U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Closes Medical Malpractice Reporting Loophole
Generally, physicians and their liability insurance carriers are required to report all medical malpractice payments to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Due to a legal loophole that exists in certain states, however, doctors and their insurance companies have be able to avoid reporting medical malpractice settlements that result from a mediation process. In effort to close this loophole, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently signed a decision memorandum requiring doctors and medical liability insurance companies to report all medical malpractice payments made by or on behalf health care providers if even they are the result of a state-approved mediation process.
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