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Kansas and Mississippi became the latest states to adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, capping off another successful week for the expansion of the Compact. Legislation was signed into law by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on May 13 and Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on May 17. With the addition of Kansas and Mississippi, 16 states have adopted the Compact legislation to expand access to health care by expediting medical licensure.

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New Hampshire and Arizona are the latest states to adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. With the addition of New Hampshire and Arizona, 14 states have now adopted the Compact legislation to expand access to health care by expediting medical licensure.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced the recipients of its 2016 awards, which will be presented at the upcoming FSMB Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on April 30. Each year, the FSMB recognizes outstanding service and leadership to the field of medical regulation.

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Kicking off the 2016 state legislative season, six new states have introduced legislation to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, joining a growing number of states across the nation seeking to expand access to quality health care by significantly streamlining the medical licensure process.

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Wisconsin became the 12th state to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact after Governor Scott Walker signed the legislation into law today. Wisconsin joins a growing coalition of states across the nation committed to expanding access to quality health care, especially to those in rural and underserved areas of the country. The Compact will expedite the licensing process for qualified physicians and reduce barriers to obtaining licensure in multiple states and jurisdictions.

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With the recent enactment of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, a group of bipartisan U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), applauding state medical and osteopathic boards on the progress they have made in implementing an Interstate Compact to support medical license portability and expanding access to care.

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The Journal of Medical Regulation has published the “Census of Actively Licensed Physicians in the United States, 2014,” which provides an analysis of the most recent physician licensure data collected from each of the state medical boards in the United States by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced today that it has launched a free online resource to provide consumers with important background information on the more than 900,000 actively licensed physicians in the United States, including whether or not a physician has been disciplined by a state medical board.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released its 2015 Annual Report, highlighting progress on a wide range of initiatives and activities in 2014-15. Titled “The Power of Partnership,” the report includes updates on the FSMB’s advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C., new milestones in its effort to expand its data-gathering and data-processing capabilities, a summary of its new strategic plan, highlights of its education and communications activities and much more.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has announced a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that will support state medical and osteopathic boards in establishing a Commission to administer the new Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and to develop requirements for its technical infrastructure.

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Iowa became the 10th state to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact after Governor Terry Branstad signed the legislation into law last Thursday. Iowa joins a growing coalition of states across the nation committed to expanding access to quality health care, especially to those in underserved areas of the country. The Compact will expedite the licensing process for qualified physicians and reduce barriers to obtaining licensure in multiple states and jurisdictions.

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Alabama became the seventh state to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact after Governor Robert Bentley signed the legislation into law today, triggering the formation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission. The Commission will administer a new streamlined process for qualified physicians seeking to obtain licensure in multiple states and jurisdictions participating in the Compact.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) House of Delegates elected new officers and board members during its annual business meeting on April 25 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released an advance copy of its latest census of actively licensed physicians in the United States. To be published later this year in the Journal of Medical Regulation, the “Census of Actively Licensed Physicians in the United States” reviews data received in 2014 by the FSMB from the nation’s state medical and osteopathic boards about the current supply of actively licensed physicians in the United States and the District of Columbia.

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The Uniform Application for Physician State Licensure (UA) initiative continues to gain significant traction across the United States as an innovative tool to streamline the medical licensure process. An initiative of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the UA makes it easier for physicians to become licensed in multiple states by providing a “core” application used by medical boards using the UA, eliminating the need for physicians to re-enter data multiple times.

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West Virginia became the fifth state to enact the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact after Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed the legislation into law yesterday. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact establishes a voluntary, expedited medical licensure pathway for those physicians seeking licenses in multiple states, while ensuring state regulatory oversight necessary to protect patients. West Virginia joins South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho as states where the Compact has been signed into law. To formalize the Compact agreement, the Compact must be enacted in seven states or U.S. jurisdictions.

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Rhode Island is the fifteenth state to have the Interstate Compact for Medical Licensure introduced in its Legislature.

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The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact has been approved by both chambers of the Utah Legislature, making Utah the first state to send the legislation to its Governor to be signed into law.

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Legislative chambers in three states – South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming – have passed the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, new legislation that would create an expedited multi-state licensing pathway for qualified physicians, while expanding access to care for patients across the nation.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released a fact sheet refuting false and misleading public statements and distortions about the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

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With some state legislative sessions only a few weeks old, already legislators in eight states – Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming – have formally introduced the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, model legislation that would speed the process of issuing licenses for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has launched a new webpage, http://licenseportability.org, to track the progress of the Compact in state legislatures.

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The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announce the availability of a free online continuing education program (CME/CPE), entitled “Internet Drug Sellers: What Providers Need To Know,” for pharmacists and physicians focused on the growing problem of illegal online drug sales. Recent studies found that nearly 97% of online drug sellers are operating illegally, and one in two websites selling medicine online peddle counterfeit drugs.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced that it has recently been certified for a second time by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The FSMB, which received its initial NCQA Certification in 2012, is certified under NCQA’s Credentials Verification Organization Certification Program for the following credentials elements: Education and Training, Ongoing Monitoring of Sanctions, Medicare/Medicaid Sanctions, and Medical Board Sanctions.

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The National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) formally endorsed the Federation of State Medical Boards’ (FSMB) Model Policy on the Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain by unanimous vote during its annual meeting in Savannah last week. NASCSA provides an educational forum through which state and federal agencies and others work to increase the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control drug diversion and abuse.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Foundation has published an updated and expanded edition of a book intended to help address the rise of opioid abuse and related deaths in the United States by better educating physicians and other clinicians about their risks and proper use.

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Humayun Chaudhry, DO, President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), was elected Chair-elect of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) during the organization’s recent biennial meeting in London. IAMRA provides an international forum for medical regulators to share best practices in achieving their mandate to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards for the profession of medicine. The organization has 77 members in 37 countries.

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The Summer 2014 edition of the Journal of Medical Regulation features an in-depth look at one of the most significant developments in medical regulation in decades – the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The new interstate compact system is aimed at reducing barriers to the process of gaining licensure in multiple states, helping facilitate telemedicine while widening access to health care by physicians, particularly in underserved areas of the nation.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced that the nation’s state medical boards have kicked off a multi-state effort to educate health care professionals on the safe and responsible prescribing of extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid analgesics for patients with chronic pain.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards unveiled an updated draft interstate compact for physician licensure. The Compact, which offers a streamlined alternative pathway for state-based licensure, would create a new process for faster licensing for physicians interested in practicing in multiple states, including those who practice telemedicine.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has redesigned its website, found at www.fsmb.org. The new site’s improved structure and intuitive navigation provide an enhanced user-experience.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released its 2014 Annual Report, highlighting progress the FSMB has made over the last year on a number of its key initiatives. Included in the report are updates on FSMB’s advocacy and policy initiatives in Washington, D.C.; major enhancements to the organization’s licensure, credentialing and data services; expanded educational outreach; and much more. The report also highlights in a special section the achievements and innovations of various state medical boards over the last year.

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The Uniform Application makes it easier for physicians to become licensed in multiple states by providing a “core” application used by the 23 state medical boards using the UA. It eliminates the need for physicians to re-enter data multiple times and makes it easier for physicians to apply for licensure in multiple states.

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The Model Policy on the Appropriate Use of Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine, adopted on April 26 by the Federation of State Medical Boards, provides much-needed guidance and a basic roadmap that state boards can use to ensure that patients are protected from harm in a fast-changing health-care delivery environment.

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Federation of State Medical Boards Annual Meeting live webcast from Denver, Colorado on Thursday, April 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Mountain Time is free and open to the public.

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With U.S. demographics continuing to shift and the health care system experiencing rapid change in patient-care models, state medical boards will increasingly need to examine their policies related to scope of practice and other physician-workforce issues.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and FSMB Foundation are collaborating with several partners to provide state medical boards with resources to educate health care professionals on the safe and responsible prescribing of extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid analgesics for patients with chronic pain.

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A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. Senators has commended state medical boards and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) for their recent efforts to streamline the licensing process for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states. The boards are developing an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact – a new licensing option under which qualified physicians seeking to practice in multiple states would be eligible for expedited licensure in all states participating in the Compact. The new system will help facilitate the use of telemedicine and increase access to care throughout the United States.

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A group of state medical board representatives is drafting the language that would shape an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. Physicians who participate would be able to receive a license to practice in each state in which they treat patients.

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National study urges medical licensing boards to be aware of the possibility of threats of violence aimed at state medical board members and staff

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The Federation of State Medical Boards helping state boards develop a new system for streamlining medical licensure for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states.

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S. 1089 would combat prescription drug abuse in the Armed Services by providing servicemembers and veterans with more options to dispose of unused prescriptions in federal facilities.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards has released its 2013 Annual Report highlighting progress the FSMB has made over the last year on a number of its key initiatives.

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The House of Delegates of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has approved a resolution calling for the FSMB to formally explore the creation of a new system that would utilize an “interstate compact” to increase efficiency in the licensing of physicians who practice in multiple states. The FSMB House passed the resolution unanimously during its Annual Meeting on April 20 in Boston.

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Harvard's Malcom Sparrow, PhD, is keynote speaker.

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H.R. 1201 would add 15,000 new residency slots over the next five years to address physician shortage

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National organizations representing boards regulating U.S. physicians, pharmacists and nurses continue dialogue on shared advocacy agenda.

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‘Minimal Data Set’ would help create more accurate assessments of the supply and demand of physicians nationally.

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The Federation of State Medical Boards announced the recipients of its 2013 awards recognizing outstanding service and leadership in the field of medical regulation.

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Federation of State Medical Boards debuts new research archive for flagship publication founded in 1913.

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Nation’s state licensing boards discuss new approaches to better accommodate multi-state licensure for physicians.