- How fast can I attain a medical license by using your
medical license service?
- How will I benefit from using your medical
licensing service?
- Is my personal information protected
from malicious use?
- Are there any fees in addition to your medical license service fee?
- Who is the Federation Credentials Verification
Service (FCVS)?
- How do I know which medical licensure assistance
company to choose?
- What part of the process will I have to handle, if I use your service?
- What state (s) can I become licensed in by using your service?
- Why should I complete
your forms instead of the Medical Board's forms?
How fast can I
attain a medical license by using your
medical license service?
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How will I benefit from using your medical
licensing service
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Is my personal information protected
from malicious use
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Are there any
fees in addition to your medical license service fee?
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Who is the Federation Credentials Verification
Service (FCVS)?
FCVS - Federation Credentials Verification Service
The
FCVS -
Federation Credentials Verification Service is a division of the Federation
of State Medical Boards (FSMB) based in Dallas, Texas. In the 1990's Congress
authorized the set up of the FCVS service as a alternative to primary source
credentialing for a physician's core credentials. The idea was to create a
repository of the doctor's training certificates and documents so that the
licensing / credentialing process would be streamlined by eliminating the need
to continually go back to the medical school and internship/residency/fellowship
programs over and over again each time the physicians core credentials were
required to be verified. How does this work?
A physician who is required to use FCVS by a
state medical board, (Maine, Kentucky, Ohio, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Minnesota, and Utah - for all doctors & New York for foreign trained doctors),
or who desires to utilize this service is required to submit the FCVS application
online or in paper form to the FCVS. Along with the application fee
($300- $500), an original birth certificate / original passport, copies of the
medical school diploma, PGT certificates, name change documentation, board
certification certificates, transcripts, and ECFMG certificate (if applicable)
are sent to the FCVS.
Once these items are received the FCVS can take
30 days to send out their first request to the medical school and all post
graduate training facilities. If these institutions do not
complete the process within 30 days another request is sent . (Ideally). If the
second request isn't received by the FCVS, then another request is sent 30 days
later. This continues until the minimum number of request have been processed by
the FCVS (varies by State Board - 3 to 7 request). Once the minimum number of
request has been attempted then FCVS will forward the packet to Q/A - Quality
Assurance. Here the file can sit for 2 to 4 weeks while Q/A verifies the
completeness of all documents. If nothing is missing then the file is federal
expressed to the recipient/state board of the physician's choice.
This entire process will take 3 to 12 months
depending on the state medical board and the doctor's history.
The pros of the service are straightforward. If a
doctor is foreign trained then it is useful to have the medical school
records on file with the FCVS. However under certain circumstances the FCVS may
still have to go back to
the medical school each time this credential has to be verified.
The cons are greater in number. First, using FCVS
will extend the licensing time by 2 to 10 months if it is your initial
request/set up. Second, FCVS may have to re-verify all internships, residencies,
fellowships, and medical education
each time a doctor requests that his/her packet be sent to a new state medical
board or institution. This defeats the reason for utilizing the FCVS
service to begin with. Third, US trained physicians can have their training
verified in 2 to 6 weeks if they hire Healthcare Licensing Services. Compare
this to FCVS (1 to 2 months on first request and 3 to 4 weeks on each
subsequent request) and it doesn't make sense for domestic doctors to utilize
the FCVS service unless they are required to do so.
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How do I know which medical licensure company to
choose?
The medical licensure assistance industry is growing quickly.
Every couple of months a new company is formed.
This is good for you, the client, because it keeps the price
of the service low. It is also good for us, the company, because it helps to
spread the word about our service to those healthcare professionals that may
not be aware of it. The problem for you is not
knowing which company to choose. For starters most of the dozen or so
medical licensing assistance companies perform the same types of work.
However, that is where the similarities seem to dissipate.
How HLS compares to the competition:
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Healthcare Licensing Services is the only medical licensing
assistance company who's customer database and website is tested daily for
security vulnerabilities by the same company that tests acehardware.com,
thesportsauthority.com, shopnbc.com, and many more.
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Some medical licensing assistance companies are very new
and small, consisting of one or two people working from their homes.
Healthcare Licensing Services employs a fulltime staff of licensing professionals at all times, and we are located on the seventh floor of
the Historic Blount Building, in the heart of sunny downtown Pensacola,
FL.
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Some medical licensing assistance companies charge in
excess of $700 for their service. Healthcare Licensing Services charges
a flat fee of $499.
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Some medical licensing assistance companies handwrite or
typewrite the medical licensure documents. Healthcare Licensing Services
prepares all of its documents using custom computer software that is
designed to complete all of the necessary forms quickly and as neatly as
possible.
Finally, The best way to make an informed decision
about which medical licensing assistance company to choose, is to request
professional references. Healthcare Licensing Services maintains a long list of
corporate and individual references that you may contact to inquire about the
quality of our service.
Click here to read
some "Client Testimonials."
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What part of the process will I have to handle, if I use your service?
In most cases all that is required of the physician is to sign and notarize
the application after we have professionally prepared it. Some states require
that you provide a couple of photos of yourself, and some medial boards require that
you submit to a background check that requires you to complete a fingerprint
card at your local police station. We can handle the rest. Our purpose is to
make the medical licensure process as stress free as possible for you.
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What state (s) can I become licensed in by using your
service?
Healthcare Licensing Services provides Medical licensure assistance for all
medical and osteopathic regulatory boards in the US.
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Why should I complete your forms instead of the Medical Board's forms?
There are many reasons why you should complete our forms instead of
completing the Medical Board's forms.
- Our form is easier to complete than any of the state medical board
licensing forms.
- Most Medical Boards only have paper forms.
- Our one online form works for any/all of the 50 states. Once you complete our form
for the first time you will never have to complete another medical license
application.
- Completing the initial licensing form only constitutes about 30 percent
of the medical licensing process. Most of the time spent on medical
licensing is during the credentialing stage. After you complete our form we
take care of the rest. After you complete the Boards form you have to take
care of the rest
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