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I believe that this is an important message from Paul Teirstein M.D. that I received via E-mail. It needs to be spread more efficiently and thought making it a blog post would be a good way to help.

Dear Colleague,

Several states now have anti-MOC legislation pending. Recently the Georgia legislature passed HB 165, similar to Oklahoma’s SB 1148 which prohibits Maintenance of Certification (MOC) as a condition of licensure or reimbursement from third parties.  However, the ABMS and its member boards have been heavily lobbying state legislators to defeat the pending bills in other states (click here to view ABMS lobbying materials). Those of us opposed to MOC must educate legislators in these states regarding how MOC requirements are onerous, expensive, have no proven benefit, and are forced on physicians by conflicted, self-appointed private ABMS member boards.

Here is how you can make a huge difference:

1. This is going to take you a few minutes. I spend hundreds of uncompensated hours per year on this issue. Please take 5 minutes of your time to help yourself and our profession.
2. This is your action item:

Click here to effortlessly send a letter by email to your district’s state representatives. You will be asked to “register” by entering in your name, email and address.  That’s it.  From your address the system will pull your specific state bill and a letter tailored for your specific state representatives you can edit (if desired) and click to send to all your district’s legislators.  We have made it as easy as possible for you.

3. There are currently many states with strong anti-MOC legislation pending. If your state currently has no anti-MOC legislation pending, your letter will encourage your representatives to create anti-MOC legislation.
4. If you are curious and want to view all the sample letters we have written by state, click here.
5. Please spread the word. We have 18,000 email addresses of physician supporters but we need many more. This will not work without your help getting this message out. Forward this email to your colleagues, your patients, your med staff office for hospital wide distribution, your specialty organizations, your FB, Twitter, Linked In and other social media friends.  (You can also refer them to the NBPAS Advocacy Webpage).
6. To join the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS.org) and obtain continuous certification based primarily on AACME accredited CME, click here.

Thank you for your help and support

Respectfully,

Paul Teirstein M.D.
President
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)