LAWTON – MainStreet Clinic announced the second community forum on the topic of “Affordable Care and Health Insurance, Too,” to be held on Monday, December 7 at the Lawton Public Library beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Lawton Public Library is located at 110 SW 4th [...]
LAWTON – MainStreet Clinic will sponsor a community forum Thursday, November 19 at the Lawton Constitution community room beginning at 6:00 p.m. titled Can I afford health insurance and the costs of getting health care, too? Participants will “get the skinny on finding real, accessible [...]
LAWTON – November 2, 2015 – Dr. Brian Birdwell, Lawton internist, announced the relocation of his medical clinic, formerly Birdwell Ferris Clinic, to 415 W. Gore Blvd and the clinic name has been changed to MainStreet Clinic. An Open House will be held Wednesday, November [...]
LAWTON — Birdwell Ferris Clinic has moved to 415 W. Gore Blvd, across from the Lawton YMCA, and we are now the MainStreet Clinic. We look forward to seeing you at our new location. While the address has changed, our team is the same and [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY -- April 21, 2015 -- Senate Bill (SB) 560 was signed into Oklahoma law today by Gov. Mary Fallin, having passed the Oklahoma House 83-0 on April 15 and the Oklahoma Senate 44-0 on March 2. Titled the Health Care Empowerment Act, this [...]
Legislation passed by the Senate Insurance Committee February 19 was passed in the Senate on March 2 by a vote of 44-0 and has been co-sponsored in the Oklahoma House. Senate Bill (SB) 560 is intended to protect patients’ and physicians’ rights to enter into [...]
By Jeff Davenport, MD (Edmond) and Brian Birdwell, MD (Lawton) First published in the Lawton Constitution Grand schemes by government and large corporations to reform health care in the U.S. always have good intentions and yet they all share one failure: they overlook the front [...]
$1 Billion Each and Every Week That is about what U.S. businesses spend on direct costs for workplace injury ($50 Billion per year), not to mention lost time and other indirect costs, according the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Direct costs include workers comp [...]
Speaking at the Senior Summit today, held at Southwest Medical Center, Brian Birdwell, MD announced a new program offered by the Birdwell Ferris Clinic called “Ferris direct care: It’s about care, not coverage.™” Membership in this direct primary care program ensures full, open access to [...]
The current health care system has become unsustainable, with costs for health insurance spiraling upward year over year at a rate several times greater than inflation. And while costs have risen sharply, the system has also failed to deliver affordable primary care to a large [...]