Physician Licensing Data

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Physician Licensing Data

• Physicians Data Technical Workgroup
• October 12, 2006
• Tampa, Florida

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Mandatory Licensing Data

• General Information
• Mailing Address
• Practice Location Address
• Satellite Location Address
• Staff Privileges
• Other State Licensure
• Year Began practicing

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Mandatory Licensing Data

• Education and Training
• Medical Degree (e.g., school, dates attended,
  date graduated, and a description of all graduate
  medical education completed)
• Professional and Post-graduate Training
• Academic Appointments
• Specialty Certifications
• Financial Responsibility

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Mandatory Licensing Data

• Proceedings and Actions
• Criminal Offenses
• Final Disciplinary Actions
• Florida Board
• Specialty Board
• Another Licensing Agency
• Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
• Pre-paid Health Clinic
• Nursing Home
• Hospital
• Surgical Center

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Mandatory Licensing Data

• Proceedings and Actions (continue)
• Resignation from a HMO, Pre-paid Health Clinic,
  Nursing Home, Hospital or Ambulatory Surgical
  Centers
• Medical Staff Privileges Restricted or Revoked
  from a HMO, Pre-paid Health Clinic, Nursing Home,
  Hospital or Ambulatory Surgical Centers
• Liability Claims (exceeding 100,000)
• Bankruptcies (if the Department receives
  information)

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Mandatory Licensing Data

• Information from the National Practitioner Data
  Bank (NPDB)
• Information Received from the Healthcare
  Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB)

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Reporting Requirements

• Physicians must submit updates to the mandatory
  data within 15 days after a change is made to the
  information (456.042, F.S.).
• NPDB, HIPDB, and FDLE criminal background screen
  information is requested by the Department within
  45 days following a renewal cycle (456.041(1)(b),
  F.S. and 456.039(4)(b), F.S.).

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Optional Licensing Information

• General Information
• Participation in Medicaid Program
• E-mail Address
• Education and Training
• Other Health Related Degrees
• Committees/Memberships
• Professional or Community Service Awards

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Optional Licensing Information

• Publications
• Professional Web Page
• Languages Other than English
• Other Affiliations

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Physician Workforce Questionnaire

• The Department of Health partnered with key
  physician workforce stakeholders to develop a
  questionnaire that will collect data on the
  geographic distribution and specialty mix of
  licensed Florida Physicians.
• The questionnaire was incorporated into the
  online and paper renewal application and released
  to approximately 29,000 physicians earlier this
  month.

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Physician Workforce Questionnaire

• Do you practice medicine in Florida during the
  year?
• How many months/years do you practice medicine in
  Florida?
• In what counties do you practice?
• Is more than 20 of your practice non-clinical?
• Are you a resident or fellow?
• What is the primary specialty area(s) of your
  current clinical practice?
• Do you plan to retire, relocate outside of the
  state of Florida, or significantly reduce the
  scope of your practice within the next 5 years?
• Do you currently take emergency call or otherwise
  work clinically in a hospital emergency
  department or provide for the immediate, acute
  care of trauma patients?

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Physician Workforce Questionnaire

• A report will be available in 2008, after the
  data is complied for both allopathic and
  osteopathic physicians.
• An effort will be made to compare results of this
  questionnaire with reliable, national data
  sources and use in conjunction with population
  data and other demographic and economic data to
  better determine the physician manpower status in
  Florida.

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Contact Information

• Lola Pouncey
• Chief, Bureau of Operations
• Department of Health Division of Medical
  Quality Assurance
• [phone]
• Lola_Pouncey_at_doh.state.fl.us