tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post975933663349139609..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: ABIM and the ABIM Foundation: Consumer Fraud?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-53810083754446886482018-04-12T04:00:43.556-05:002018-04-12T04:00:43.556-05:00Does the ABMS have an ego?
If the ABMS has an ego...Does the ABMS have an ego?<br /><br />If the ABMS has an ego, like all entities engaged in the processes of individuation, it would be a construct of time and thought. <br /><br />The ABMS ego would be primarily an aspect of the combined executive personalities with their imagined will. This puffed up will could be defined as the combined motivational energy which has little actual substance, Cognitonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4918739893384320992018-03-24T18:20:30.619-05:002018-03-24T18:20:30.619-05:00Your tax dollars at work:
Did the FBI release any...Your tax dollars at work:<br /><br />Did the FBI release any phone records during the period of 2009 when HRC was at the state deparmtment and CKC was a PCAST advisor to the POTUS. We understand email servers were scrubbed/bleached/destroyed somehow? It is clear Cassel was not focused on her job at the ABIM (she was not there) and it looks like her health reform partner of many decades was not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31640452122911487602018-03-24T05:17:30.141-05:002018-03-24T05:17:30.141-05:00Burnout and Big Bucks at the ABMS (Tech merchants ...Burnout and Big Bucks at the ABMS (Tech merchants and gangland attorneys are reforming the ABMS wearing very heavy plastic quality assurance masks. Very tiring to see.)<br /><br />Conflicted executives and board directors talk on camera and in print about physician burnout without seeing a patient in decades. They look horribly unhealthy and fake. They suffer business burnout chasing the big ABMS Busy Bodieshttps://matter.health/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5846644071591159582018-03-23T15:52:24.927-05:002018-03-23T15:52:24.927-05:00The contract terms for the new executive of the AB...The contract terms for the new executive of the ABPM have not been disclosed. A low profile under the radar medical board. What's the agenda here for a non-physicians to lead. Ondrula has a bad track record for safety and health department violations with his burger franchises. What gives? Did the ABMS really do a background check on the numbers of violations that occurred under Ondrulla'American Board of Preventive Medicine Tax Returnshttp://www.abms.org/news-events/abms-officially-recognizes-addiction-medicine-as-a-subspecialty/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-59172840153483826552018-03-23T13:07:49.283-05:002018-03-23T13:07:49.283-05:00Burger "merger" King (with ties to Black...Burger "merger" King (with ties to Blackstone Equity Partners/GSO) named executive director to ABMS medical board. NBPM<br /><br />Another non-physician (Chicago Heartland Foods attorney) to head the Nationional Board of Preventive Medicine<br /><br />https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-ondrula-6520b3b<br /><br />Heartland Foods Inc. was founded in 2003. Blackstone Equity Partners (National Board of Preventive Medicinehttps://www.theabpm.org/2017/11/28/christopher_ondrula_new_executive_director/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77605683949131667112018-03-22T04:04:10.323-05:002018-03-22T04:04:10.323-05:00Richard Baron should have had his certification pu...Richard Baron should have had his certification pulled long ago for ethical violations and and being a party to conducting illicit sting operations and strongman tactics against physicians. Baron's problem is he has no actual scruples, and neither does Bob Wachter chi's , Rich Baron's chief apologist. Both Baron and Wacther have a knack for covering up their ethical lack with a NRBhttps://www.massdevice.com/abim-its-finances-and-great-collusion/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-42533449565804805142018-03-21T14:27:10.912-05:002018-03-21T14:27:10.912-05:00What strikes me most: executives and board members...What strikes me most: executives and board members act like little dictators organizing sham elections in order to keep the ABMS greed and power structure going. Unhealthy Ponzi schemes!<br /><br />In the Land of the Free? Unrealhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-66332838754579178482018-03-21T04:36:50.412-05:002018-03-21T04:36:50.412-05:00It is sad that the American Board of Medical Speci...It is sad that the American Board of Medical Specialties, especially their strongman flagship the American Board of Internal Medicine, have fallen short of their aims and professed values. They have let everyone down. Even my children just shake their heads. <br /><br />The most conspicuous failure to me is they no longer inspire doctors by offering a lifetime voluntary medical certification. Raleighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-18756845998597105392018-03-20T18:13:47.711-05:002018-03-20T18:13:47.711-05:00It's not just egregious conflicts of interest ...It's not just egregious conflicts of interest at the ABMS, it's full-blown collusion without even a blush of shame from this collection of self-appointed, self-dealing liars!Appolonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62625082727318662932018-03-20T00:05:09.660-05:002018-03-20T00:05:09.660-05:00ABMS, ACGME, AMA and ACP executives are little mor...ABMS, ACGME, AMA and ACP executives are little more than a collection of liars devoid of integrity serving as a propaganda ministry for undeclared special interest groups and powerful entities within the medical industrial complex.Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-91518282404404290532018-03-18T14:35:17.145-05:002018-03-18T14:35:17.145-05:00greased palmsgreased palmsP.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51469918345921989712018-03-17T18:08:13.085-05:002018-03-17T18:08:13.085-05:00Other than place complaints to the better business...Other than place complaints to the better business bureau or US consumer protection agency, I hope this post and a letter is being sent to the Yale Medical Society and the UMass to see what both society's think of Dr. Baron and Dr. Cassel and do they agree with MOC. This was, each society has to make a judgment call on one of their alumni and either agree to the shady dealings of both or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77499998681359675222018-03-12T12:09:57.854-05:002018-03-12T12:09:57.854-05:00http://www.ncqa.org/newsroom/details/premier-inc-f...http://www.ncqa.org/newsroom/details/premier-inc-first-to-receive-ncqa-certification-for-electronic-clinical-quality-measures-to-support-hedis174-reporting?ArtMID=11280&ArticleID=48&tabid=2659<br /><br />https://reportcards.ncqa.org/#/health-plans/list?q=highmark&p=1<br /><br />https://reportcards.ncqa.org/#/practice/Practice_001G0000011qTH0IAM<br /><br />http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87564133822011932792018-03-12T04:57:39.412-05:002018-03-12T04:57:39.412-05:00All who present with the ABIM and its Foundation m...All who present with the ABIM and its Foundation must contribute their fair share of cleverly devised propaganda to support the deception. Typically they have similar slants on how good, progressive, and fair they are with tremendously inflated projections of their positive effect on society. The going rate billed to clients for such fluff is a minimum of a million dollars per annum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64622905182426434742018-03-12T04:51:48.823-05:002018-03-12T04:51:48.823-05:00ABIM and ABIM Foundation's belated IRS tax rep...ABIM and ABIM Foundation's belated IRS tax reports are always late always it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to present financial results, not as they are in reality, but rather as the ABIM/ABMS wish to present themselves to the public. <br /><br />This takes a great deal of tweaking and ommission as we can see in the following:<br />http://www.medtees.com/content/ABIMTax2a.pdfFinancial Controversy or Tax Fraudhttp://www.newsweek.com/certified-medical-controversy-320495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65107322438214779332018-03-12T04:33:27.734-05:002018-03-12T04:33:27.734-05:00Hillary Clinton actively lobbied on health care as...Hillary Clinton actively lobbied on health care as secretary of state (emails, reports)<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-lobbied-on-health-care-as-secretary-of-state-emails-show.html<br /><br />ABIM unreported lobbying expenses (timeline) April 27th, 2009<br />http://www.medtees.com/content/ABIMTax2a.pdf<br /><br />HRC 2009 timeline, April 27th - May 30th, June Your MOC Dollars at Work Defrauding the Public and Covering It uphttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2016/06/maintenance-of-certification-medicines.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8444787448190751452018-03-11T16:39:04.487-05:002018-03-11T16:39:04.487-05:00Is this not an attempted political assassination o...Is this not an attempted political assassination of Dr Fisher on the part of the ABIM? Are they hoping he will do something unwise in response to cripple himself and his hospital/insurance relationships and then go in for the kill?<br /><br />I remember how they sent in that Wall Street attorney to bully Wes using the media. A sabre rattling letter of threat. What was his name Bumgarten? And thatTodd R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31267455787110198492018-03-11T16:29:27.343-05:002018-03-11T16:29:27.343-05:00I don't understand why the boards don't en...I don't understand why the boards don't end MOC. It is a total disaster. It costs so much more to administer than a simple lifetime certification, which is all that is needed. States take care of CME better. There really does not need to be a repository board such as the NBPAS that pays the ABMS to verify what is publicly available anyway. Plus MOC is not just suspect of being a waste of MOC BLOChttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nYDhAFjDaDIJ:https://aapsonline.org/court-requires-details-harm-moc-causes-patients/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-92077959267343554362018-03-11T12:42:58.244-05:002018-03-11T12:42:58.244-05:00Andrea Russo MD is an HRS figure who is on the ABM...Andrea Russo MD is an HRS figure who is on the ABMS commission. I ask all doctors especially EPs to call her and remind her that she is obligated to pander to her constituency. Let's hope Dr. Russo does not sell out her profession or her sub speciality.<br /><br />This is her office # 856-757-7848Call Dr Andrea Russo MD FHRShttps://www.cooperhealth.edu/fellowships/clinical-cardiac-electrophysiologynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89251499885877738662018-03-11T06:37:03.083-05:002018-03-11T06:37:03.083-05:00I'd be interested in hearing Daniel Wolfson...I'd be interested in hearing Daniel Wolfson's explanation Dr. Cassel, former ABIM CEO, and her undisclosed multi-year board relationship with (and stock payout from) Premier, Inc. in connection to the highly irregular structured payments (annual round numbers paid in the millions by ABIM) to CeCity, which was bought out by Premier, Inc. for 400 million dollars. <br /><br />I'd like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79477373698936050962018-03-11T06:36:28.682-05:002018-03-11T06:36:28.682-05:00Whether the corporation that the ABIM and its Foun...Whether the corporation that the ABIM and its Foundation partner with is an insurance-driven corporation or data-driven company, it is strange that their cronies/associates are typically named "premier" or something of the sort. And they will generally be elitist highly controversial companies and relationships. (We are not talking about the employees/physicians but the corporate Nunhttp://www.premiermedicalassociates.com/sites/default/files/DHPMA-015_Mark-2013-01-28.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48212905867481219262018-03-10T17:24:39.955-06:002018-03-10T17:24:39.955-06:00Anon 04:36 PM CST:
Mr. Wolfson is presenting alon...Anon 04:36 PM CST:<br /><br />Mr. Wolfson is presenting along side the CEO of <b>Premier Medical Associates</b>, not Premier, Inc. To the best of my knowledge, they are not related.DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-70730261413327285542018-03-10T16:48:13.888-06:002018-03-10T16:48:13.888-06:00Putting the scarlet letters (not participating in ...Putting the scarlet letters (not participating in MOC) above Westby Fisher, MD's certifications is a lie and an example of the fraudulent deceptive practices of the ABMS.<br /><br />I suggests everyone fight this and say no to the ABMS MOC Ponzi scheme. <br /><br />Have the executives put behind bars. There is no place in medicine for such corruption and abrogation of morality, while skating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-69938016851367602212018-03-10T16:36:21.122-06:002018-03-10T16:36:21.122-06:00Daniel Wolfson, ABIM Foundation VP and COO has rea...Daniel Wolfson, ABIM Foundation VP and COO has reaped millions of dollars, stuffing it into his obscenely fat individual investment accounts (and received untold moneys in personal perks) from the outrageous politicization of the American Board of Internal Medicine and its Foundation. <br /><br />If anyone doubts the collusion between the ABMS (MOC MONEY MAKERS) and other key NGOs such as the Illicit Politicization of Non-Profitshttps://www.hhnmag.com/articles/3741-shifting-health-care-s-focus-to-appropriate-carenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-18266108748535553472018-03-09T16:33:22.800-06:002018-03-09T16:33:22.800-06:00Sounds like consumer fraud to me, if not worse.
I...Sounds like consumer fraud to me, if not worse.<br /><br />If you go through the BBB you will work with the CFO via written correspondence on resolving any issues you may have until you reach a resolution that is acceptable. The complaint gets posted for all to see. <br /><br />It is a big deal when ABIM gets complaints from clients via the Better Business Bureau. It will not be their first.<br /Petrasnoreply@blogger.com