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The verification standard

Every provider on Heyzl goes through the same 8 checks before they can be listed. Below is the actual state of each one — which run automatically, which still need a person, and the rule that governs what happens when a check cannot be completed.

How a provider gets listed

4 checks run automatically.
4 still need a person.

Most marketplaces show you a verified badge and stop there. Here is the actual state of each check, including the ones we have not automated.

  1. Medical license

    Automated

    A verified, non-expired license must be on file. Enforced in application code and again by a database constraint, so no admin action can bypass it.

  2. Malpractice insurance

    Automated

    An active policy of at least $1,000,000 in coverage, checked against its effective and expiry dates.

  3. Background check

    Automated

    A provider carrying a flagged background check cannot be listed.

  4. NPI registry (NPPES)

    Automated

    Looked up live against the CMS national provider registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov.

  5. Exclusion screening (OIG / NPDB)

    Manual review

    No automated feed yet. Routed to a human reviewer rather than recorded as clean.

  6. Sanctions screening (OFAC)

    Manual review

    No automated feed yet. Routed to a human reviewer.

  7. Facility accreditation (JCI)

    Manual review

    Confirmed by a reviewer against the accrediting body, not by an API.

  8. Identity verification

    Manual review

    Reviewed by a person until the automated integration is live.

The rule that matters: A check we cannot perform against an authoritative source is never recorded as a pass. It becomes a manual review, and the provider stays unlisted until a person completes it.

If you are a patient

A listed provider has a verified, non-expired medical license and active malpractice coverage on file — those two checks are enforced in code and by a database constraint, so no manual step can skip them. Checks marked “manual review” above are exactly that: reviewed by a person, and disclosed as such rather than folded into a badge.

If you are a provider

Expect to supply your license, malpractice policy, and identity documents, and to wait for the manual reviews to complete — they are not skipped when a data feed is unavailable. You stay unlisted until every check resolves. Each check is recorded with its method, result, evidence, and reviewer.

Ready to go through it? Verification starts when you apply.

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