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Physician Disciplinary Action Reports Available Online

Thu, 04/26/2001 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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Consumers who are choosing a new physician for themselves or a family member often are unsure how to tell if the physician they are selecting is reputable. There are databases available to insurance companies and healthcare providers that will tell you if a physician has been disciplined by a state medical or osteopathic board, or federal regulatory agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services or the Drug Enforcement Agency, but there have been few options available to individuals who want to find this information out. The Federation of State Medical Boards has just created a new service to make this information available to the public. For a fee of $9.75 per physician record, the FSMB will provide a report on disciplinary actions taken and reported against physicians by regulatory and licensing entities throughout the United States and a growing number of international locations. The report is available immediately online if you provide credit card information through a secure server, otherwise the report is available within 7-10 working days.

Consumers who are choosing a new physician for themselves or a family member often are unsure how to tell if the physician they are selecting is reputable. There are databases available to insurance companies and healthcare providers that will tell you if a physician has been disciplined by a state medical or osteopathic board, or federal regulatory agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services or the Drug Enforcement Agency, but there have been few options available to individuals who want to find this information out. The Federation of State Medical Boards has just created a new service to make this information available to the public. For a fee of $9.75 per physician record, the FSMB will provide a report on disciplinary actions taken and reported against physicians by regulatory and licensing entities throughout the United States and a growing number of international locations. The report is available immediately online if you provide credit card information through a secure server, otherwise the report is available within 7-10 working days.