RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. America is full of b.s. >> All Rights Reserved. >> 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 . Despite intense interest, there have been few comprehensive studies characterizing differences in malpractice risk, by physician specialty. 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. Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. Based on his Senate website, Paul says he "currently performs pro-bono eye surgeries for patients across Kentucky. Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. "I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines," Dr. Paul said, according to CNN. Then managed to go through two post-docs before getting my doctorate. does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. The Pardee RAND Graduate School (PardeeRAND.edu) is home to the only Ph.D. and M.Phil. I do have a problem with him claiming to have been awarded a degree that he was never awarded. Now I did end up graduating with a 4.0 GPA and won my graduating classs award for best graduate project so I think I earned that exception, but there you are. Definition of Medical Malpractice Noun The failure of a medical professional to exercise an accepted level of skill or learning in rendering treatment, which results in injury, loss, or damage to the patient. Have you seen the way most physicians write? 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. 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. Paul attended Baylor University between 1981 and 1984 but never graduated. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions. I dont care what specific degree Rand Paul got, MD is close enough to biology major. Dr. Paul supports a premium support system for Medicare, which would give seniors the ability to choose between traditional Medicare and private insurance on an exchange, according to Vox. Used with permission. This gets back to the whole idea, does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. 0000007372 00000 n Linking and Reprinting Policy. 0000028434 00000 n Previous studies used older data with limited geographic coverage, relied on self-reports from limited samples with low response rates, or lacked information on physician specialty or payment size. 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. They are top 10 in most features, but rank terribly (bottom 1/3) in reputation. S.635 - A bill to protect children from medical malpractice in the form of gender transition procedures. Any Texan will tell you that Baylor was not viewed as a good school at the time. So 90% of the myocarditis came with a second vaccine. This was back in the 60s, but he left high school without a degree to start early college. Obstetrics and gynecology accounted for the most payments of at least $1 million, followed by pathology, anesthesiology, and pediatrics. "Like The Onion and Babylon Bee, it is not uncommon for Laughing in Disbelief satires to be misconstrued as news or stripped of those clarifying elements.". Really???????????????? If you want to look up the statistics on any university, look at collegeresults.org. Both consider him effectively an alumnus (he goes to reunions and everything) even if hes technically a dropout. 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). 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. /L 54981 All Original Content Copyright by OTB. Because of the name. All that said, is this super important?Probably not. 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. 6. Detailed Analysis of the Relationship Between Insurance Coverage and Paid Medical Malpractice Claims This research was supported by Swiss Re and also in part by pooled contributions to the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, a program of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment. Physician age, year, and state of practice did not affect these estimates. By continuing to use our site, you acknowledge that you have read, that you understand, and that you accept our. 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. 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. Rand Paul claims to be a "board certified physician, but he isn't certified by the respected, century old American Board of Ophthalmology. See, that goes to his dishonesty and gutlessness. 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. @C. 7. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute. I know some Duke undergrad alumni from the 1970s who tell me their kids could never get in now, so Im extrapolating. He originally earned board certification in 1993 after the completion of his residency. 7 20 NOTES: Payments are shown in 2008 dollars. 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. More: YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 video disputing cloth masks. 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. Medical negligence is a leading cause of death in the United States. Ron DeSantis. How the hell he get into Duke Medical School? Studying the behavior of emergency physicians in three states that raised the standard for malpractice in the emergency room to gross negligence, researchers found that strong new legal . "The American Medical Association (AMA) revoked the ophthalmologist's ability due to 'ethical concerns'and Pauls 'blatant disregard for the Hippocratic Oath.'". That is why so many newly licensed physicians have such massive debt loads. << 0000000821 00000 n @ernieyeball: It's very difficult to catch. They say it's the exchange of bodily of fluids. I could have finished my undergrad studies in Economics, too but I didnt. @superdestroyer: The real interesting question is whether he sat for his board exam in Ophthalmology and did not pass and thus, created his own board., @Stormy Dragon: At the graduate level, almost nobody is actually paying the sticker price for their education. Then, later in the conversation, expounding on what he considered the virtues of Bitcoin, Paul said: This is just me. "I'm not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. Without getting access to MCAT scores and his original application, the most you can do is speculate. He has contributed his expertise in justice organizationrelated research methodologies to many projects involving the law, the courts, and judicial decisionmaking, often involving large scale, groundbreaking qualitative and, Eric Helland is an adjunct economist at the RAND Corporation, in the Institute for Civil Justice, and the William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. If this were someone other than Rand Paul, the current bete noire of the Left, no one would care. >> If his campaign is not successful he can always work as an anchor for NBC Nightly News. This material may not be reproduced without permission. The acceptance rates for medical schools are extremely low and medical students generally pay full retail. Protection of the complexion! Which, frankly, so do Iand I say that as a non-fan of either of the Pauls. 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. Psychiatry - 8%. 10. It was and is a good school. The Pardee RAND Graduate School (PardeeRAND.edu) is home to the only Ph.D. and M.Phil. Baylor University is a 1235 math/verbal SAT school with an admission rate of 40%. Its not a good school. NBO was not on the list. RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work. 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. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), in remarks at the Lincoln Labs Reboot Congress conference, Feb. 12, 2015. No dice. Nicholas M. Pace is a senior social scientist at the RAND Corporation. Stay on top of the latest RAND research highlights, news, and commentary with the official RAND email newsletter. Gastroenterology - 6%. Paul has, however, tweeted about volunteering at the TriStar Greenview Regional hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. 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. Paul is still licensed to practice ophthalmology in his home state of Kentucky. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. The grant money matters a lot. They found large variation across specialties in the frequency of claims and the amount paid on claims. 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. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure show Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky and has been licensed since 1993. Sorry. Kentucky state law does not require board certification for licensure. I would consider the GED more positive proof of high school level competence. 0000008571 00000 n Full disclosue, I graduate my undergrad degree with a GPA that, while not terrible, was not amazing either. Paul is a trained ophthalmologist who has been practicing since 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 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. The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the average size of malpractice payments in specific physician specialties is unknown and subject to debate. /Prev 54707 The NBofO is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association, nor the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. << He just made up his own. /Size 27 Dr. Paul earned his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., in 1988. Thequote in the postswas takenfrom a satire website. I have no idea whether or not he is a good doc. 0000033096 00000 n Paul specializes in cataract and glaucoma surgeries, LASIK procedures, and corneal transplants. /Pages 4 0 R Its current standing is ranked as Bad on the Secretary of States site. Paul has had two malpractice lawsuits filed against him since 1993; was cleared in one case and the other was settled for $50,000. For example, gynecology had the 12th highest average annual share of physicians with a claim but the highest share with a payment. As more Americans become newly covered under the Affordable Care Act, the cost of providing automobile insurance, workers compensation, and homeowners insurance may decline. Toby Cosgrove on healthcare, the Cleveland Clinic under the PPACA. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Specialties with higher proportions of claims do not always incur higher proportions of payments. Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. Data are lacking, by medical specialty, on the share of physicians who face malpractice claims and the size of payments and cumulative incidence of such claims. In an interview with CNN last October, Dr. Paul shared the following comments: "[The Obama administration] has downplayed how transmissible [Ebola] is. 0000001335 00000 n He does not appear to demonstrate a wide knowledge and expertise, and in fact, arrogantly demon. @Crusty Dem: He was the president, his wife, Kelley Paul, was vice president and director, and Hilton Ashby, his father-in-law, was secretary. /Names << /Dests 2 0 R>> startxref Put a fork into me, I am Done!!!! While Kessler sees this as resume-inflation, I see it as conversationalhumble, even. 0000008985 00000 n endstream And I say that as someone who has a PhD in Chemistry but never graduated high school. My dad did something similar. 0000031613 00000 n This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Youre right that he cant seem to just rate a thing true or false based on the facts. Randal Howard "Rand" Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician and physician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011, alongside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.He is the son of former U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas.. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul attended Baylor University and is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine. /Length 140 5 W /Info 5 0 R Given the public records describing the state of the NBO, Paul's own statements, his board certification by the ABO until 2005, and the lack of information around how he presents himself today, we rate this claim as a Mixture.. (Those in a specialty with fewer than 200 physicians were grouped in a 25th, "other specialties," category.). In 2013, The Washington Post asked Michael S. Rodman, executive director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, how the NBO fit into Kentucky law. Thats like getting physics and engineering mixed up. The data included at least 200 physicians in each of 24 specialties, allowing analysis of malpractice risk, by specialty. Paul . If he claims to have these credentials. 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. Never. Duke med school was top tier med school since well before Pauls application. Emergency Medicine - 4%. Thats the heart of libertarianism right there the ability to trade on your privilege without interference from the busybodies like you. /Contents 10 0 R The information provided in this report is solely for the authorized recipient. 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. Our. He attended Waco, Texas-based Baylor University to study biology and English, but left a few courses short of a diploma after he was accepted into medical school. fee basis, so you don't pay unless we. 0000021245 00000 n Maybe zero to five Pinocchios for truth and zero to five stars for relevance. Medical licensure sets the minimum competency requirements to diagnose and treat patients and is not specialty specific. Also, the person with the GED had to actively pursue that certification, as opposed to passively receiving an exit voucher. 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. 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. @OzarkHillbilly: When I read Kessler, I find him unsatisfactory. "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," said Paul. The award consisted of $375,000 in punitive damages, with the remainder designated for medical bills, and pain and suffering. Yes, trivial. But an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger an increase in the number of medical malpractice claims.