Westby Fisher, MD
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Westby Fisher, MD
@doctorwes
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Endeavor Health HealthSystem, Clinical Assoc Prof of Medicine, U of Chicago. Tweets are never medical advice.
- Emptied my car today. Keep wondering when we’ll stop adding to landfills given the paucity of data that these do anything now.
- Saying a prayer that justice prevails for US physicians harmed by the ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) monopoly. Oral arguments in Lazarou v ABPN (24-1994) are set for 09:30 CST tomorrow at the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL.
- So now that @ABIMcert has notified all the US hospitals that physicians have not paid their hyperinflated MOC fees and “decertified” them before their certs expired, we should step back and ask some serious questions regarding this organization. 🧵
- According to the ABIM/ABMS, my ability to serve and bill as a cardiologist ends at midnight tonight after 40+ yrs of practice thanks to their tie of MOC to my original board certifications. 1/
- * BREAKING* ABIM loses copyright infringement case against Dr. Jaime Salas-Rushford AND loses effort to seal opinion. Depositions, tactics, ABIM attorney insults, secret agreements: entire docket. All public now. medtees.com/content/SEALED… medtees.com/content/DNJ%20…
- I just deactivated by "voluntary" expired 10-yr cardiovascular board certificate to avoid ongoing fees of $220 per year (with $40 late fees) annually since 2022 from @ABIMCert. That's the tweet.
- We believe MOC is nothing more than an unproven forced annual fee levied on US physicians to enrich unaccountable nonprofits that work hand-in-glove with hospital systems to capture physicians and force compliance in violation of U.S. antitrust law. practicingphysician.org/latest-updates…Specialty Board Certification Error Causes Headaches for Doctors medpagetoday.com/special-report…
- Boarded to Death: Physicians Sue the ABIM goo.gl/fb/8TLcsn
- Why every hospital and hospital system should recognize board re-certification by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS) practicingphysician.org/why-every-hosp…
- Physicians, CMS is considering removing supervisory requirement for NPs and PAs and offering pay parity between physicians, NPs, and PAs. Time to speak up. Here’s how: practicingphysician.org/comment-on-sco… @PPA_USA
