Dr. Wes

Standing up for the practicing physician

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

On Pediatricians' Golden Pond

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Satellite view of the American Board of Pediatrics' 2.8-acre Pond Pediatricians in the United States can thank the American Board o...
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Monday, November 28, 2016

Staying Prepared at Christmas

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Good Samaritan cardiologists never know when they (or someone else) might need 81 mg of aspirin  this holiday season.  Here are some fancy c...
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Monday, November 21, 2016

Nickle and Dimed

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The American Board of Anesthesia's heavily-promoted "MOCA Minute" had some not-too-flattering details exposed recently. Firs...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

More Insights to ABIM Board Certification Tests and Scoring

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From a recent early-career physician who failed their certification board examination and is trying to understand why:* Dr. Fisher, I co...
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Monday, November 07, 2016

ABIM Needs to Prove MOC Useful

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From Medical Economics : (Click to enlarge) - Wes P.S.: Here's my rebuttal to the same article that  Medical Economics refuse...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

Teirstein vs. Nora

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Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD of the American Board of Medical Specialties vs. Paul Teirstein, MD of the National Board of Medical Specialties ...
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Friday, October 28, 2016

The Canary in the American Board of Family Medicine's MOC Gold Mine

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In an editorial in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings this month entitled "The Evolution of Physician Certification and the Canary in the Co...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Are Hospitals Hurting Their Physicians?

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It's becoming a near daily event for my email in-basket: receipt of another real-life story describing how the American Board of Medical...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

It Just Takes One

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A physician pushes for reform in Maryland to make ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) voluntary: I have just got off the phone with Mary...
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

ABMS IRS Form 990's and the Art of Dodging Disclosures

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For years physicians, hospitals, the insurance industry, and "the public" have endured the American Board of Medical Specialties...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

MOC and DINOs Limit Patient Care in Michigan

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Marc Keshishian, MD BCBS - Michigan Meet Marc Keshishian, MD.  He's a DINO - a Doctor in Name Only - who is the Medical Director of...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Take Twenty-two Minutes to Learn About the ABIM

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My talk given to the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS): For those who have been following this blog closely, much of...
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Monday, September 26, 2016

Just Dues

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She reached into her large canvas bag and handed it to me. “I read about your award, Dr. Fisher, and wanted you to have this to remember it ...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016

Who Makes Insurance Companies Require MOC?

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One of the largest reason physicians must participate in the ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program is because insurance companies ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2016

I'm Thinking Vasodepressor Syncope

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Hillary Clinton leaving the 9-11 memorial service: When you try to roll to Chili's with the squad after Gameday still shitfaced. pic.t...
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Thursday, September 08, 2016

A Rebuttal to ABIM President and CEO's Defense of MOC

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In August, Medical Economics published an interview with Richard Baron, MD entitled: "The Man Behind MOC Defends the Program Against ...
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Monday, September 05, 2016

How the ABMS MOC Program Threatens Major Medical Journal Integrity

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They are two of the most prestigious academic journal's in the United States: the New England Journal of Medicine  (NEJM) and the Journa...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton's Physician Does Not Participate in MOC

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In case anyone cares, Lisa R, Bardack, MD, reportedly Hillary Clinton's personal physician who issued a letter  in 2015 concerning Ms. C...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

American College of Physicians Stands By ABIM MOC Program

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Like the co-dependent spouse of a raging alcoholic, the American College of Physicians (ACP) continues to support the completely corrupt and...
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Thursday, August 04, 2016

ABIM Foundation: "Co-creating" Healthcare?

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Should the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation be using our testing fees to "co-create" healthcare? Here is wh...
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DrWes
Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He is an unpaid co-founder of Practicing Physicians of America, a 501c6 non-profit business league for working physicians. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this blog are strictly the those of the author(s) and should not be construed as the opinion(s) or policy(ies) of NorthShore University HealthSystem, nor recommendations for your care or anyone else's. Please seek professional guidance instead.
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