- The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact allows 8,000 Michigan doctors to practice across state lines
- It’s set to expire March 28. Legislation to renew it has stalled
- Without the compact, patients may lose their doctors — at least temporarily, if not permanently. Patients throughout the state can expect longer wait times, doctors warn
Dr. Dorothy Nelder’s ability to see her 440 patients in northwest Michigan after this month depends largely on what happens in the coming days — 200 miles away at the state’s capitol.
She and other doctors are on edge as the deadline approaches for the state to renew its participation in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact — an agreement that allows doctors to practice medicine across state lines.
If Michigan allows its membership to lapse March 28, Nelder is one of an estimated 8,000 Michigan doctors whose licenses will lapse…