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HIPDB Archive

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The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) was established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, (HIPDB's authorizing statute is also referred to as Section 1128E of the Social Security Act). The purpose of the HIPDB was to help combat health care fraud and abuse. The HIPDB is no longer operational; however, information previously collected and disclosed by the HIPDB is now collected and disclosed by the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Although the HIPDB no longer exists as a separate Data Bank, we provide this page as a historic reference for HIPDB information.



HIPDB Historical Summary

This page contains historical information pertaining to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), which officially became part of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) May 6, 2013. While the NPDB and the HIPDB were established for different purposes, overlap existed in some reporting and querying requirements. To eliminate this duplication, Congress passed Section 6403 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, Public Law 111-148. As part of this legislation, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was required to set up a transition period to transfer all data in the HIPDB to the NPDB, and, once completed, to cease HIPDB operations. Information previously collected and disclosed through the HIPDB is now collected and disclosed through the NPDB. Final regulations implementing Section 6403 of the Affordable Care Act were published in the Federal Register April 5, 2013.

Legislation & Regulations

The documents below are references to legislation, regulations, and Federal Register Notices that previously governed the HIPDB prior to the NPDB and HIPDB merger in 2013. The underlying statute, 1128E, though modified, is still in force under the NPDB.

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