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The Official Actions Database
The Official Actions Database is
a comprehensive warehouse of information on actions taken by chiropractic
regulatory licensing boards with regard to individual chiropractors. It
is maintained by the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards as a service to
its member boards, to the health care community, and to the general public.
(OAD Features)
The Official Actions Database
receives information from two primary governmental sources:
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Board Actions
The member licensing
boards of the FCLB voluntarily report public actions taken by their
board which have an impact on the licensure status of individuals. The
FCLB’s member boards represent licensing agencies in each of the
US states, Washington DC, the US territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands and Guam, several Canadian provinces and Australian states.
The public actions by the
licensing boards include, but are not limited to, actions such as
revocation or suspension of a license, probation or limitations on
practice, and fines. The restoration of a license, and the removal of
limitations on practice are also reported by the boards.
Leading the way in
comprehensive reporting, the licensing boards in Colorado, Michigan and
Minnesota have reported all public board actions dating back to the
1950s.
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Medicare / Medicaid Exclusions
The US Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS) periodically releases lists of health care organizations
and practitioners who have been excluded from financial reimbursement under
several government programs. The FCLB extracts from this list all
information related to chiropractors.
Data from these two sources is
combined into a unified, searchable database. All information on a single
practitioner is combined into a single, comprehensive report. This sample
report illustrates the content and format of reports from the Official Actions
Database.The Official Actions Database has
numerous features that make it reliable, versatile and convenient for its users,
however it does not include malpractice
settlements, accusations which
have not been resolved by board actions, or board actions that are not a matter
of public record.
Direct, on-line access to the OAD is limited to representatives of the member licensing boards of the
FCLB, and to organizations which have purchased subscriptions to CIN-BAD.
Members of the general public, or organizations that need only occasional
reports, may choose to have the FCLB staff conduct a query of the database for
them.
OAD Features
- The Official Actions Database pools information from the member
licensing boards of the FCLB into a single source. The
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has recognized the
database as an "acceptable source" for information
on sanctions against the license of a chiropractor. This NCQA
recognition means that health care and credentialing organizations
that want to meet NCQA standards can check once with CIN-BAD,
instead of making separate requests of all licensing boards.
- All reported information on an individual is combined into a
single report where all reporting codes are spelled out, and
headings are clearly defined, making the report easily read and
understood by anyone.
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The database can be searched in several different ways:
- by name
- by Social Security Number (US) or Social Identification number (Canada)
- by the board taking action
- by the state given as the mailing address for DHHS exclusion actions
- Name searches are performed on a list that includes all known name
variations for each listed individual. Full reports can be generated
based on aliases or maiden names that have been reported to the FCLB.
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Users of the database can browse through lists of names. Users are
encouraged to use their own informed judgment about whether the
individual they are researching is listed in the database, based on
the biographical information that is displayed.
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Full reports on any individual can be generated instantly by any user
by clicking on the name in the database. Subscribers pay a modest fee when a
report is generated and printed.
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Dated verification reports necessary for credentialing files can be generated confirming
that a name
search was unsuccessful--the user simply hits the print button in
their preferred browser. The fact that an individual is not
listed in the OAD is important for many of the
users of the database. This report allows users to place a document
into their files which confirms the search.
- Reports of board actions are entered into the database by the FCLB.
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