tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post4108237844671728085..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Bringing the ABMS MOC Program Before the FTCDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-32212365582071807562017-04-03T17:07:59.147-05:002017-04-03T17:07:59.147-05:00This lawyer propping him up is no saint either - h...This lawyer propping him up is no saint either - here is the document from when he lost his Notary Public Commission for commingling among other deceptions. https://docs.dos.ny.gov/ooah/decisions/notary/baumgart.pdfHealthy Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719346124284337360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-38895070193422205082017-03-04T16:04:33.141-06:002017-03-04T16:04:33.141-06:00According to AMBS tax filings for 2012, 2013, and ...According to AMBS tax filings for 2012, 2013, and 2014 they invariably leave the question about lobbying blank. Why? We know they did lobbying from other reporting organizations and the federal government reports. If we look further into the nitty-gritty of their 990s the schedules on lobbying are also left blank. Then when you take a fine tooth comb to the forms and finally when your strained Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37717887195039171342017-03-04T16:01:43.575-06:002017-03-04T16:01:43.575-06:00The story of the ABMS and the AMA is a tale of two...The story of the ABMS and the AMA is a tale of two cities - one seemingly good and open to the public, or so they say, and the other is something quite dark and one suspects even sinister. <br /><br />For example: the ABMS is a business partner and offshoot of the AMA. Look at the conflicts of interest that are obvious when money--revenue generation--and political power are the ruling policies Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63511434844688006822017-03-04T15:42:07.678-06:002017-03-04T15:42:07.678-06:00ABMS tax filings obfuscation - the ABMS flare for ...ABMS tax filings obfuscation - the ABMS flare for non-disclosure.<br /><br />Why do physicians have to give every last detail of their lives looking for any gaps or irregular activities in their personal, educational and professional lives? Credentials are checked to the hilt over and over, NPI numbers scrutinized, DEA monitored constantly, state licenses checked, insurance history, court historyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26809884893512356682017-03-03T21:48:37.850-06:002017-03-03T21:48:37.850-06:00The ABMS is extremely pernicious.The ABMS is extremely pernicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-9089734553796946652017-03-03T16:31:26.998-06:002017-03-03T16:31:26.998-06:00CARTEL CHICAGO - "You can always check out, b...CARTEL CHICAGO - "You can always check out, but you can never leave."<br /><br />According to their website, "The AMA promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health." But do they? It appears data may reflect that they promote primarily themselves and their own interests not the publics'. And nowhere does their motto reflect an advocacy for Who owns the AMA Masterfile datahttps://www.ama-assn.org/life-career/ama-physician-masterfilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-76262053537253434742017-03-03T05:04:07.110-06:002017-03-03T05:04:07.110-06:00Is the ABMS a certification company or a business ...Is the ABMS a certification company or a business front for self-dealing profiteers serving special interests? How does the ACGME play into the process of controlling physicians and the healthcare system? <br /><br />It appears that the ABMS/ACGME has plans for globalist expansionism. Sound familiar? Singapore has recently succumbed to the nobbling of the ABMS and ACGME. The British system of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-90507558392930450282017-03-03T04:48:39.658-06:002017-03-03T04:48:39.658-06:00Why did Bob Wachter really go to the UK pretending...Why did Bob Wachter really go to the UK pretending to be an expert in IT? Doe Wachter have an IT engineering degree? He certainly does not, and never put together so much as a server - let alone an entire EHR for a country. What gives here?<br />Why did venture capitalists from San Francisco go along with Bob for the ride? Sounds more like a fleecing of the British people than anything else with Hype and hype with little hopehttp://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/uk-to-expand-digital-healthcare-services-following-recommendations-from-dr-bob-wachter.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-80568828327190080252017-03-03T04:12:23.791-06:002017-03-03T04:12:23.791-06:00ABMS: A "certification company" or "...ABMS: A "certification company" or "business empire" giving big payouts to executives and franchisees? The ABMS is synonymous with the ACGME.<br /><br />"ABMS added new subsidiaries in early 2012. ABMS Solutions, LLC<br />acquired Atlanta-based TMP Medical Listings, commonly known<br />as the CertiFACTS Online verification program, the only online<br />resource that Singapore has fallen to the ABMS and ACGMEhttp://www.certificationmatters.org/Portals/0/pdf/ABMS%202012-13%20Review.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-33638862631515318662017-03-02T05:10:03.389-06:002017-03-02T05:10:03.389-06:00The Texas legislature will soon pass an anti-manda...The Texas legislature will soon pass an anti-mandatory MOC bill. This anti-discrimination bill needs to be presented and passed in every state and territory of the United States of America.Texas anti MOC legislationhttps://openstates.org/tx/bills/85/SB1148/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-67857074246302287012017-03-01T05:14:53.996-06:002017-03-01T05:14:53.996-06:00http://npalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NPA_2012_...http://npalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NPA_2012_Current_Program1.pdf<br /><br /> Plenary Panel: Choosing Wisely® – Sparking a Movement Toward Value-Driven Health Care<br />Moderator: Stephen Smith, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert<br /> Medical School of Brown University<br />Panelists: Christine Cassel, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34082668989010855992017-03-01T05:11:49.224-06:002017-03-01T05:11:49.224-06:00FBI criminal investigatory files, dating back as f...FBI criminal investigatory files, dating back as far as 1998, exist on Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (mentioned above) and her husband Robert Creamer. We understand that these files are very incriminating. The people in the files have been protected by high ranking officials.<br />Christine Cassel has worked with Schakowsky and her staff for many years. Christine Cassel is politically speaking Untouchables: Cassel and Schakowskyhttp://npalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NPA_2012_Current_Program1.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55442822842130298152017-02-28T19:17:54.848-06:002017-02-28T19:17:54.848-06:00"I would like to suggest that specialty board..."I would like to suggest that specialty board <br />certification and maintenance certification offers a way to <br />enhance, improve the physician's skills and to ensure that they <br />can continue to keep up to date to manage complex patients. <br />What we require of physicians to maintain their certification <br />includes regular, formal skills testing, practice monitoring, <br /Christine Cassel alsohttps://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/48gnzi/moc_mol_update_2015_the_regulatory_capture/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77116550017260834062017-02-28T19:16:24.058-06:002017-02-28T19:16:24.058-06:00"We test, monitor, and certify that individua..."We test, monitor, and certify that individual physician specialists have <br />the knowledge and skills required to practice in their designated specialty."<br /> <br />What are the liability issues the ABIM is getting into with such a statement. Can the ABIM be sued for malpractice if a physician makes a mistake. I'm not sure that the ABIM should place so much confidence in their Christine K Cassel on April 2, 2009http://www.wieandlaw.com/does-it-matter-if-my-doctor-is-not-board-certified/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-74960298547079124602017-02-28T17:33:39.855-06:002017-02-28T17:33:39.855-06:00In the congressional hearing referenced above did ...<br />In the congressional hearing referenced above did Christine Cassel say, "The certifying boards are independent, non-profits that do not accept industry funding." Would Cassel be alleging in her testimony that she herself did not accept any industry funding, personally, on behalf of the industry, while she was CEO/President of the ABIM and ABIM Foundation? That testimony would havePretending not to be financially conflicted all these yearshttps://www.propublica.org/article/citing-distraction-quality-forum-ceo-resigns-board-seatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63307900036295579232017-02-28T04:13:35.647-06:002017-02-28T04:13:35.647-06:00Finding talent for her goon squad: the devious ski...Finding talent for her goon squad: the devious skill and poor judgement of Christine K Cassel<br />http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13032155/keeping-the-pieceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14609729354474139872017-02-28T04:11:43.272-06:002017-02-28T04:11:43.272-06:00Preparing the office of investigations: strongman ...Preparing the office of investigations: strongman tactics of the ABIM <br /><br />"In 2008, the American Board of Internal Medicine, along <br />with ten other specialties, began recognition of a new <br />specialty of medicine in palliative and hospice care so that <br />patients and payers could be more confident of the provider's <br />skills. Patient-centered medical homes also hold In 2008 ABIM purged HR and hired a goon squad to monitor physicianshttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2016/06/maintenance-of-certification-medicines.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-86377267966927538822017-02-28T03:56:30.271-06:002017-02-28T03:56:30.271-06:00Caught on Candid Camera: Chris Cassel and Jan Scha...Caught on Candid Camera: Chris Cassel and Jan Schakowsky April 2, 2009<br /><br />My name is Christine Cassel. I am a board-certified internist and geriatrician and president of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation.<br /> ABIM certifies about one-third of all practicing physicians <br />in the United States. We have the largest of the 24 certifying <br />boards that ABIM: CIA of the ABMS. Cassel and Schakowsky's countdown on fixing the system Chicago stylehttps://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg67824/html/CHRG-111hhrg67824.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24948226747628751732017-02-27T23:58:21.341-06:002017-02-27T23:58:21.341-06:00Physicians must fight vigorously to end mandatory ...Physicians must fight vigorously to end mandatory MOC in every state.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61514919699628504852017-02-26T19:02:55.998-06:002017-02-26T19:02:55.998-06:00“From, a competition standpoint, occupational regu...“From, a competition standpoint, occupational regulation can be especially worrisome when regulatory authority is delegated to a board composed of members of the occupation it regulates,” Commissioner Ohlhausen said.<br /><br />This is not the problem. Professions should be self-regulating. The problem is when the regulatory authority is delegated to a subset of members of the occupation(e.g., jmccarty3https://www.blogger.com/profile/01880983067027222481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36363156124388003672017-02-26T16:18:35.906-06:002017-02-26T16:18:35.906-06:00If the ABMS wants to be client-centric they could ...If the ABMS wants to be client-centric they could have saved bundles of cash by actually serving their clients and the public's needs by terminating their strong-arm tactics, collusion with other quality assurance NGO's, corporations and the government. The ABMS should LIQUIDATE their MOC collections department immediately. The ABIM's insistence on collecting revenues form DOCS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5203126588794378972017-02-26T16:17:16.718-06:002017-02-26T16:17:16.718-06:00Speaking of HR departments in healthcare. Physicia...Speaking of HR departments in healthcare. Physicians are now being asked to do screening more often and open themselves up for constant monitoring/surveillance. Background screening firms have been sued by the FTC and been charged with huge fines and settlements. HireRight, one of the biggest, has just settled for nearly 3 million dollars for their wronged clients whose rights and privacy were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31230265372193759502017-02-26T15:52:47.951-06:002017-02-26T15:52:47.951-06:00What does the ABIM need with the services of Liqui...What does the ABIM need with the services of LiquidHub paying them $1,151,000. LiquidHub provides makeovers for healthcare insurers, managed care providers, and healthcare benefits claims corporations. (It's on the 2015 filings.) This is very suspect has nothing to due with a justifiable expense for the benefit of creating a better educational experience. An investigator should look into the $1.15 million payment to LiqudHubhttp://www.liquidhub.com/healthcarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1408057690846402542017-02-26T15:14:32.928-06:002017-02-26T15:14:32.928-06:00The ABIM has not disclosed the departure/terminati...The ABIM has not disclosed the departure/termination of the former chief of staff Suzanne Biemiller for clear reasons. Are they hoping that the public has no interest in professional political operatives who inhabit the organization, serve political and corporate interests and then leave without disclosure. Biemiller was a democrat party fundraiser and city of Philadelphia chief of staff (and State Actors Entwined With Government, Political Agendas, and Corporate Special Interestshttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-abim-and-big-tobacco-love-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34816796012983173532017-02-26T13:42:33.836-06:002017-02-26T13:42:33.836-06:00Regarding the 990's: Look at the contractor...Regarding the 990's: Look at the contractor's list for more examples of conflicts of interest and gross negligence. <br />I marvel at the blatant conflicts of interest involving ABIM's Ce-city hefty payment of financial support for Chris Cassel's Premier, Inc., buyout target. Anything over a million dollars given to a company involved with the company of CEO Cassel should have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com