Transcript Organizational Background

National Credentialing Forum
February 6, 2014
Ernia Hughes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Health Professions
Division of Practitioner Data Banks
Presentation Overview
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NPDB Mission and Vision
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Data Bank Merger
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System Enhancements
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Hospital Compliance
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Organizational Background
DPDB Vision and Mission
Vision:
• To be a nationally recognized leader and
partner in improving health care quality and
patient safety
Mission:
• To collect and provide complete, accurate,
timely, and reliable information on the nation’s
health care practitioners, providers, and
suppliers to improve health care quality,
promote patient safety, and deter fraud and
abuse
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Data Bank Merger
Why Did the Data Banks Merge?
• Section 6403 of the ACA authorized the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services to cease the
operation of the HIPDB and to consolidate the operation
of the HIPDB with the NPDB
• Goal: Eliminate duplication between the NPDB and
HIPDB
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Data Bank Merger Highlights
• Reports that were stored in both the NPDB and HIPDB will
remain, but will reside in the NPDB only
• There was no need to re-register with the Data Bank;
registration flagging systems were automatically re-aligned
• The authority for certain reportable actions has changed, but
no user action is required
• If you queried both the NPDB and the HIPDB, now you will
only query the NPDB
• The former Data Bank website URL (http://www.npdbhipdb.hrsa.gov) is automatically redirected to an updated
URL:
http://www.npdb.hrsa.gov
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System Enhancements
Recent system changes
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Paperless registration renewal
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New post-HIPDB merger website http://www.npdb.hrsa.gov
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Express Self-Query
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Auto-complete/search for schools
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Additional field for entity
name Streamline new entity
registration
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Simplify Continuous Query screens
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Password Wizard
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Upcoming system changes
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Simplify workflow for agents
Sunset ITP
Server Upgrades
Data integrity/validation
o Field of Licensure code
o Basis for Action code
o Reduce use of “other”
• Geocoding
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Hospital Compliance Project
Hospital compliance efforts
Progress over the past year includes:
• Compared data between the American Hospital
Association and NPDB to identify hospitals not
registered with the Data Bank;
• Discussed and developed a draft hospital
attestation process;
• Performed additional background research to
better understand the hospital landscape and
identify best practices; and
• Reviewed current compliance efforts that have
been implemented by CMS and OIG
• Met with key stakeholders (e.g., AHA, Joint
Commission) to discuss this project.
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Future Hospital Compliance Efforts
• Develop and implement
stakeholder
outreach/education
• Develop and implement
individual hospital outreach/
education
• Design and implement
hospital attestation
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Questions?
Contact Information
Ernia Hughes
Director
Division of Practitioner Data Banks
Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Telephone: 301-443-8263
Email: [email protected]
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