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ABIM to Physicians: Screw You.
Over 12,000 physicians signed a petition asking the ABIM to suspend Maintenance of Certification, otherwise known as a money-making scheme to change board certification into an expensive, time...
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Is this where health care dollars should be going?
I’m no economist, but merely a simple-minded physician in the trenches of medicine, toiling away, trying to make a living while helping my patients live a happy, productive life, despite their...
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Study: Passing MOC exam leads to worse patient health outcomes.
I’m chuckling at this stupid study I just read in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Let me say off the bat, the study is load of crap and was a load of crap from the very...
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MOC – a Solution in Search of a Problem
Doctors who completed their training in the early 1990′s, came into practice being told that their Board Certifications would be valid for just 10 years, with the need for re-testing every 10 years....
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Hypocrisy in Organized Medicine
While many physicians donate their services seeing patients, volunteering at free and community clinics, freely working on hospital and other not-for-profit committees, there is a tendency for...
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The Never Ending Mission Creep of MOC
Up until 1988, being board certified in pediatrics was a voluntary process of passing the board exam once in a career. The American Board of Pediatrics apparently realized this process didn’t make...
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MOC at the Point of a Gun
The American Board of Pediatrics’ ever-increasing Maintenance of Certification demands have become so time consuming, expensive and convoluted that I’ve often wondered…well, what if I just don’t do...
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A Resurrection for Hippocratic Medicine?
Over the past five years, we’ve been bombarded with accusations that greedy physicians misuse the fee-for service payment system and this results in poorly coordinated health care, resulting in high...
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Part 4 MOC: Research on Children without Consent
“For the most part, doctors and civil servants simply did their jobs. Some merely followed orders, others worked for the glory of science.” — Dr. John Heller, Director of the Public Health Service’s...
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The Physician Quality Reporting game hurts patients, physicians alike
We have heard ad nauseum that the data collection mandated by Medicare and Medicaid is to improve quality of care. Significant taxpayer dollars have been expended as bonuses in the name of PQRS...
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ABP and ABFM Collude In Their MOC Press Releases
Collusion, plagiarism, whatever you want to call it, the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Family Medicine are doing just that. This week, the American Board of Internal Medicine...
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ABIM’S Mea Culpa Translated
Read the ABIM “Mea Culpa” in its original text here Dear Not A Dr. Until You Pay Us: ABIM clearly got it wrong. We failed launching our meaningless programs by not being able to scare you into...
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Bottom Line: The ABP Doesn’t Care About Pediatricians
On February 25, 2015 the American Board of Pediatrics published their “long-awaited” response to the growing physician outcry against the “Maintenance of Certification” scheme. I started writing a...
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Why MACRA Might Make SGR Look Good
Just recently, our beloved Congress repealed the dreaded Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), with huge...
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ABP Celebrates Some MOC Non-Compliant Docs, Punishes Others
My inbox has been flooded lately with emails from fellow pediatricians begging for help fighting the American Board of Pediatrics MOC program. These are doctors with decades in the care of children,...
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ABIM’s Latest Letter – Translated
Click here for original letter. Dear Plebians, There have been many things written and said about the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program...
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BCBS of Michigan Supports ABMS Monopoly, Rejects NBPAS
Well, it’s official. After months of speculation about insurer acceptance of anything other than ABMS certification, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is on record refusing certification through the...
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Open Letter to the American Board of Pediatrics
Dear American Board of Pediatrics: On December 17 2015, at 3:01 in the middle of my busy day seeing patients, I voluntarily gave up my American Board of Pediatrics certification. I thought I should...
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
Wow. For those who think MOC isn’t a big deal, my Open Letter to the American Board of Pediatrics just hit 70,000 views. That’s stunning. For those commending my bravery, realize efforts like this...
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Time for MOC action
Physicians everywhere: You are good people, but you are doing evil by your complacency. I am writing this to every physician who is frustrated with the certification system we have in place and that is...
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