OK bans forced MOC

[Shikima]

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http://rebel.md/oklahoma-bans-forced-moc-becomes-the-first-right-to-care-state/

 

[sunlioness]

I'm going.

Boomer Sooner!


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[Doctor Bagel]

I'm going.

Boomer Sooner!


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Grr, Sooners suck! Seriously, though, the Oklahoma legislature and Mary Fallin are horrible, horrible, horrible and have entirely wrecked an already not so great state. Massive school budget cuts and massive health care cuts (which means hospitals might be closing soon, etc). Not to mention earthquakes every day due to injection wells from fracking (although MF and the legislature deny this is the case in spite of the fact that pretty much all geologists who aren't in the pockets of oil companies think it is). The earthquakes are mainly small and annoying now (who cares if some poor people can't afford to repair foundational damage to their homes?), but there's no guarantee they won't actually have a big catastrophic quake that kills people.

So anyway, while yay, good, MOC sucks, I'm a little sad that I might actually agree with anything Mary Fallin et al think. BTW, Oklahoma is also one of those backwards states that forces women to look at ultrasounds before having an abortion, so they're not always friends of physicians or health care.

 

[wolfvgang22]

This is great news, thanks for sharing!
I've been putting off my PIP portion of MOC hoping for the abolition of MOC.
I now have 110 hours of accredited CME, but still need 24 more because the ones I have aren't from one of the expensive "approved" vendors for "self assessment". It's super annoying.

 

[wolfvgang22]

Grr, Sooners suck! Seriously, though, the Oklahoma legislature and Mary Fallin are horrible, horrible, horrible and have entirely wrecked an already not so great state. Massive school budget cuts and massive health care cuts (which means hospitals might be closing soon, etc). Not to mention earthquakes every day due to injection wells from fracking (although MF and the legislature deny this is the case in spite of the fact that pretty much all geologists who aren't in the pockets of oil companies think it is). The earthquakes are mainly small and annoying now (who cares if some poor people can't afford to repair foundational damage to their homes?), but there's no guarantee they won't actually have a big catastrophic quake that kills people.

So anyway, while yay, good, MOC sucks, I'm a little sad that I might actually agree with anything Mary Fallin et al think. BTW, Oklahoma is also one of those backwards states that forces women to look at ultrasounds before having an abortion, so they're not always friends of physicians or health care.

Agreed, but even a broken clock gets it right twice a day! I'm not a fan either but I appreciate it when they do the right thing.

 

[Guyton]

Although I am not a fan of legislative involvement in medicine, I have to say this makes me smile.

 

[tr]

This is great news, thanks for sharing!
I've been putting off my PIP portion of MOC hoping for the abolition of MOC.
I now have 110 hours of accredited CME, but still need 24 more because the ones I have aren't from one of the expensive "approved" vendors for "self assessment". It's super annoying.

Just do your own self-assessment using the ABPN's forms. It's free. You don't get regular CME credit for it though, it's only for the PIP module alone.
You just have to submit a preapproval request to the ABPN directly. I had to do both a clinical and a feedback module but as of Feb 2016 you only have to do one or the other. I submitted the therapy feedback form that I use with all my CBT patients anyway for the feedback module, and used the ABPN's form for the clinical module.

Don't leave it till the last minute though because you have to get feedback from 5 patients, implement improvements, and then get feedback from 5 more.

http://www.abpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PIP-Approval-Request-Form.pdf

 

[Shikima]

I'm still wondering what to do about MOC. I really don't want to pay them any monies (because I won't get any back) and I do not want to be trapped into their overprice and crappy CME considering that I've got all the CMEs I need for a long while.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

So I think I'd rather have MOC.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-abortion-idUSKCN0XJ29I

 

[Shikima]

MOC is an abortion.

 

[JamesPhilly]

It still seems seems like you can be forced into MOC.

My understanding from reading this is that you can no longer require MOC for your license, reimbursement, privileges, etc, but this doesn't stop a hospital or insurance company from requiring it, or requiring that you have maintained board certification. So really, does this make a difference?

 

[Shikima]

It still seems seems like you can be forced into MOC.

My understanding from reading this is that you can no longer require MOC for your license, reimbursement, privileges, etc, but this doesn't stop a hospital or insurance company from requiring it, or requiring that you have maintained board certification. So really, does this make a difference?

Comprehensive changes at the political level are necessary but it appears that APA doesn't have our back.

 

[Shikima]

http://www.physicianspractice.com/articles/11-reasons-physicians-hate-maintenance-certification

 

[vistaril]

Wouldnt want to live in Oklahoma, but it appears them doing what they can to prevent the killing of babies is at least one positive thing about the state. But gosh I hate the sooners.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

But gosh I hate the sooners.

Lots of Oklahomans hate the Sooners. It's probably a better place to live than say Mississippi or even Kansas or Nebraska. Still sucks, but I'm guessing I could get paid the same there as I do here, and it's way cheaper. They're killing Medicaid there, though, so that might be an issue for medical types.

 

[notdeadyet]

I'd take Kansas or Nebraska before Oklahoma.

I used to have a job with a lot of national clients and had a bunch from Oklahoma that described their state as "Texas without the Mexican influence." That sounded god awful.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

I'd take Kansas or Nebraska before Oklahoma.

I used to have a job with a lot of national clients and had a bunch from Oklahoma that described their state as "Texas without the Mexican influence." That sounded god awful.

Excepting Lawrence or the KC suburbs, I'd take Tulsa over anywhere in either of those states. Seriously -- greener, prettier, better arts scene. Even flyover states have pockets of OK.

 

[Information Underload]

I used to have a job with a lot of national clients and had a bunch from Oklahoma that described their state as "Texas without the Mexican influence." That sounded god awful.

Not if you like music.