Many readers have asked me how I keep track of my 15+ state licenses. Previously, I just kept a list on excel with the expiration dates and set a reminder on my calendar, when it is time to renew. Then I would look up required CEU’s on the board of nursing website to see if I am missing any.
LocumTenens.com had me review a licensing tracking software they planned to provide as a benefit to their providers. This is a paid program called Mocingbird. LT.com was nice enough to add in my state licenses for me upfront, so I didn’t have to do the manual uploading myself. After going through the product and using it over a few months, I thought Mocingbird was beneficial. It sent email reminders when it was time to renew state licenses. It also listed specific CEU requirements which saved me time in having to go to individual board of nursing websites to look up which CEUs were required upon renewal. It also has a hub allowing you to centralize documents for credentialing or when needing to apply for other licenses.
Mocingbird provides a 30-day free trial if you want to see what it is like. It is quite pricey at $199/year, but beneficial to streamline CME tracking and compliance. It would be a nice benefit that agencies can offer their providers for free. Mocingbird offers other services for an extra charge such as completing licensing applications for you, which your agency can do for you at no cost to you.
On the other hand, the telemedicine company I work for uses a different paid program called Medallion. This is more of a credentialing platform which also requires you uploading copies of all of your state licenses. The benefit is that the information is streamlined to payors similar to having a CAQH profile. The telemedicine company pays for this, so there is no extra cost to me. However, they send me reminder emails 90 days out when my licenses are due for renewal. It will keep reminding me until I upload an updated license on the platform. It’s an added bonus to prepare me for license renewals ahead of time.
