Changes to National Practitioner Data Bank reporting--effective or not?
Unless a physician has been living in another galaxy far, far away with Luke Skywalker, he or she is aware of the National Practitioner Data Bank. On March 31, 1994, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that each practitioner can now place in the Data Bank a six-hundred character "rebuttal" of a report, without formally disputing the factual accuracy of the report. Does this change make the Data Bank fair? Not really. It is a step in the right direction, but further reform is needed. "Health Law" is a regular feature of Physician Executive contributed by Epstein Becker & Green. Mark Lutes of the law firm's Washington, D.C., offices serves as editor of the column.
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