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Breaking News!
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) passed Resolution 22-113, “End the Monopoly on Certifying Physicians by the American Board of Medical Specialties .”
Important progress towards reducing burnout and keeping Florida physicians caring for their patients.
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BREAKING: FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division opened new portal to hear about the monopolies controlling healthcare and stifling competition. Please take a minute and make them aware of the ABMS monopoly!
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
@chadinabhan
@MartyMakary
@VPrasadMDMPH
Submit a…
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BREAKING NEWS ON MOC....
Department of Justice states MOC may have the effect of "harming competition and increasing the cost of healthcare services."
Want to know more, click on the link below
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Breaking: ACGME Executive Committee board members just received packets with physician letters demanding the end of its MOC requirement. Will ACGME listen?
@chadinabhan
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
NBPAS will keep you posted.
#timeforchange
#timetolistentophysicians
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"MOC programs simply don't work! Stand up for physicians by joining and supporting NBPAS." - Paul Teirstein, MD - NBPAS Founder
#istandwithnbpas
#supportphysicians
#supportlifelonglearning
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NBPAS PRESS RELEASE : "We urge every physician who has been harmed by ABMS MOC to speak now, speak loudly, and spread the word to every physician you know." - Dr. Paul Teirstein
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
@MartyMakary
@VPrasadMDMPH
@VincentRK
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Together, these organizations form the backbone of a monopoly that stifles competition, burns out physicians, and accelerates physician loss.
The FTC wants to hear from you about how this monopoly has harmed healthcare. Comment here:
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"...doctors who are no longer practicing medicine who've been turned into businessmen" - A good reminder to make sure you have submitted your complaint to the FTC, DOJ and HHS:
These Med Board Execs Make Triple a Practicing Doc's Salary…
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On May 18, 2018, the South Carolina governor signed a new law prohibiting the requirement of MOC for hospital privileges and reimbursement. That makes 4 states with strong laws prohibiting MOC!!
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UPDATE: 45 business days ago and counting....still no response from the ACGME...
NBPAS thanks the 200+ physicians who asked ACGME to remove MOC from its Common Program Requirements.
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Time is Up: Physicians Tell ACGME to Remove MOC/OCC
[…]Support-to-Address-Continuous-Board-Certification-Monopoly
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You won't want to miss what Dr. Rupa Dainer has to say about the member board she resigned from in disgust...
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NBPAS is the answer and provides physicians a pathway for lifelong learning and professionalism, for physicians, by physicians. Apply here:
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The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Statement Regarding the New Proposed Cardiovascular Medicine Board
The NBPAS board of directors applauds the recent efforts of its cardiovascular medicine colleagues to step away from the ABIM and their burdensome and unproven ABIM…
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“MOC involves a substantial amount of time and money but fails to test the skill and experience of a physician.”
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The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS) is a physician-led nonprofit organization that has been working to modernize the onerous, unproven continuous board certification market that is driving physicians out of medicine, reducing patient access to care and eleva ...
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The misleading MOC "spin" continues in this week's news cycle:
“80% of board-certified physicians are choosing the LKA…,” because they have NO other choice and risk losing their jobs if they refuse to participate. The fact remains that ABMS and its member boards strip a…
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NBPAS is led by an UNPAID board of physician thought leaders who work at some of the top medical institutions in the United States. Meet our board
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Great News: 40 Applications so far in one day! Not a bad way to start March - Happy Friday everyone! Let's keep it going.
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Physicians are’t more qualified because of more independent assessments (open book exams), they’re qualified because they have a lifelong commitment to quality learning.
Well done
@marklewismd
!!
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3000 have already signed! Click the link and sign the prepared comment to the ABMS Vision Commission Draft report - Deadline 1/15
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NBPAS is growing! We just closed out January with 181 new physician diplomates. If you are interested in joining your colleagues in supporting change and want to learn, more please reach out. ✉️info
@nbpas
.com.
#IStandWithNBPAS
#MOC
#Physicians
#DoctorsforDoctors
#NBPAS
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NBPAS thanks the 200+ physicians who wrote ACGME CEO, Tom Nasca, MD, requesting an immediate end to its MOC requirement. Your display of support and passionate demand for NBPAS and change will prevail. Thank you for Standing with NBPAS!
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Taxpayers pay $15+ Billion annually for physician residency training so an unregulated nonprofit (ABMS) can remove "Certified" status for not purchasing their unproven proprietary continuing education product (MOC). Join the fight and email ACGME now
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NBPAS welcomes Northern Nevada Medical Center and Northern Nevada Medical Center-Sierra of NV, and Rockledge Regional Medical Center of FL to the network of hospitals supporting NBPAS across the country.
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Great news! South Carolina Physicians can now be NBPAS board certified without penalty!
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Mid Coast joins 200 hospitals nationwide that recognize physicians certified through NBPAS’ continuous board certification program
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Over 13,000 physicians have certified with NBPAS. There is strength and power in numbers. Help us get to 50,000 by certifying now. Together we will make an impact and strengthen the collective voice against MOC.
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Introducing "The Monthly Dose" by NBPAS! Learn more about the entrenched MOC monopoly and the steps NBPAS is taking to unravel it for physicians. Read February's Monthly Dose about ACGME.
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FTC is interested in hearing from you! Please submit comment and share with every physician you know.
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Red Flag = No MOC?? Did you know that ABMS advocates for MOC via NAMSS (National Association of Medical Staff Services) to every medical staff office in the United States?
FTC, DOJ and HHS are listening, ALL PHYSICIANS comment now:
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It’s time for change! We agree
@ERDocBrown
. Thank you for speaking out. Thank you
@medpagetoday
Opinion | Let's Fix Maintenance of Certification
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Incredibly accurate and well written article on MOC - Must read!
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
@chadinabhan
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Great article and example of why NBPAS was created.
Thank you Dr. Richard Gunderman and Dr. James Lynch for so clearly capturing the harm to physicians, patients, students and the future of medicine.
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Thank you
@chadinabhan
for continuing to elevate this issue.
@AaronGoodman33
@doctorwes
@VPrasadMDMPH
@VincentRK
The
#HealthcareUnfiltered
U must watch W pres & founder of
@InfoNbpas
Dr. Teirstein 2 understand how everything started & where we're heading.
Watch this & prior EPs as I covered the ongoing issue W ABIM-MOC & the need for an alternative.
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
@VincentRK
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No one entity should weld control over the practice of medicine. Join NBPAS and together we can break the monopoly!
@Allison_Dupont
@sonodoc99
@ABIMFoundation
@InfoNbpas
If NBPAS reaches a threshold membership like 50000, then everyone will listen. We need more NBPAS members. That is how we beat their lobby. And, we are allowed to mass protest on X.
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Incredibly important conversation! Thank you
@chadinabhan
and
@AaronGoodman33
If it was about quality then why did they grandfather 40% of physicians, could it be about the $$?
@doctorwes
@MartyMakary
The ABIM-MOC saga continues as I host
@AaronGoodman33
on the newest
#HealthcareUnfiltered
to recount what happ as he found himself UNCERTIFIED despite taking care of heme PTs daily and teaching heme.
Why? How?
Find out here & share. clip below.
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"Let's show the medical community we have a face, a board, and a future in medicine with the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons." - Thank you Dr. Heidi Jenney for your unwavering support! Join Dr. Jenney and send your video to: info
@nbpas
.org
#IStandWithNBPAS
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We applaud the
@IDSAInfo
and their call for substantive changes to ABIM MOC:
"...it would be more relevant to allow physicians to be self-directed in their learning, requiring instead that they partake in a specific number of hours or credits in their medical educational…
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Question: If the VA doesn’t require MOC for physician employment, why can’t I get a job at a VA facility?
Answer: 97% of VA hospitals are affiliated with academic centers. ACGME requires ABMS MOC™ to hold a faculty position at an academic affiliated hospitals.
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Thank you
@SossouMd
for having the courage speak out and demand change!
"The potential financial motives behind ABIM’s practices raise ethical questions that warrant further investigation and discussion not just within the medical community, but also within society at large."…
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Dr. Paul Teirstein in response to ABMS Vision Commission report:
“until generally acceptable and/or truly evidence-based practices are developed, the Commission must recommend an immediate moratorium on the most onerous and harmful components of MOC."
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Stand with the solution - Certify with
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Want to stay up to date on passed and pending anti-MOC bills? View our updated advocacy page
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"While the normal recertification process is on an 8-10-year cycle, there are some requirements for physicians to pay annual 'maintenance of certification' (MOC) fees... revenue at over one billion dollars – all for a 'non-profit' entity."
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NBPAS exists for you. NBPAS answers to you. NBPAS fights with you. Take Action -
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Big news: 70 hospitals now accept NBPAS certification! Join over 6,000 other diplomates and certify with us today,
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NEWS RELEASE: The Joint Commission adds NBPAS--a change that positively impacts board certified physicians nationwide.
Visit to learn more and Join Today.
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NPBAS the alternative to MOC, the larger we are the louder we are! Spread the word, Join here
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Prescribing insanity: Monopoly in continuous board certification drives costs up and physicians out
Support competition and certify with
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" the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS), a new anti-MOC organization that offers a simpler alternative to ABMS recertification. The NBPAS certificate is based on initial ABMS certification plus regularly earning CME credits.
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Want to bring NBPAS to your hospital? Click here to learn how.
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Time for competition. Use this email template to start a conversation about NBPAS with your hospital.
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Thanks to our recognition by The Joint Commission, hundreds of physicians are joining NBPAS. Clinically relevant and less burdensome. Join your colleagues who have made the switch.
#JoinNBPAS
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"Commentary: How These Useless Doctors' Exams Are Raising Health Care Cost"
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Marketing materials from ABMS member boards often promote studies that they argue support the clinical value of MOC. NBPAS asked two independent clinical trialists to review the evidence. View our MOC JOURNAL CLUB here:
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"...multi-sided giants that are accumulating assets at an alarming rate and are becoming the new intermediaries and gatekeepers of our healthcare system"
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Hello Twitter! We're still in the fight to
#EndMOC
. Follow
@nbpasadvocacy
for info on how you can support NBPAS and help us initiate change!
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Have you heard the news?! ABMS has a new challenger to its MOC requirements. How many of you can identify with this story?
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MOC as Antitrust Issue: DOJ Backs More Choice in Certification
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Thank you
@guvenguvenh
! This is excellent!
@InfoNbpas
@doctorwes
@AaronGoodman33
@chadinabhan
@MartyMakary
@VPrasadMDMPH
Done. Here is a part of it…
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Dr. Clifford Hudis, the ASCO CEO with
@chadinabhan
@podcastunfilter
“I hope nobody is confused by the fact that we want to work with them [ABIM] to create a better future to mean that we are implying that any aspect of the current program [MOC] is effective or evidenced-based…
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@DrDaveLevien
@belen_amat1
@mass_marion
@NOMOCNOW
@DoctoraJudy
@megedison
@doctorwes
Check out NBPAS. We provide a choice in board re-certification.
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Check out NBPAS President, Dr. Paul Teirstein on Facebook LIVE:
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Thank you to Dr. Meg Edison (
@megedison
) for all of your efforts in getting the Michigan Anti-MOC legislation passed!
Read her inspiring story:
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NBPAS offers a certification alternative that supports physicians and keeps patient care as our primary focus.
@doctorwes
says the MOC controversy is a David v. Goliath story that may be the most significant corruption story ever uncovered in the history of U.S. medical education. Read more:
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New hospital supports NBPAS! Thank you, Peterson Medical Center in Kerrville, TX. Click here to see the other hospitals that recognize
#NBPAS
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Meet NBPAS certified diplomate, Dr. Timothy Perozek, MD. As an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Perozek has dedicated his career to providing outstanding and compassionate patient care since 2002. Thank you, Dr. Perozek for your leadership and for making a positive impact in medicine.
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UPDATE: The TX Neurological Society has now unanimously agreed to endorse NBPAS.
#NoMOC
#NBPAS
#BoardMember
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NBPAS,
Quality Care through life long learning.
Join today!
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Proud to introduce NBPAS Board Member Dr. Daniel Einhorn.
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"The world of continuing medical board certification is in the midst of its own grass-roots movement, in a development befitting the times."
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Thank you to Dr. Dies for being a devoted NBPAS supporter and Advisory Board member!
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@AaronGoodman33
and...to add more salt to the wound - collectively these 13 nonprofits made $870M in revenue in 2022 and paid over $13M in CEO salaries.
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7670 have now signed- see link below and share with your colleagues.
3000 have already signed! Click the link and sign the prepared comment to the ABMS Vision Commission Draft report - Deadline 1/15
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@InfoNbpas
welcomes a dialogue with
@ASH_hematology
on how together we can support ASH diplomates.
@AaronGoodman33
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TAKE ACTION:
FTC, DOJ and HHS want to hear from you. We need to speak now or forever hold our MOC - Paul Teirstein, MD
Link to portal to share your experience with ABMS MOC:
Submit your comment today and share with your colleagues!!
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6,500 physicians are now certified by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons! Learn why:
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"Are 'useless' exams raising the cost of healthcare in Alabama?" article from
@AlabamaToday
: Alabama physicians: do you agree? Share your story with us here or email info
@nbpas
.org.
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Thank you
@CharlesTe
for the support!
Here we go. Now certified with
@InfoNbpas
aka National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS). The not shady group
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Banding Together Against Boards: How Physicians Are Fighting the MOC Program
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Thank you
#Medpagetoday
. Physicians you have an alternative pathway to maintain your board certification, check out
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Stop by and say Hello! We're at the 28th Annual Scripps Cardiovascular Interventions 2017 Conference. Our booth is located next to the registration desk in the Grande Ballroom of the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla.
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Are you ready to certify with NBPAS? Let's get started:
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We love to see this progress!
Turns out that
@HealthyFla
lists
@InfoNbpas
as a Board Certification choice to publish in your profile. Kudos to the DOH! I encourage everyone to do so. I did.
@nbpasadvocacy
@doctorwes
@AAPSonline
@PPA_USA
@PaulTeirstein
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We hope everyone has a happy and safe fourth of July
-NBPAS Staff
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Worried About Your Certification Exam? Look to Heavens
Read article:
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