210.000 NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK

210.994           Length of Time for Storing Medical Malpractice Data:  SUNSET HOD 2019

210.995           Maintaining Restricted Access to the National Practitioner Data Bank:

MSSNY opposes all efforts to open the National Practitioner Data Bank to public access.  (HOD 2000-70; Reaffirmed HOD 2001-87; Reaffirmed HOD 2011; Reaffirmed HOD 2021)

210.996     Opposition to Inclusion in the National Practitioners Data Bank:

MSSNY supports the mandatory and prompt notification of residents by the appropriate hospital authority when they are named along with a hospital and/or others in the hospital in malpractice suits.

MSSNY opposes the inclusion in the National Practitioner Data Book of information on liability payments made on behalf of residents named in malpractice suits for incidents which occur during the required activities of their residency training.

MSSNY should seek the immediate suspension of the policy whereby information on residents named in malpractice suits for incidents which occur during the required activities of their residency training is documented in the National Practitioner Data Bank when liability payments are made on their behalf.  (Council 2/4/99; Reaffirmed HOD 2014)

210.997           Opposition to Expansion of the Medical Malpractice Cases Reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank:

MSSNY will vigorously oppose adoption and implementation of the proposed National Practitioner Data Bank guidelines which would allow a hospital to affix blame among involved physicians and subsequently report the name of such physician to the National Practitioner Data Bank. (HOD 1999-97; Reaffirmed HOD 2001-87; Reaffirmed HOD 2011; Reaffirmed HOD 2021)

210.998           Expunging Disciplinary Actions and Other Adverse Data from the National Practitioner Data Bank and State Databases:

MSSNY will support legislation requiring the National Practitioner Data Bank and state databases to expunge data relating to a physician five (5) years after the completion of any disciplinary penalty and five (5) years after any payment relating to a malpractice claim.  (HOD 1999-96; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)

210.999         Liability Settlement Reporting:

MSSNY is working with appropriate agencies to establish a policy that medical liability settlements of less than $35,000 not be reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank.  (HOD 1991-10; Reaffirmed; HOD 2001-87; Reaffirmed HOD 2011; Reaffirmed HOD 2021)