Credentialing Chronicles

Spillin' Tea Across America: Alaska

• Shannen and Nyleen • Season 2 • Episode 2

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🎙️ Hosts: Shannen & Nyleen

Grab your coffee (and maybe a parka… and yes, still a lawyer), because the tea doesn’t freeze in Alaska — it simmers quietly until it explodes.

This week on Credentialing Chronicles, our Spillin’ Tea Across America tour heads north to a state where healthcare looks calm on the surface but is stretched thin by extreme geography, remote access, and constant provider turnover.

We’re spilling on:
 ❄️ Alaska’s heavy reliance on locum tenens and massive credentialing files
 🧾 Remote-only verification, time zone chaos, and continuity-of-care gaps
 💸 A jaw-dropping $12.5 million healthcare fraud scheme hiding inside a “quiet” clinic
💊 Under-dosed patients, expired medications, pill mills, and drug diversion
📄 Multi-state licenses, fake billing, and why Alaska is not a shortcut state

Alaska proves that systems built for the lower 48 don’t always survive real-world extremes — and when they crack, patients and MSPs feel it first.

Pull up a chair. The tea is hot, the stakes are real, and this tour is just getting started.

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✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
Find your state’s board here:
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✔️ Medicare Exclusions List (LEIE) – Check if your provider is federally excluded:
https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/exclusions_list.asp

✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
Create your own Google Alert here:
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For Medical Staff Professional:

✔️ FSMB.org – Federation of State Medical Boards Physician Lookup:
https://www.fsmb.org/physician-license-lookup/

✔️ Hospital Websites:
Many hospitals have public directories listing credentialed medical staff. Look for a “Find a Doctor” or “Medical Staff Directory” page.

✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
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