NPDB Reporting Guidance Available

The Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review Discussion List of the American Health Lawyers Association recently discussed whether or not the termination of a physician making misstatements and failing to make required disclosures about an insurance gap requires NPDB reporting.

Daryl Gray, Director of the Division of Practitioner Databanks, provided the NPDB's interpretation of the issue. The Data Bank's official guidance can be found here:

http://www.kattenlaw.com/npdb-renders-opinion-on-standard-for-required-data-bank-reports-08-12-2009/.


Source: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP