National Practitioner Data Bank

The WSMA believes that all licensed health care providers should be subject to mandatory reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank for: 1) adverse licensure actions; 2) adverse clinical privilege actions; 3) adverse professional society membership actions; 4) paid malpractice judgments or settlements; 5) adverse Medicare/Medicaid participation actions; and, 6) if applicable, adverse DEA licensure actions. (Res B-13, A-08)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services