|Articles|March 10, 2014

Letter to the editor: MOC is all burden and no benefits

A reader says the maintenance of certification process does nothing to help patients.

I definitely oppose the MOC programs. They are just another burden imposed on physicians with no benefit to patients or physicians by an organization like many government agencies that put forth regulations to justify their existence.

David Hubler, MD

Cedar Hill, Texas

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