Why does a state-licensed clinician need the BCD?
The BCD is a national certification, crossing all state lines with a uniform set of advanced criteria—any payor doing business nationwide or regionally will have a keen interest in the BCD. Licensure criteria are variable and pitched at the entry level of practice; by contrast, the BCD embodies uniform standards and is a means of distinguishing high levels of practice competence. Few state regulatory agencies publish their databases, and none markets them; ABE publishes detailed personalized profiles about all BCD clinicians in the OnLine BCD Directory and markets them nationwide to payors and professionals.
