Legislation to stop MOC abuse has been introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates! House Bill no. 157 is a strong measure that would prevent hospitals and insurers from discriminating against physicians based on whether or not they comply with counterproductive, wasteful, and expensive Maintenance of Certification schemes that take time away from patient care. Now […]
The federal court in the Northern District of Illinois has granted leave to the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) to provide more detail as to how Maintenance of Certification (MOC) harms patients. AAPS v. American Board of Medical Specialties, 14-cv-2705-ARW (N.D. Ill. Dec. 13, 2017). Because antitrust laws exist to protect consumers, not competitors, […]
View slides from presentation by AAPS President Dr. Al Fisher at http://bit.ly/mocslides
Don’t miss this talk by Charles P. Kroll, CPA from our recent 74th Annual Meeting, October 5, 2017: Slides available at https://goo.gl/CVv1ak
Your advocacy in support of HB 273 is making a difference! This past week, the OSMA held an emergency meeting and adopted a position in support of HB 273 to stop MOC mandates. The next important step is a hearing this coming Wednesday, October 11 at 9am in Room 121 of the Ohio Statehouse. Click here for […]
9/27/2017 – Update on HB 273 – Legislation to Stop Mandatory MOC Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Please take action this week to help keep this important legislation moving forward. Here’s what you can do: 1) The Ohio State Medical Society seems to be on the fence about supporting HB 273. Contact OSMA Executive Director […]
THE FMA ANNUAL MEETING IN ORLANDO WILL FEATURE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE FMA LEADERSHIP TO HOLD TRUE TO FMA POLICY ON MOC. The FMA resolution would require that the FMA leaders insist that the they actively support legislation to support FMA’s MOC policy. That doesn’t seem too hard, but the FMA did the […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends: It passed! Yesterday we wrote asking for help to get SB1148 across the finish line in the Texas legislature. This evening the Texas House and Senate voted to approve the bill and send it along to Governor Abbott for a signature. Thank you to all who spoke out and helped make this possible in many other ways.The AAPS Texas Chapter worked […]
Are you involved in your county or state medical society? We have TWO important resolutions for you to introduce. The first one calls for opposition to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The second asks your state medical board to withdraw from the FSMB (the author of the compact). Click here for a short video explaining […]
Resolution Opposing the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Whereas, the goal of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is to entice all states to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact in order to form yet another bureaucracy which will exercise regulatory authority over physicians and the practice of medicine—the Interstate Commission, Whereas, another layer of […]