How Practicing Physicians Can Double Their Money
From now until we reach our contribution goal, an anonymous donor(s) has/have graciously stepped up to match, dollar-for-dollar, physicians' contributions to Practicing Physicians of America's GoFundMe page to fund the litigation factual and legal investigation and the drafting of proposed complaint against the American Board of Internal Medicine, the ABIM Foundation, their directors , (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 25, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
How Practicing Physicians Can Double Their Money
From now until we reach our contribution goal, an anonymous donor(s) has/have graciously stepped up to match, dollar-for-dollar, physicians' contributions to Practicing Physicians of America's GoFundMe page to fund the litigation factual and legal investigation and the drafting of proposed compl aint against the American Board of Internal Medicine, the ABIM Foundation, their directors, (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 25, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
MOC's Greatest Lesson
Yesterday, I read with interest the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists widely circulated piece authored by Lucia DiVenere, MA entitled, "MOC: ACOG's role in developing a solution to the heated controversy" published in the August issue of OBG Management. By carefully listing the numerous physician concerns with MOC (costs, relevance to practice, lack of data to improve care, (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 15, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
MOC's Greatest Lesson
Yesterday, I read with interest the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists widely circulated piece authored by Lucia DiVenere, MA entitled, "MOC: ACOG's role in developing a solution to the heated controversy" published in the August issue of OBG Management. By carefully listing the n umerous physician concerns with MOC (costs, relevance to practice, lack of data to improve care, (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 15, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
On Trust
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD, immediate past chair of the ABIM Foundation and Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Research and Executive Director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research (CESR) with Richard Baron, MD, President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, at the 2018 ABIM Foundation Forum on "(Re-)Building Trust"
Recently, the ABIM Foundation (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: ABIM ABIM Foundation ABMS American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of Medical Specialties Source Type: blogs
On Trust
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD, immediate past chair of the ABIM Foundation and Vice President for Kaiser Permanente Research and Executive Director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research (CESR) with Richard Baron, MD, President and CEO of the American Board of Internal M edicine, at the 2018 ABIM Foundation Forum on "(Re-)Building Trust"
Recently, the ABIM Foundation (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 11, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Moving Mountains By Example: Doctor Inspires Others to Fund Anti-MOC Legal Effort
In a reaffirming gesture of solidarity, San Francisco cardiologist Michel Accad, MD has offered to supply an electronic copy of his book "Moving Mountains: A Socratic Challenge to the Theory and Practice of Population Medicine" (seen on Amazon) free of charge to anyone donating $50 or more in the next two weeks to our legal effort to end the onerous and unproven ABMS Maintenance of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 7, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Federation of State Medical Boards Attempts to Legislate Away Liability
In a press release, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced their support of the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 6515),” introduced by Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) and co-sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). According to the press release:
H.R. 6515 eliminates fiscal antitrust damage liability for state licensing boards-inclu ding (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Federation of State Licensing Boards Attempts to Legislate Away Liability
In a press release, the Federation of State Licensing Boards (FSMB) announced their support of the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 6515),” introduced by Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) and co-sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). According to the press release:
H.R. 6515 eliminates fiscal antitrust damage liability for state licensing (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Moving Mountains By Example: Doctor Inspires Others to Fund Anti-MOC Legal Effort
In a reaffirming gesture of solidarity, San Francisco cardiologist Michel Accad, MD has offered to supply an electronic copy of his book "Moving Mountains: A Socratic Challenge to the Theory and Practice of Population Medicine" (seen on Amazon) free of charge to anyone donating $50 or more in the next two weeks to our legal effort to end the onerous and unproven ABMS Maintenance of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 6, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Federation of State Medical Boards Attempts to Legislate Away Liability
In a press release, the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced their support of the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 6515),” introduced by Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) and co-sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). According to the pres s release:
H.R. 6515 eliminates fiscal antitrust damage liability for state licensing boards-including (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 5, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Federation of State Licensing Boards Attempts to Legislate Away Liability
In a press release, the Federation of State Licensing Boards (FSMB) announced their support of the “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 6515),” introduced by Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) and co-sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). According to the p ress release:
H.R. 6515 eliminates fiscal antitrust damage liability for state licensing (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - August 5, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The ABIM Has Lost Their Marbles
From the institution that secretly funded itself with ABIM diplomate fees to the tune of over $78 million that culminated in the purchase of a $2.3 luxury condominium for itself complete with a Mercedes S class town car, and offshored funds to the Cayman Islands, comes this news release:
The 2018 ABIM Foundation Forum will consider the importance of trust in health care – and how to build and (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
