tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3748007120371912236..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: What Entity or Person Serves As ABIM's "Restricted" Contributors?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89971095481797024692022-05-17T17:48:50.227-05:002022-05-17T17:48:50.227-05:00"ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, indepen...<br />"ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world."<br /><br />Is there anything true in ABIM's statement? Not a word.<br /><br />Mark Twain could have been speaking about prevailing physician attitudes toward the ABMS when he cynically said, "we haveABIM's Own Version of Orwell's Ministry of Truthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Fournoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63227319776416509962022-05-11T15:32:08.811-05:002022-05-11T15:32:08.811-05:00Redacted/Restricted/Reduced Access
When public or...Redacted/Restricted/Reduced Access<br /><br />When public or private companies redact, restrict, or reduce access to what should be a matter of public record, what does that say to the public? It says volumes!<br /><br />This results in an organization/company being stained with real and perceived conflicts of interest. <br /><br />We logically ask, are they even operating within the margins of 3 R'shttps://www.openthebooks.com/news/news/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5029005540158698922022-05-11T14:47:26.770-05:002022-05-11T14:47:26.770-05:00Take a look at Gustave Courbet's "The Ori...Take a look at Gustave Courbet's "The Origin of the World" hanging in the Musee d'Orsay. Hers is a crew cut. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65135517083203193002022-05-10T06:59:46.797-05:002022-05-10T06:59:46.797-05:00Anony- Practicing Physicians of America is fully a...Anony- Practicing Physicians of America is fully aware that the ABIM has not published their Form 990 Schedule B. But that schedule B (which we have access to) has also restricted access to the name and amounts of their contributors to the public. A clever scheme to hide the facts. We are also aware that the ABIM’s Chief Medical Office came from PwC. We would appreciate a comment from him on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-45784292062254631532022-05-10T03:08:38.911-05:002022-05-10T03:08:38.911-05:00It appears that ABIM, being a 501(c)(3) and having...It appears that ABIM, being a 501(c)(3) and having answered "yes" on Section IV, line 2 they should have filled out who the contributor is (name of person) and the exact amount of the contribution (in dollars, euros, yuan, rubles, etc. depending on the source and offer the exchange rate at the time). <br /><br />See who must file and general rules with the specific instructions for a IRS Schedule B PUBhttps://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990ezb.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-6950222992918601572022-03-22T14:46:04.984-05:002022-03-22T14:46:04.984-05:00ABMS MOC - a track to a nowhere
It's difficul...ABMS MOC - a track to a nowhere<br /><br />It's difficult to imagine a more stupid and cynical situation. Doctors in America are forced to take the heat of MOC, sweating feverishly to pay an annual work tax to monopolists at the ABMS. I.e. doctors are ironically forced to pay for their own useless suffering and political demise. Coerced and brainwashed into paying for unproven ever-pricier MOC the bridge too farhttps://www.kevinmd.com/2020/06/how-moc-is-contributing-to-the-demise-of-physicians.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79583425538479505182022-03-19T12:13:41.501-05:002022-03-19T12:13:41.501-05:00"'MOC' happens" because ABMS mai..."'MOC' happens" because ABMS maintains monopoly power with zero accountability. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89383276210985785022022-03-19T04:30:02.630-05:002022-03-19T04:30:02.630-05:00Will physicians get their day in court?
ABR Atto...Will physicians get their day in court? <br /><br />ABR Attorney:<br />"Your honor, it is the ABR's position that we have the absolute right to beat physicians over the head with our baseball bats and decertify them if they don't buy our batty MOC products. <br /><br />"ABR can choose whatever add-on certification requirements we want including requiring physicians to buy only Plaintiffs Against Batty ABR MOC Mandateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J5aZ-QBdNE&t=7023snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-42646343935588293992022-03-17T15:42:34.158-05:002022-03-17T15:42:34.158-05:00ABIM's fee fro "sorry, we got it wrong&qu...ABIM's fee fro "sorry, we got it wrong" just increased by 25%<br /><br />MOC (Longitudinal Assessment) is wrong no matter how you express it. <br />"Sorry, we go it wrong." - ABIM<br /><br />That ABMS/ABIM MOC 'wrongness' extends to the ABIM Foundation as well. (ABIM's big piggy bank for executive bonuses and padded paychecks.) <br />"Sorry, we go it wrongMOC's Breech of Trust Plus 25 Percenthttps://abimfoundation.org/what-we-do/rebuilding-trust-in-health-carenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29757030214301127602022-03-09T15:55:05.577-06:002022-03-09T15:55:05.577-06:00ABIM's Money, Power and Profit (Not caring who...ABIM's Money, Power and Profit (Not caring who it harms.)<br /><br />Longitudinal assessment/MOC is an obvious attack against physicians and patients. An affront to the profession of medicine. Coercion/strong-arming the ABIM's tools. MOC propaganda (aka lies) and physician gaslighting keep the executive largess going. <br /><br />A 25% fee increase insures that the power and largess grows22 Minuteshttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2016/09/take-twenty-two-minutes-to-learn-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56273544600115360362022-03-09T15:07:59.800-06:002022-03-09T15:07:59.800-06:00What a racket. Pay up or you can't work.What a racket. Pay up or you can't work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-21571251988393751512022-03-01T14:51:15.302-06:002022-03-01T14:51:15.302-06:00ABIM tax forms read like a map and guide to klepto...ABIM tax forms read like a map and guide to kleptocratic conquest<br /><br />The ABIM war chest is huge. Look who the recipients are and how much their executives make. We should rephrase that into how much they take. The amounts paid to execs (literally stolen money, not earned) are staggering. <br /><br />One must understand the plunder of physicians started over thirty years ago.<br /><br />Understanding The ABIM's War Chesthttps://www.abim.org/Media/an5pv4vc/abim-990-form.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72334397992393578522022-03-01T05:24:55.233-06:002022-03-01T05:24:55.233-06:00ABIM's tax forms reflect a decades-long campai...ABIM's tax forms reflect a decades-long campaign against the profession of medicine.<br /><br />With executive profiting from it. Follow the war chest money. <br /><br />Ballard Spahr legal expenses: top expenditure under contractors. Prosecuting their war against physicians with a vengeance, even when they know they have no case. Going to appeals court to protract the harms -- terrorizationABIM's War Chesthttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2015/06/medical-board-re-certification-and-abim.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65337499954565475522022-02-26T14:50:22.612-06:002022-02-26T14:50:22.612-06:00I think we need to care as the ABIM "continuu...I think we need to care as the ABIM "continuum" controls many aspects of medicine. They undermine how physicians practice and harm patients' rights. If one does not care about that then one does not truly understand the nasty consequences. It is vitally important to have an active participation in this fight to end MOC, otherwise the next phases of their control and intimidating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-68879150364910615662022-02-26T14:36:39.231-06:002022-02-26T14:36:39.231-06:00Wes,
More than a mouthful when you said, "cas...Wes,<br />More than a mouthful when you said, "cash rich". Look at all the ABIM/ABMS tax forms over the past several years. ABIM holding 75 million dollars in cash!!!!!!! Who holds that much cash relative to total assets consistently and why? <br /><br />What is ABIM hiding from physicians and the IRS with their hocus pocus tax filings? <br /><br />Follow the money it may lead to Cash Richhttps://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/410654864/06_2021_prefixes_38-41%2F410654864_201912_990O_2021060718281411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37740372416321216162022-02-26T14:02:57.147-06:002022-02-26T14:02:57.147-06:00More disturbing revelations about the ABIM/ABMS an...More disturbing revelations about the ABIM/ABMS and their partners/associates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86160203491941684912022-02-26T13:38:04.516-06:002022-02-26T13:38:04.516-06:00This issue is past relevant now. Do you needed spe...This issue is past relevant now. Do you needed specialty CME and go with NBPAS if your organization still needs a gilded certificate. Honesty who cares about all this if you are in practice? As ABIM itself says, it's certification is optionalNarayanachar S. Murali, MD, FACP, FACGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326906636274768457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43896947724877324732022-02-26T11:47:51.605-06:002022-02-26T11:47:51.605-06:00this is somewhat reminiscent of the Clinton-Lewins...this is somewhat reminiscent of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal insofar as behavior inappropriate for the circumstances was revealed, and shared as widely as possible. Outrage ensued from certain sections, little was done, and the cabal was unshaken by the revelation(s), pretty much business as usual, raking in the cash.<br /><br />Clearly, this will be a long haul endeavor, and will be won at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com