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Article Excerpt
Three agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--the Indian Health Service (IHS), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)--failed to report 474 medical malpractice cases to the National Practitioner Data Bank, despite being required to do so, according to an October 2005 report by the HHS inspector general. The cases involved treatment rendered by government health practitioners from June 1997 through September 2004.
Managed by the HRSA, the data bank collects information related to malpractice claims against health care providers, including settlements and judgments, disciplinary actions, Medicare and Medicaid sanctions, and license suspensions...
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