Credentialing Chronicles

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What happens when hospitals stay silent, and the cost of that silence is $400 million—and patient lives?

In this explosive episode of Credentialing Chronicles, we dissect one of the most disturbing patterns in healthcare: trusted doctors with dangerous secrets, protected by the very systems meant to keep patients safe.

We’re talking about scandals so expensive, so brutal, so covered up—that it’ll leave you questioning who’s really watching over your care.

From gag orders to backdoor deals, and credentialing departments caught in the middle—we expose how silence gets bought, and the public pays the price.

🔪 Scalpel in one hand.
 💰 Millions in the other.
 🩸 And patients caught in the crossfire.

This one isn’t just wild—it’s a wake-up call.

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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:
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✔️ 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.

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When the surveyors showed up… these hospitals crumbled.

In this searing episode of Credentialing Chronicles, Shannen and Nyleen dive into two explosive cases where hospitals failed their accreditation surveys — and patients paid the price. From Maryland’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital to a Florida hospital plagued by catastrophic surgical errors, we expose the dangerous cost of weak oversight, revolving-door leadership, and performative compliance.

💥 Case 1: Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center – Preliminary denial of accreditation after years of patient neglect, sexual assaults, and preventable deaths — all under the watch of failing leadership and hidden state audits.

💥 Case 2: University Community Hospital in Tampa – Wrong-leg amputations. Unauthorized sterilizations. Wrong-patient deaths. The Joint Commission revoked accreditation in record time, and the fallout was national.

🚨 Plus:
 – How high C-suite turnover is a red flag for patient safety
 – What went wrong in the UK’s Shrewsbury maternity scandal
 – PSA callouts for patients, credentialing pros, and physicians

This isn’t just healthcare gossip. It’s a call to action. Because when oversight fails, people die. And accreditation? It’s not a trophy — it’s a trust signal.

🔊 Listen now to learn why staying “survey-ready” isn’t a choice — it’s a lifeline.

#CredentialingChronicles #JointCommission #HealthcareOversight #AccreditationMatters #PatientSafety #HospitalLeadership #MedicalCredentialing #HealthcarePodcast

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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:
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✔️ 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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What happens when good doctors stay silent?
What happens when hospitals protect patients… and get punished for it?

In our very first guest episode, Dr. Stephen Cohen joins Credentialing Chronicles to talk about the cost of silence in medicine. As a colorectal surgeon, educator, and nationally recognized expert witness, Dr. Cohen has seen what really happens when peer review is ignored, when unsafe providers slip through the cracks, and when speaking up becomes a liability.

This episode is bold.
Because the system is broken.
And Dr. Cohen? He’s done staying quiet.

🎧 Listen now and ask yourself:
Would you speak up?

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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:
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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.

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 How does a doctor rack up 100+ complaints and still stay licensed? In this jaw-dropping episode of Credentialing Chronicles, we pull back the curtain on the cover-up culture that shields dangerous doctors while patients suffer in silence. From ICE detainees subjected to horrific gynecological procedures, to anesthetized women assaulted in trusted hospitals — the system didn’t just fail. It protected the perpetrators.

In This Episode:

• A Doctor has 100+ abuse reports and the police department’s horrifyingly slow response
• The “traveling cardiologist”, who left a trail of victims in multiple states — yet still has an active Florida license
• ICE detainees and the shocking case of a doctor hurting detainees.
• Why credentialing failures, board passivity, and hospital liability fears are risking lives
• And what YOU — as a patient, provider, or MSP — can do to protect yourself and others

🎧 Listen, subscribe, and share — because we can’t fix what we won’t face.

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Resources Mentioned:

🔎 Verify Your Doctor’s Credentials

✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
Find your state’s board here:
https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/

✔️ 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:
https://www.google.com/alerts

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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Credentialing Chronicles, Episode 12: “Unlicensed to Kill”

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✔️ Medicare Exclusions List (LEIE) – Check if your provider is federally excluded:
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✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
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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:
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✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
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You’re not ready for this one… 😮‍💨

What do you call it when a woman sees 15,000 patients 👩‍⚕️📝
…without ever going to nursing school? 🚫🎓

Or when a PA hands out Ambien like Tic Tacs 💊🍬
…and microwaves their own urine to pass a drug screen? 🤯🔥🧪

Or a fake doctor treating real cancer patients 🧑‍🔬⚠️🎗
…with zero license and zero oversight? 🚫🩺📉

🎙 Join Shannen & Nyleen as they expose the real, documented, WILD stories of:
🔎 Medical impersonators
🚨 Credentialing breakdowns
🧾 Sanctioned repeat offenders
…and all the red flags that were ignored.

This isn’t just shocking—
 It’s terrifying. And it’s real. 😵‍💫

📅 Set your reminder
 🔗 Save the link
 🚨 DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. DROP.

PS: Think you’ve heard it all?
Baby, this is just the beginning. 💅👑🎙

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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:
Create your own Google Alert here:
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Brain surgery. Wrong side. Total catastrophe.

This isn’t an episode of Grey’s Anatomy—it’s a chilling true story of a credentialing collapse that led to one of the most devastating medical errors imaginable.

In this jaw-dropping episode, Shannen and Nyleen dissect a real case where a neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of a patient’s brain—leaving her permanently disabled and sparking outrage across the healthcare system.

🎙️ Inside this episode:

• The shocking truth behind one of medicine’s most unforgivable “never events”
• How credentialing failures and system breakdowns set the stage for disaster
• Why hospitals with protocols still miss deadly red flags
• What you can do to prevent history from repeating itself

⚠️ Wrong site. Wrong patient. Wrong procedure.
 It’s happening more than you think—and we’re calling it out.

Because in healthcare, the line between right and wrong?
 It's life or death.

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✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
Find your state’s board here:
https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/

✔️ 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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👶 He delivered their babies...
 🩺 Then assaulted them as teens.
 🏥 The hospitals knew.
 🧾 No report.
 🚫 No jail.
 🤐 Just silence.

This is the episode they don’t want you to hear.

 🎧 Episode 9. Dropping at midnight.

#DoctorFromHell #ScandalsAndScalpels #MedicalCoverUp
 #CredentialingChronicles #TrueCrimeInHealthcare #NPDB #HealthcareHorror

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✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
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✔️ Medicare Exclusions List (LEIE) – Check if your provider is federally excluded:
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✔️ Set Google Alerts on Your Doctor’s Name:
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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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In Episode 8, Heels and Deals, your favorite credentialing duo, Shannen and Nyleen, dive into a real-life medical scandal involving a nurse practitioner and not one, but two podiatrists, all caught red-handed in a prescription drug ring that shook the East Coast.
💊 422,000 oxycodone pills
💰 $400 “cash visits”
🩺 No exams. No records. No shame.
These licensed professionals turned their credentials into criminal enterprises—and now, we're breaking it all down:
•How did they get away with it for so long?
•What were the credentialing and compliance gaps?
•What exactly is DEA registration and why does it matter?
•And how did the system fail…or worse, enable them?
🎧 Listen in as Shannen and Nyleen bring you every twist, every jaw-dropping quote, and a powerful PSA for providers, patients, and credentialing professionals alike.
Whether you're a credentialing specialist, healthcare leader, or just love a good behind-the-scenes exposé—this episode is your must-hear of the week.
P.S. You’ll never believe who still has an active license… 👀

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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:
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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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 Wanna know if your plastic surgeon is actually board certified?
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DROPPING A full-blown surgical shocker.

Imagine going in for a routine operation… and waking up missing the wrong organ?!
Let’s just say—it’s worse than you think. 👀

🩺 Who’s checking the charts?
🩺 Who’s verifying the privileges?
🩺 And how do multiple organs get caught in the crossfire?

This is the episode where mistakes get messy, records get rewritten, and lives are changed forever.
Shannen and Nyleen are diving all the way in on one of the most egregious cases of medical mix-ups ever recorded.

🚨 It’s raw. It’s real. It’s ridiculous.
🚨 And you will NOT believe how it ends.

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Resources Mentioned:

🔎 Verify Your Doctor’s Credentials

✔️ State-Specific Medical Board License Lookup:
Find your state’s board here:
https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/

✔️ 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:
https://www.google.com/alerts

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:
Create your own Google Alert here:
https://www.google.com/alerts

 Wanna know if your plastic surgeon is actually board certified?
Check for yourself right here:
👉 Verify a Plastic Surgeon

Open Payments

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Verify your Nurses' Credentials: 

https://www.nursys.com/

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