tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post4944250296143377691..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The ABIM Foundation: Increasing Transparency or More Cover-up?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65329313630171129182015-08-22T21:26:42.797-05:002015-08-22T21:26:42.797-05:00Poor Richard's Almanack: AGA responds to MOC a...Poor Richard's Almanack: AGA responds to MOC and the ABIM 'listening gap'.<br /><br />Strong words from the American Gastroenterology Association in response to the ABIM's "got it wrong, sorry message" and the ABIM diplomates' fury over MOC. <br /><br />This is a preannouncement from AGA as they create a new "recertification pathway" called (my words) "PRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-21771253316504760382015-08-22T17:09:26.245-05:002015-08-22T17:09:26.245-05:00The celebratory quality of life gets lost for the ...The celebratory quality of life gets lost for the perps running these "professional medical societies" as new political games are created to distract and consume the precious time of physicians. The bottleneck gets worse for patients who need care. <br /><br />Revolving door carpet baggers plundering the nation. <br /><br />Self-inurement at the expense of others, especially the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-81305888444209101082015-08-22T16:59:34.089-05:002015-08-22T16:59:34.089-05:00Silence is golden except when you’re trying to hid...Silence is golden except when you’re trying to hide something.<br /><br />Minutemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22142789662229102002015-08-22T14:00:51.648-05:002015-08-22T14:00:51.648-05:00I know that this is off topic a bit but along the ...I know that this is off topic a bit but along the lines of 'professional' medical societies generating more revenue off the backs of hard working physicians, who else is excited about ICD-10. This should make our work much easier and improve care!! As if the EMR doesn't eat up enough time, there will now be tens of thousands of codes... Just wondering if AMA gets paid more by the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-25654576202168622292015-08-22T06:33:16.723-05:002015-08-22T06:33:16.723-05:00Anonymous @ 12h29
Couldn't disagree more. Thi...Anonymous @ 12h29<br /><br />Couldn't disagree more. This is the "new normal" : active interference in that which actually matters to patients - face time with their MDs, unhampered by artificial barriers (that have no evidence) foisted from above. I watch this blog from Canada : yeah, it's starting here too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78622615169584341592015-08-21T00:29:36.123-05:002015-08-21T00:29:36.123-05:00Wes this is important stuff, I regret though that ...Wes this is important stuff, I regret though that your blog which always had a lot of very insightful observations on your clinical practice, the impacts on you and your colleagues and patients, has been diverted into an investigative journal to bring this misbehavior to light. Hopefully things will get back to normal at some point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-47125956205454074492015-08-19T18:09:43.768-05:002015-08-19T18:09:43.768-05:00Choosing Wisely brought to you by Kaiser Permanent...Choosing Wisely brought to you by Kaiser Permanente who also brought you the Courage trial. At Kaiser, our motto is 'minimizing your healthcare to maximize our profit'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-25214043674969003432015-08-18T23:34:00.540-05:002015-08-18T23:34:00.540-05:00I had success a few years ago when I clued in the ...I had success a few years ago when I clued in the Federal Trade Commission about the goings on of certain tax exempt organizations -- I recommend you look into the possibility of FTC referral but first you want to try to determine which matters re ABIM are most likely to attract FTC scrutiny once they're clued in. Just keep in mind that you can turn 'em on but not off once they get Robert L. Weinmann, MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87405516919267086922015-08-18T21:14:38.128-05:002015-08-18T21:14:38.128-05:00Anony 05:46 PM CST -
Thank you for you insights....Anony 05:46 PM CST - <br /><br />Thank you for you insights. I have verified that the ABIM Foundation did, in fact, pay a large sum of money to 1838 Investment Advisors in FY 1998 as shown <a href="http://www.medtees.com/blog/1838InvestmentAdvisors.png" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Rest assured I and others will continue to investigate this aspect of the financial dealings of the Foundation. Any DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36370564162871687342015-08-18T17:55:52.451-05:002015-08-18T17:55:52.451-05:00Riding the Bull (ABIM has come a cropper!)
We ar...Riding the Bull (ABIM has come a cropper!)<br /><br /> We are only now finding out years later that this improperly documented orphan organization ABIMF was created during the years of fast money, unbeknownst to even the state of Iowa and the Federal Government, or the city of Philadelphia. This heavily funded ‘child’ conceived in infamy with Wall Street gambling money was from all that we know, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-84505769845838245112015-08-18T17:53:04.972-05:002015-08-18T17:53:04.972-05:00Riding the Bull (Articles of Incorporation were V...Riding the Bull (Articles of Incorporation were Violated)<br /><br />The original Articles of Incorporation were violated. The public and clients were defrauded.<br /><br />Extreme percentages of surplus revenues from testing proceeds were used on Wall Street. This risky investment practice also involved millions of dollars in exorbitant brokerage and financial advisory fees. Executives ‘gambledAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13362239574167020082015-08-18T17:49:37.275-05:002015-08-18T17:49:37.275-05:00Riding the Bull cont.
Documents do exist, retaine...Riding the Bull cont.<br /><br />Documents do exist, retained by ABIM and others, telling a story of all this and more. Tax filings and other documents clearly demonstrate and prove how ABIM executives, 'CFO's', 1838 Investment Advisors (defunct from high risk losses at end of the 1987-2000 bull market) along with complicit auditors and CPA's were derelict in their fiduciary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3679162803536900062015-08-18T17:46:54.023-05:002015-08-18T17:46:54.023-05:00Riding the Bull in the Pursuit of Defining ‘Profes...Riding the Bull in the Pursuit of Defining ‘Professionalism’<br /><br />How ABIM Rode the 1987-2000 Wall Street Bull Market into the Bubble with 1838 Investment Advisors. <br /><br />It is an intriguing part of the ABIM financial and political scandal. It is a piece of the puzzle, but just one piece. It is a story of high risk, big gains and tremendous losses. This is just another example of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-85941303038249650742015-08-18T13:34:08.820-05:002015-08-18T13:34:08.820-05:00Wes,
Great commentary as usual. Nauseating facts a...Wes,<br />Great commentary as usual. Nauseating facts about ABIM but that's par for the course. During the JAMA webcast in December when I brought up the issue of the millions transferred to the ABIM foundation from our fees, Baron said that internists should be "proud" of how our money was spent (mainly referring to the Choosing Wisely campaign - which like ICE appears to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-74861007381256387342015-08-18T03:23:55.518-05:002015-08-18T03:23:55.518-05:00The SOROS ABIM Connection. What is it?
The connec...The SOROS ABIM Connection. What is it?<br /><br />The connection between Soros' international empire and the ABIM leaves me baffled/concerned as to what it is all about. I have strong feelings about this as I have studied Soros' financial dealings and his vast dark investment rackets. Had no idea that the 'network tentacles' involved fingers in American medical quality assurance Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86884458553628389142015-08-18T02:04:47.833-05:002015-08-18T02:04:47.833-05:00Soros continued from above middle article 1996
ht...Soros continued from above middle article 1996<br /><br />http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1996/eirv23n44-19961101/eirv23n44-19961101_061-soross_looting_of_ibero_america.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29889290018488962422015-08-17T03:10:40.466-05:002015-08-17T03:10:40.466-05:00“A full and fair discussion is essential to democr...“A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.” --George Soros<br /><br />It's a conundrum how the ABIM Foundation can give out nearly half a million dollars in grants to political NGO's like the IOM that teach physicians about their role in "national security interrogation methods". IOM, which is another poorly disguised political "storefront", is according toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-69358825963609707952015-08-16T21:05:02.138-05:002015-08-16T21:05:02.138-05:00If the ABIM Foundation wants to collapse the ABIM ...If the ABIM Foundation wants to collapse the ABIM into itself and pursue it's real interest, which seems to be lobbying for progressive health care policies, fine. Go ahead and enjoy self-realization: you are a PAC. Those of us who have been forced to go along for the ride thus far might even be magnanimous and just consider this multi-million dollar rip-off part of the cost of doing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10528324199568878332015-08-16T14:47:55.360-05:002015-08-16T14:47:55.360-05:00Any thoughts as to why George Soros wants to fund ...Any thoughts as to why George Soros wants to fund a think-tank advocacy organization to promote the ACP-ABIM version of medical Professionalism?<br />James Gaultehttp://mdredux.blospot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-81060896176737838122015-08-16T14:12:45.948-05:002015-08-16T14:12:45.948-05:00ACT 2
An private room in Ricardo Baron’s mansion ...ACT 2<br /><br />An private room in Ricardo Baron’s mansion with a forte piano<br /><br />Count ACGMEO again appears at the doctor's house, this time disguised as a singing tutor and pretending to act as substitute for the supposedly ailing Minister Comma—who is doubles as Casseli’s financial advisor and regular singing teacher. Initially, Baron is suspicious, but does allow Count ACGMEO to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72028086782931336912015-08-16T14:10:29.223-05:002015-08-16T14:10:29.223-05:00A room in Baron’s house with amber-studded doors a...A room in Baron’s house with amber-studded doors and walls (Act 1, part 2)<br /><br />The scene begins with Casseli’s cavatina, ("A voice from a little while ago".) This aria was originally written in the key of E major, but it is sometimes transposed a semitone up into F major for coloratura sopranos to perform, giving them the chance to sing extra, almost traditional, cadenzas, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-45755145040482983602015-08-16T14:08:34.846-05:002015-08-16T14:08:34.846-05:00THE BARBER OF PHILLY, BY SALVADORIO RENDELLI (An ...THE BARBER OF PHILLY, BY SALVADORIO RENDELLI (An Opera in Two Acts)<br /><br />ACT 1 (part 1)<br /><br />Near Liberty Square in front of Ricardo Baron’s 2.3 million dollar Casseli-gate penthouse<br />In a public square just outside Ricardo Baron’s prestigious ABIMI penthouse (with coachman) a band of musicians and a poor medical student named Holmbio are serenading, to no avail, the window of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8583472496249181522015-08-16T12:34:06.833-05:002015-08-16T12:34:06.833-05:00I don't there's a lot of hope for any gove...I don't there's a lot of hope for any government agencies investigating this, at least at the Fed level, maybe state levels? Remember, we have the six degrees of Bob Rubin (former US Treasury Secretary and both Goldman and Citibank executive) running HHS. HHS Secretary Burwell was a former director of his and a couple months after in office hired a big "Citi Lawyer" at HHS as Medical Quackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443589277651479846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-57157517008418774502015-08-16T05:05:29.878-05:002015-08-16T05:05:29.878-05:00"A lie can fly halfway around the world befor..."A lie can fly halfway around the world before the truth even gets its shoes on." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72828283867528708192015-08-16T00:13:31.084-05:002015-08-16T00:13:31.084-05:00Are any governmental agencies investigating the AB...Are any governmental agencies investigating the ABIM/ABMS yet ? Or do they have too many other fish to fry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com