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Dealing with National Practitioner Data Bank Disciplinary Action Listings

February 12, 2020Posts

As a national clearinghouse of information regarding the many sorts of disciplinary actions taken against those in the medical profession, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) carries the power to break the livelihood of a professional. Its reports are used by people at many levels in the healthcare industry—such as health plans, clinics, hospitals, state Medicare fraud control units, quality improvement organizations, professional societies with formal peer review, and licensing boards like the Texas Board...

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Becoming Aware a Complaint Has Been Filed Against Your License

February 10, 2020Posts

Professionals are often surprised to learn that a complaint against their license was not immediately reported to them. Indeed, the process for most licensing boards—though these various boards do differ in the particulars of their requirements and the procedures by which they enforce them—is to review a given complaint thoroughly for certain criteria before alerting the professional against whom the complaint was made. Those criteria include: Whether the agency has jurisdiction over the complaint. A...

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Maintaining Your Texas Real Estate License

February 07, 2020Posts

In the course of engaging in the real estate market, a sales or buyer broker will on occasion be met with an official complaint against their license. In the state of Texas, the governing agency over real estate professionals is the Texas Real Estate Commission. In addition to granting licenses to individuals who have fulfilled the established criteria, the Commission also oversees the maintenance and disciplinary functions for license-holders. An official complaint can be a...

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FAQ’s Our Clients Ask – Texas Professional License Defense

February 04, 2020Posts

If you have received a complaint notice from your Texas licensing board, you know the meaning of the word “stress.” Since the Board has likely already done some investigation into whether the complaint merits pursuing, you’re in a situation where quick and decisive action is a must. We get asked a lot of questions by clients who contact us, many of whom are reeling and feel like they may not be able to make their...

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Why Did My Patient File a Complaint Against Me?

February 02, 2020Posts

It is not uncommon for patients to file complaints against physicians before the Texas Medical Board. In fact, doctors are among the most second-guessed of the licensed professions, due to the make-or-break nature of their work. People are unforgiving when they put their health in another person’s hands. The Board receives in excess of 7,000 complaints in a given year. While the most common forms of complaints against doctors are things like misdiagnosis and delayed...

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