Confidential evaluations for licensed professionals
A licensing board, professional assistance program, employer, or attorney has asked for an evaluation — or you want answers before anyone else is involved. Dr. Bruce Bassi is double board-certified in General and Addiction Psychiatry, the credential many state boards specifically require, and he conducts fitness-for-duty, substance use disorder, and program evaluations with the discretion your license deserves. Start with a free, confidential phone consultation — call (888) 730-5220 or request a time online.
For organizations: keep a psychiatrist on hand
Evaluations we provide
Every evaluation is structured to answer the specific question being asked — by a board, a program, an employer, a hiring agency, a court, or by you. Depending on the referral question, an evaluation may include a comprehensive clinical interview, review of records and prior evaluations, collateral interviews, standardized assessment instruments, coordinated toxicology testing (urine, hair, or nail), and a detailed written report with DSM-5 diagnoses and evidence-based recommendations. With your authorization, we communicate directly with licensing boards, professional health and assistance programs, hospital wellbeing committees, employee assistance programs, employers, and your attorney.
Substance use disorder evaluations
Comprehensive SUD evaluations for licensing boards, monitoring programs, employers, and attorneys — including DSM-5 diagnosis, toxicology review, prescription monitoring program review, and level-of-care recommendations. Many boards require the evaluator to be an addiction-certified physician; Dr. Bassi is board-certified in Addiction Psychiatry.
Follow-up fitness-for-duty evaluations
Independent assessment of whether a professional is safe to practice or return to work — after treatment, an incident, a positive test, or time away. The report addresses the referring entity's specific questions, with clear findings and any recommended safeguards or monitoring.
Second opinions
A structured, independent review of an existing diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment plan — yours or an evaluee's. Useful when a prior evaluation feels wrong, a monitoring requirement seems mismatched to the diagnosis, or you simply want an expert second set of eyes before making decisions.
Structured forensic evaluation
Independent psychiatric evaluation for administrative, civil, or licensure matters — structured methodology, complete records review, collateral sources, and a defensible written report. Conducted at the request of attorneys, boards, and other entities.
FAA SSRI pilot evaluations
Independent psychiatric evaluations for pilots seeking or maintaining FAA special issuance while taking one of the FAA-approved SSRI antidepressants — the mental-health medication pathway, with the evaluation and report your aviation medical examiner and the FAA require.
Public-safety candidate evaluations
Pre-employment psychological evaluations for public-safety and law-enforcement hiring — police and law enforcement candidates, correctional system candidates, firefighter candidates, dispatcher candidates, and federal applicants, including Secret Service candidates. A structured clinical interview and standardized instruments matched to the role, with a written suitability report delivered to the referring agency's specifications.
From confidential consultation to final report
Free confidential consultation
A private phone call to understand what's being asked of you, who needs the report, and your timeline. No records needed yet, no obligation — and if we're not the right fit for your state or situation, we'll say so and point you in the right direction.
The evaluation
A comprehensive clinical interview by secure video where your board or program accepts telehealth, plus records review, collateral interviews, standardized instruments, and coordinated toxicology testing when the referral question requires it. The scope is matched to the question — no more, no less.
Report, forms, and follow-through
A detailed written report with DSM-5 diagnoses, clear answers to the referral questions, and evidence-based recommendations. We complete your state's evaluation forms and, with your authorization, communicate directly with the board, program, employer, or attorney.
Who we evaluate — and who refers to us
We work with your state's monitoring program
Every state runs its own physician health and professional monitoring programs — each with its own evaluation forms, diagnostic criteria, and testing and monitoring requirements. We're licensed across all ten states we serve and complete the right forms for your program, whether the referral comes from a licensing board, a monitoring program, an employer, or your attorney.
Programs, administrators, and forms change, and some states differ by profession — California, for example, currently has no state physician health program (legislation is pending), and Georgia has no nurse monitoring program. We confirm your state's current program and requirements during your free consultation.
A psychiatrist on hand for your fitness-for-duty referrals
When an employee's fitness to work comes into question, the hard part shouldn't be finding someone qualified to evaluate them. Hospitals, public-safety agencies, employers, and professional programs can set up a standing referral arrangement with Dr. Bassi — one double board-certified psychiatrist who already knows your policies, your forms, and the questions you need answered, and who delivers a written report your HR, legal, and medical leadership can act on.
Hospitals and health systems
Medical staff offices, physician wellness committees, nursing leadership, and employee health — for physicians, nurses, advanced practice clinicians, and pharmacists after an incident, a complaint, a positive test, or a leave.
Police, fire, corrections, and 911 centers
Pre-employment psychological evaluations for candidates after a conditional offer, and fitness-for-duty evaluations for current personnel after a critical incident or a supervisor's concern.
Employers with safety-sensitive roles
Workplaces where impaired judgment or attention puts coworkers or the public at risk, and HR needs an independent answer before someone returns to the job.
Residency and training programs
Program directors and GME offices referring a trainee for evaluation, with recommendations that fit the realities of training.
Professional health programs and boards
An addiction-certified evaluator for your referral list, who completes your program's forms in full.
Law firms and employment counsel
Independent evaluations with a structured methodology and a defensible written report when a fitness question becomes a legal one.
- One evaluator, not a panel — Dr. Bassi conducts every evaluation, so findings stay consistent from one referral to the next.
- Set up once — We agree the referral process, release forms, and report format with you up front, so each new referral starts with a phone call.
- Reports built around your questions — Clear findings on fitness to work, any recommended restrictions, and treatment or monitoring recommendations — on your forms or template where you have one.
- Results to the right person — With the employee's written authorization, the report goes straight to the contact you designate: HR, the medical staff office, or counsel.
- Ten states, one evaluator — Secure video evaluations in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Texas, wherever telehealth is accepted.
- Billed to your organization — An hourly rate covering records review, the evaluation, and the report, with the expected range quoted before your first referral.
Tell us about your organization and the roles you need covered, and we'll walk you through how referrals, reports, and billing would work.
Fees and what to expect
Evaluations are private-pay and billed at an hourly rate that covers records review, the evaluation itself, and report-writing time — quoted during your free consultation and based on the scope of the referral question. Board-ordered, forensic, and fitness-for-duty evaluations are generally not billable to health insurance. If treatment follows the evaluation, that's different: we're in-network with major insurers for ongoing psychiatry (and therapy in Illinois, Texas and Florida). Call (888) 730-5220 to talk it through confidentially.
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Common questions about Professional evaluations
Who can perform a substance use disorder evaluation for a licensing board?
What does a fitness-for-duty evaluation involve?
Is the evaluation confidential?
Can the evaluation be done by telehealth?
Do you do FAA evaluations for pilots?
Do you evaluate public-safety and law-enforcement candidates?
Can our organization keep a psychiatrist on hand for fitness-for-duty evaluations?
Will you complete my state's evaluation forms?
How much does an evaluation cost, and does insurance cover it?
What if the evaluation finds a substance use or mental health problem?
Can you talk to my attorney, board, or program directly?
Do you provide other kinds of specialized evaluations?
Start with a confidential consultation
Request an appointment and we'll confirm your insurance up front. Most patients are seen within the week.
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