Look to these credentialing sites

Each month you now have to access the Internet site of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the agency’s List of Excluded Individuals/Entities to check credentials (www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oig). Here are other sites to visit while credentialing:

American Board of Medical Specialties:

www.abms.org

American Medical Accreditation Program:

www.ama-assn.org/amap

Federation of State Medical Boards:

www.fsmb.org/main.htm

Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank:

www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/bhpr/dqa/hipmain.htm

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations:

www.jcaho.org

National Association of Medical Staff Services:

www.namss.org

National Committee on Quality Assurance:

www.ncqa.org

National Practitioner Data Bank:

www.npdb.com