tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post859911383297018952..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against the American Osteopathic AssociationDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-83755345221690797602017-02-20T13:37:17.081-06:002017-02-20T13:37:17.081-06:00It gets worse. I just found out that the AOA screw...It gets worse. I just found out that the AOA screwed up the taxonomy code for the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine specialty which gives the private insurance companies a way of ignoring our certification. It also means that many of us have been paying dues for a useless board certification for decades!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-15073063177906869842016-10-21T07:53:51.659-05:002016-10-21T07:53:51.659-05:00Previous commenter: I agree with this lawsuit, and...Previous commenter: I agree with this lawsuit, and most of your points. However, the rotating internship is NOT the problem. MDs used to have to do that too, and it's not a bad thing. It makes us better doctors. It should be brought back for MDs and DOs alike. <br /><br />The problems with the AOA are:<br />1) Mandatory membership. <br />2) Time limited board certification. <br />3) Asinine Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10166406448911356802016-10-20T19:16:23.328-05:002016-10-20T19:16:23.328-05:00As a board-certified (ABIM) osteopathic internist,...As a board-certified (ABIM) osteopathic internist, it's a pleasure to see the AOA in court. They're a small-time, pugnacious, hypocritical, inbred club in need of demolition and reconstruction from the ground up. All I can say is Attaboy!(or girl! as the case may be) to whomever led the way to the lawsuit. What took so long for the DO community to finally decide they'd had enough? TheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12973893576624845052016-09-21T06:34:34.495-05:002016-09-21T06:34:34.495-05:00It's about timeIt's about time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22532396077957638572016-09-10T11:24:16.486-05:002016-09-10T11:24:16.486-05:00I am board certified until 2018 but since I let th...I am board certified until 2018 but since I let these memberships go the AOA and abos won't verify my certification. I paid thousands to certify and was not able to obtain hospital privileges because of this. I have lost income, I welcome this class action lawsuit.the aoa and aobs are crooked . Cosby the past CEO made millions by squeezing DOs that already struggle for acceptance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-11612096809491890982016-09-05T19:24:56.999-05:002016-09-05T19:24:56.999-05:00MD surgeon can be a member of ACS and maintain boa...MD surgeon can be a member of ACS and maintain board certification without being a member of the AMA.<br /><br />DO surgeon MUST be a member of the ACOS and the AOA in order to be board certified. Seems the AOA just wants to squeeze dollars out of specialists. Coercion? Collusion? Seems illegal whatever it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-35249586739897340072016-09-04T17:47:07.452-05:002016-09-04T17:47:07.452-05:00Finally! I'd have joined this class action at ...Finally! I'd have joined this class action at the outset if I'd had the opportunity. I have always felt that I was being sponged by AOA dues as well as my specialty board dues each year in order to remain certified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71337931463806710892016-09-04T10:32:44.581-05:002016-09-04T10:32:44.581-05:00Justin -
All DO's will be part of the "...Justin - <br /><br />All DO's will be part of the "class" unless they opt out. Here's a link to the webpage from the Plaintiff's attorneys' website that explains the process: <a href="http://www.duanemorris.com/site/osteopathclassaction.html#tab_FAQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.duanemorris.com/site/osteopathclassaction.html#tab_FAQ</a><br /><br />-WesDrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61383131140536722342016-09-04T02:41:40.179-05:002016-09-04T02:41:40.179-05:00Re: Given the ever increasing annual dues in the ...Re: Given the ever increasing annual dues in the face of both an ever increasing AAP administrative size AND the AAP's unwillingness to act in our behalf with the ABP, I think we all have a tipping point at which membership no longer makes sense.<br /><br />Re: All the boards that have retroactively changed the covenant under which diplomats have become certified are reaping the natural Beau Brainardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24112838583122875502016-09-03T20:47:57.480-05:002016-09-03T20:47:57.480-05:00The important thing to remember is that these boar...The important thing to remember is that these boards only became important because insurers used them as a bargaining chip against doctor groups and hospitals, and could do so because we designed a market that made individuals need insurers for everything. We all know that medical competence can't be tested, because the definition of "good care" is in the hands of the patient Dan Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045714868504610242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-38578172507290583512016-08-28T21:31:51.385-05:002016-08-28T21:31:51.385-05:00Great! How do we join the class? Great! How do we join the class? Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-49807428941441081892016-08-28T07:23:04.356-05:002016-08-28T07:23:04.356-05:00Please go after those crooks at ABIM next. And th...Please go after those crooks at ABIM next. And then start looking at the state medical licensing boards - they are equally full of corrupt individuals whose only goal is to torture physicians. Start looking and open Pandora's box....Anonymous in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442033370450416394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8583060350320728212016-08-04T11:36:13.162-05:002016-08-04T11:36:13.162-05:00A physician has no choice except to sign the ABMS ...A physician has no choice except to sign the ABMS / ABIM pledge or they will not work and their family will not eat. They will be living in a tent foraging or begging for coins on the street. Yet a physician who signs the "ABIM pledge" is about to sign their lives away forever stuck to a lifelong payment scam, with the likelihood of arbitrary sanctions, and even worse - civil and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87943359791833511772016-08-04T11:00:47.387-05:002016-08-04T11:00:47.387-05:00MOC is snake oil in the "sign here"/&quo...MOC is snake oil in the "sign here"/"pay me now" digital online cart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43437839002124176702016-08-04T04:59:51.729-05:002016-08-04T04:59:51.729-05:00"What is it like trying to design a school of..."What is it like trying to design a school of medicine in 2016? Could you talk about that process? How might that differ from when you went to med school?"<br /><br />"CASSEL: Well, it’s going to be very different. The first thing I want to do is give a lot of credit to the Kaiser Permanente group primarily in Southern California, but involving other regions as well, who have been Dr Jeckyll and Madame Kaiserhttp://www.hhnmag.com/articles/6926-designing-a-medical-school-from-scratch-to-meet-health-cares-rapidly-changing-needsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34814115301033143722016-08-04T04:38:23.853-05:002016-08-04T04:38:23.853-05:00"The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in..."The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., contends the requirement that they [AOA candidates and diplomates] purchase memberships is illegal, has no reasonable connection to the advanced certification and violates the antitrust laws."<br /><br />It might be a good idea if some serious, motivated physicians talk to the union boss that went after Kaiser and Christine Totally Illegalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-11018955853608487562016-08-03T12:58:30.072-05:002016-08-03T12:58:30.072-05:00Meet the new Kaiser Doctor of Science.
Christine ...Meet the new Kaiser Doctor of Science.<br /><br />Christine K. Cassel<br />Planning Dean, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine<br />Doctor of Science<br />http://www.nyit.edu/event/commencement/students/christine_k_cassel<br /><br />Kaiser will open its school in 2019 with 50 students and expand that to 300. Focus will be on tech, changing medical science and practice, even going into homes to Cassel Vision of Korporate Karenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37968152504746793292016-08-03T11:55:58.195-05:002016-08-03T11:55:58.195-05:00Where have all the doctors gone, long time passing...Where have all the doctors gone, long time passing . . . long time ago . . .<br />(What's the future plan? You have to think like a ruthless CEO to know!)<br /><br />NYIT Salutes New Osteopathic Physicians at Annual Hooding Ceremony<br /><br />May 23, 2016<br /><br />Nearly 300 NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) graduates received their doctoral hoods on May 23 at a ceremony What's up doc?http://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/data-and-trends/2012-15-app-report.pdf?sfvrsn=10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64691252551843009912016-08-03T11:27:33.658-05:002016-08-03T11:27:33.658-05:00Good point Wes. The Cayman Island/Ireland money l...Good point Wes. The Cayman Island/Ireland money laundering was probably a way for the ABIM and the ABIMF to try to shelter their assets from the tsunami of litigation heading their way. Although it wasn't smart since it only takes a Court Injunction to liquidate those assets. Alternatively, anyone can file a lien against the ABIM's assets. If the ABIM and the ABIMF lose their lawsuitsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-16499871112632299132016-08-03T10:01:18.597-05:002016-08-03T10:01:18.597-05:00Dear Dr. Baron et al,
YOU'RE NEXT.Dear Dr. Baron et al,<br />YOU'RE NEXT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-16333451788064146112016-08-03T09:44:35.717-05:002016-08-03T09:44:35.717-05:00AND SO IT BEGINSAND SO IT BEGINSSUE THE ABIMhttp://www.abim.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-42917277550170498672016-08-03T04:17:49.221-05:002016-08-03T04:17:49.221-05:00The one thing you can count on is that the AOA, mu...The one thing you can count on is that the AOA, much like ABIM/ABMS, will insist with a straight face that physician participation in their "services" is 100% voluntary and therefore doesn't represent coercion or unfair restraint of trade. <br /><br />Just like sleeping and breathing is voluntary.Ed Ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594005925360252636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-85908174768584194552016-08-03T03:44:47.783-05:002016-08-03T03:44:47.783-05:00We are all made of flesh and blood. We are mortal ...We are all made of flesh and blood. We are mortal with limited time to serve patients and live our lives. The AOS demands their annual pound of flesh and pint of blood. It is outrageous that we have time-limited certifications at all. The notion that continuous certification and membership are tied together and mandated makes no sense. This extortion must end.<br /><br />"The lawsuit, filed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34996818529657343342016-08-02T22:47:49.097-05:002016-08-02T22:47:49.097-05:00a nice template for the ABIM suit to be filed by t...a nice template for the ABIM suit to be filed by the Pennsylvania medical associationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com