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Navigating the National Practitioner Data Bank: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals (NPDB or Data Bank).

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Few aspects of the healthcare regulatory apparatus evoke more confusion and dread for healthcare practitioners than the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB or Data Bank).  Being reported to the Data Bank is often regarded...more

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SCOTUS Lets National Practitioner Data Bank Safeguards Stand

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case challenging the sufficiency of due process protections in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), effectively...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - October 2023 | VOL 12

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Do the Right Thing — Reporting Voluntary Actions Taken While “Under Investigation” to the NPDB - Many health care entities struggle with the dilemma of whether and when to make reports to the National Practitioner Data...more

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Texas Lawmakers Enact New Laws Reforming Texas Medical Board Disciplinary Authority and Increasing Hospital Reporting Obligations

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On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety bill into law that is intended both to reform the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and to better protect patients from...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Welcome Clarity for Medical Staffs and Healthcare Entities Facing Frivolous or Retaliatory Lawsuits

The California Third District Court of Appeal recently upheld the actions of a healthcare facility reporting a provider to the National Practitioner Data Bank who resigned while under investigation. In doing so, the court...more

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NPDB Reporting Protected By Law In Some Cases, Gray Areas Problematic

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An article in the July issue of Hospital Peer Review, “NPDB Reporting Protected by Law in Some Cases, Gray Areas Problematic,” discussed hospitals’ obligations to report doctors to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)...more

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NPDB Waives Query Fees from March through May 2020

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To assist hospitals in credentialing physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NDPB”)—the federal clearinghouse for adverse action reports against physicians—has announced it is waiving...more

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Checks, Please! Endorsed by Gillibrand, PROTECTS Act Would Allow Nursing Homes Access to Key Background Screening

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Recent reports of abuse in nursing homes are not only disturbing; they also shed light on the difficulties that long-term care (LTC) facilities face in screening potential health care workers. We believe background screenings...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - April 2019 | VOL 2

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Polsinelli is pleased to share the Med-Staff Quarterly Newsletter. This publication contains articles and insight into issues that affect the Med-Staff industry. ...more

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2019 Health Care Predictions

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INTRODUCTION - The Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP health care practice group includes attorneys that handle regulatory, compliance, transactional and litigation needs for clients across the entire health care delivery...more

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Updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank

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In October 2018, the National Practitioner Databank (“NPDB”) released a third edition of the NPDB Guidebook, a manual that provides guidance on the requirements established by the laws governing the NPDB. ...more

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NPDB Guidebook Update: Does Your Institution Know What’s Reportable?

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Title IV of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA), created the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The NPDB is a national clearinghouse and repository of information on medical malpractice payments and...more

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2018 updates to the NPDB Guidebook

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On October 26, 2018, the National Practitioner Databank (NPDB) released a third edition of the NPDB Guidebook. Among other changes, it updated Chapter E: Reports, Reporting Adverse Clinical Privileges Actions....more

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NPDB Quietly Announces October 2018 Guidebook

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On Friday, October 26, 2018, the National Practitioner Data Bank (“NPDB”) quietly rolled out an updated October 2018 NPDB Guidebook. The last Guidebook was issued in April 2015, and at that time, had not been updated since...more

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Does Doctor Negligence Often Go Unreported? - National Practitioners Data Bank

Are doctors relocating all over the United States? Congress created the National Practitioners Data Bank in 1986, passing a piece of legislation whose mission entailed improving the quality of healthcare, reducing abuse...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)?

According to the NPDB website, it is an “electronic information repository created by Congress. It contains information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners,...more

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NPDB Guidebook revision would clarify investigation reporting issues

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Physicians always have been justifiably concerned about reports to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) regarding malpractice payments and adverse peer review actions. Two areas of frequent uncertainty have been: ...more

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Physician Employment Termination Without Cause Reported to NPDB

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A strange result in Langenberg v. Warren General Hospital, suggests you should pay close attention to the termination language in hospital-physician employment contracts. Warren General Hospital terminated Dr. Langenberg...more

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