Professional License Defense Information Blog

When a healthcare professional loses a job in New Jersey, most people assume the paperwork is straightforward: the employer files a separation report with the Department of Labor, unemployment gets sorted out, and everyone moves...

Thanks to their high-demand specialty, physicians have many options for practicing medicine. There’s even the possibility of becoming a supervising physician or director for a medical spa. It’s usually a reliable and lucrative...

Ending a physician-patient relationship isn’t as simple as deciding you no longer want to treat someone. The way you handle that decision can have serious consequences for your license, reputation, and career. What many...

“Pharmacy is the only work I can do to earn that kind of money,” a pharmacist who owed $70,000 in back child support told the judge who’d decided his drunk driving case a few years earlier. “As a felon, I cannot bill...

You’re working your shift when a high-profile celebrity is admitted to your hospital. Or perhaps a close colleague recently became a patient on another floor. The temptation to quickly peek at their electronic health record...

A Maryland OB-GYN was fined $500,000 for defrauding Medicare in a telemarketing scheme. In Florida and Alabama, physicians face prison terms and steep fines for participating in telemedicine schemes that took millions from...

A recent study from Japan supports conclusions reached in similar studies in the UK and the US that hospitals that have issues with nurse understaffing also have worse outcomes for patients. While it may seem obvious, the study...

With the advent of telemedicine, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship has become the focus of many state medical boards. While telehealth appointments with medical professionals with whom you have a pre-existing...

In March 2026, Nevada regulators fined a physician, a pharmacist, and an unlicensed  “lifestyle coach” for providing peptide-based anti-aging injections at a Nevada Festival. The Nevada Pharmacy Board fined a physician and a...

Healthcare providers in Texas experience undue stress when the state’s medical licensing board notifies them of a complaint. It doesn’t have to be this way, writes TMB president Dr. Sherif Zaafran in the...

With the advent of telemedicine, the nature of the doctor-patient relationship has become the focus of many state medical boards. While telehealth appointments with medical professionals with whom you have a pre-existing...

When President Josiah Bartlet of Aaron Sorkin’s iconic television drama “The West Wing” is contemplating whether to pressure a doctor to treat a gravely ill child of a controversial foreign leader, his wife – Doctor...

You notice small things at first. Maybe a coworker volunteers for medication counts more often than usual. Their documentation looks inconsistent. Something feels off, but you cannot prove anything, and the last thing you want to...

There’s no doubt that private-equity firms and management service organizations (MSOs) can offer benefits and perks that are hard to find anywhere else. From a solid support staff and administrative management services to...

It may come as a surprise to learn that in many states, a licensed barber may have more protections against suddenly losing the right to practice their profession than does a licensed physician or other health care professional....

Wearable tech has boomed over the last few years, with watches, rings, and other devices counting our steps, monitoring our heart rates, and more. But should such devices be used as part of Physician Health Programs (PHPs)? While...

You probably already know that drunk driving often carries significant penalties. Aside from significant fines, it often leads to jail time and mandatory suspension of the driving license. However, if you are a licensed...

When you log into your Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, you might see a patient’s vitals like height and weight right next to a three-digit number known as a Narx Score. The primary engine behind these scores...

Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) quietly record far more than patient notes. Behind the scenes, they log timestamps, user IDs, and activity histories, and all of that information becomes valuable if you’re facing a...

Social media has become a powerful platform for medical professionals. Doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical practitioners can reach tens of thousands of followers on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X (formerly...