title: Hospitals won't be able to access HIPAA data bank.
abstract: The new Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, designed to complement the 10-year-old National Practitioner Data Bank, offers a wealth of information on final adverse actions taken against health care providers. The catch? By law, hospitals are barred from accessing the data bank.
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005607:Fraud; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services