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NPDB Public Use Data File

October 5, 2025

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a tool used in efforts to protect patients from incompetent, unprofessional, and often dangerous health care practitioners. Since its creation in 1986, the NPDB collects reports on medical malpractice payments, certain medical review actions, and sanctio[...]

What The U.S. Government Doesn’t Want You To Know About Medical Malpractice Claims

October 9, 2011

The free gathering and dissemination of information that is relevant or otherwise of interest to the general public, whether popular or not-so-flattering, has always been an important right in the United States. When our federal government has attempted to limit or control access to relevant an[...]

An Analysis Of Paid Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. For 2010

September 23, 2011

An analysis of paid medical malpractice claims in the United States for 2010 based on data from the National Practitioner Data Bank for physicians (MDs), osteopathic physicians (DOs), interns, and residents found that there were 9,894 paid medical malpractice claims. The highest number of paid clai[...]

Reporting Medical Malpractice Payments To The NPDB

September 10, 2011

The stated reasons behind the law that created the National Practitioner Data Bank were the increasing incidents of medical malpractice litigation and the need to improve the quality of medical care that became a national problem that required greater efforts than could be undertaken by the indivi[...]

Are “Bad” Doctors Responsible For Causing More Medical Malpractice?

September 9, 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions is responsible for receiving reports of medical malpractice payments and adverse actions against medical providers in the United States. It maintains the National Practitioner[...]

Recent Trends In Paid Medical Malpractice Claims In The United States

June 16, 2011

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a national clearinghouse created by the U.S. Congress that receives and discloses reports on all licensure actions taken against health care practitioners and organizations and all negative actions or findings concluded against health care organizations.[...]

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