Re: ABOG- AGAIN!
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Mon Oct 29 11:59:43 2007
Time to readdress Rich's "Million Med March?"
Art
At Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Lynn Montgomery wrote:
>
>Listers,
>
>I must vent here a bit. I did my re-cert by the book; paying my
>outrageous fee, filling in all those damn archaic little dots in this
>computer age when even the Board of Nursing exams in Montana are done
>directly on the computer, mailing in my answer sheets in mid-August by a
>courier with proof of receipt the next day. Yet here on October 29th, I
>still have gotten no acknowledgment about receipt, score or
>re-certification. Both of the hospitals in which I have privileges are
>calling wanting verification of Board certification because the one from
>last year expires on 12/31.
>
>So I call the Board - the Board I have paid thousands of dollars to over
>the years - and get a recorded message. You CANNOT talk with someone.
>In the message, they state that they cannot verify receipt of your
>re-cert answer sheets and that you should contact your "courier". Then
>they instruct you to leave your name, Board number and phone number and
>they will get back to you. As yet, I have heard nothing!
>
>Now, we must have a fancy new "Testing Center", paid for by our
>outrageous fees, when everybody else is using computer based technology
>enabling testing to be accomplished in the comfort of one's own home or
>office. We must comply with a "new" form of re-certification, when they
>can't even provide a timely response to the present one that is as
>simple as feeding answer sheets into a reader that spits out the result.
>What the hell is wrong with this picture. I am not talking about the
>SAT or ACT where every high school senior in the country is taking the
>exam, but rather JUST the ABOG diplomats who are doing annual re-certs -
>what can be so damn difficult?
>
>Lynn
>
>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.
>
>Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>
>The Birth Center/Rocky Mountain Women's Health
>
>1211 S. Reserve St.
>
>Missoula, Montana, 59801
>
>406-549-0978
>
>fax 406-549-0987
>
>e-mail: apgar10@thebirthcentermt.com
>
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art fougner, md
"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
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