The Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) is state’s web-based licensure system for the Health and Humans Services Commission (HHSC). TULIP was designed for licensed long-term care facilities and agencies, plus nurse facility administrators (collectively referred to as “providers”) to...

It goes without saying that nursing licensure verification is a benefit to all stakeholders in our healthcare ecosystem.  Our licensing system allows patients to be satisfied that nursing professionals have the skills and knowledge to provide care as determined by...

Nurses and other health care providers must meet certain ethical standards in order to maintain their licenses. For example, in California, Welfare and Institutions Code §14043.6 and 14123, mandate that the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) suspend a Medi-Cal...

Nurses Most Excluded Position Type Every Year When reviewing the numbers of LEIE exclusions, it is alarming to see the dramatic difference between nursing and other medical fields: Nurses are excluded from participating in any Federal Medicare/Medicaid programs more than...