Medical Boards

JESSICA HOFFMANN, MS-4, and JOHN SHUFELDT, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP The probability that you will receive a certified letter from your medical board informing you about an investigation is relatively low. But one day, you may be one of the unlucky souls who receives such a letter. What do you do? Different boards have different rules about what gets reviewed or investigated and what does not. Some boards are mandated to investigate, at least to …

John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP I have been practicing medicine for nearly 30 years. I have received countless letters from law firms for records requests and notifying our group or me of an impending issue. I’m kind of numb to it. Conversely, anytime I get a letter from the medical board, I go into SVT. I am sure it is the same way with the physician assistant and nursing boards. You just start thinking, …