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