Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD, MBA, MOC/Recertification Shill

Dr. Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD, MBA: current President and Chief Executive Officer (appointed June 29, 2012) of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). ABMS is a not-for-profit organization (emphasis added) that supports its 24 medical specialty Member Boards in developing and implementing educational and professional standards to certify physician specialists and encourage lifelong learning and assessment.

From a post written by Dr. Nora
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2014/01/20/why-the-maintenance-of-certification-exam-will-make-you-a-better-doctor/
On if she participates in MOC (Maintenance of Certification) Dr. Nora writes:

Questions range from “I know you’re old enough to have grandmother status – do YOU do MOC?” (Yes) 

And she is quoted in an article regarding why she decided to recertify
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/825921_3

Dr. Nora describes her own recertification experience. "I'm a neurologist. I finished my fellowship in 1987, so I was a 'grandparent' and didn't need to recertify." She decided to recertify because she realized she "needed ongoing learning and self-assessment to stay abreast of the astronomical changes in medicine."

While technically true as of January 20, 2014 (the day of the thehealthcareblog.com post), don't be fooled. She neglects to mention when she decided to participate in recertification in the medscape article. She initially certified in 1987 and there's no record of her completing or participating in recertification before 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O83c-6G7oo&feature=youtu.be

15:28 mark.

So at least for the 7 months after she was appointed President and CEO of ABMS she didn't bother to enroll in the MOC process that she now thinks is so clearly beneficial.

Why the change of heart? Did she really realize that she "needed ongoing learning and self-assessment to stay abreast of the astronomical changes in medicine"? I'm pretty sure it's something else.

Per tax records, the President and CEO of the ABMS gets paid more than $400,000.

http://changeboardrecert.com/tax-returns.html

And this is from 2009. How much more is it now?

I think a $400,000 salary from a non-profit organization better explains how she came to realize the value of recertification 25 YEARS LATER.

To learn more about how and why the ABMS seeks to extort money from practicing physicians, visit http://changeboardrecert.com/mission.html