I am looking for a new primary care physician, searching under Family Medicine

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2. There are an increasing number of healthcare entities that require board eligibility/certification

My old job was credentialing physicians for a health plan and I interacted with lots of hospitals. Board certification is becoming more and more of a requirement. It was a requirement to contract with us. The exception were physicians who were certified under the old practice of granting 'lifetime certification'. We granted a grace period to non board certified physicians, and those who let their certification lapse but they had to present letters of recommendation before we would recredential them with the plan.

Even with family practice medicine, I'd want someone who is undergoing continuing education and keeping up with the changes in medicine.