tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8799230835009208491..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Alamo Reenacted: Texas Senate Bill 1148DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-17035783241127399642017-06-10T06:26:49.422-05:002017-06-10T06:26:49.422-05:00Our state department warned us and is warning us a...Our state department warned us and is warning us again today. #<a href="https://brio-dental.com/" rel="nofollow">Brio</a> Briohttps://brio-dental.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3571817435765391192017-06-06T21:30:23.581-05:002017-06-06T21:30:23.581-05:00It would be hard to believe if the ABMS, ACGME, an...It would be hard to believe if the ABMS, ACGME, and Joint Commission denied knowledge of Qatar and Saudi Arabia's "clandestine and logistic support to Isil and other radical Sunni groups in the region." <br /><br />As Secretary of State Clinton in August 2014 said:<br /><br />“We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governmentsThe "smoking gun" e-mailhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/julian-assange-clinton-foundation-isis-same-money-saudi-arabia-qatar-funding-a7397211.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14561377766981990912017-06-06T18:09:32.544-05:002017-06-06T18:09:32.544-05:00Who got the NCQA to ensure that the insurance comp...Who got the NCQA to ensure that the insurance companies require MOC? When? Who did it?<br />Whose schema did it serve?<br /><br />Was it people like the former CEO of the ABMS, Kevin B. Weiss, MD who worked for the NCQA? Or Dr. Richard Baron, CEO of the ABIM who had a big role with the NCQA. Or was it the NCQA CEO, Margaret O'Kane, who makes close to 800K per year "serving the public&ACGME On Probationhttps://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Reports/ReportRun?ReportId=9&CurrentYear=2016&OrganizationTypeId=1&SpecialtyIdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-30536487975208448092017-06-06T15:16:27.127-05:002017-06-06T15:16:27.127-05:00ABMS-I, ACGME-I, JC-I and US Foreign Policy (Or co...ABMS-I, ACGME-I, JC-I and US Foreign Policy (Or corporate foreign intervention?)<br /><br />Who does the ABMS, ACGME and Joint Commission serve? The public? Self-driven profit motives? Special interests? These are important questions. We must look closely at these organizations and how they have evolved into what they are today and how they interact with government and corporations.<br /><br />The Troublesome Conundrum of the Cuban Hospital - Qatar and its accreditation by the Joint Commissionhttp://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=6323&SEO=cuban-minister-confirms-that-cuban-doctors-are-appreciated-in-qatarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55489803373814850962017-06-05T21:26:09.308-05:002017-06-05T21:26:09.308-05:00Diplomatic ties broken over Qatar's support fo...Diplomatic ties broken over Qatar's support for terrorism and harboring terrorists<br /><br />Is the ACGME going to pull their accreditation of Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar? Was ACGME International (a for profit enterprise) turning a blind eye to Qatar's blatant support for Isis and other terror groups. Joe Biden warned us two years ago of Qatar's involvement in state sponsored Qatar in crisis over aiding and abetting terrorismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_and_state-sponsored_terrorismnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37101347578343857912017-06-05T18:35:57.811-05:002017-06-05T18:35:57.811-05:00According to IRS filings for 2014 the ACGME Intern...According to IRS filings for 2014 the ACGME International, LLC on schedule R had income of $3,560,458. Year end net assets tallied $3,896,000.<br /><br />The ACGME International expenditures and investments internationally totaled $3,199,612<br /><br />$1,577,007 East Asia and Pacific (expense)<br />$843,637, Middel East and N. Africa (expense)<br />$4,484 Centrl America and Carribean (expense)<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1458253000729906762017-06-05T17:11:31.454-05:002017-06-05T17:11:31.454-05:00What is the ACGME International doing in Lebanon a...What is the ACGME International doing in Lebanon accrediting the AUB? <br /><br />The American University of Beirut has just settled (with an apparent admission of unintentional wrongdoing) a fraud lawsuit with the US government for $700,000.00. <br /><br />AUB was accused of supporting terrorist organizations, while receiving USAID grants since 2007. The ACGME launched its international mission American University of Beirut Accused of Providing Support to Terrorist Groupshttps://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-03-24/american-university-of-beirut-settles-us-lawsuit-for-700-000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3948410454537869162017-06-05T14:28:52.217-05:002017-06-05T14:28:52.217-05:00Thomas J Nasca, MD, MACP, the CEO of the ACGME and...Thomas J Nasca, MD, MACP, the CEO of the ACGME and ACGME International does not participate in MOC (American College of Graduate Medical Education Founded 1981, <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accreditation_Council_for_Graduate_Medical_Education)<br /><br />What message does the ACGME CEO non-participation in ABMS Maintenance of Certification send about MOC's relevancy to med Raising Eye-Brows at the ACGME's Hypocrisy About MOChttp://www.abim.org/verify-physician/Nasca-Thomas-kl349is4Zqo=.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13884436138517007972017-06-05T03:25:10.456-05:002017-06-05T03:25:10.456-05:00Read "Who makes insurance companies require M...<br />Read "Who makes insurance companies require MOC?" (See blogger comments about federal fraud cases against WellCare, Humana and longtime NCQA partner Andy Slavitt head of Ingenix. Ingenix was bought out by United Health Group. Ingenix was re-branded as Optum by UHG.)<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Committee_for_Quality_AssuranceNCQA: Who makes the NCQA require MOC?http://drwes.blogspot.com/2016/09/who-makes-insurance-companies-require.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14981755425310232932017-06-04T18:46:23.414-05:002017-06-04T18:46:23.414-05:00ABIM's Chief Medical Officer is PriceWaterhous...ABIM's Chief Medical Officer is PriceWaterhouseCooper man. He is Wall Street with a medical degree. He is also, not without significance, a longtime insider at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which is just another QA organization designed as a front organization in order to serve self-dealing executives and corporate special interests. The ABMS and its cronies, such as What is the ABMS?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-88403316955347978612017-06-04T12:55:13.848-05:002017-06-04T12:55:13.848-05:00ABIM: Shadow Police of the ABMS
What was that big...ABIM: Shadow Police of the ABMS<br /><br />What was that big fat bonus to Lynn Langdon for? (COO Langdon was Mannes' boss.)<br /><br />It would be appropriate and fitting at this time for the ABIM's communications officers (past and present) to prepare statements about their infamy, lies and cover-up, and all the other egregious issues they are so silently derelict about addressing. <br /The mysterious bonus of Lynn Langdon: 1099/W-2 in the amount of $297,646http://drwes.blogspot.com/2015/12/strongmen-bosses-and-american-board-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29681113237747446272017-06-04T04:36:23.859-05:002017-06-04T04:36:23.859-05:00The ABMS "Honey Comb" (six combined enti...The ABMS "Honey Comb" (six combined entities)<br /><br />"Taxable" disregarded entities<br />1. ABMS International, LLC, a holding company.<br />2. ABMS Singapore, LLC, directly controlled by ABMS International<br />3. ABMS Solutions, LLC, providing certification solutions for credentialing entities<br />2015 Total income $8,278,000 Net assets end of year $6,306,533<br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71670459924959591242017-06-04T04:34:31.185-05:002017-06-04T04:34:31.185-05:00Declining MOC Revenues, Specialty Boards' Diff...Declining MOC Revenues, Specialty Boards' Difficulty Paying the ABMS Member Dues, ABMS Transfers to the ABMS Foundation and ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Approval Programs <br /><br />IRS filings reveal the ABMS is a delicate house of cards ready to fall<br /><br />In 2013 the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Approval Program received $1,887,000 in contributions, gifts, grants from "Achilles "Heal"http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2015/410/847/2015-410847713-0d662f03-9O.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-40547108757140651242017-06-03T19:48:31.157-05:002017-06-03T19:48:31.157-05:00The ABMS Comb of "Related and Disregarded Ent...The ABMS Comb of "Related and Disregarded Entities" and the 24 Specialty Member Hives<br />(Spotlight on the ABMS Research and Education Foundation - creating MOC programs and a qualifying program for state licensure with the FSMB.)<br /><br />The ABMS mission is global hegemony over physicians by tightening ABMS' proprietary "quality measurement" and "quality Obfuscated Returnshttps://www.guidestar.org/profile/23-7304902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23950856639257200972017-06-02T18:52:14.940-05:002017-06-02T18:52:14.940-05:00State Actors and the Art of Snake Charming the Med...State Actors and the Art of Snake Charming the Medical Profession and the Public<br /><br />A snake biting its own tail<br /><br />Walter Bierring, as a progenitor of the FSMB, was editor of their publication for decades and gave frequent congressional testimony in shaping national health policy and law. Bierring died in 1961.<br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=Primum Mobilehttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2016/01/love-ethics-and-quality-assessment.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78984273927590664182017-06-02T16:47:24.481-05:002017-06-02T16:47:24.481-05:00The ABMS' Ineluctable Display of Decades of Cu...The ABMS' Ineluctable Display of Decades of Culpability and Arrogance<br /><br />Is the ABMS a billion dollar politico-corporate-shadow bureaucracy paid for annually by reluctant/insouciant physicians and the institutions who pay to verify doctors' certifications and MOC status? <br /><br />If so, who and what does this shadow bureaucracy serve today? National or corporate agendas or bothTruth-Tellerhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-information-technology-to-improve-the-nhsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60587087465022882682017-06-02T04:15:47.979-05:002017-06-02T04:15:47.979-05:00"MOC"-like recertification requirements ..."MOC"-like recertification requirements have just hit Russia and causing pain to physicians and patients already<br /><br />(5-year recertification testing scheme just introduced that you must pass or lose your certification. No more lifetime certifications for Russian physicians!)<br /><br />No one has reported on this yet, but now MOC has hit Russia hard. To give some background, due 20/20 viewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24582675400444947482017-06-02T03:36:50.903-05:002017-06-02T03:36:50.903-05:00The ABIM and ABMS are operating globally and this ...The ABIM and ABMS are operating globally and this makes things very difficult. They are in Singapore and breaking ground in Dubai, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Australia, and elsewhere in Europe, Africa and Asia. And I understand they are after even exploring Bulgaria secretively. <br /><br />There are too many proselytizing moves on countries to mention, but wherever you see Choosing Wisely, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-9067884215783003122017-06-02T03:22:54.054-05:002017-06-02T03:22:54.054-05:00The ABIM slush fund is world renowned among blogge...The ABIM slush fund is world renowned among bloggers, patients and physicians and right now is named on their IRS filings as "other expenses". Or if it is not so named their slush money flows like milk and honey from unnamed sources altogether that no federal or state agency has yet bothered to investigate and track down. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56134670688383717832017-06-02T02:42:56.112-05:002017-06-02T02:42:56.112-05:00Is this how the ABIM/ABMS operates, Dr. Baron/Dr. ...Is this how the ABIM/ABMS operates, Dr. Baron/Dr. Nora. If not tell us, because this is certainly the impression that everyone gets. The public sees the unaccountable ABIM and their unaccountable umbrella organization as racketeers and thugs. There is little that silence can do to dissuade anyone from thinking otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-50699616008574185812017-06-02T02:41:23.560-05:002017-06-02T02:41:23.560-05:00The ABIM and their associates at Caveon and elsewh...<br />The ABIM and their associates at Caveon and elsewhere will most likely keep burning through stashed money and fresh physician fees to keep their "corporate spy" Mr. Mannes from being discovered by the MSM, the larger majority of the public and physicians, but expressly they need to pay him to keep their felon from talking.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-66479290477781450682017-06-02T02:38:15.207-05:002017-06-02T02:38:15.207-05:00Mannes was eventually required to come to the cour...Mannes was eventually required to come to the courts in New Jersey for a deposition, but the ABIM managed to gag the deposition so that nobody can read it or even know that a double felon ever worked at the ABIM persecuting physicians politically and financially and destroying the ABIM/ABMS corporate competition. What a scam on top of scam on top of a scam!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-38660249725987326212017-06-02T02:36:39.872-05:002017-06-02T02:36:39.872-05:00The ABIM spent nearly a million dollars on legal e...The ABIM spent nearly a million dollars on legal expenses in court and outside of court last year in trying their best to keep "the felon director", who never once appeared in tax filings as employee or contractor, out of court. In the most recent court shenanigans the ABIM's "casino-land criminal attorney" first tried to conflate ABIM's "DoI" Mr. Mannes withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-41425838696370871262017-06-02T02:35:31.404-05:002017-06-02T02:35:31.404-05:00Regarding hush money and the ABMS member boards...Regarding hush money and the ABMS member boards' "testing security division:, the ABIM/ABMS' infamous "director of investigations" is like a ship without a port. The ABIM will never let their double-felon reach shore. He knows way too much about them and how what he did with his partners to personally terrorize and crush physicians. His dubious behavior and hiding him from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78977356185594587612017-06-02T02:34:30.792-05:002017-06-02T02:34:30.792-05:00The ABIM should have a category of expense on thei...The ABIM should have a category of expense on their IRS consolidated tax forms called "hush fund" or "general use hush money bucket". The scandals are piling up, so this fund (whatever they euphemistically call it) is getting quite a bit of use.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com