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. 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. 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.
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.