National Doctor Disciplinary Database Available

There are thousands of doctors rendering treatment and opinions regarding the health and disability status of injured workers, yet very little information available regarding potential disciplinary action taken against any particular ones. There are several sites where this critical information can be obtained. A recent entry is the Federal Physician Data Center. Run by the non-profit Federation of State Medical Boards, the umbrella group for all physician licensing agencies, the database contains 117,000 state board actions against 35,000 doctors dating back to the early 1960s. The site ch...