Assignment task: Legal and Regulatory Issues
Introduction: The 1986 Health Care Quality Improvement Act established a database that is intended to improve the quality of healthcare in this country. Two other databases have merged with it and now offer many potential advantages.
Tasks:
1. Describe the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
2. Identify the uses of the NPDB.
3. Analyze any limitations of the NPDB.
4. Describe how NPDB relates to billing for service.