How do I determine if I am eligible to register with the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) as an “other health care entity”?
Entities that qualify as “Other Health Care Entities” must provide health care services and follow a formal peer review process to further quality health care. “Provide health care services” applies to the delivery of health care services through any of a broad array of coverage arrangements or other relationships with practitioners, whether they employ the practitioners directly or through contractual or other arrangements. This definition specifically excludes indemnity insurers that have no contractual or other arrangements with physicians, dentists, or other health care practitioners. Examples of NPDB eligible entities may include Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), group practices, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, hospices, renal dialysis centers, and free-standing ambulatory care and surgical service centers as well as locum tenens and/or permanent staffing organizations who are compliant with the statutory requirements. In addition t
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