National Practitioner Data Bank: Reporting in the Gray Areas, Complying With the Updated Requirements
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide healthcare counsel on National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting and the recent changes to the requirements. The panel will also address navigating through the gray areas of reporting and examine how the courts have dealt with thorny reporting issues.
Outline
- NPDB reporting requirements and processes
- Gray areas
- Court treatment
- Challenging a report and remedies
Benefits
The panel will review these and other relevant issues:
- What are the key reporting changes that were made in the 2018 NPDB guidebook?
- What steps can counsel take to ensure compliance when dealing with a reporting "gray area"?
- How have the courts treated thorny reporting issues?
Faculty
Christopher C. Eades
Attorney
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman
Mr. Eades devotes his practice to medical staff governance, credentialing and peer review. As part of his practice, he... | Read More
Mr. Eades devotes his practice to medical staff governance, credentialing and peer review. As part of his practice, he regularly counsels clients on matters involving medical staff bylaws, accreditation standards, hospital licensure rules and the Medicare Conditions of Participation. Mr. Eades is routinely engaged by the firm's clients to assist with the drafting and implementation of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement processes, peer review sharing arrangements, FPPE/OPPE processes and other medical staff policies and procedures addressing the conduct and competency of healthcare providers. Peer review confidentiality and peer review immunity are critical to effective hospital and medical staff quality review.
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Alex S. Fisher
Atty
Frost Brown Todd
Ms. Fisher’s practice has an emphasis in healthcare related boards, including the Tennessee Board of Medical... | Read More
Ms. Fisher’s practice has an emphasis in healthcare related boards, including the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners and the Tennessee Board of Nursing. Ms. Fisher is currently a faculty member at the Vanderbilt Center for Professional Health, where she teaches a Continuing Medical Education course, which is a part of the Center’s Maintaining Proper Boundaries and Prescribing Controlled Drugs curriculum. She also serves as part of the planning committee for a course on Prescribing for Nurse Practitioners.
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David A. Zarett
Founding Member
Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy
For over 30 years, Mr. Zarett has focused his practice on the representation of healthcare provider in state and... | Read More
For over 30 years, Mr. Zarett has focused his practice on the representation of healthcare provider in state and federals courts, arbitration, and before numerous administrative bodies. He handles all phases of state disciplinary investigations and proceedings, medical staff privileges matters, and resident physician and fellow grievance matters, among others. Mr. Zarett is an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School, where he teaches a class in Healthcare Law and Policy.
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