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Three Challenges Impacting Healthcare License Verifications

Provider Trust

Organizations across the healthcare continuum have experienced several workforce trends that are creating gaps in license monitoring and verifications. In this post, we’ll explore three current challenges impacting the healthcare license and credential verification process. See our Telehealth Credentialing Guide for more information.

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Mississippi Man Sentenced after Posing as Licensed Physician

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The events took place between January 2016 through March 11, 2019, during which time the man claimed to be a licensed physician in the state of Mississippi. He was not licensed to practice medicine in Mississippi or in any other state. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,537,326.14

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Nursing License Verification: Necessary, But Complex

Provider Trust

License verification, especially nursing license verification, is essential to ensuring that only the most qualified practitioners are seeing your patients. Additionally, of all licensed RNs, 84.5% government estimates that >200,000 new RN positions will be created each year from 2016 to 2026. with more than 3.8

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States Take Action to Stop Nurses From Certain Schools From Caring For Patients

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In late February 2023, multiple states began taking action against licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and registered nurses (RNs) because of the FBI's "Operation Nightingale." By George F. Indest III, J.D., This is also being pushed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCBSN).

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Florida Faces Yet Another Challenge for Medical Marijuana Licenses

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Despite a previous law change allowing more Florida growers to try and obtain medical marijuana licenses, the state faced another challenge on July 6, 2016. Now a grower can challenge the decision if its application for a license was not originally granted. Indest III, J.D.,

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Clinicians continue to be concerned about licensure required which has historically preventing doctors from consulting with patients residing in states in which the doctors are not licensed to practice. Why this call-to-action on the 118 th U.S.

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Pennsylvania Names Ophelia First Virtual-First Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence

HIT Consultant

Ophelia’s Virtual-First Model Increases Access to Treatment In response to this crisis, Pennsylvania established the COE program in 2016. All Ophelia clinicians are addiction medicine specialists, employed by the company, and licensed in the patient’s state.