led to concerns about conflicts of interest. While heading the National Quality Forum, Cassel was also paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals and Premier, Inc., which both had a stake in the NQF's decisions. A medical ethics expert called this "absolutely egregious." According to a Newsweek reporter, the ABIM used obfuscatory accounting techniques during and after Cassel's tenure: "I had an easier time figuring out the compensation of officials at Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia—all famous for lying on financial filings—than I did for those at the ABIM, where enormous effort seems to have been taken to make murky what should be crystal clear." The ABIM reportedly paid Cassel $1.7 million in her final year. Selected bibliography Books Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (2005) Ethical Patient Care (2000), Geriatric Medicine (Fourth Edition) A Practical Guide to Aging (1997), *Approaching Death (1997) Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1995), Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions (1993) Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals (1984) Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care (2005) Ethical Patient Care (2000) Geriatric Medicine (Fourth Edition), A Practical Guide to Aging (1997) Approaching Death (1997) Encyclopedia of Bioethics (1995) Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions (1993) Articles Cassel CK. Statistics and Ethics: Models for strengthening protection of human subjects in clinical research. Jain SH, Cassel CK. Societal Perceptions of Physicians: Knights, Knaves or Pawns? Cassel, CK, Reuben, DB. Specialization, subspecialization and sub-subspecialization in internal medicine. Cassel CK, Guest J. Choosing wisely: helping physicians and patients make smart decisions about their care. Cassel CK. Retail clinics and Drugstore Medicine. Cassel CK, Jain SH. Assessing Individual Physician Performance-Does Measurement Suppress Motivation? Cassel CK, Hood V, Bauer W. A Physician Charter: The Tenth Anniversary. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2012;157(4):290-291 Conway PH, Cassel CK. Engaging Physicians and Leveraging Professionalism-A key to Success for Quality Management and Improvement. Graber ML, Wachter RM, Cassel CK. Bringing Diagnosis Into the Quality and Safety Equations. Kesselheim JC, Cassel CK. Service: An Essential Component of Graduate Medical Education. Tilburt JC, Cassel CK. Why the Ethics of Parsimonious Medicine Is Not the Ethics of Rationing. Agrawal S, Taitsman J, Cassel C. Educating Physicians About Responsible Management of Finite Resources. See also American Board of Medical Specialties References External links National Quality Forum Site American Board of Internal Medicine Site The ABIM Foundation Site