tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post7444237120884102344..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: PPA Requests Congressional Hearing, IRS Investigation of MOC ProgramDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-58783290002592501322017-03-23T19:50:50.850-05:002017-03-23T19:50:50.850-05:00Imagine this...a formerly disgraced/disbarred atto...Imagine this...a formerly disgraced/disbarred attorney effusively renders praise upon a strong-arm thug who happens to be a convicted felon. While simultaneously engaged in an inept character assassination attempt against a well respected cardiac electrophysiologist- cum- investigative reporter, who has tenaciously picked up the sword against Goliath. Truth stranger than fiction. If Hippocrates W.O.R.M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4307399332805039632017-02-14T02:04:27.605-06:002017-02-14T02:04:27.605-06:00http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/ncca
http:/...http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/ncca<br />http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=34NCCA, ICE And MOChttp://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22807511668435979452017-02-12T16:33:25.715-06:002017-02-12T16:33:25.715-06:00What about the American Board of Pediatrics and th...What about the American Board of Pediatrics and their rich assets?Knock knock don't tell mehttps://abpedsfoundation.org/blog/speaker/rebecca-lipner/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-9024799973054108682017-02-12T16:29:43.678-06:002017-02-12T16:29:43.678-06:00What about ABIM's frozen assets?
And then the...What about ABIM's frozen assets?<br /><br />And then there is the defunct ABIMF-generated Institute for Clinical Evaluation (ICE) - paid for with secretively transferred physician fees. (After the second registration of the ABIMF with PA and IRS was told ABIMF was in IOWA. Where was ICE registered and claimed on ICE's 990's?)<br /><br />Rebecca Lipner was involved in this failed ICE Frozen 2http://drwes.blogspot.com/2015/02/why-abim-foundation-wants-us-to-ignore.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26524882720710941462017-02-12T16:27:11.877-06:002017-02-12T16:27:11.877-06:00"Rebecca S. Lipner, Senior Vice President, As..."Rebecca S. Lipner, Senior Vice President, Assessment and Research<br /><br />Dr. Lipner is Senior Vice President of Assessment and Research at the American Board of Internal Medicine, where she oversees a team of measurement and research design and analysis experts who employ measurement principles and both qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure and enhance the high quality of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64862458907305869092017-02-12T15:27:23.918-06:002017-02-12T15:27:23.918-06:00On ABIM's website Rebecca S. Lipner's long...On ABIM's website Rebecca S. Lipner's longstanding relationship with the test security/test spy company "Caveon" has never been disclosed. Why? It is one of the most significant possible conflicts of interest at the ABIM and ABMS and we believe this very important conflict of interest and many others should be included on the ABIM's website for anyone to see. I have Scientist/Psychometricians or Propagandist/Marketing Schemershttp://www.bobbraunsledger.com/testing-spies-admit-they-cast-a-really-broad-and-deep-net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-70662040257265268022017-02-12T05:39:43.826-06:002017-02-12T05:39:43.826-06:00Is ABR, ABIM, ABP, ABMS cunningly securing the MOC...Is ABR, ABIM, ABP, ABMS cunningly securing the MOC money pipeline through the launch of new technology and testing security measures? ("We are listening to the dissent."). Are physicians going to sleep falling in a trap with cleverly constructed ABMS promises rife with empty words of "change"? Or is it all just a well-documented show for the DOJ and IRS to keep the ABMS Securing the ABMS test for the public? Or a ploy to create mistrust in lifetime certification and self-guided CME?http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/01/11/abr.exam.security.statement-01-07-2012.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-453790203402561252017-02-12T05:11:58.946-06:002017-02-12T05:11:58.946-06:00Big money going to testing centers and "big b...<br />Big money going to testing centers and "big brother" testing security spies<br /><br />ABR's former associate executive director Jennifer Bosma, who appears to have a solid resume in the "quality assurance" field, previously worked for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing which gave their lead testing contractor NCS Pearson/Pearson Vue nearly $56 million Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12622481025375214012017-02-12T04:47:02.400-06:002017-02-12T04:47:02.400-06:00American Board of Radiology: more ABMS financial a...American Board of Radiology: more ABMS financial and testing security embarrassment<br />(990's and ABR testing cop jumps ship for Caveon)<br /><br />More obfuscation on tax forms; this time regarding former ABR executive director Dr. Gary J. Becker who got $821,500 for 2014 as a former employee! Wow, Becker got more in "other compensation" (over half as much again) than in his baseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36567251964700526872017-02-11T08:34:11.571-06:002017-02-11T08:34:11.571-06:00Anon 12:59, you're absolutely correct in that ...Anon 12:59, you're absolutely correct in that all of us are responsible as individuals for the results, both intended and unintended, of our actions on others. History teaches us the lesson of the Nuremberg trials, that there is no collective guilt ("it's all the fault of the crazy guy in charge who killed himself, I was just following orders"). So I will second your Ed Ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594005925360252636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87340869263774853202017-02-10T15:25:44.991-06:002017-02-10T15:25:44.991-06:00I have a good feeling about the PPA. Thanks so muc...I have a good feeling about the PPA. Thanks so much to all! Can't wait for the congressional hearings. Which committees? Oversight committee headed by Jason Chavetz would be a good one as there are certain improprieties/misconduct that involved Christine Cassel while working for/at the ABIM/NQF/Kaiser/Premier and her PCAST role at the White House. Cassel, Baron, ABIM used their positions in Mhttps://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Letter-to-OGE-re-Conway-Endorsement-FINAL.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26513992174843925732017-02-10T14:29:46.507-06:002017-02-10T14:29:46.507-06:00Great presentation Wes!
What is wrong with this ...Great presentation Wes! <br /><br />What is wrong with this picture? Physician fees become lucrative goads; government taxation that opens the door to endless lawsuits which physicians can initiate from the harm it does to them. <br /><br />And we cannot overlook the restraint on interstate trade which the ABMS has instituted by 'hook and crook' with its myriad of profitable partnerships.Madhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-15208559097279917002017-02-10T14:19:56.356-06:002017-02-10T14:19:56.356-06:00We need a kill mandatory MOC bill in every state!We need a kill mandatory MOC bill in every state!Yaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46641337311409917822017-02-10T14:09:42.730-06:002017-02-10T14:09:42.730-06:00For the ABIM/ABMS to conduct their businesses othe...For the ABIM/ABMS to conduct their businesses otherwise than as wholesome non-profit enterprises--sticking to business of certifying physicians--the medical boards and their umbrella organization have consciously entered into the world of profit and politics. It thus moves the ABMS outside their non-profit charitable foundations as a simple certification testing enterprise. They clearly deviate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27680432575343397172017-02-10T13:58:29.012-06:002017-02-10T13:58:29.012-06:00There are far too many unintended consequences for...There are far too many unintended consequences for healthcare, which vociferously stem from the personal inaction of the boards and board members to abolish MOC. But we must also include the financial shenanigans of the ABIM Foundation's "wealth management programs" and its misplaced fascination with "professionalism", which none of the ABMS execs embrace themselves, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79962308352678317042017-02-10T13:43:57.910-06:002017-02-10T13:43:57.910-06:00HB 723: Maintenance of Certification. Florida file...HB 723: Maintenance of Certification. Florida filed a bill to ban MOC<br /><br />https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0723<br /><br />https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0723/BillText/Filed/PDFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-7017975886325745632017-02-10T13:31:48.617-06:002017-02-10T13:31:48.617-06:00It is obvious that it is the obligation of all the...It is obvious that it is the obligation of all the ABMS boards and their members to end mandatory MOC, thereby righting many wrongs and undoing the steady stream of harms that flow out of mandatory "MOC". <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-76112585836565586982017-02-10T12:59:47.811-06:002017-02-10T12:59:47.811-06:00Nevertheless, Dr. Rico, we are given the chance in...Nevertheless, Dr. Rico, we are given the chance in life to make a difference in society for our colleagues, family and friends. Why not take the opportunity to unify the profession by clearing the lump in one's throat and allowing the heart and mind to take the first steps of beginning to begin. <br />Life is much too short and we live with far too many regrets by taking the trodden road of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-6740120753182489572017-02-10T06:20:23.250-06:002017-02-10T06:20:23.250-06:00Anon 05:24, those are noble thoughts that any ABIM...Anon 05:24, those are noble thoughts that any ABIM insider with a shred of principle or self-respect left would proactively move to self-discontinue #MOC, but the best anyone outside the organization can reasonably expect would be resignation in protest. Like the Confederate commissioners who met with President Lincoln shortly before the end of the Civil War, the ABIM insiders know their Ed Ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594005925360252636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71836362965284542092017-02-10T05:24:04.214-06:002017-02-10T05:24:04.214-06:00I suggest the next ABIM board meeting starts with ...I suggest the next ABIM board meeting starts with a motion to end mandatory MOC. Make certification truly voluntary again. It's very difficult to take a broken organization such as the ABIM and put its shattered pieces back together again. Absolutely embarrassing to read hard to stomach commercials parroted by medical scientists and serious academicians. Any mathematician knows the value of aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14368957967580612992017-02-09T18:29:43.159-06:002017-02-09T18:29:43.159-06:00great newsgreat newsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-17131191501981829802017-02-09T17:16:09.492-06:002017-02-09T17:16:09.492-06:00Wes - Practicing physicians in every corner of the...Wes - Practicing physicians in every corner of the country are indebted to you. <br /><br />What I found interesting in the slide show, beyond the $59M in assets in 1999, is that the year started with $46,247,684, on income of $11,150,353. Expenses were $948,933 (Program Service $664,099/Management $284,834. Profit: 1075% !!!! In 2014, revenue was $54.5M, expenses $59.2M. Loss: 8% !!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14080372917776605712017-02-09T17:11:05.421-06:002017-02-09T17:11:05.421-06:00"Things got away from us." Just look at..."Things got away from us." Just look at all that is being imposed on us from all sides. From MOC to MACRA. The unconscionable body of useless busywork, the never ceasing stream of bureaucratic distractions and financial requirements. <br /><br />What's it all for? <br />Just to keep the madness going with the endless testing to death and collection of data, the control and abuse ofKDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71065477709059341452017-02-08T12:01:05.537-06:002017-02-08T12:01:05.537-06:00More questions than answers from the ABIM!
There ...More questions than answers from the ABIM!<br /><br />There are references to ABIM's Ariel Benjamin Mannes on this site DoctorsJustice. I believe there is a link to the partial deposition there in provided documents. <br /><br />What a sad organization the ABIM is to sue so many doctors and sanction thousands to keep their empire of control going. They do much of it through operating in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60747853299048596242017-02-08T11:53:26.061-06:002017-02-08T11:53:26.061-06:00More questions than answers from the ABIM!
There ...More questions than answers from the ABIM!<br /><br />There are references to ABIM's Ariel Benjamin Mannes on this site DoctorsJustice. I believe there is a link to the partial deposition there in provided documents. What a sad organization the ABIM is to sue so many doctors and sanction thousands to keep their empire of control going. They do much of it through operating in the dark in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com