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. This is the Web site of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Consumers from other states should call their state licensing authorities for Web sites applicable to their licensing boards. This non-profit, consumer research and advocacy organization gathers comparative data from across the country and publishes consumer reports about questionable physicians, medical treatments, and malpractice cases.
All reports are for sale online.
The site also provides links to various government agencies and consumer advocacy groups. This Web site by Government Management Services Inc. helps organizations to identify health care individuals and entities that have been excluded from federal health care programs. Further, the site provides adverse actions taken by all 50 state licensing boards. This federally funded data bank contains information on medical malpractice payments, adverse licensure actions, adverse clinical privilege actions, and adverse professional society membership actions. The AMA Masterfile includes current and historical data on all physicians, including AMA members and nonmembers.