PA Medical Society and MOC
Are medical societies advocating to end the unproven American Board of Medical Specialties' Maintenance of Certification (MOC) mandate or are they burying the controversy?
In 2016, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMed) issued a strongly-worded "Vote of No Confidence" against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).
Good luck finding that earlier statement on PAMed's webpage concerning (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - February 4, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
The Certified Deceit and Exploitation of US Physicians
For the past seven years, I have devoted a significant amount of my time to investigating and telling the true story of US physician "board certification." That story has been one of deceit, private back-room deals, profiteering, and (worst of all in my humble opinion), the exploitation of working physicians and the patients for whom they care.
This writing has not come without its personal and (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - January 26, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Who Is the ABIM Chief Medical Officer?
Drs. Richard G. Battaglia and Richard Baron(Image from the ABIM Blog)
Who is Richard G. Battaglia, MD?
In 2015, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced Richard G. Battalgia, MD as their new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). This was the same year the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) paid $922,479 to PriceWaterhouseCooper LLP (PwC) for "Manag ement Consulting:"
What (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - January 16, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Who Is the ABIM Chief Medical Officer?
Who is Richard G. Battaglia, MD?
In 2015, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announced Richard G. Battalgia, MD as their new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). This was the same year the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) paid $922,479 to PriceWaterhouseCooper LLP (PwC) for "Management Consulting:"
What the ABIM website fails to mention with their announcement, is that Mr. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - January 14, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Visible Cracks
it was a clinic day like all the rest
until it wasn't
she was there with her son and granddaughter
winded
legs swollen "for a month"
afib, fast rate despite cardizem CD 300 mg daily, diabetic meds, norvasc.
EKG with LVH, RBBB, LAFB.
BP 178/84, HR 124
rales
meds to be started, but help?
EMR->no doctor
a nurse practitioner?
4:45 pm-> all gone
see you in two days
no appointments.
i wake too early (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - January 14, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: Life Source Type: blogs
The Study We Weren't Supposed to See
Most US physicians are well-acquainted with the American Board if Internal Medicine's (ABIM) breathless claims of ABIM board certification and Maintenance of Certification's benefits. These have included: The Public Expects It
Physicians Value It
Amount of clinical experience does not necessarily lead to better outcomes or improvement of skills
Certification is Associated with Better Care
But (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - January 13, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
ABIM Antitrust/RICO Lawsuit Notice of Appeal Filed
Today, the official Notice of Appeal was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the
Third Circuit in Pennsylvania. It appears the ABIM's legal headaches regarding Maintenance of Certification (MOC) are far from over.
Working physicians can help the plaintiffs in their David-versus-Goliath effort to end the unproven American Board of Medical Specialties' MOC program by contributing to (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 30, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Just In Time for Christmas: The MOC Legal Juggernaut Intensifies
With the recent back-to-back announcements that the class action antitrust and racketeering lawsuit against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the antitrust lawsuit against the American Board of Radiology were dismissed (e.g., the ABIM announcement and ABR announcement), doctors everywhere - both young and old - seemed resigned to the fact that they will have to be subjects to (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - December 12, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Tags: ABIM ABR American Board of Internal Medicine American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology American Board of Radiology Antitrust lawsuit Maintenance of Certification MOC Source Type: blogs
