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When utilizing services from physicians, whether in hospice or elsewhere, you may wish to find out what kind of record the physician has. While settlements with insurance companies do not necessarily reflect the real character of a physician's practice, disciplinary actions taken by a state Medical Board may be taken quite seriously. Settlements to resolve malpractice claims may be done at the insistence of a physician's insurance carrier and may not reflect wrongdoing at all, because insurance companies will pressure a physician to settle, if the cost of settling is less than the cost of going to trial. Physicians are not pleased with this practice, but it is what insurance companies often do, even when the physician is completely innocent of any wrongdoing. You may wish to check on a physician's record or file a complaint with a state Medical Board. If you experience very serious problems with a physician's treatment of your loved one, you should consult an attorney who specializes in medical cases and file a complaint with the state Medical Board that reviews such cases. We provide addresses of state medical boards below. Problems that are not that serious can be handled by speaking with the physician directly and providing feedback as to the care given. Agencies responsible for licensing physicians in 40 states and the District of Columbia provide the names of doctors they discipline on their Web sites. The amount of information disclosed varies from state to state, as does the frequency of updates. Some state medical boards that name disciplined physicians on their Web sites still require consumers to contact the agencies directly to receive specific information about the misconduct. Addresses of State Medical BoardsAlabama State Board of Medical Examiners www.albme.org Alaska State Medical Board www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/StateMedicalBoard.aspx Arizona Board of Medical Examiners https://www.azmd.gov/ Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery www.azosteoboard.org Arkansas State Medical Board Peggy P. Cryer, Executive Secretary 2100 Riverfront Dr., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72202-1793 (501) 296-1802 / Fax:(501) 296-1805 Medical Board of California www.mbc.ca.gov/ Osteopathic Medical Board of California www.docboard.org Colorado Board of Medical Examiners www.dora.state.co.us/medical Connecticut Medical Examining Board Jeff Kardys, Board Liaison P.O. Box 340308 Hartford, CT 06134-0308 (street address 410 Capitol Ave. MS13PHO) (860) 509-7648 / Fax:(860) 509-7553 Licensing Information,(860) 509-7563 Delaware Board of Medical Practice Douglas J. Reed, Executive Director P.O. Box 1401 Dover, DE 19903 (street address: 861 Silver Lake Blvd., Cannon Building, Suite 203, 19904) (302) 739-4522 / Fax:(302) 739-2711 District of Columbia Board of Medicine www.dchealth.com Florida Board of Medicine www.doh.state.fl.us Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine www.doh.state.fl.us Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/ Guam Board of Medical Examiners Teofila P. Cruz, Administrator Health Professional Licensing Office P.O. Box 2816 Hagatna, GU 96932 (011) 671-475-0251 / Fax:(011) 671-477-4733 Hawaii Board of Medical Examiners http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/ Idaho State Board of Medicine www.idacare.org Illinois Department of Professional Regulation https://www.idfpr.com/profs/Physicians.asp Indiana Health Professions Bureau www.ai.org/hpb Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners www.docboard.org Kansas Board of Healing Arts www.ink.org/public/boha Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure https://kbml.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners www.lsbme.org Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine www.maine.gov/md/home Maine Board of Osteopathic Licensure https://www.maine.gov/osteo/ Maryland Board of Physicians www.mbp.state.md.us Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine https://www.mass.gov/orgs/board-of-registration-in-medicine Michigan Board of Medicine https://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-89334_72600_72603_27529_27541_91190-405495--,00.html Michigan Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-89334_72600_72603_27529_27541-58914--,00.html Minnesota Board of Medical Practice www.bmp.state.mn.us Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure https://www.msbml.ms.gov Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts https://pr.mo.gov/healingarts.asp Montana Board of Medical Examiners http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/med Nebraska Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure Credentialing Division http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Medicine-and-Surgery.aspx Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners http://medboard.nv.gov/ Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine Thomas C. Lindsay, III, Director of Licensing 2950 E. Flamingo Rd., Suite E-3 Las Vegas, NV 89121-5208 (702) 732-2147 / Fax:(702) 732-2079 New Hampshire Board of Medicine https://www.oplc.nh.gov/medicine/ New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners www.state.nj.us New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners http://www.nmmb.state.nm.us New Mexico Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/OsteopathicMedicine.aspx New York State Board for Medicine (Licensure) https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/doctors/conduct/ New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (Discipline) www.health.state.ny.us/ North Carolina Medical Board www.docboard.org North Dakota State Board of Medical Examiners www.ndbomex.com State Medical Board of Ohio www.state.oh.us/med/ Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision http://www.okmedicalboard.org/ Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners www.docboard.org Oregon Board of Medical Examiners https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/index.aspx Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine www.dos.state.pa.us Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine www.dos.state.pa.us Board of Medical Examiners of Puerto Rico Ivonne Fernandez Colon, Executive Director P.O. Box 13969 San Juan, PR 00908 (street address: Kennedy Avenue, ILA Building, Hogar del Obrero Portuario, Piso 8, Puerto Nuevo, 00920) (787) 782-8989 / Fax:(787) 782-8733 Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline http://health.ri.gov/licenses/detail.php?id=200/ South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation https://www.llr.sc.gov/POL/medical/ South Dakota State Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners L. Paul Jensen, Executive Secretary 1323 S. Minnesota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 334-8343 / Fax:(605) 336-0270 Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/me-board.html Tennessee Board of Osteopathic Examiners www.state.tn.us/health Texas State Board of Medical Examiners www.tmb.state.tx.us/ Utah Department of Commerce Div. of Occupational & Professional Licensure https://www.docjungle.com/medical-boards/utah-physician-licensing/ Utah Department of Commerce Div. of Occupational & Professional Licensure https://dopl.utah.gov/md/index.html Vermont Board of Medical Practice http://www.healthvermont.gov/systems/medical-practice-board Vermont Board of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons www.sec.state.vt.us Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners Lydia Scott, Executive Director Virgin Islands Dept. of Health 48 Sugar Estate St. Thomas, VI 00802 (340) 774-0117/ Fax:(340) 777-4001 Virginia Board of Medicine https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/medicine/ Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission www.doh.wa.gov Washington State Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery www.doh.wa.gov West Virginia Board of Medicine www.wvdhhr.org/wvbom West Virginia Board of Osteopathy Joseph E. Schreiber, D.O., Secretary 334 Penco Rd. Weirton, WV 26062 (304) 723-4638 / Fax:(304) 723-2877 Wisconsin Medical Examining Board https://dsps.wi.gov/pages/BoardsCouncils/MEB/Default.aspx Wyoming Board of Medicine Carole Shotwell, J.D., Executive Secretary 211 W. 19th St., Colony Bldg., 2nd floor Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 778-7053 / Fax:(307) 778-2069 |
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