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I'm a long time lurker and rare poster here but I just had to post about this. I have long felt that the inflated costs of board exams and now MOCA are a scam to make more money off of hard working docs. I just stumbled onto the site www.changeboardrecert.com and it looks like I am not alone. Check out the IRS data on the ABA there. The American board of internal medicine just changed their MOCA requirements to every two years and I would not be surprised if other boards followed suit. There is a petition to sign and hopefully this becomes a bigger movement. I know we as anesthesiologists have a lot of battles to fight but I do feel like this is one that shouldn't get lost.
Just for a refresher our fees are $1600 for written boards (that includes the costs of the vetting process or whatever they do), $2100 for orals plus travel and $2100 for MOCA. For those of you who are pursuing a fellowship the written boards cost another $950. FYI- a duplicate certificate of certification costs $150.Where does all that money go? To the same people that are pushing for more examinations.
I do feel a bit like a conspiracy theorist blogger but I do think this topic deserves some discussion.
Just for a refresher our fees are $1600 for written boards (that includes the costs of the vetting process or whatever they do), $2100 for orals plus travel and $2100 for MOCA. For those of you who are pursuing a fellowship the written boards cost another $950. FYI- a duplicate certificate of certification costs $150.Where does all that money go? To the same people that are pushing for more examinations.
I do feel a bit like a conspiracy theorist blogger but I do think this topic deserves some discussion.