If the compact expires, some doctors could lose the ability to practice medicine in Michigan.

More than 8,000 physicians could lose the ability to practice medicine at the end of March unless lawmakers renew Michigan’s participation in a multi-state physician licensing ...

Officials launched the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, which makes it easier for physicians to obtain licenses in multiple states, Medscape reports. 1. The compact allows physicians ...

6. The compact is a regulatory excess, increasing costs and burdens on the state. FSMB argues the opposite is true. By streamlining the processes for licensees, the compact would actually reduce ...

As Michigan faces a physician shortage. Now doctors warn the problem could get *worse* -- if state lawmakers don't do something.

It was a big bipartisan win for New Mexicans when the Legislature and governor enacted Senate Bill 1 to bring New Mexico into the interstate licensure compact for doctors. According ...

SANTA FE — An interstate medical compact bill is moving on to the full Senate, though with substantial changes advocates fear will deter its purpose. House Bill 243 seeks to have New Mexico join the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. Four years after Governor Greg Abbott and Texas legislators ...

Wyoming, South Dakota and now Utah have signed the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact into law, allowing physicians to become licensed in other states more quickly. Utah signed on last Friday, South ...

North Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation that would significantly increase access to qualified doctors, especially in low-income and rural areas, through an interstate medical licensure ...

Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) said he and a bipartisan working group of lawmakers are “close” to finalizing legislation for interstate compacts for doctors and social workers ahead ...

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) announced today an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support state medical and osteopathic boards in establishing a ...