tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post4296370642944052044..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Pulling the Plug on ABIM; Pulling the Plug on MOCDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4027518268850755192016-04-27T18:01:54.881-05:002016-04-27T18:01:54.881-05:00I agree wholeheartedly. The noble thought behind t...I agree wholeheartedly. The noble thought behind the MOC allowed for the ABIM to be granted more power than it could handle. As all entities that exist to raise money for itself by power abuse, it had to come up with justifications for the increased cost. It does that with this every 2 years and 5 years mod points. Thus, the noble idea has taken a downfall. I for one do not feel that it is right Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13084818956979960182015-10-10T09:45:22.997-05:002015-10-10T09:45:22.997-05:00Meanwhile Dr. Jones is replaced by a nurse practit...Meanwhile Dr. Jones is replaced by a nurse practitioner who has a year or so of education beyond nursing school... And the NP is "board certified" for $395 or as low as $270 if he is an American Nurses Association Member. Recertification every 5 years is as low as $200 for ANA members and proof of professional development which typically consists of practice hours and continuing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63066361452697473472015-09-25T13:50:35.051-05:002015-09-25T13:50:35.051-05:00Forbes Anti-Physician Article: Author's Retice...Forbes Anti-Physician Article: Author's Reticence to Say the Monsters' Names.<br /><br />If you look at the above referenced article by AmericanConsumer closely you will see that he carefully left out the names of the monsters ABIM or ABMS. <br /><br />It is a pattern of the media industry to obscure your paid for hire writing. Never respond to inquiries is the other rule of thumb. Steve Consumer Advocacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71882997339865450062015-09-25T13:13:04.333-05:002015-09-25T13:13:04.333-05:00ABIM's pre-Halloween Chill with the Same Unple...ABIM's pre-Halloween Chill with the Same Unpleasant Taste of Money and Crony Politics <br /><br />Cosmetics can't change a monsters face.<br /><br />ABIM produces a chill up my spine when I think of their corruption, influence peddling, and the self-appointed political action machine, which they have created over decades of insider efforts. <br /><br />Just like a Halloween character, Consumer Avocacy Groupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-81734799415537945592015-09-23T19:31:33.082-05:002015-09-23T19:31:33.082-05:00Did anyone happen to notice the new guidelines for...Did anyone happen to notice the new guidelines for cardiac arrhythmias that were released on-line in JACC today (assuming anyone still reads it)?<br /><br />Did anyone notice who was the lead author of the new guidelines? It was none other than Dr. Sana Al-Khatib!! I wouldn't blame you if you didn't recognize her name but I am sure everyone is familiar with the paper she published yearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82772458961511573182015-09-23T02:43:28.114-05:002015-09-23T02:43:28.114-05:00ABIM. Grim Reapers of Finance!
The obduracy and s...ABIM. Grim Reapers of Finance!<br /><br />The obduracy and silence of these professional medical politicians is frightening. They are literally sowing a field of morbidity and worse for Americans--particularly the chronically ill and vulnerable populations. <br /><br />These elite representatives of "quality measurement" are hard to stomach. They profess medical equity; yet they blind Film maker and criticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-90629312783003876022015-09-23T00:06:30.903-05:002015-09-23T00:06:30.903-05:00It is reasonable on the basis of this series of pu...It is reasonable on the basis of this series of publications to assume that a formal investigation has been launched by IRS to assess whether or not the ABMS and its contingent boards have used IRS Form 990 properly, e.g., have all the names or persons and organizations that should be included been named? Are the figures accurate? FTC needs to examine if there's evidence of interference withRobert Weinmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63253926351508492352015-09-22T23:56:57.193-05:002015-09-22T23:56:57.193-05:00Someone once said to never let a serious crisis go...Someone once said to never let a serious crisis go to waste. This crisis is an opportunity to rethink the meaning and purpose of physician credentialing.<br /><br />At a minimum, no licensed physician who has graduated in good standing from a ACGME-credentialed residency program, who is in good standing with his/her state medical board, who is current with CME, and who has a reasonably clean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26853596290317668462015-09-21T19:09:14.955-05:002015-09-21T19:09:14.955-05:00How can the competence of Dr. Jones be questioned ...How can the competence of Dr. Jones be questioned by those who are blatantly incompetent? Ostensibly, Dr. Jones is held accountable for his test results by losing his hospital privileges.<br /><br />It was the ABIM with their Choose Wisely campaign affiliated with the ACC that unwisely suggested that only the culprit vessel during AMI should be treated. It was only two scant years later that weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52623592901842511642015-09-21T12:25:22.604-05:002015-09-21T12:25:22.604-05:00ABIM Cartoon (scene 2)
Chris: Our people in Chica...ABIM Cartoon (scene 2)<br /><br />Chris: Our people in Chicago haven't been able to dismiss the lawsuit and our “conservative folk” in DC couldn’t shut that reporter up, but don't worry, boys, I've never failed to get the job done before. Have I?<br /><br />Bob: Well…if you remember there was…<br /><br />Chris: Shut up about that Bob. We have no time to waste on your drivel about Truly Anonomoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-76634030788887577362015-09-21T12:22:46.800-05:002015-09-21T12:22:46.800-05:00Not Suitable for Print: An ABIM Cartoon (teleconfe...Not Suitable for Print: An ABIM Cartoon (teleconference with captions for the deaf courtesy of C**** systems)<br /><br />Rich: That shrill award-winning journalist with Newsweek wrote another damn article about us! They are calling it brilliant. Can you imagine that!<br /><br />Chis: Gees, I hope he doesn’t get drift of me. I’m the one who created a lot of this mess. Rich you have got to take theVerily Anonomous!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-73406554690589021282015-09-21T10:54:41.441-05:002015-09-21T10:54:41.441-05:00Anyone know anything about this ???
=============...<br /><br />Anyone know anything about this ???<br /><br />==============================================================================<br /><br />American Board of Internal Medicine v. Salas-Rutherford <br /><br />Filed: January 11, 2015 as 3:2015cv01016 <br /><br /><br />Plaintiff: American Board of Internal Medicine <br /><br />Defendant: Jaime Salas-Rutherford <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27058077601016026382015-09-21T10:06:26.922-05:002015-09-21T10:06:26.922-05:00"If a physician was caught lying in relation ..."If a physician was caught lying in relation to their medical practice or finances, <br />what would happen to them professionally? "<br /><br />Its ok if ABIM LIES CHEATS AND STEALS.<br /><br />Look at what they did to Sarah Von Muller who may have sent some questions around.<br /><br />Lynn Langdon went after her with sheer vengeance trying to destroy her career. Disgusting !!<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-35716584176840622322015-09-21T01:38:32.083-05:002015-09-21T01:38:32.083-05:00We are Reporting:
ABIM Acting as a PAC for Corpor...We are Reporting:<br /><br />ABIM Acting as a PAC for Corporate and Government Interests, Problematic ABIM Foundation, Money Transfers, "Phony Professionalism", Erroneous Tax Filings, Iowa "Domicile", Violation of IRS Non-profit Rulings, ABMS MOC Scam, the Obvious Harm in Choosing Wisely, Obfuscation, Cover-ups, and More Lies<br /><br />If a physician was caught lying in Concerned Patient and Citizennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23253550044553227572015-09-19T18:07:30.306-05:002015-09-19T18:07:30.306-05:00Selling the ABMS Franchise Globally
Rather than f...Selling the ABMS Franchise Globally<br /><br />Rather than fix the problems in the US system ABMS financial relationships are sought by the ABIM/ABMS overseas. Here is one example: Singapore.<br /><br />Singapore's Distinguished Lecture Series and ABIM/ABMS (ABIM personal inurement series and conflict of interests.<br />In association with administrator/faculty at Duke and UCSF<br />https://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29529951081134717992015-09-19T10:28:34.368-05:002015-09-19T10:28:34.368-05:00dr wes
1 can u run a small investigation into th...dr wes <br /><br />1 can u run a small investigation into the fact how the abms/acp affiliates are incentivising the physicains in administrative roles into its ranks who indirectly force the young physicians into its ranks by asking them to spend money on acitivites which bring money into the ABMS /ACP coffers. many hospitals are now a days asking all physicains to spend the CME moeny into the xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-91449183869066405072015-09-19T06:04:20.260-05:002015-09-19T06:04:20.260-05:00-page 2-
No superficial study such as Taskforce 2...-page 2-<br /><br />No superficial study such as Taskforce 2020 with its feigned call for "physician input" will bring change to the corrupt culture of personal entitlement and conflict of interests embedded for decades at the ABIM and ABMS. Taskforce 2020 is little more than a sugar-coated placebo that already from the start has a bitter taste in the mouth. It is the decades-long Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10156550594907910332015-09-18T20:24:04.144-05:002015-09-18T20:24:04.144-05:00i think it is time for ACGME to step in and dissol...i think it is time for ACGME to step in and dissolve its association with ABIM, declare that it will take one time exam for board certification during the last month of residency or fellowship while the candidates are still in the program and end its association with ABMS. ACP should realise that it is loosing memberships permanently unless it declares its opposition to MOCs/recertification. <br xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-47629323387242293372015-09-17T19:21:46.127-05:002015-09-17T19:21:46.127-05:00ABIM 2020 Leveraged Funds®
Read the prospectus c...ABIM 2020 Leveraged Funds® <br /><br />Read the prospectus carefully (and check with the SEC, FTC, and DOJ) before deciding weather the Richard Baron, Lynn Langdon, Laurie Lassie, 2020 Ultra Deferred Leveraged Fund® is right for you and your already busy lifestyle and your family's financial goals.<br /><br />Past insiders who made big on the ABIMF MOC Family of Leveraged Fund® include:<br />Paul Drakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4747790936212497962015-09-17T16:05:49.136-05:002015-09-17T16:05:49.136-05:00If anyone thinks the ABIM, after all their outrage...If anyone thinks the ABIM, after all their outrageous nonsense and abject arrogance, will now get it 'right', please contact me ASAP - I have a bridge to sell u in Brooklyn!Blog Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867549615532368968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46271281586183691472015-09-17T14:40:54.635-05:002015-09-17T14:40:54.635-05:00Don't anyone get your hopes up that they'l...<br />Don't anyone get your hopes up that they'll "get it right" now. The 2020 Task Force has drank the Kool Aid. From the report: "ABIM has consistently produced exams that are rigorous and fair assessments of cognitive skills." Read the report! It is overflowing with ambitious opportunities to "get it wrong" again and again, all the while raking in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51582181571111973922015-09-17T13:11:42.547-05:002015-09-17T13:11:42.547-05:00And don't forget that the ABIM Recertification...And don't forget that the ABIM Recertification process and later MOC was instituted in 1990. So why does the ABIM need the "2020 Task Force" 30 years later? To prove that MOC is still a waste of time and remains a money making juggernaut for them? Come on people. Their corruption has been exposed. End MOC. All of it. Demand it and do not comply with it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64476199507373365182015-09-17T07:23:48.976-05:002015-09-17T07:23:48.976-05:00ITs so damn easy for ABIM to end this .
IF ABIM i...<br /><br />ITs so damn easy for ABIM to end this .<br /><br />IF ABIM is so MOC-happy , just use the 25 question yearly "Update module" they offer on their website for each specialty. And make it a real update of the previous year.<br /><br />Once a year -- 25 questions---- on-line---- with immediate answers.<br />No high pressure. 1-2 hours a year. And everyone passes.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-2673802172462820982015-09-17T06:25:01.751-05:002015-09-17T06:25:01.751-05:00What kind of message are we sending to the world a...What kind of message are we sending to the world about the Democratic Party with such lack of ethics. Work immediately to make the organization apolitical, or be prepared for discriminatory lawsuits from past, present and future employees. This political activism on the part of the ABIM is one thing I plan on taking up with my local democratic and republican representatives. Others should follow Taxpayer (part ii)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27555501197851058552015-09-17T06:23:39.618-05:002015-09-17T06:23:39.618-05:00Concerning the ABIM 2020 Task Force. Suggestions f...Concerning the ABIM 2020 Task Force. Suggestions for the ABIM Board and Subcommittee. <br /><br />As you know the board sets the executive pay. Bring that executive compensation back in line with reality; or just do away with the full-time mischief makers altogether. You know very well what I am talking about. And so do others by now!<br /><br />I suggest you make the executive pay a stipend Taxpayernoreply@blogger.com