He needs to cop to being a track star too! We have been unable to find recent examples of Paul presenting himself as "board-certified," beyond the 2013 Washington Post report. Used with permission. Seventy percent of the hysterectomies were judged to have been recommended inappropriately. trailer He just made up his own. I know for damn sure that none of my fellow MDs were also getting degrees in English. Huh. Andrew Hall's satire blog Laughing with Disbelief published the article Aug. 10. Of course this is all driven by Kesslers need to support a both sides do it narrative to keep Fred Hiatt happy. Among physicians in neurosurgery, 19.1 percent annually faced a claim, but just 2.6 percent in psychiatry did (Figure 1). 8. What is this, middle school? In a 2010 interview, Dr. Paul said "You want to have more participation by the person who's receiving the entitlement. Dr. Paul was involved in expanding access to eye care in his community and abroad. He just accredited his own university to give him one! Pauls communications director sent in this explanation: It is unfair to give Senator Paul 3 Pinocchiosbecause aM.D. Personally I try to look at intent if possible. Also, note that he said his is in biology and english. I have a biology degree, okay? Kids are competing against top students from China, India and South Korea. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensureshow Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentuckyand has been licensed since 1993. It would be a flat-out lie for me to claim a degree in Economics, despite my PhD in a related field. Research suggests they are, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends them for community use. In 1999, Paul set up and was "certified" by the National Board of Ophthalmologists (NBO), his own certification organization, to protest a change in the American Board of Ophthalmologists' (ABO) rules. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. The posts say Pauls medical license was revoked by the AMA, but thats not the case. He was the president, his wife, Kelley Paul, was vice president and director, and Hilton Ashby, his father-in-law, was secretary. Someone with a terminal high school diploma could be illiterate, for all you know. The authors assessed the appropriateness of recommendations for hysterectomies done for nonemergency and nononcologic indications for 497 California women. A jury returned a verdict in Paul's favor and awarded him $582,000 in damages. 9 0 obj As your president, one of my first acts would be to repeal the abomination that is Obamacare.". Do you remember John McCain having surgery to remove an unsightly lump on/in his neck? Senator Rand Paul was a plaintiff in a civil injury case stemming from an incident where he was assaulted by a neighbor at his home. Sorry. We also know that the disease the death rate is closer to one in a million. All Rights Reserved. << 4. Thats the heart of libertarianism right there the ability to trade on your privilege without interference from the busybodies like you. Dr. Paul is in favor of a free-market approach to healthcare. He restarted the board officially in 2005 and filed annual reports until 2010, and the NBO was dissolved again by Kentucky in 2011. Both consider him effectively an alumnus (he goes to reunions and everything) even if hes technically a dropout. Our. Theyre not thinking about this, but theyre going to be open to big-time liability for forcing this vaccine on kids., ClipsHealthPoliticsCoronavirus vaccineFox News ChannelRand PaulThe Ingraham Angle. [] More:. These results confirm malpractice rates in many high-risk specialties found in earlier research based on self-reporting. But a medical school that admits students no capable of doing the work will finding its pass rates on the board exams going down. @C. Never bothered to graduate from high school and went to MIT anyway. Nope, this is BS. Even having your father as junior congressman would help a lot. Referring to one as a biology degree is uncommon. So 90% of the myocarditis came with a second vaccine. Honestly, this is trivial. As more Americans become newly covered under the Affordable Care Act, the cost of providing automobile insurance, workers compensation, and homeowners insurance may decline. Privacy Policy. And I say that as someone who has a PhD in Chemistry but never graduated high school. A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. At the graduate level, almost nobody is actually paying the sticker price for their education. I like disagreeing with them, but beating them up over irrelevancies is counter-productive, whether its the Benghazi nuts and Hillary, or MSNBC eternal scandal hunt with Chris Christie. 0000007623 00000 n Conservative seem incapable of finding a single candidate that does not have a closet full of skeletons. /Info 5 0 R @grumpy realist: , But a medical school that admits students not capable of doing the work will finding its pass rates on the board exams going down.. >> Any unauthorized distribution, dissemination, or reproduction without the express written consent of EZDoctor is prohibited. Jena, Anupam B., Seth A. Seabury, Darius N. Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra, Malpractice Risk, by Physician Specialty. 0000022186 00000 n The Appropriateness of Recommendations for Hysterectomy. /Resources << 3. It is not unheard of for professional programs to admit non-degreed undergraduates who have taken the requisite courses and have otherwise exceptional applications in other fields. Describes how changes brought about by California Prop 46 may affect patients, doctors, plaintiffs, lawyers, the health care industry, and the public. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure show Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky and has been licensed since 1993. Stewart has integrity, and he could lower the demos age from the current mostly dead to just really old. It would be a lovely WTF is going on moment. 0000001034 00000 n 10 0 obj When 95% of the graduates of the Ivy League are Democrats, it makes sense that the Repubican Party is filled with hucksters, liars, and people with tainted personal histories. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. (Those in a specialty with fewer than 200 physicians were grouped in a 25th, "other specialties," category.). << Paul obviously couldnt get into Baylors med school, or he would have stayed there. However, the Board does address specialty board certification through our regulation on physician advertising. He confirmed that if a board is not on his group's list, a physician cannot advertise as being board-certified. They obtain that license from a state's official medical licensing board, not a private entity like the AMA. Its not much of a stretch to think that the medical school admissions committee could be encouraged to admit the son of a congressman for non-academic reasons. Back in the 90s the ABO decided that the young MDs would have to get recertified every 10 years and all the MDs who were already certified were certified for life. The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the average size of malpractice payments in specific physician specialties is unknown and subject to debate. Ive written PolitiFact suggesting they sometimes need a different approach, True, but misleading or True, but further explanation required. Kessler could give up his one to five Pinocchios and say something like Pauls statement is false, but unimportant. Sometimes it is quite innocent and I suspect such is the case here: He studied english and biology at Baylor, and eventually he graduated with an MD from Duke. In 2013, The Washington Post wrote that Paul continued to present himself as board-certified even though the NBO had been out of business since 2011. But you have such left-wing academics whose heads are in the sand and just to go, Dr. Fauci wants us to do it, we should do it. This editorial comments on an article in the same journal that demonstrates (through the use of hospital-based adverse drug events) that errors in medicine are prevalent and often preventable. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced his bid for the White House Tuesday on his website. stream fee basis, so you don't pay unless we. I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate,. recover for your case. Based on his Senate website, Paul says he "currently performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky. %%EOF Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Fox & Friends Wednesday that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was "nature's vaccine" and claimed it was "malpractice" and "not good science" to vaccinate . But an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger an increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. NOTES: Payments are shown in 2008 dollars. 118th Congress (2023-2024) | Bill Hide Overview . The results also indicate that many will never have to make an indemnity payment. I guess the fact that he had two malpractice suits in 15 years is why he chose to get out of medicine and into politics. Above All 'Do No Harm': How Shall We Avoid Errors in Medicine? The Instagram posts are an example of "stolen satire," where storieswritten as satire are reposted in a way that makes them appear to be legitimate claims. The Randal (Rand) Paul Jury Verdict 2199 - Medical Negligence - Following a cataract surgery, ophthalmologist criticized for failing to timely detect and treat an infection that later resulted in the loss of the eye Brown v. Paul, 01 CI 0937 Plaintiff: Charles D. Greenwell and Nancy J. Schook, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville $105 Million. Regardless, his medical work has been praised by Downing and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals. Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (Introduced 03/02/2023) Committees: Senate - Judiciary: Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. But I think the parents should have some input." /Root 8 0 R Dr. Paul completed a general surgery internship at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga., and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center. How the hell he get into Duke Medical School? . Which makes people think, 'Oh, it's like AIDS. /T 54718 A better question would be how in the bloody hell did a non-graduate of Baylor get into Duke Medical School? Baylor is hardly one of Americas premier institutes of higher education, and while Duke may have technically allowed admission to those without Bachelors Degrees, I cannot imagine it was a regular occurrence. Thats pretty funny because Bush 41, and Clinton both raised taxes. Now whether that would turn out good or bad is another discussion . That said, I have never yet met the person who on occasion hasnt been guilty of uttering a falsehood or 2, a stretching of the truth if you like, or maybe a false memory. The data included at least 200 physicians in each of 24 specialties, allowing analysis of malpractice risk, by specialty. In fact, many of us argue that the older ophthalmologists need recertification even more since they are more distant from their training. The St. Louis area neurosurgeon examined Wren and recommended a "bone . Which, frankly, so do Iand I say that as a non-fan of either of the Pauls.. (They couldnt care less.) I have a real problem with rating lies. /Contents 10 0 R I think they're a good thing. He later followed up and said he is vaccinated, his children are vaccinated, he supports vaccines and he does not believe they cause disorders, but that they are "temporally related. I have a good friend who was admitted to med school without an undergraduate degree in about 82 or so. The analogy between medical malpractice and the provision of misinformation or medically unsound advice to the public by physician-officials helps clarify the scope of the latter's duties to the public. << Its all fun and games until someone loses an eyeliterally. The data suggest that a majority of physicians face at least one claim during an extended career, though most claims do not result in a payment to the plaintiff. LOUIS Construction worker Curtis Wren came to Dr. Faisal Albanna in 1998 after injuring himself through heavy lifting. @Crusty Dem: Actually, Baylor is one of the top schools in the country, and has its own medical school. Despite his extensive medical training, Dr. Paul does not hold a bachelor's degree, according to NPR. (Ron Paul, his father and the former member of Congress, does have a biology degree.). WTF does any of that have to do with anything? 2. startxref For medical school, scholarships are few and far between. I guess the fact that he had two malpractice suits in 15 years is why he chose to get out of medicine and into politics. Clavin:..But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. Malpractice reforms should be assessed by how well they reduce litigation time without undermining patients' needs. The impact of medical malpractice reforms, especially caps on noneconomic damages, is of special interest to policymakers and physicians. Yet he was able to attend Duke University Medical School and received a degree there in 1988. We reached out to Paul's office to get their response on the above reports and will update this piece if we receive more information. Millions are also injured each year as a result of substandard medical care. As a senator, he publically supported making medical expenses tax deductible, allowing businesses to provide coverage, allowing physicians to negotiate costs with insurance companies and Health Savings Accounts. A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. And the idea that Dr/Rep Ron Paul, in his 3rd term and a Duke med school grad himself, couldnt/didnt make a few phone calls to alter his sons Med School admissions status is amusing. Dr Soh predicts many future medical malpractice law suits are in our not too distant future as a large mass of adults who had as children been allowed to transition to the opposite gender . Thats like getting physics and engineering mixed up. His brain has shortened it too, I studied- I graduated.. My friend was the surgeon who removed it. In 2002, he was awarded with the Twilight Wish Foundation Outstanding Service and Commitment to Seniors award, and he has performed many pro-bono eye surgeries for patients in Kentucky and in other countries through the Children of the Americas Program. Despite tremendous interest in medical malpractice and its reform, 1-10 data are lacking on the proportion of physicians who face malpractice claims according to physician specialty, the size of . /ID [<1dd65b33af1506f9f700fa591565dcf0><1dd65b33af1506f9f700fa591565dcf0>] Medical licensure sets the minimum competency requirements to diagnose and treat patients and is not specialty specific. 10. 0000008985 00000 n Ob/Gyn - 9%. The idea that Duke did not require an undergraduate degree at the time, which I find amazing, tells you why Paul chose to go there. I almost did something similar with an engineering program. After that, he completed his general surgery internship at Atlanta-based Georgia Baptist Medical Center, followed by a residency in ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center, completing his training in 1993. To understand malpractice risk by specialty, Anupam B. Jena, Seth Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra analyzed data from 1991 through 2005 for nearly 41,000 physicians covered by a large nationwide liability insurer. I dont like trashing politicians. @Tillman: As noted, I dont buy the spokesmans explanation. % His profile on the website of the TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital, said Specialty Board Certifications: Ophthalmology" in 2013, though it appears to have been removed since then. The interesting thing about these references is that previously Pauls staff has blamed the media for misunderstanding his unusual educational background. Thequote in the postswas takenfrom a satire website. Its current standing is ranked as Bad on the Secretary of States site. Thats not an uncommon way of putting it. As a result, if someone shows up willing to pay full price, they can often get in as a provisional student even if they wouldnt normally qualify, because even if they dont work out, theyre subsidizing other graduate students. RAND Topics >Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice Professional negligence by a health care provider has implications for both the health and legal professions: Preventable medical injuries increase the overall cost of treatment, while malpractice lawsuits have been blamed for further increasing the cost of health care in the United States. Having a post-graduate or professional degree trumps the lack of a baccalaureate; its the adult equivalent of skipping a grade. (Similarly, while I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate, Id have no issue with someone with a GED and a bachelors degree making that representation.). Really???????????????? If Paul had responded to Arringtons I have an econ degree with Im a medical doctor, it could have come across as high-handed, whereas I have a biology degree is jocular and allows the conversation to flow more naturally. What do you think it happens when you give them a third vaccine?, I think universities like Chicago, Princeton, Yale, that are mandating young males get a third vaccine, I think theyre going to be open to liability if any of these boys, these young men or women get myocarditis, and God forbid dies, theyre going to be open to liability because theyre going against the science, Paul added. 26 0 obj Dr. Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. @OzarkHillbilly: When I read Kessler, I find him unsatisfactory. Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. I also dont find it a big deal to claim the degree given graduation from medical school and the establishment of a medical practice. Baylor University is a 1235 math/verbal SAT school with an admission rate of 40%. stream The competition is much tougher. 0000000723 00000 n I didnt even care that Anthony Wiener texted his wiener. 0000000017 00000 n Like Paul, I will also end up with zero electoral votes in the 2016 Presidential election. The perfect clown to be driving the Republican Clown Car. As pointed out above, he is understating his academic credentials if anything. RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work. $38 Million. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Protection of the complexion! $42 Million. "The American Medical Association (AMA) revoked the ophthalmologist's ability due to 'ethical concerns'and Pauls 'blatant disregard for the Hippocratic Oath.'". His ophthalmology certification is contested. /H [ 821 213 ] The Pardee RAND Graduate School (PardeeRAND.edu) is home to the only Ph.D. and M.Phil. Answer (1 of 36): He is an M.D., specifically an opthalmologist. His campaign website reads, "I was not a member of the U.S. Senate during the 111th Congress, but if I had been I would have voted against Obamacare. In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. Meanwhile, an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger a corresponding increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. Oh well, whoever said life is fair, but we should at least stop pretending it is a meritocracy. >> endobj >> /Parent 4 0 R In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least according to the national clearinghouse for such certifications. Paul has attracted widespread attention for his comments about the COVID-19 pandemic and more than 50 complaints against him have been filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. We handle our cases on a contingency. We found that primary care clinicians' likelihood of prescribing antibiotics for ARIs increased as clinic sessions wore on, consistent with the hypothesis that decision fatigue progressively impairs clinicians' ability to resist ordering inappropriate treatments. Toby Cosgrove on healthcare, the Cleveland Clinic under the PPACA. While this is not illegal, it's certainly unusual. We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young males is greater for the vaccine than it is for the disease. Youre right that he cant seem to just rate a thing true or false based on the facts. Computerized clinical decision support (CDS) systems have been developed to enhance physician decisionmaking and reduce the incidence of avoidable medical errors. In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least. According to the Kentucky Secretary of States website, Pauls family members did make up the NBOs leadership. This is egregiously wrong. Rand Paul, who practices in Bowling Green, says he is certified by the National Board of Ophthalmology, a group that he incorporated in 1999 and that he heads. does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. Paul is still licensed to practice ophthalmology in his home state of Kentucky. endobj "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. If you want to look up the statistics on any university, look at collegeresults.org. He is the author of over 50 books and articles on topics in law and economics ranging. It is a classic case of Big Government vs. Freedom: the American Board of Medical Specialists says that Rand Paul hasn't been a certified physician since 2005, but isn't this infringing upon. Hes also terribly mis-guided on economic matters. Paul is a trained ophthalmologist who has been practicing since 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I have an econ degree which means I know just enough not to understand any of what our government is [inaudible], Paul: Mines in biology and English so this is going to be a great conversation.. Across specialties, the mean indemnity payment was $274,887, and the median was $111,749 (Figure 2). Dr. Fauci shouts back at Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 origin claims. Funny, I recall Joe Biden lying his ass off about his academic credentials, and that wasnt a big deal. They say it's the exchange of bodily of fluids. He says he believes increased government interventions drive up the cost of coverage and decrease competition. I think Duke has probably moved up a notch or two since the 80s, but not much. /O 9 (He may beat me in the convention delegate count, but not by that much. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul just lost his license to practice medicine," reads text in an Aug. 11 Instagram post, one of several in this vein. @James Joyner: having studied biology and English for three years and then having gone on to get a much more prestigious professional degree, he considers himself to have by proxy finished his earlier degree. 0000008571 00000 n I dont care what specific degree Rand Paul got, MD is close enough to biology major. Its not a good school. Maybe zero to five Pinocchios for truth and zero to five stars for relevance. I have a Masters Degree in my field and an undergraduate degree was a pre-requisite. There he worked for Downing McPeak Vision Centers and the Gilbert Graves Clinic for about 15 years combined before launching his own ophthalmology. Physician age, year, and state of practice did not affect these estimates. 1. In any case it certainly explains why he had to create his own Ophthalmology board in order to become board certified. Rand Paul claims to be a "board certified physician, but he isn't certified by the respected, century old American Board of Ophthalmology. Yes, trivial. Dr./Sen. But with Bitcoin my concern always was whether or not something has real value. Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND, and Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND.