tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post7405020362604319668..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Thanks to All!DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-66991114680300113852020-11-22T03:53:42.758-06:002020-11-22T03:53:42.758-06:00Wes,
It's worth mentioning that the senior ju...<br />Wes,<br /><br />It's worth mentioning that the senior judge R F Kelly assigned to Kenney et al v. ABIM, was suddenly removed from the district court case before completion. Kelly was removed from five other active cases as well. The removals started in the fall of 2019 shortly after Kelly dismissed this case. <br /><br />Six Robert F Kelly cases were reassigned: the first one to Judge Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82136420838127573002020-11-22T01:49:53.704-06:002020-11-22T01:49:53.704-06:00Searching on Pacer.gov. . .
There is a transcript...Searching on Pacer.gov. . .<br /><br />There is a transcript of the oral arguments in Kenny. et al, v. ABIM, but for some reason there is a lock on that particular document. Many of us would like to be able to read it as well. Does anyone have a pdf copy of it? Or is it off limits to us?<br /><br />The time for the plaintiffs and defendants to present oral arguments was too short imo. 15 minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31026046671761173462020-11-20T12:16:27.779-06:002020-11-20T12:16:27.779-06:00Regarding the court recording, is there a written ...Regarding the court recording, is there a written transcript?Dr. Michael Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820508981449146482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52977246190057486362020-11-19T03:34:38.305-06:002020-11-19T03:34:38.305-06:00ABMS Solutions
What is the purpose of this for-p...ABMS Solutions <br /><br />What is the purpose of this for-profit subsidiary of the American Board of Medical Specialties?<br /><br />See the data sales/revenues for ABMS Solutions in IRS forms Schedule R -- $5,406,000<br />https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/410847713/01_2020_prefixes_39-42%2F410847713_201812_990O_2020011317021038<br /><br />ABMS Solutions was a private equityMOCTSER Employment Agencyhttp://drwes.blogspot.com/2018/03/abim-and-abim-foundation-consumer-fraud.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82923857446223377542020-11-18T02:57:18.692-06:002020-11-18T02:57:18.692-06:00"Without truth there can be no trust.""Without truth there can be no trust."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-28609332547866224182020-11-17T22:06:50.383-06:002020-11-17T22:06:50.383-06:00Wes, I'm a post 1992 internal medicine gradua...Wes, I'm a post 1992 internal medicine graduate. Unfortunately, to continue being able to work, I had to take another round of maintenance MOC just recently. This is and has never been about ABIM's 'right to determine what their product covers'. This is about the abject extortion of doctors who if they don't have the 'Board Certified' comment after their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-16482049287495110732020-11-10T18:04:05.356-06:002020-11-10T18:04:05.356-06:00Who helped pay for that highly efficient political...Who helped pay for that highly efficient political machine that "suppressed the other side from voting" and "kept them from seeing what was happening." Maybe that bright government agent will look up on his smart phone who works at 510 Walnut Street and see how much they get paid for working from those expensive upper floors. <br /><br />Maybe he or she will read about the A lot of code and a lot of money!https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/how-to-research-public-records/individual-contributions/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48172790126955648722020-11-10T18:01:52.177-06:002020-11-10T18:01:52.177-06:00Under the Cover of Covid
ABIM Campaign Contribu...Under the Cover of Covid <br /><br />ABIM Campaign Contributions (Take a deep breath before you click the link below.) <br />Scroll through page after page of totally one-sided "political donations" on the FEC site. <br /><br />Questions come to mind immediately.<br /><br />Is ABIM involved in political racketeering and influence pedaling? Sure looks like it.<br /><br />Are the ABIM ABIM "Political Contribution": Dark Secrets of ABIM/ABIM Foundationhttps://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/10/millions-in-political-donations-fueled-by-matching-bonuses-at-boston-law-firm/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-41843073740614685462020-11-10T13:57:39.719-06:002020-11-10T13:57:39.719-06:00Richard Baron was appointed to the ABIM board in 2...Richard Baron was appointed to the ABIM board in 2001. Board members receive compensation due to changes in the bylaws. It is no longer a non-pecuniary organization. It is a political and financial juggernaut forcing physians to pay into a MOC Ponzi scheme. <br /><br />Baron's most recent compensation put him in the million dollar 1% club. Well over the threshold. He received a retention ABIM Political Slush Fundhttps://abimfoundation.org/person/richard-j-baron-md-president-and-ceonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55095648275191624692020-11-03T15:23:46.894-06:002020-11-03T15:23:46.894-06:00Christine Cassel claimed that the ABIM took no mon...Christine Cassel claimed that the ABIM took no money from "the industry". Yet Cassel received cash/stock/board positions from healthcare companies, while she was the CEO of ABIM and PCAST advisor to the White House. Cassel and others were in the middle of quickly enacting healthcare reform legislation. Legislation which benefited the ABIM/ABMS, Cassel's bank accounts, and the MOC® and MOC®Hypocrisyhttps://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/04/abim-maintenance-certification-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-44734632242937674822020-11-03T15:22:40.558-06:002020-11-03T15:22:40.558-06:00How did the ABIM make out this quarter?
Clorox sa...How did the ABIM make out this quarter?<br /><br />Clorox sales are up 27% according to recent company reports. Not quite as good as the historic GDP quarterly spike of 31.4% reported by the government just days ago. <br /><br />With low demand for MOC this year, how did the ABIM do? [They get paid whether physicians decide to test or not.] <br /><br />The ABIM has not released any financial In the Business of Moneyhttps://abcnews.go.com/Health/nonprofit-organizations-stimulus-money-resources-dry-pandemic/story?id=69925503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-63461623621178109282020-11-03T13:23:48.336-06:002020-11-03T13:23:48.336-06:00Too bad we can't just vote the ABIM executives...Too bad we can't just vote the ABIM executives and board members out and nominate competent non-conflicted physicians. Turn the corrupt self-appointed elites out of their expensive Walnut Street offices and penthouse suites. <br /><br />There's no excuse for the obscene fees and payouts. No excuse for the ABIM's political machinations and financial self-dealing. There is no place for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72962885746041819362020-11-01T20:34:42.340-06:002020-11-01T20:34:42.340-06:00Ummmm, I’m retired rand I can say whatever I want...Ummmm, I’m retired rand I can say whatever I want. Primary care sucks no matter what. Used to be good as long as outside bastids didn’t hold us to whatever patients behaviors went. ABFM/ABMS/ACGME I don’t give a f#ck, they can all go to H#ll!. So-called certification is a bunch of bull-hockey and I hope all the bastids in the so called certifying G-damnd bastids go to Hades. I am so gladUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550343563607833925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4402081126719655922020-10-31T02:15:43.953-05:002020-10-31T02:15:43.953-05:00What is longitudinal assessment
Longitudinal asse...What is longitudinal assessment<br /><br />Longitudinal assessment, is a plagiarized pseudo-scientific adaptation of Dutch educational/assessment theory. It is being promoted by the ABMS/ACGM certification/accreditation monopoly as a way of padding their bank accounts. Not just every ten years, every two years or annually, but now with longitudinal MOC they will mandate testing, assessment MOC Around the Clockhttps://www.abms.org/initiatives/certlink/what-is-longitudinal-assessment/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36561398335433223482020-10-31T01:55:59.102-05:002020-10-31T01:55:59.102-05:00Longitudinal assessment means being forced to pay ...Longitudinal assessment means being forced to pay a quarterly MOC tax<br /><br />MOC dulls the mind. It produces stress, burnout and mediocrity. MOC can never lead to excellence. Coerced regimented education produces substandard results, invariably. <br /><br />Regimentation typically produces unhappy people. Every school child knows this. Excellence comes from within; it cannot be mandated fromMOC Around the Clockhttps://www.abms.org/news-events/longitudinal-assessment-balances-learning-and-assessment/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19177864716771612902020-10-26T17:03:40.142-05:002020-10-26T17:03:40.142-05:00Longitudinal Assessment: the ABMSLA(®) Program fro...Longitudinal Assessment: the ABMSLA(®) Program from Hell<br /><br />"Longitudinal Assessment" is not a benign new testing regimen. It is far worse than anything one could imagine. <br /><br />A twilight zone program with mandate after mandate. Process after process with data collected in real time every time you turn on your computer, laptop or tablet. <br /><br />A cornucopia of data LA Buyer Bewarehttps://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2020/01000/Using_Longitudinal_Milestones_Data_and_Learning.30.aspxnoreply@blogger.com