Boarded to Death: Physicians Sue the ABIM
On Thursday 6 December 2018 in the Federal District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania, a class action lawsuit on behalf of over 100,000 internal medicine physicians was filed against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) by four internists.
The plaintiffs brought the action pursuant to the Clayton Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 26 to recover treble damages, injunctive relief, costs of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Boarded to Death: Physicians Sue the ABIM
On Thursday 6 December 2018 in the Federal District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania, a class action lawsuit on behalf of over 100,000 internal medicine physicians was filed against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) by four internists.
The plaintiffs brought the action pursuant to the C layton Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 26 to recover treble damages, injunctive relief, costs of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Doctors' Right to Privacy: Is MOC Collapsing Under Its Own Weight?
On Saturday, 1 December 2018, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) suffered a meltdown of its highly touted "Knowledge Check-in" ("KCI") alternative to its mandated Maintenance of Certification ® (MOC) program.
At 09:45 AM, Saturday, December 1, 2018, during the ABIM Internal Medicine Knowledge Check-In (KCI) administration, Pearson VUE – ABIM’s exam delivery provider – experienced (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
ABIM Fees Place Physician Bank Accounts on High Continuous Suction
The American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) ongoing seemingly endless changes to their Maintenance of Certification ® (MOC®) product is affecting physicians who re-certified a short five years ago - like myself.
Let's review precisely what has taken place since time-limited certification was implemented by the ABIM in 1990:
From 1936 to 1990, ABIM Board certification was a lifetime (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
ABIM To Diplomates: Merry Christmas! Participate in MOC or Else
This weekend, I received this orange notice from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in the mail:
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At first I was going to ignore this flier, since I am board certified until 2023 in Cardiology and 2024 in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
But then I read the reverse side of the flier, and noticed this threatening sentence:
"Your deadline is approaching, so we wanted (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - November 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Ending MOC Nationwide
Continuing education for physicians is important (and we've been doing it all our lives on our own), but when working physicians' right to care for their patients is threatened by unaccountable non-profit testing organizations that have serious undisclosed conflicts of interest, we will take action.
-Wes
P.S.: Patients, doctors: want to help? You can still donate. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - November 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: ABIM ABIM Foundation American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification MOC Source Type: blogs
Ending MOC Nationwide
Continuing education for physicians is important (and we've been doing it all our lives on our own), but when working physicians' right to care for their patients is threatened by unaccountable non-profit testing organizations that have serious undisclosed conflicts of interest, we will take acti on.
-Wes
P.S.: Patients, doctors: want to help? You can still donate. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - November 6, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
MOC as Physician Stick and Carrot
Remember when the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC ®) was sold to physicians by our specialty societies and ABMS member boards as a "pathway to know that they are staying current in the medical knowledge they use to treat patients and make important care decisions daily?"
Congress was sold the same thing in 2013:
"ABMS MOC® is a system of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
MOC as Physician Stick and Carrot
Remember when the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC®) was sold to physicians by our specialty societies and ABMS member boards as a "pathway to know that they are staying current in the medical knowledge they use to treat patients and make important ca re decisions daily?"
Congress was sold the same thing in 2013:
"ABMS MOC® is a system of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 27, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The Fallacy of dEthics
Meet dHealth (video).
dHealth is digital, algorithmic, group-based health care delivery using blockchain technology.
Who are the dHealth promotors and visionaries? The exact same ones who lead the ABIM and ABIM Foundation in 1999 when it set out to "define medical professionalism" for us. Their fin al product, the 2002 Physician Charter on Medical Professionalism still stands tall as the guiding (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - October 21, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
