Physicians practicing solely within health care maintenance organizations are not included. Public Education provides a list of board certified specialists who subscribe to the service. The search feature allows consumers to search by name, specialty, city, state, ZIP code, or sanction type for any excluded individuals and entities. It primarily focuses on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. While it does not report on individual health care providers, it does investigate questionable medical findings, illegal marketing of pharmaceuticals, and misleading medical advertising on the Internet.
Consumers can either post a question or conduct a free topic search on the site.
The Healthcare Rating Experts. Consumers can search for a practitioner by name, geographic region, or medical specialty. Information gathered from this site is free. Kroll checks and verifies individuals' professional licensure, criminal and civil court records, social security numbers, national wants and warrants, employment histories, credit reports, and motor vehicle records. Users are charged for these services.