Westby Fisher, MD
@doctorwes
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Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Endeavor Health HealthSystem, Clinical Assoc Prof of Medicine, U of Chicago. Tweets are never medical advice.
Evanston, IL
Joined February 2009
I’d like to give a shout-out to our organization that has been fighting the stranglehold of MOC on US physicians, Practicing Physicians of America. Please consider a donation of any amount to support our ongoing operations this Giving Tuesday
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RT @DutchRojas: The DOGE is Finally Looking at CMS, And It’s About Time For the past 50 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv…
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Love this 👇
I just spoke at length to @EPotterMD and I have asked her for all of the supporting documents, emails, call records, etc which she has agreed to provide. I found her and her story totally credible. @UHC has publically called her a liar, and UHC’s general counsel has told my CLO that Dr. Potter is not telling the truth. We have asked UHC to explain with particularity what Dr. Potter has said and/or written that is false. They have yet to respond to this request. I took down my original post on this matter because UHC’s outside counsel told my CLO that I was wrong and that Dr. Potter was not telling the truth. Based on what I have heard so far, I believe that Dr. Potter is telling the truth and that UHC appears to have denied coverage for a necessary post-surgical overnight stay and interfered with a surgeon mid-operation without good reason. They have also threatened the doctor with defamation and significant financial liabilities. And they have complained to the @SECGov about me. I await UHC’s side of the story and supporting facts before I can conclusively form a view on what has happened here. In the meantime, I have told Dr. Potter that I will cover her legal expenses to defend her from UHC’s claims, and to make sure that she has proper representation so that this is a fair fight. Stay tuned. This should be interesting. And there is a possibility that good will come from this. Healthcare and our insurance system is in trouble and needs a reboot.
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RT @CardiacConsult: Imagine if your patients had their implant cards sent to their #iPhone immed’ly after their #RadialFirst coronary stent…
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Whoa! 👇
Need for temporary mechanical circulatory support for dry tamponade caused by interventricular septal hematoma: A case report of a rare complication following left bundle branch area pacing @SKoenigMD
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That point was crucial to Plainiff’s arguments: “Well, first of all, we're at the pleading stage. All we need to do is make allegations that permit an inference. But the problem is that, again, in Dr. Ahkter's case, instead of buying those 60 additional credits that he needs for licensure from other CME providers, he used the credits he got from MOC from ABPN. So that is the restraint on competition. You do not need to be perfectly fungible. You do not need to be 100 percent substitute, especially at the pleading stage. And we think we've alleged more than enough facts to show that doctors view MOC as reasonably interchangeable with other CME products. And, in fact, that's not just a legal conclusion. Dr. Ahkter did that and so specified in the Second Amendment Complaint. But it's the same with - remember, there are two ways that doctors can use MOC for CME credits. One is this direct credit, which we've been talking about and spending most of our time, I think, talking about that. And that's the Dr. Ahkter example. But in addition to that, even without having to get the direct credit, many states accept MOC in place of the entirety of their CME requirements. So that is equally as important or maybe more important in substitutability than the direct credits.”
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MOC and the Antitrust Oral Arguments in Lazarou v ABPN IMHO, I thought ABPN’s attorney had pretty weak arguments relative to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Others?
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RT @InfoNbpas: @RepGregMurphy @RepGregMurphy We appreciate efforts to preserve Medicare access and urge policymakers to also address the un…
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@themagus2022 Now you get it: with MOC, it’s more important for you to do your centrally-mandated LKA screen time exercises and pay your fees than see your patients.
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This “Game” has been played every night on the evening news on every network. It’s just more obvious to everyone now. 👇
The Game: Pharma pays Corporate Media billions of dollars in ad revenue. Corporate Media platforms Pharma representative as Corporate Media “contributor” to masquerade as independent “public health expert” delivering Pharma talking points on Corporate Media. So that Pharma can continue paying Corporate Media. . . @FaceTheNation @CNBC @margbrennan
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@lildrstevebrule So sorry to hear this. I explored this mess recently. They have changed policy (again) and the “MOC” fee is a reporting fee so you can be “listed” as participating in MOC. It’s a racket and precisely why their organization has lost ALL credibility.
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RT @InfoNbpas: A new study from Appalachian State University reveals that states with anti-MOC laws retain up to 6% more physicians over ag…
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@AhmadRehanKhan @ABMSCert @InfoNbpas To the best of my knowledge, this is only about advertising as "board certified" in OK. Whether OK hospitals accept NBPAS or ABMS board certification for credentialing / admitting privileges is determined by the bylaws created by the medical executive committee of each hospital
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RT @CMichaelGibson: The Oklahoma Board of Medicine voted to allow all @InfoNbpas -certified physicians in the state to advertise themselves…
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RT @AnnaRMatson: Why is Trump trying to end birthright citizenship? For the same reason, Biden tried to forgive student loans.  https://t.…
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