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The way to ensure that the information received for credentialing is accurate is through Primary Source Verification or PSV. Products for Primary Source Verification: ABMS SolutionsĬredentialing is the process of obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications, background, and legitimacy of the licensure, education and training of physicians. It validates that a physician is qualified and competent to provide quality health care services. When you or a family member needs medical care, you want a highly qualified physician as your health care partner. By choosing a physician who is board certified by one of the ABMS Member Boards, you can be confident that he or she is skilled and knowledgeable, an expert in the specialty, and meets a higher standard developed by their peers. Use the Is My Doctor Certified? look up service through the Certification Matters site to check your physician’s board certification status. Service for Patients and Families: Certification Matters The information is recognized by The Joint Commission, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, URAC, and other agencies as satisfying for Primary Source Verification (PSV) as needed by professional organizations. It is refreshed daily with information from all 24 ABMS Member Boards.ĪBMS offers these ways for the public, hospitals, health care providers, health plans and other professional organizations to find out if a physician is board certified and is keeping their knowledge and skills current through continuing certification (MOC) activities. ABMS maintains a database of information on more than 940,000 physicians.