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Guides for multi-state clinicians and the teams that credential them
Each guide links to the sources it relies on: the board's regulation, the statute, the issuing body's own page or, for the comparisons, each vendor's own site. Rules change mid-cycle, so verify with the board before relying on any one entry.
For credentialing teams
- How often each clinician credential renews
DEA, BLS/ACLS/PALS, CAQH, NCQA, hospital reappointment, TB, OIG, SAM, NPI and Medicare revalidation: the clock for each, cited.
- Telepsychiatry across state lines: licenses & DEA
Which license, which DEA registration, and the controlled-substance prescribing rules through December 31, 2026.
Multi-state CME
- CME for multiple state medical licenses
How one accredited course can count for several licenses, and where it can't.
- Opioid & controlled-substance CME by state
Which jurisdictions mandate it, hours and timing, and how the DEA MATE Act training differs.
- The 8 states where a general course does not count
What Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia require instead.
- CME for Compact (IMLC) physicians
What the Compact does not cover: every Compact state's own renewal cycle and CME.
- Medical license renewal CME by state
Hours, cycles, mandated topics and CE Broker states.
License renewal
- License renewal beyond CME, by state
PDMP accounts, fingerprints, lawful-presence documents and other gates that can hold up a renewal.
- Texas medical license renewal checklist
The five tracks Texas renewal runs on, with fees and direct agency links.
Trackers compared
- Medical license & CME trackers compared
CE Broker, CME Agent, Mocingbird, Interstate Medicine Ledger and a spreadsheet, side by side.
- CME Agent alternative
Side by side, including where CME Agent is ahead.
- Mocingbird alternative
The CME half versus CME plus credentialing and renewal services.
- CE Broker alternative
When CE Broker's free tier is the right answer, and when it isn't.
State-by-state CME requirements for all 50 states and DC are on the state pages.