Credentialing Chronicles

🩺 Episode 7 -Oops, Wrong Organ


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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

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Verify your Nurses' Credentials:

https://www.nursys.com/

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Credentialing ChroniclesBy Shannen and Nyleen

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