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What is the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)?
The NPDB is an information clearinghouse created by Congress with the primary goals of improving health care quality, protecting the public, and reducing health care fraud and abuse in the United States.
Registered, authorized entities are required to report certain information regarding health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers. This information includes:
- Medical malpractice payments (made on behalf of practitioners)
- Federal and state licensure certification actions
- Adverse clinical privileges actions
- Adverse professional society membership actions
- Negative actions or findings by private accreditation organizations and peer review organizations
- Health care-related criminal convictions and civil judgements
- Exclusions from Medicare/Medicaid or other government health care programs
- Other adjudicated actions or decisions
The reports collected apply to health care practitioners, health care entities, providers and suppliers based on the laws and regulations that govern the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
Eligible entities can use the Query response as a workforce tool for licensing, hiring, and credentialing decisions.
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