Dr. Wes

Standing up for the practicing physician

Saturday, October 27, 2018

MOC as Physician Stick and Carrot

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Remember when the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC®) was sold to physicians by our specialt...
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Sunday, October 21, 2018

The Fallacy of dEthics

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Meet  dHealth  (video). dHealth is digital, algorithmic, group-based health care delivery using blockchain technology. Who are the dHeal...
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Sunday, October 07, 2018

The MOC Fight

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From Medical Economics : “Physicians are pushing legislation on the state level because they don’t trust the ABMS [American Board of Med...
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Friday, October 05, 2018

For Whom MOC Tolls

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He saw me in the hall between cases and our eyes connected, however briefly. I probably looked a bit tired, hair askew, and rushed after a l...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

ABMS and ABU Spin on DOJ Letter

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Board certification of US physicians continued on its path of deceptive and misleading propaganda following the Department of Justice'...
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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Resident Recall - "Cheating" or Part of Free Speech?

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Read the opinion piece referenced below carefully. It discusses the widespread use of "resident recall" to study for the American ...
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Friday, September 14, 2018

When the Walls Start Crumbling Down

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From the Department of Justice via the NBPAS website : 'The DOJ explained that the ABMS Program on MOC may have the effect of “harm...
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Friday, September 07, 2018

Thank You, Colleagues

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I would be remiss if I did not thank my friends and colleagues nationwide who contributed to our GoFundMe page to initiate our pre-litigati...
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Thursday, September 06, 2018

Video: 7007 US Physicians Weigh In on US Board Certification

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From January through March 2018, a voluntary Internet-based survey of US physicians and surgeons was conducted by Practicing Physicians of ...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Two Surveys: US Physician and Surgeon Perspectives on ABMS Board Certification

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At the beginning of this year, Practicing Physicians of America (PPA), a 501c6 physician membership organization (with whom I serve as an ...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

How Practicing Physicians Can Double Their Money

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From now until we reach our contribution goal, an anonymous donor(s) has/have graciously  stepped up to match, dollar-for-dollar, physicia...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

MOC's Greatest Lesson

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Yesterday, I read with interest the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists widely circulated piece authored by Lucia DiVenere...
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Saturday, August 11, 2018

On Trust

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Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD, immediate past chair of the ABIM Foundation and Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Research and Executive Dir...
Monday, August 06, 2018

Moving Mountains By Example: Doctor Inspires Others to Fund Anti-MOC Legal Effort

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In a reaffirming gesture of solidarity, San Francisco cardiologist Michel Accad, MD has offered to supply an electronic copy of his book ...
Sunday, August 05, 2018

Federation of State Medical Boards Attempts to Legislate Away Liability

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In a press release , the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced their support of the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust ...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

The ABIM Has Lost Their Marbles

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From the institution that secretly funded itself with ABIM diplomate fees to the tune of over $78 million that culminated in the purchase o...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Board Certification: From Marketing Accolade to False Idol

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I'm Board certified. So is Carmen A. Puliafito, MD . So is Farid Fata, MD . So are plenty of other Medscape "Best and Worst...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

US Physician ABMS Board Certification: From Voluntary to Mandatory

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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is very careful to claim their version of "Board certification" is a " volun...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

A Critical Review of the ABIM Knowledge Check-In Program

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This video is a first attempt at something new. I look forward to your thoughts. (Yes, as always, the comments are open). As a profess...
Monday, June 25, 2018

Rent-Seeking: ABIM Shows Us How It's Done

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The new ABIM fee schedule was published online for 2018, and physicians should pay attention. Like the classic shell game played by a New Yo...
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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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