tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post6269321678302648186..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Concerning Conflicts of Interest at the ABIM, ABMS and NQFDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27796051107332870432020-06-23T03:31:21.156-05:002020-06-23T03:31:21.156-05:00The NQF, ABIM, ABMS and medical specialties boards...<br />The NQF, ABIM, ABMS and medical specialties boards are politically and financially conflicted corporations. Toxic to the profession and the public. We need to question more.<br /><br />When the NQF and ABMS make medical diagnoses and political statements based on hysteria and media "conclusions", who wins and who loses? Certainly truth is the victim as well as our communities. AndDo facts matter? Does truth matter?https://www.scribd.com/document/464269559/George-Floyd-Autopsy-FULL-REPORT#from_embed?campaign=VigLink&ad_group=xxc1xx&source=hp_affiliate&medium=affiliatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-67966358324239188532018-10-05T17:53:50.569-05:002018-10-05T17:53:50.569-05:00UCSF/CA paying for Cassel to innovate and recommen...UCSF/CA paying for Cassel to innovate and recommend policy for the dying? It appears so, arranged by her partner in innovation and cover-up - Bob Wachter. Unbelievable!<br /><br />How much is she charging/getting per contact to consult with Silicon Valley and Venture Capital. Says that phone of hers is "ringing off the hook'? (How to cash in on the aging society.)<br /><br />Pharmacists Dr. D. in Silicon Valleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RRPrTSNBRonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1539209823937682002018-10-05T14:50:24.911-05:002018-10-05T14:50:24.911-05:00Digital Medicine in the New Millennium and the Bog...Digital Medicine in the New Millennium and the Bogus ABMS Quality Chasm<br />Arrogance and corporate $ undermining physician autonomy/patients' right to care<br /><br />MOC, AI/ML Algorithms, Big Data, and the Corporate/Healthcare/Surveillance Machine <br /><br />"Providers [Enterprise Insights Forum - Cassel, Khosler, Wachter, et al]<br />How entrepreneurs from leading startups, such asVisiting "Ethics" Proffessorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-35739841607554520722015-11-22T16:21:18.696-06:002015-11-22T16:21:18.696-06:00Dr. Wes. I continue to read your posts regularly. ...Dr. Wes. I continue to read your posts regularly. All physicians should be grateful for your dedication to the task of holding our organizations responsible for their actions. After all these boards are made up of the 'membership'. These 'elite' authorities derive from the same pool of physicians who they purport to manage, stimulate and create examinations for MOC. This says Gary M. Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205704913440150198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36646437696090922972015-11-22T03:11:01.708-06:002015-11-22T03:11:01.708-06:00Put the ABIM/ABMS to the test about their test. Pu...Put the ABIM/ABMS to the test about their test. Put the ACP to the test about their complicity in the monopoly.<br /><br />It is clear, and not just my take, that the ABIM has poor tests and has great legal need to hide it from physicians and the public. If they had good tests they would sell the old tests themselves to make a few bucks; but the problem is they don't have science, they have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-84748212433108472222015-11-22T03:08:44.351-06:002015-11-22T03:08:44.351-06:00Of course ACP is/has always been in partnership wi...Of course ACP is/has always been in partnership with the ABIM. Money/favors/influence pedaling goes back between them every year since 1936. <br /><br />We don't have access to all the financial statements. That's a problem. The ABIM hides its numbers and relationships. <br /><br />But Look at the ABIM Foundation and its secretive life of transfer of money for two decades, covertly, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-92168046561302797182015-11-22T02:58:54.785-06:002015-11-22T02:58:54.785-06:00Call the ACP for a breakdown of income. Ask them t...Call the ACP for a breakdown of income. Ask them to email the year by year numbers since the beginning of their offerings. Get them to share with you their financial assessment graphs. They do exist. ACP now controls the market share for test preparation and study materials. Revenues just some where under 30 million estimated this year. 2013 was somewhere over 27 million if you include "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72888090592031354462015-11-22T01:54:02.762-06:002015-11-22T01:54:02.762-06:00Noticed that "Insider's choice" call...Noticed that "Insider's choice" called McCauley Cassel's partner. Did they marry? She apparently broke up his previous marriage with her unethical behavior, then pretending they are more ethical than other physicians due to their PSR politics. Take back those first class airfares if they aren't married.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89899279005828630582015-11-21T22:02:57.910-06:002015-11-21T22:02:57.910-06:00Has anyone looked at how much income the ACP deriv...Has anyone looked at how much income the ACP derives from selling test prep courses, materials to their own cannabalized members in order to pass the ABIM recert exam? I left the ACP a few years ago when I realized they were in cahoots with the ABIM ; they are part of the coercion and areNOT on the side of their members that they profess to protect. With friends like this who needs enemies?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333176635170422182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-67945954233290534362015-11-21T04:12:18.858-06:002015-11-21T04:12:18.858-06:00Thank you Sir Wes for getting us to think in ways ...Thank you Sir Wes for getting us to think in ways that matter<br />--critically and with evidence-based insight. <br /><br />Your wise red cap waving in the air speaks volumes<br />--like a red flag pointing out <br />the preponderance of falsity that surrounds us <br />bombarding us into mental oblivion. <br /><br />Your journalistic finger points <br />with a clarity of mind <br />and honest City of Brotherly Lovenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-57164910596457876512015-11-19T23:33:08.281-06:002015-11-19T23:33:08.281-06:00"Those who give up liberty for safety end up ...<br />"Those who give up liberty for safety end up with neither." <br /><br />Poor Richard's Almanack, Quote for the Day.Benjamin Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-83824588216093457302015-11-19T10:19:46.122-06:002015-11-19T10:19:46.122-06:00So, ABIM announces it has made it even easier to e...So, ABIM announces it has made it even easier to earn MOC by doing approved CME activities. One of the approved activities earning CME/MOC is "Internet Searching".<br /><br />You can just bet that Cassel's and ABIM's CECity is going to be the BIG BROTHER watching your movements on the internet as you earn your MOC by internet searching.<br /><br />ABIM and ABMS are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-41845998732606020702015-11-17T23:12:45.284-06:002015-11-17T23:12:45.284-06:00Cui bono?Cui bono?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-75835074437446936562015-11-15T03:51:32.476-06:002015-11-15T03:51:32.476-06:00Physicians and the Public are Overbilled for Certi...Physicians and the Public are Overbilled for Certification and MOC by the ABIM.<br /><br />If Cassel kept her shares when she resigned her board position, then this may be a form of insider trading. <br /><br />Why?<br /><br />She would understand better than us the potential value and growth of Premier Incorporated through acquisition and merger. And she obviously set up the deal by writing overPremier CasselCity Mergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-73030371954457185172015-11-15T01:32:38.160-06:002015-11-15T01:32:38.160-06:00Our prayers and thoughts go out to our friends in ...Our prayers and thoughts go out to our friends in France and around the globe to end all violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46916844141398211132015-11-13T21:41:36.469-06:002015-11-13T21:41:36.469-06:00Two men looked out their prison bars.
One saw mud ...Two men looked out their prison bars.<br />One saw mud the other saw stars.<br /><br />Talk to the sheriff.<br /><br />Have a judge give 'em hell. <br />Then put 'em in jail.<br /><br />CodyCheyenne Codynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-91619922541472032192015-11-13T21:32:56.660-06:002015-11-13T21:32:56.660-06:00Just some cowboys thoughts you MOC-AHOLICS. No, I&...Just some cowboys thoughts you MOC-AHOLICS. No, I'm not a doc. I'm just a Wyoming rancher. This is some of the most fascinating stuff I ever read!!!<br /><br />I read what Dr. Fisher has said. Here's my leather and thread. <br />ABIM IS a twisted distorted mythology in the sense the contributor above described. <br /><br />Maybe a certificate for life was ok, but even in that there isCheyenne Codynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-26902593105322654782015-11-13T13:43:27.700-06:002015-11-13T13:43:27.700-06:00Correction: Priests were murdering as part of thei...Correction: Priests were murdering as part of their schemes: Hosea 6:9<br /><br />Today, perhaps fewer clergy commit murder, focusing instead on the plunder, and sexual abuse.<br /><br />So let us all take encouragement from this apparent improvement, and appreciate the times we live in. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-73904551198185533332015-11-13T12:44:54.698-06:002015-11-13T12:44:54.698-06:00Today I learned that I am unable to stomach readin...Today I learned that I am unable to stomach reading all of the comments; this must only be done piecemeal. I noticed one person has resorted to using duct tape.<br /><br />I've seen a lot in life and probably don't know the half of how evil evil can get. I learned quickly that the religion biz has been far gone, worse than healthcare, for a really long time--not that I was ever in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72547743659749158642015-11-13T05:20:33.510-06:002015-11-13T05:20:33.510-06:00Wes,
"Because there are millions upon millio...Wes, <br />"Because there are millions upon millions of dollars at stake in areas of physician assessment and measurement."<br />There will be those who violate fundamental rights guaranteed by our constitution and bill of rights.<br /><br />As a private citizen, the more I investigate allegations of corruption put forth by physicians here, the more I find. There truly needs to be Indemnitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-28441744286963618302015-11-12T20:05:21.721-06:002015-11-12T20:05:21.721-06:00Anonymous Thu Nov 12, 07:23:00 PM CST wrote:
"...Anonymous Thu Nov 12, 07:23:00 PM CST wrote:<br />"Do you think Cerner and Epic have powerful politicians on their boards who can influence Washington insiders to do their bidding?" <br /><br />The Cerner employees/"experts"/contractors are already in the hospitals subverting <br />things. They bribe, cannibalize, offer trips to the "secure tornado proof homeland" inDouble Ductednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34566635556511986442015-11-12T19:23:20.015-06:002015-11-12T19:23:20.015-06:00Wes:
It is difficult for me to read your blog any...Wes:<br /><br />It is difficult for me to read your blog anymore without first applying duct tape around my neck as my head may blow off with anger. This is the perfect Jonathan Gruber technique of creating the confusing legislation then being hired as a consultant to the states to explain and implement the new regulations.<br /><br />Basically, the NQF promulgates rules/regulations adopted by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55584031391260517602015-11-12T16:39:13.919-06:002015-11-12T16:39:13.919-06:00Premier, Inc. (PINC) -Nasdaq
34.20 Down 0.81(2.31...Premier, Inc. (PINC) -Nasdaq <br />34.20 Down 0.81(2.31%) 4:00PM EST<br /><br />Value of 3704 shares $126,677Cassel-Gate Shares Down Againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71048526143612085802015-11-12T16:16:58.190-06:002015-11-12T16:16:58.190-06:00As long as the ABIM's "Evil Security Empi...As long as the ABIM's "Evil Security Empire" has files of control on everyone no one is safe.<br /><br />There has been illegal use of phycians' files in the past. And this illegal access and abusive use continues even today. It is illegal to charge for anything more than an original lifetime certificate. <br /><br />If insurers or hospital privileges are attached to a voluntaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46365463835425936792015-11-12T15:45:29.672-06:002015-11-12T15:45:29.672-06:00Murder on Walnut Street. Part IV
Tested to Death ...Murder on Walnut Street. Part IV<br /><br />Tested to Death and the Testing Security Police.<br /><br />So who done it? Who took the ax to Lynn Langdon? Did she really know way too much about the vast network of corruption and who is really behind the crimes?<br /><br />Who killed the specialty boards with greed and politics. Who killed our Healthcare System?<br /><br />I'll bet it was in In the Dim Grip of Realitynoreply@blogger.com