Rand Paul : 206,986 : 58.8% : Republican: Trey Grayson: 124,864 35.4% Republican: Bill Johnson 7,861 2.2% 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. Williams is charming and smart and witty. 0000033096 00000 n 0000000821 00000 n By 45 years of age, 36 percent of physicians in low-risk specialties are likely to have had at least one malpractice claim, compared to 88 percent of those in high-risk categories. In my protest to the American Board, I asked, "If the ABO thinks that quality of care would be improved by board testing every decade, shouldn't this apply to all doctors, not just those of a certain age? Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure show Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky and has been licensed since 1993. 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. Nope, this is BS. He has also supported lessening the sentence for nonviolent marijuana offenders. /Type /Page Something is either true or not, there is no in between. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. I know some Duke undergrad alumni from the 1970s who tell me their kids could never get in now, so Im extrapolating. An undergraduate can be given a pointless degree with pencil-whipped grades and no one will find out (See UNC and the Africa-American studies department). A jury on Wednesday evening awarded Paul. 3. The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the average size of malpractice payments in specific physician specialties is unknown and subject to debate. You are making inferences from his statement that are unwarranted. But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. However, in 1997 he formed his own board, called the National Ophthalmology Board, with 200 other physicians in protest of certification requirement changes by the American Board of Ophthalmologists. Someone with a GED has passed a nontrivial test, demonstrating that they actually learned something. Then I must be the current bete noire of the Right. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. Regardless, his medical work has been praised by Downing and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals. Paul is still licensed to practice ophthalmology in his home state of Kentucky. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. In any case it certainly explains why he had to create his own Ophthalmology board in order to become board certified. I think Duke has probably moved up a notch or two since the 80s, but not much. What is this, middle school? 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. It makes sense. In 2010, TPMmuckraker reached out to Ashby to learn more about his involvement in the board, and he said, I cant tell you what the organization does. When he was informed that he was listed as the groups secretary, he said: I was at one time involved as a secretary on something. 0000020992 00000 n Duke med school was top tier med school since well before Pauls application. Lets be honest here. Subscribe to the weekly Policy Currents newsletter to receive updates on the issues that matter most. In a 2010 interview, Dr. Paul said "You want to have more participation by the person who's receiving the entitlement. A substantial proportion of advanced imaging studies ordered by emergency physicians may be medically unnecessary. It would be a flat-out lie for me to claim a degree in Economics, despite my PhD in a related field. No. Hes a doctor willing to trash his own training and education to pander for a vote. 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. Could Liability Concerns Derail Clinical Decision Support? Specialties with higher proportions of claims do not always incur higher proportions of payments. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9610.html. %%EOF I have never heard of anybody taking that line. Answer (1 of 36): He is an M.D., specifically an opthalmologist. endobj Clavin:..But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. /MediaBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] He remained "certified" by the NBO until it was dissolved in 2011. If he were filling out a form which asked whether he was a college graduate, Id expect him to answer in the affirmative. I dont like trashing politicians. For example, gynecology had the 12th highest average annual share of physicians with a claim but the highest share with a payment. 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 . I dont care if he surfs nurse porn, smokes pot and likes to watch bad TV. 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. Paul attended Baylor University between 1981 and 1984 but never graduated. The competition is much tougher. 0000001335 00000 n Baylor University is a 1235 math/verbal SAT school with an admission rate of 40%. (Those in a specialty with fewer than 200 physicians were grouped in a 25th, "other specialties," category.). Like Paul, I will also end up with zero electoral votes in the 2016 Presidential election. Back when I was in college over 25 years ago it was pretty common for students who wanted to go to medical (or pharmacy school) to apply before hey completed their degrees. He said: I took the American Board of Ophthalmology (the largest governing body in ophthalmology) boards in 1995, passed them on my first attempt (as well as three times during residency), and was therefore board-certified under this organization for a decade. More: YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 video disputing cloth masks. A representative for the hospital did not respond to our questions about the way Paul was presented on their website in 2013, but directed us back to the "active physicians" listed on it, and Paul is no longer there. Then, later in the conversation, expounding on what he considered the virtues of Bitcoin, Paul said: This is just me. The claim originated on Laughing in Disbelief,a satire website, but it was later shared in a way that presented it as fact. 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. [ M^qcojV&Ap*\$>U7]DQ5@E{R\I0R(h9dE{@GPHuWP5}_6o}`Vwpo}P0+WKZ l\`Lgx'=#{ImQY{ 4 8-\uq;>)_{7H5h`|q>pP7%we6]oaNb}uV$c%kODWt:s$S 5jr>3>WH;%E!ub2oY1z:% JF%@ydSa;{C~fA5B?&q7iG1@[)yZ7". I almost did something similar with an engineering program. /E 51041 Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of "defensive medicine" practiced by physicians, according to a new RAND Corporation study.. Dr./Sen. During a Friday appearance on FNCs The Ingraham Angle, the Kentucky Republican lawmaker called such mandates medical malpractice. Stay on top of the latest RAND research highlights, news, and commentary with the official RAND email newsletter. But with Bitcoin my concern always was whether or not something has real value. USA TODAY reached out to several social media users who shared the posts. Nevertheless, the risk of a claim, the possibility of a claim leading to a payment, and the size of a payment contribute to high levels of perceived malpractice risk among U.S. physicians. But an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger an increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. In other words, a M.D. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. However, in relative rankings Penn and Duke remain very good med schools, even if I couldnt get in. 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.). @C. 0 In this survey of six state mental health telephone consultation program directors, we report the annual number of children referred for consultation and the number of lawsuits against consultant clinicians. 7 20 His brain has shortened it too, I studied- I graduated.. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul just lost his license to practice medicine, The American Medical Association (AMA) revoked the ophthalmologist's ability due to "ethical concerns" and Paul's. programs offered at an independent public policy research organizationthe RAND Corporation. /ID [<1dd65b33af1506f9f700fa591565dcf0><1dd65b33af1506f9f700fa591565dcf0>] American Medical Association, accessed Aug. 12. His ophthalmology certification is contested. I have a real problem with rating lies. Most physicians can expect to face at least one malpractice claim over a 30 year career. Why would you try to help the less privileged, when they arent in a position to help you? In forming NBO, the younger ophthalmologists agreed to require recertification for all ophthalmologists. All that that says is that the medical school has to be careful, and not admit too many. @Tillman: As noted, I dont buy the spokesmans explanation. RAND researchers have examined medical malpractice legislation and its effects on stakeholders such as the health care consumer, the medical practitioner, and the legal community. Board certification, however, demonstrates a physicians exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties.". Here are 10 things to know about the libertarian conservative's medical career and healthcare views. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10 or higher for the best experience. 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. By 65 years of age, 75 percent of physicians in low-risk specialties and 99 percent of those in high-risk ones are likely to have had at least one malpractice claim, and 19 percent of those in low-risk specialties and 71 percent of those in high-risk ones are likely to have had at least one indemnity payment. The St. Louis area neurosurgeon examined Wren and recommended a "bone . However, when he graduated with his MD, he also got a bachelors degree in Human Biology from his med school (UMKC), whos graduation but not admission required a baccalaureate. At the time, Dukes medical school did not require students to have a bachelors degree, though the policy has since changed, according to a 2010 report in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Since RAnd Paul actually did pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination and was matched to an ophthalmology residency, not only was Rand Paul smart enough for Duke Medical School but he was obviously smarter than some of his fellow students at Duke. According to the American Medical Association, "While every physician must be licensed to practice medicine, board certification is a voluntary process. 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. Psychiatry - 8%. Across specialties, the mean indemnity payment was $274,887, and the median was $111,749 (Figure 2). "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. That matters. /Size 27 5 W Degree is the study of biomedical sciences according to theDuke University School of Medicine. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Paul, his wife, and his father-in-law were listed as being in charge of this board. Describes how changes brought about by California Prop 46 may affect patients, doctors, plaintiffs, lawyers, the health care industry, and the public. Seriously? Gastroenterology - 6%. Laws limiting malpractice payments may lower state health care expenditures by between 3-4%. $105 Million. /Root 8 0 R His comments on Ebola have also garnered media attention. He does not appear to demonstrate a wide knowledge and expertise, and in fact, arrogantly demon. "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. endstream But that entity is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association to approve such specialty boards. This only goes to 1994, but Duke was higher rated then than today. Oh well, whoever said life is fair, but we should at least stop pretending it is a meritocracy. We have been unable to find recent examples of Paul presenting himself as "board-certified," beyond the 2013 Washington Post report. @ernieyeball: Drawing upon decades of experience, RAND provides research services, systematic analysis, and innovative thinking to a global clientele that includes government agencies, foundations, and private-sector firms. Feb. 26, 2021: Added comment from TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital. The posts say Pauls medical license was revoked by the AMA, but thats not the case. In a 2010 statement to Politico, Paul described how his certification saga was his battle against a hypocritical power play that I despise. Paul basically protested against the ABO's decision to require recertifications of medical licenses every 10 years for anyone who was board-certified after 1992. Copyright © 2023 Becker's Healthcare. Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. Both consider him effectively an alumnus (he goes to reunions and everything) even if hes technically a dropout. For medical school, scholarships are few and far between. The real interesting question is whether he sat for his board exam in Ophthalmology and did not pass and thus, created his own board. He does too have a biology degree! 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. That is why so many newly licensed physicians have such massive debt loads. Despite intense interest, there have been few comprehensive studies characterizing differences in malpractice risk, by physician specialty. Likewise, if Jeb Bush stands firm on Common Core (about which I do not care, frankly) that will tell me he has a spine and is willing to take a risk for what he sees as the truth. Some commenters on Instagram celebrated the decision to revoke Paul's license. trailer @grumpy realist: Issues surrounding medical malpractice liability are being vigorously debated at fed-eral and state levels, and MICRAthe Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act passed by California in 1975has been held out as a possible model for changes in medical liability rules and procedures. We also know that the more you get the vaccine, the higher your risk of myocarditis. The interesting thing about these references is that previously Pauls staff has blamed the media for misunderstanding his unusual educational background. Using 30 y/o data when comparing universities is not the way to go these days. To quote The Big Bang Theory its a little wrong to say a tomato is a vegetable; its very wrong to say its a suspension bridge. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. Why do you assume this is not how the market was intended to function? This was back in the 60s, but he left high school without a degree to start early college. The Reagan tax cuts powered the Clinton economic boom? 0000008571 00000 n Yet another politician has exaggerated his qualifications. /Metadata 6 0 R Im going to trim this down to the first and last sentences: Medical schools have to be very careful of admitting someone who is just not prepared. 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. 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 He says he believes increased government interventions drive up the cost of coverage and decrease competition. @Crusty Dem: According to a 2010 report from the Courier-Journal (below), the NBO is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association to approve such specialty boards.. Merriam-Webster defines biology as a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and vital processes. Dr. Paul never said he had an undergraduate degree in biology, and it is accurate for him to say that he has a biology degree. programs offered at an independent public policy research organizationthe RAND Corporation. << >> /O 9 American Medical Association, May 15, 2018. Now whether that would turn out good or bad is another discussion . Yes, trivial. All too often he seems to give a statement a couple Pinocchios not for being false, but for not being what Kessler thought the guy should have said. RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work. 1. Kentucky state law does not require board certification for licensure. 0000000723 00000 n This is the kind of hypocritical power play that I despise and have always fought against. The same report said that Paul had not been certified by any board recognized by the state of Kentucky since 2005 and since 2011 had no board certification since his organization was dissolved. The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure does not license physicians based on their specialty board certification nor is it a requirement for licensure, he said. Patent Infringement. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensureshow Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentuckyand has been licensed since 1993. Snopes readers shared this with us and asked if the claims in it were true. 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. >> << Then managed to go through two post-docs before getting my doctorate. /Prev 54707 Man, thats the America way for rich white folks. Most physicians can expect to face at least one malpractice claim over a 30 year career. 0000007623 00000 n I think the far simpler one is that, 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. Im not officially talking about that today. Neither of them are medical professionals. Rewarding the privileged is a time honored tradition. Rand Paul: 'Medical Malpractice to Force Vaccines on Children' 445 Jeff Poor 22 Jan 2022 0 1:37 Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) warns mandating vaccines on specific age groups could come back to haunt some institutions because of the risk associated with those age groups. @Crusty Dem: how dare you try to impinge upon a fathers freedom to pull strings for his child! As more Americans become newly covered under the ACA, the cost of providing automobile insurance, workers compensation, and homeowners insurance may decline. Also, getting into an ophthalmology residency indicates that Rand Paul did not finish at the bottom of his medical school class. As it turned out, Paul was board-certified initially by the American Board of Ophthalmologists (ABO) until 2005 and until 2011 by a board he founded himself in 1999, according to his own admission. All Rights Reserved. In an interview with CNN last October, Dr. Paul shared the following comments: "[The Obama administration] has downplayed how transmissible [Ebola] is. 9 0 obj 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. "The American Medical Association (AMA) revoked the ophthalmologist's ability due to 'ethical concerns'and Pauls 'blatant disregard for the Hippocratic Oath.'". 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. xref 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 . Based on his Senate website, Paul says he "currently performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky. Dr. Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. is a biology degree. Medical school is not like graduate school. I think they're a good thing. Specialties that had fewer than 30 payments (i.e., oncology and nephrology) are not listed. I also dont find it a big deal to claim the degree given graduation from medical school and the establishment of a medical practice. Dr. Paul is in favor of a free-market approach to healthcare. Specialties most likely to face indemnity claims were not always those with the highest average payments. Yes, Id think Ron Pauls status as an alum more influential than being a junior Congressman. And oh yeahhe worships the Aqua-Buddha. 118th Congress (2023-2024) | Bill Hide Overview . In fact, many of us argue that the older ophthalmologists need recertification even more since they are more distant from their training. 48 comments. A TPMmuckraker investigation found that the NBO was not a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties, an umbrella group for medical-specialty organizations, and officials for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery told the news organization they had never heard of the group. Rand Paul's case is interesting. Degree in English??????????? Dog bites man. You cansubscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Computerized clinical decision support (CDS) systems have been developed to enhance physician decisionmaking and reduce the incidence of avoidable medical errors. My dad did something similar. % Sorry. Hint: it wasnt recent. Its very likely dad pulled some serious strings for Rand on that one, Id love to hear a bit about that and how it fits with the Pauls libertarian/meritocracious philosophy.. Someone with a terminal high school diploma could be illiterate, for all you know. In fact, this is a major factor in its US News and World Report rankings, the school spent millions having Boston Consulting come in to improve their score. 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. /N 1 As your president, one of my first acts would be to repeal the abomination that is Obamacare.". WaPos Glenn Kessler notes that Senator Rand Paul twice in one day referred to a biology degree that he doesnt have. Last week, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky used part of his allotted time during the Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden's pick for assistant secretary. 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. Ob/Gyn - 9%. This study uses data from North Carolina to examine how caps implemented in noncrisis periods affect malpractice premiums. I happen to have a doctorate from the esteemed Baylor College of Medicine and it is located in Houston and NOT affiliated with the 2-bit shitty school in Waco (it did for about a year after it started in Dallas, then it moved to Houston and ended the affiliation). There are a lot of us waltzing around with weird backgrounds and it is always infuriating when we have to try to explain ourselves to a dumb HR person when looking for jobs. Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. I have a Masters Degree in my field and an undergraduate degree was a pre-requisite. Drug-drug interaction warnings are a mainstay of CDS systems, but they give rise to a fundamental problem that limits the utility of the systems to date. We are hiring a guy to do the biggest job in the world, Id rather we focused on what they believe, and on their core character, not play Buzz Feed games. /Font << /F12 11 0 R /F17 16 0 R /F22 21 0 R >> 8. Washington slept around, Jefferson owned slaves, Lincolns wife was nuts, Grant drank, FDR concealed his polio and slept around, Clinton banged an intern, who cares? The group included Podcaster Joe Rogan, television host Tucker Carlson, rapper Nicki Minaj, football star Aaron Rodgers, tennis champion Novak Djokovic, guitar legend Eric Clapton, Sen. Rand Paul, the late broadcaster Phil Valentine, President Donald J. Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, political commentator Candace Owens, and Florida Gov. /Parent 4 0 R Instead he is "certified" by the National Board of Ophthalmology -- which he founded. (Ron Paul, his father and the former member of Congress, does have a biology degree.). Paul was a practicing medical doctor . 6. Things may have changed since then but I knew several people who left to attend medical school before graduating. Without getting access to MCAT scores and his original application, the most you can do is speculate.