Monday, September 15, 2008

A Checklist for Doctors Moving Their Medical Practice

A friend is moving his Medical practice from one state to another. He was amazed at the requirements for making a move. He has to:

  1. Notify his patients that he has seen in the past two years by letter that he is changing his practice
  2. Notify the Texas Medical Board 
  3. Publish a notice in the newspaper of the greatest general circulation in each county in which the physician practices
  4. Place a written notice in his office
  5. Notify the DEA
  6. Notify the Texas Department of Public Safety
  7. Notify Medicare
  8. Notify Medicaid
  9. Notify Champus
  10. Provide medical records to physicians/and or the patient