tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post5149658290399584366..comments2024-03-13T21:55:29.791-07:00Comments on The Weinmann Report - politicsofhealthcare.com: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the IRS: where money and power meetRobert Weinmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06207543223165842066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-48453297438772116832016-07-15T18:45:41.837-07:002016-07-15T18:45:41.837-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172915282912563877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-50677929990737313222015-10-29T20:43:22.526-07:002015-10-29T20:43:22.526-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.艾丰https://www.blogger.com/profile/04154230348620451165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722294029877743408.post-55899515915060219982015-08-12T00:44:29.370-07:002015-08-12T00:44:29.370-07:00Surrounded by Arrogance, Jealousy and Lust for Po...Surrounded by Arrogance, Jealousy and Lust for Power evil forces are driving too many of us - as Physicians - when as a group we find that too many of our Leaders and Colleagues have lost their footing - today many are choosing to live as Business men and women - not as competent Patient oriented Professionals. In my opinion, the first major decline was with the driving out of the old-fashioned "Doctor" - the bottom on the rung- Family Physician. We fragmented the process of Life- to bury and to replace the true Primary Care providers- the old-fashioned Birth to Death Physician - the Family Physician who once nobly served our local communities . In its stead we have created "high-dollar" Neonatologists, Intensivists, Specialist Pediatricians, Obstetricians, Gynecologists, Internists and the too numerous to list - subspecialists- or body part / organ specialists. Over the past 50 years our Academic institutions and centers along with the Political and Insurance Carriers promoted this evolution - with the resultant overly expensive and poorly managed health care system - based on large brick and mortar facilities. It is no surprise that the ABIM has to promote an artificial support system for the so-called newly created "specialist" individual Physician- to maintain this artificial body of "primary care providers" - in the face of an increasingly absent number of Board certified Family Physicians throughout the majority of the local neighborhoods and communities int the USA. That the ABIM subjects the internists to a costly and painful drawn out process - for Board certification - to obtain membership in a Hospital - is confirmation - that you cannot buy or pay for something that does not exist. No matter how much you try to make "reality" out of "illusions" - with a higher dollar cost or value. Today, there is no glue that can create a Primary Care provider by the pasting together of several internists or sub-specialists. No multiple question test, no matter how thorough it may be can, with certainty, certify a Primary Care Physician. Only experience can do this. Today, we must recognize that there still exists a large number of experienced Physicians who are humble and serve our citizens with honesty. We do not need an artificial test - cheap or expensive - to confirm this. Each one of our Patients know this. We, as responsible Adults, must support them and maintain our experienced Primary Care providers --- not only for our own benefit but also for the benefit of our Society. . Respectfully, George Moskowitz, MD, Board Certified Family Physician, Brooklyn, New York.Dr Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691930705944674101noreply@blogger.com