This page explains, in plain terms, how a ProVerdicts profile is put together — so you know what you can rely on and what to double-check.
One page per person
A profile is about one individual: Dr. Jane Smith, not “Smith Family Medicine.” The practice, group or law firm appears on the profile as the place where that person works. If the same person is listed at more than one location, the profile shows each address instead of creating duplicates.
What we include, and from where
Name and credentials come from the professional’s own registration: the national provider registry (NPI) for clinicians and dentists, and New York’s attorney registration records for lawyers.
Practice address and phone come from the same records. For physicians and other clinicians who bill Medicare, we use Medicare’s clinician file, which providers update through Medicare’s enrollment system and which is refreshed monthly.
Training — medical school and graduation year for doctors, law school and year of admission for lawyers — comes from those same official sources.
Hospital affiliations are the ones Medicare has on file for the clinician.
Medicare assignment tells you whether the clinician has agreed to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. It says nothing about private insurance — always check that with the office.
License and identification numbers (NPI, New York license numbers, attorney registration numbers) are shown so you can verify a professional yourself with the issuing authority.
What we leave out
We don’t publish anything we can’t trace to a record: no guessed specialties, no made-up office hours, no stock photos pretending to be the professional. Each profile shows an initials badge until the professional claims the page and adds a photo.
How profiles are written
The short description at the top of each profile is assembled from the facts above. We use software, including AI tools, to help draft those descriptions from the verified data, and every description is limited to what the records say.
Corrections
If something on a profile is wrong — including your own — contact us. Professionals can also claim their profile to keep it current.