Practitioner Data Bank: Information on Small Medical Malpractice Payments

IMTEC-92-56 Published: Jul 07, 1992. Publicly Released: Aug 08, 1992.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the range of malpractice payments reported to the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Practitioner Data Bank; and (2) the views of professional organizations on including small malpractice payments in the data bank.

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