Dr. Wes

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

ABIM and the Human Diagnosis Project

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Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, look what your ever-increasing American Board of Internal Medicine test fees are paying for...
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Monday, October 30, 2017

ABIM Foundation - Five Years Later

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A new public relations push for the ABIM Foundation and its Choosing Wisely campaign recently circulated in the press and MedPageToday . Thi...
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Sunday, October 29, 2017

Kroll: How the War Against MOC® is Being Won

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The war against Maintenance of Certification® (MOC®) is being won through social media and "memetic warfare." Spend 23 minutes to ...
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Saturday, October 28, 2017

ABIM Tax Filings Show More Important Discrepancies

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When was Christine Cassel, MD ever the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the American Board of Internal Medicine? AB...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

What ABIM and Theranos Have In Common

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Mr. Chris Jennings (photo from their company website ) Meet Mr. Chris Jennings, a "consultant" to American Board of Internal ...
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Friday, October 20, 2017

What is MOC®? Why Is This Important?

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What is Maintenance of Certification® (MOC®)? Is it an educational program for physicians? If you think so, you are wrong. MOC® has almo...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Why the IRS Needs to Investigate the ABIM

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Monday, the bureaucratic side of the House of Medicine, via the American Board of Internal Medicine, announced their new-and-improved fee s...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

Hurting for Money, ABIM Raises Fees 12%

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(Click image to enlarge) The American Board of Internal Medicine, over $57 million in debt on paper (or, said another way, with only $1...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

My Remarks Before the Ohio Health Committee On MOC®

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Here is the testimony I delivered today at the Ohio Health Committee hearing on Ohio House Bill 273 sponsored by Representative Teresa Gavar...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Ohio and the Embarrassment of MOC

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Today Ohio legislators will be introduced to the concept of "Maintenance of Certification" or "MOC" when House Bill 273 ...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

The American College of Cardiology and ABIM

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I wonder how many American College of Cardiology (ACC) members are aware that the ACC entered into a " Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Monday, September 04, 2017

Our Unsustainable Fear-based ABMS Physician Credentialing System

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"... diplomats would be asked, but not required, to renew the validity of the certificates at periodic intervals or face the uncertain ...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Who Will Be Dr. Nora's Replacement?

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Ladies and gentlemen, With the cooler temperatures, kids heading back to school, and a new fall season soon upon us, there's excitemen...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

On State Medical Societies' Letter to End or "Redirect" MOC

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On Tuesday of this week, a letter  (with two appendices  A and B ) sent from 38 state medical societies and 33 professional medical assoc...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Fake News: Annals of Internal Medicine's Disclosures

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On 15 Aug 2017, the editors of the Annals of Internal Medicine published the Study " Effect of Access to an Electronic Medical Resour...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Texas to JAMA: A Lesson on Self-Regulation

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Texas Medical Association (TMA) spent no time responding to David H. Johnson, MD's veiled threat of loss of self-regulation with the pa...
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Friday, August 11, 2017

MOC and Recertification - As Predicted

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David H. Johnson, MD, former board member of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), authored an opinion piece entitled " Maint...
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Sunday, August 06, 2017

ABMS Reacts to JAMA MOC Financial Study

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It didn't take long for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to issue a statement via MedPageToday on the ABMS member bo...
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Thursday, August 03, 2017

Direct Adverse Effects of MOC® on Patients

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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) successfully lobbied to have their proprietary Maintenance of Certification® (MOC®) progra...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

JAMA: The Certification Fees and Finances of US Medical Specialty Boards

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Today in JAMA, a partial list of the fees and finances of the ABMS member boards were disclosed in a research letter to the editor from Bri...
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DrWes
Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He is an unpaid co-founder of Practicing Physicians of America, a 501c6 non-profit business league for working physicians. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this blog are strictly the those of the author(s) and should not be construed as the opinion(s) or policy(ies) of NorthShore University HealthSystem, nor recommendations for your care or anyone else's. Please seek professional guidance instead.
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