Vet a physician in sixty seconds.
Public-record verification on any US physician. NPI Registry, OIG LEIE federal exclusions, state medical board licensure, ABMS and ABPN board certification, hospital affiliations, CMS Open Payments, and a defamation-guarded malpractice surface. Twelve sections, every claim cited.
What gets verified
Every Physician Vetting Report draws from these public sources. The NPI is the canonical identifier. Federal-Primary sources (CMS, OIG, NIH) carry the highest weight; state boards and ABMS / ABPN are Authoritative-Secondary; aggregator review sites are treated as patient-experience signal, never quality assessment.
| Source | What it tells us |
|---|---|
| CMS NPI Registry | Verified identity, primary taxonomy, sub-specialties, practice address(es), enumeration date, NPI status, credentials. |
| OIG LEIE | Federal exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs. Dispositive for a credentialing decision. Quoted verbatim from the federal record. |
| State medical boards | State licensure status, disciplinary actions of record. Lookup URL surfaced directly so credentialing-of-record verification is one click away. |
| ABMS / ABPN | American Board of Medical Specialties and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification status across listed specialties. |
| CMS Open Payments | Sunshine Act payments from drug and device manufacturers. Total payments by category over the most recent reporting years. |
| Healthgrades | Patient-review aggregation. Treated as patient-experience signal, never as quality assessment. |
| Hospital affiliations | Issuer-published medical-staff rosters cross-referenced with NPI practice address(es). |
| PubMed | Publication record. h-index proxy via NIH iCite. NIH grants via RePORTER. |
| CourtListener | Civil malpractice case search. Framed as litigation activity, not adjudicated wrongdoing. |
What the report contains
The full Physician Vetting Report is twelve sections, paginated, 1,800-3,500 words depending on practice depth. Each section ends with its source citations.
- Executive Summary. 200-400 word synthesis. Top-line for a credentialing committee or patient making a high-stakes referral decision.
- Identity and Credentials. Verified-identity record from NPI Registry. State licensure status. Credentials (MD / DO / MBBS). Enumeration date, primary taxonomy, sub-specialty taxonomies.
- Specialty Certification. ABMS / ABPN diplomate status. Subspecialty cert. Recertification cycles where applicable.
- License and Disciplinary History. The single highest-stakes section. Leads with OIG LEIE result. State medical board lookup URL surfaced for direct verification.
- CMS Open Payments. Total Sunshine Act payments by category (research, consulting, food and beverage, travel, royalty) over the most recent reporting years. Industry-payment context flagged when concentrated in single manufacturer.
- Hospital Affiliations and Practice Profile. Practice locations from NPI Registry cross-referenced with hospital medical-staff rosters when public.
- Publication and Research Record. PubMed total publications, NIH iCite h-index proxy, NIH grants via RePORTER, top-cited works.
- Comparable Physicians. Five archetype-matched peers from the comparable-physicians reference table. Composite scoring on specialty, practice setting, career stage, and archetype.
- Public Reputation and Patient Sentiment. Healthgrades and Google review aggregation. Treated as patient-experience signal, never quality assessment. Volume and recency surfaced; specific quotes never excerpted to avoid defamation risk.
- Malpractice Surface. CourtListener civil malpractice case search. Bounded by strong defamation disclaimers: civil filings are litigation activity, not adjudicated wrongdoing.
- Network and Professional Connections. PubMed co-authorship graph. ABMS / ABPN cohort connections.
- References and Source Citations. Every URL cited across the prior eleven sections, deduplicated and grouped by source class.
Sample report on file
The canonical sample is Anthony Stephen Fauci (former NIAID director), used as a public-record-only synthesis. The report covers his career arc as a federal physician-scientist, NIH grant record, publication depth, and post-retirement public-reputation pattern.
For the snapshot tier shape, see the Anthony Fauci Snapshot sample. For an emergency-medicine-focused subject, see the Jocko R. Zifferblatt sample.
How we identify the right physician
Two physicians with the same name in the same specialty is rare but happens. NPI is the anchor. Three independent gates handle disambiguation.
Gate 1 — NPI lookup
When you provide a 10-digit NPI directly, we go to the CMS NPI Registry and pull the verified record. No name-matching disambiguation needed.
Gate 2 — Name + state + specialty
When the NPI is unknown, we query the NPI Registry restricted to physician taxonomies. The result set is presented as a candidate chooser; you pick before any synthesis runs.
Gate 3 — Disambiguation fallback
For large candidate sets, additional disambiguators surface (city, sub-specialty, hospital affiliation). We never auto-pick from a multi-candidate result.
Confirm before charge
Even on a single high-confidence match, the candidate card surfaces for explicit confirmation before charging credits. Wrong-person reports refund automatically.
When to use a Physician Vetting Report
- Pre-care patient research. Patient is selecting between specialists for high-stakes care (oncology, cardiology, neurosurgery, fertility, gender-affirming care). The Physician Snapshot at 10 credits covers the basics: licensure clean, no federal exclusion, ABMS-certified, recent malpractice surface.
- Hospital credentialing committee supplement. Health system's annual medical-staff review. The report surfaces every public sanction signal alongside the formal credentialing-of-record check, catching things light background checks miss.
- Malpractice plaintiff research. Plaintiff-side attorney evaluating whether a physician has prior similar-case patterns or industry-payment concentration. Strong defamation guardrails preserve the report's defensibility.
- Expert-witness coordinator vetting. Coordinator evaluating a candidate expert for a malpractice or product-liability case. The report surfaces ABMS cert, publication depth, and prior public-statement record on the case domain.
- Telehealth provider supplement. Telehealth platform vetting practitioners at scale. Snapshot tier at 10 credits is the right cost for at-onboarding screening before deeper credentialing.
Pricing
Physician Snapshot
Patient-grade verification. The basics, fast.
10 credits
- NPI verified, taxonomy, practice address
- OIG LEIE clean / flagged
- State board lookup URL
- ABMS / ABPN cert status
- Top public-reputation flags
- Returns in roughly 60 seconds
Physician Vetting Report Recommended
Full credentialing supplement. Twelve sections.
50 credits
- All twelve sections, 1,800-3,500 words
- Full disciplinary surface
- Open Payments breakdown
- Publication and grant record
- Hospital affiliations
- Malpractice surface (defamation-guarded)
- Comparable-physician cohort
- References section: every cited URL
- Returns in 3-5 minutes
Methodology
The full methodology behind the Physician Vetting Report is published. It covers the four-class source taxonomy (Federal-Primary, Authoritative-Secondary, Aggregator, Unverified), the UK PHIA Probability Yardstick used for confidence statements, the disambiguation hard-gate, defamation guardrails, and the explicit limits of public-record physician verification.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a substitute for a state medical board lookup?
No. The Physician Vetting Report is a public-record research synthesis. Credentialing decisions of record require direct state medical board verification or NPDB query through your Credentialing Verification Organization. We surface the state board lookup URL directly so the verification of record is one click away.
What is the OIG LEIE and why does it matter?
The OIG LEIE is the federal exclusion list maintained by the Office of Inspector General. A physician on the list is excluded from billing Medicare or Medicaid. A positive match is dispositive for a credentialing or hiring decision.
Do you check Open Payments / Sunshine Act?
Yes. CMS Open Payments tracks payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians. The report surfaces total payments by category (research, consulting, food and beverage, travel, royalty) over the most recent reporting years.
What about malpractice cases?
We surface civil malpractice case filings via CourtListener with name and specialty matching. Civil filings are framed as litigation activity, not adjudicated wrongdoing. Strong defamation guardrails apply.
Do you check ABMS / ABPN board certification?
Yes. American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification status is checked across the physician's listed specialties. Recertification cycles surface where applicable.
Can a patient run this report on their doctor?
Yes. The Physician Snapshot at 10 credits is designed for the patient-research use case. Patients selecting between specialists for high-stakes care (oncology, cardiology, neurosurgery) use it to verify the basics before booking.
Do physicians see who ran a report on them?
No. Reports are private to the buyer unless explicitly marked shareable. Physicians are not notified that a report was run.
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