HHS Has Been Violating its Own Policy About Reporting Malpractice Payments to the National Practitioner Data Bank
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
When it comes to its own doctors and health care providers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been breaking its own policy requiring all malpractice payments to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), according to a memo recently obtained (http://www.citizen.org/hrg2223) by Public Citizen. As a result, it is likely that several hundred reports of malpractice paymen . . .
When it comes to its own doctors and health care providers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been breaking its own policy requiring all malpractice payments to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), according to a memo recently obtained (http://www.citizen.org/hrg2223) by Public Citizen. As a result, it is likely that several hundred reports of malpractice paymen . . .