Disclosure Statement
This provides definitions of information on data found in the provider search and is at
the limitations and legal responsibilities found in the terms of use agreement.
Information About Service Providers
Name and Gender
- Data is from the NSRWEB.ORG Provider Registration form.
- Information is validated during the initial registration process.
- Limitation: Information is self-reported.
Address, City, ZIP Code
- Data is from the NSRWEB.ORG Provider Registration form.
- Information is validated during the initial registration process.
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.
Company/d.b.a.
- Data is from the NSRWEB.ORG Provider Registration form.
- Information is validated during the initial registration process.
- A provider may work independently or under a company name or both.
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.
Education/Certifications (Accreditation)
- Definition: Accreditation is a formal process where a health care organization undergoes an examination of its operating procedures to determine if procedures meet designated criteria and to ensure that the organization meets a specified level of quality.
- Data may be validated from The Joint Commission (www.jointcommission.org3) and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (www.carf.org4).
- Information is validated during the initial registration process.
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.
Specialty
- Definition: The physician's area of practice, such as a certain branch of medicine, specific procedures, certain age categories of patients, specific body systems, or certain types of diseases.
- Data is from the NSRWEB.ORG Provider Registration form and is validated during the initial application and credentialing process.
- Information is validated by sources approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties (www.ABMS.org1).
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.
Services Offered
- Definition: Accreditation is a formal process where a health care organization undergoes an examination of its operating procedures to determine if procedures meet designated criteria and to ensure that the organization meets a specified level of quality.
- Data is from The Joint Commission (www.jointcommission.org3) and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (www.carf.org4).
- Information is validated during the initial application and credentialing process and re-credentialed every three years.
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.
Language
- Definition: Languages other than English spoken by the physician or the clinical staff.
- Data is from the NSRWEB.ORG Provider Registration form and is validated during the initial application and credentialing process.
- Information is updated when the provider notifies NSRWEB.ORG.
- Limitations: Information is self-reported.