User:Kwacasey

Kevin Wacasey, M.D. is an American physician who coined the term healthcareonomics, and created The Wacasey Equation.

Biography
Wacasey was born October 12, 1968, in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Sanders L. Wacasey and Ruth (née Moser) Wacasey.

He graduated from Haltom High School in 1986, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1990. He attended the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, where he received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1994. He completed a three year residency in Emergency Medicine at Orlando Regional Medical Center in 1997, and became certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine in 1999.

Medical Career
After finishing his residency training, Wacasey returned to North Texas where he practiced emergency medicine for 17 years. In October 2013 he went into private practice and opened a cash-only urgent and primary care practice that does not accept or file any type of health insurance.

Media Appearances
In October 2013, Wacasey was featured on a local news story about affordable health care.

Since October 2014, he has hosted a weekly radio show every Sunday called Healthcareonomics on KLIF 570 AM in Dallas, Texas.