance of price transparency in healthcare. Becker’s Healthcare and BuildMyBod […]
Founder of BuildMyBod Speaking at ASAPS 2016!
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan, founder/CEO of BuildMyBod Health, the platform that provides price transparency in healthcare, will be speaking in Las Vegas at the year’s biggest cosmetic surgery meeting – twice! BuildMyBod Health allows consumers to connect with healthcare providers to check the cost of their care – before receiving that care – through an […]
Attracting millennials to your practice!
As more healthcare services are paid out-of-pocket because the services are cosmetic or because a deductible hasn’t been reached, competition will grow fierce to attract cash-pay patients. Don’t think of this as solely being an issue for plastic surgeons or other doctors that only toil in cosmetic procedures and services. Even medically necessary services like […]
BuildMyBod Health Founder Speaking at HIMSS16
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) represents 61,000 individual members, 640 corporate members, and over 450 non-profit organizations. Their mission is better health through information technology (IT). And this week, they’re hosting the largest health IT conference in the world – 45,000+ – in Las Vegas! Dr. Kaplan, Founder/CEO of BuildMyBod Health […]
Lead Generation: A Number’s Game
I always enjoy reviewing the numbers of generated leads from the BuildMyBod Health platform. For those of you not familiar, this is a lead generation platform that uses healthcare price transparency as the “hook.” As demonstrated in the video above, a consumer can find a healthcare provider near them, use the BuildMyBod Price […]
2016 BuildMyBod Health Cosmetic Surgery Pricing Report [infographic]
For the fourth year in a row, BuildMyBod Health, presents their doctor-provided cosmetic surgery pricing report. What makes this data better and more accurate than any other pricing found online? The pricing is provided by doctors themselves. No “claims data,” no nebulous ranges, but real-time cosmetic surgery pricing information, updated for 2016. These are the […]
IntrepidNow interview with Founder of BuildMyBod
In today’s post, we’re resharing a podcast conducted by Joe Lavelle of intrepidNow, a media company creating incredible content to dramatically improve the sales and marketing efforts of their clients. Here you go: “Dr. Kaplan joined us to tell us about the great work that BuildMyBod is doing to ensure healthcare price transparency and also to discuss […]
Why price is the pain point in 2016
This new year, 2016, is the year when consumers will recognize that price is the pain point in healthcare, just as it is with any other purchase. For far too long, healthcare has been immune to the normal market trends of price transparency and online purchasing. The cost of healthcare wasn’t as great a […]
BuildMyBod Cyber Monday in the Cosmetic Surgery Times
Founder and CEO of BuildMyBod, Jonathan Kaplan MD, was featured in the recent issue of the Cosmetic Surgery Times. The article highlighted the use of BuildMyBod’s BuyNow online purchasing feature to allow consumers to purchase non-surgical services directly from Dr. Kaplan’s website during Cyber Monday. While online purchases are always available throughout the year […]