Becker’s ASC Review reported the following medical malpractice report statistics by U.S. state for 2022 through the first three months of 2023 based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank:

  1. California: 5,313
  2. Texas: 4,981
  3. Florida: 4,209
  4. Ohio: 3,190
  5. New York: 2,481
  6. Michigan: 2,335
  7. Illinois: 2,258
  8. Colorado: 2,089
  9. Louisiana: 2,042
  10. Pennsylvania: 1,914
  11. Washington: 1,828
  12. Virginia: 1,654
  13. Arizona: 1,463
  14. Georgia: 1,436
  15. New Jersey: 1,366
  16. Tennessee: 1,356
  17. Kentucky: 1,275
  18. North Carolina: 1,247
  19. Alabama: 1,234
  20. Oregon: 1,151
  21. South Carolina: 1,080
  22. Maryland: 989
  23. Kansas: 974
  24. Wisconsin: 945
  25. Indiana: 905
  26. Missouri: 805
  27. Massachusetts: 803
  28. Minnesota: 757
  29. Oklahoma: 704
  30. Nevada: 647
  31. Arkansas: 605
  32. West Virginia: 543
  33. Mississippi: 524
  34. Iowa: 473
  35. Utah: 465
  36. Connecticut: 412
  37. New Mexico: 398
  38. Maine: 393
  39. Nebraska: 381
  40. Montana: 212
  41. Delaware: 209
  42. Wyoming: 202
  43. New Hampshire: 201
  44. North Dakota: 197
  45. Alaska: 194 
  46. South Dakota: 141
  47. Idaho: 133
  48. Rhode Island: 125
  49. Hawaii: 122
  50. Vermont: 75

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National Practitioners Data Bank

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a web-based repository of reports containing information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers. Established by Congress in 1986, it is a workforce tool that prevents practitioners from moving state to state without disclosure or discovery of previous damaging performance.

Federal regulations authorize eligible entities to report to and/or query the NPDB. Individuals and organizations who are subjects of these reports have access to their own information. The reports are confidential, and not available to the public.

The NPDB assists in promoting quality health care and deterring fraud and abuse within health care delivery systems.

The mission of the NPDB is “To improve health care quality, protect the public, and reduce health care fraud and abuse in the U.S.”

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Each entity that makes a payment for the benefit of a health care practitioner in settlement of, or in satisfaction in whole or in part of, a written claim or judgment for medical malpractice against that practitioner must report the payment information to the NPDB. A payment made as a result of a suit or claim solely against an entity (for example, a hospital, clinic, or group practice) that does not identify an individual practitioner should not be reported to the NPDB.

Medical malpractice payments are limited to exchanges of money and must be the result of a written complaint or claim demanding monetary payment for damages.

The written complaint or claim must be based on a practitioner’s provision of or failure to provide health care services. A written complaint or claim can include, but is not limited to, the filing of a cause of action based on the law of tort in any state or federal court or other adjudicative body, such as a claims arbitration board. Eligible entities must report when a lump sum payment is made or when the first of multiple payments is made.

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