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If you’re applying for a medical license in a state that requires fingerprints, you essentially have two options: the ink method and digital fingerprinting.

Just this month, Virginia officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact, activating the agreement among seven states and decreasing the barriers PAs face when they travel and practice.

 One of the potential roadblocks in the locum tenens experience is getting licensed to practice in a new state. In many cases, this process is time, money, and paperwork intensive. Massachusetts’ application is 50 pages long, while Utah’s is only four pages. There are also wide variations in the time […]

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Discussions involving nurse practitioners (NPs) and their role in healthcare often include terms such as “scope of practice,” “independent practice,” and “prescriptive authority.” It’s clear these concepts encompass what an NP can and cannot do, but what’s the difference between each of them?

There is one major obstacle that can hold a locum tenens provider back from working in new areas around the country: state licenses.

When you work with Barton, we’ll take on the licensing and credentialing logistics and expenses, but it’s still helpful to have a handle on the licensing requirements of each state.

In the United States, physicians—as well as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), depending on where they practice—often prescribe controlled substances to patients who have a medical need.  A DEA license is integral to this process. But the ability to prescribe these kinds of medicines doesn’t inherently come with […]