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NPDB Insights Archive

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Patient Safety and NPDB Compliance, February 2023
What Happens During a Compliance Review?, August 2021
Attestation Updates: Confidentiality and Agents, September 2020
Interested in State Compliance with the NPDB? See Our New Compliance Map!, January 2020
New Group to Join the Attestation Effort, August 2019
Updated Compliance Review Results, August 2019
Medical Malpractice Payers Join the Attestation Effort, February 2019
Health Plans to Join the Attestation Effort, August 2018
State Licensing Board Registration Renewal to Include Compliance Reviews, February 2018
Focus on Hospital Attestation, January 2018
September Compliance Review Completed, October 2017
July Compliance Review Completed, August 2017
May Compliance Review Completed, June 2017
New Compliance Infographic Released, November 2016
Focus on Health Center Attestation, October 2016
Compliance Pages Easier to Navigate, Include New Compliance Infographic, September 2016
Expanded Attestation Initiative, July 2016

My organization needs to run a query on one of our practitioners. Can I submit a Self-Query on her?, August 2025
What is a Subject Database?, July 2025
My entity has just discovered a reportable action dating back 10 years that was never submitted to the NPDB. Are we obligated to submit a report?, June 2025
What do I do if I have two ID.me accounts?, May 2025
Will the NPDB notify the practitioner's state licensing board if an entity submits a report on that practitioner?, April 2025
When is proctoring reportable?, January 2025
Do I need to report physicians or dentists who take a leave of absence that impacts their clinical privileges?, December 2024
How do I know if my state board is compliant with the NPDB?, November 2024
When do I need to submit a Revision-to-Action Report?, October 2024
When is a summary suspension of clinical privileges reported?, August 2024
Is it true that reports of clinical privileges actions taken only need to be submitted for physicians and dentists?, July 2024
One of our practitioners only has temporary privileges. Do I still have to report actions taken against him or her?, May 2024
How Does Continuous Query Help Patient Safety?, April 2024
What is attestation?, March 2024
What subject information must I include in a report?, February 2024
I have more than one NPDB user account. How do I link them so I can sign in to one account with MFA?, January 2024
May I share my organization's query response?, October 2023
How Do I Set Up a New Ambulatory Surgery Center with the NPDB?, September 2023
Does the NPDB accept digital notarization?, July 2023
How do I ask a policy or reporting question?, May 2023
How do I enroll subjects in Continuous Query from Stored Subjects?, April 2023
What is Report Forwarding?, February 2023
How do I add another Data Bank administrator to my organization?, January 2023
When am I required to cancel a Continuous Query enrollment?, November 2022
Why do I need to include a narrative description in my report?, October 2022
How long do reports stay in the NPDB?, September 2022
How do I delete a user account?, August 2022
How long does it take reports to become available in the NPDB? How long do reports remain in the NPDB?, July 2022
What do I do if I forget my NPDB account password?, June 2022
Who can be enrolled in Continuous Query?, May 2022
How do I become the new administrator for my organization?, April 2022
May I share my organization's query response?, February 2022
How do query credits work?, January 2022
What does my hospital administrator need to know about the NPDB?, December 2021
How Do I Know That My Self-Query Response Is Certified?, November 2021
How do I cancel a Continuous Query enrollment?, October 2021
What's the Difference Between an Entity and an Agent?, August 2021
How Do I View an Old Self-Query Response?, June 2021
What is a Health Plan?, May 2021
What is Continuous Query?, April 2021
How do I know if my organization is eligible to register with the NPDB?, March 2021
Can my organization use a practitioner's Self-Query in place of a query submitted by the organization?, February 2021
When should I submit a Void Report?, January 2021
How do I use a CVO to query?, December 2020
Under a transparency initiative, my entity has become aware of a reportable action dating back decades that was never submitted to the NPDB. Are we obligated to submit all of that information to the NPDB?, November 2020
What is the difference between a Correction Report and a Revision-to-Action Report?, October 2020
When should my hospital or other health care entity query?, September 2020
What is the difference between One-Time and Continuous Query?, August 2020
Once a report is submitted to the NPDB, when does it become available?, July 2020
I have query credits; what are they and how do I use them?, June 2020
What is the minimum amount of information I can provide for a query and still receive an accurate result?, May 2020
Is my organization required to report proctoring to the NPDB?, April 2020
If one of our practitioners is reported by another entity, will the NPDB update us, or do we have to conduct our own periodic monitoring?, March 2020

Fee Change for Mailed Self-Queries, October 2024
Fee Change for Mailed Self-Queries Starts October 1, 2024, September 2024
NPDB Query Fee Change, October 2021
NPDB to Change Query Fees October 1st, August 2021
The NPDB Query Fee Waiver Period Has Ended, October 2020
NPDB Query Fees Waived, May 2020
NPDB Query Fees Waived, April 2020
NPDB to Reduce Query Fees, August 2016

Updated "Check Your Report" FAQs, August 2025
Keep Your NPDB Account Running Smoothly, December 2024
Designating Successors, April 2024
How to Keep Your NPDB Account Running Smoothly, December 2023
Quick Tip: Prevent Lockouts, November 2023
Prepay for Your Queries by Purchasing Query Credits!, September 2023
Registering with the NPDB, August 2023
Need Help? Check Out These Resources!, October 2022
How to Designate an Authorized Agent, July 2022
NPI and the NPDB, May 2022
Keep Your NPDB Account Running Smoothly!, January 2021
Looking for More Information About the NPDB? Check Out These New Resources!, December 2020
Dispute Process, November 2020
Quick Tips: Secure Messaging, October 2020
Quick Tips: Keeping Your Account Up-To-Date, July 2020
How to Query and Report Temporary Privileges and Employees, June 2020
Upload Your Documents for a Faster Response, June 2020
Are You Getting Monthly NPDB Summary Emails?, February 2020
How State Boards Can Use Report Forwarding and Continuous Query, November 2019
What Can I Share with My Surveyor?, September 2019
Has Your Organization's Information Changed Recently?, June 2019
Find Answers to Your Reporting Questions, March 2019
What Happens When a Subject Disputes a Report?, March 2019
Customer Service Center Quick Tip, October 2018
Customer Service Center Quick Tip, September 2018
Do You Need Help Reconciling a Payment?, September 2018
Customer Service Center Quick Tip, August 2018
Customer Service Center (CSC) Quick Tip, June 2018
Why You Should Use the NPI Number for Querying and Reporting, June 2018
Customer Service Center (CSC) Quick Tip, May 2018
Save Time Using Electronic Report Forwarding, May 2018
Understanding NPDB Reports, April 2018
Did You Know that You Can Pre-Pay for Queries?, February 2018
Helpful Tips for 2018!, January 2018
What is a Subject Database?, May 2017
Have You Tried Using a One-Time Password to Access Your Account?, April 2017
Add Your Mobile Phone Number to Your Account Today, October 2016
Has Your Organization's Information Changed Recently?, May 2016
The Benefits of Having More Than One Data Bank Administrator, March 2016
Using NPI Numbers for Querying and Reporting, February 2016
Easily Solve Your Most Common Sign-In Issues, January 2016

Registration Renewal and Attestation, March 2025
Want More 'Is It Reportable?' Visit Our Policy Corner, January 2025
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Submitting Medical Malpractice Payment Reports, November 2021
What Can Be Disputed?, September 2021
Investigations and the NPDB, September 2020
Reports Submitted After 30 Days, January 2020
Confidentiality and Civil Money Penalties, July 2019
Updated NPDB Guidebook Released, November 2018
Clinical Privileges Reporting Guidance has been added to the Policy Corner, November 2017
New Guidance Added to NPDB's Policy Corner, November 2016
Introducing the NPDB's Policy Corner, September 2016
Guidance for Nurse Aide Registry Findings and Certification Actions, January 2016

New and Updated Self-Query FAQs, July 2025
Why Your State Board Should Use Continuous Query, May 2025
Querying 101 for State Boards, February 2025
What Do I Need to Know About Querying?, September 2024
Continuous Query, Certified Self-Queries Provide State Boards Good Options for Reviewing Practitioners, August 2024
Using Continuous Query for Applicants, Locum Tenens, and Temporary Practitioners, May 2024
Sharing Query Responses, April 2024
Did You Miss Our Querying Webinar?, March 2024
How to Submit Multiple Query Requests at One Time, August 2023
Can My Organization Use Continuous Query with an Authorized Agent?, July 2023
Understanding Query Responses, June 2023
Hospital Querying Requirement Remains at Two Years, April 2023
Did You Know?, You Can Automatically Renew Your Continuous Query Enrollments, March 2023
Continuous Query for State Licensing Boards, January 2023
How to Retrieve Historical Continuous Queries, September 2022
Not Sure How To Use Continuous Query? Check Out Our New Video!, April 2022
Are Hospitals Required To Keep Records of Their Queries?, January 2022
Continuous Query Is Now Available for All Eligible Entities, August 2021
Querying with Centralized vs. Decentralized Credentialing, May 2020
Use Your Subject Database to Make Continuous Query Easier!, February 2020
When Am I Not Allowed to Query?, December 2019
Do You Know Which Professions Your Organization is Allowed to Query?, May 2019
When You Must Cancel Continuous Query Enrollments, April 2019
How to View Continuous Query Enrollment Confirmations, September 2018
Understanding Query Responses, April 2018
Support Patient Safety by Using Continuous Query, March 2018
Continuous Query Helps You Stay Current with Practitioners, December 2017
When Can Query Responses Be Shared Within a Health System?, September 2017
When Should Your Organization Query the NPDB, August 2017
Getting the Most Out of Your NPDB Queries, May 2017
Pre-payment Streamlines Querying-Related Tasks, April 2016

Thank You NPDB Insights, August 2025
MMPR Webinar Recording Is Now Available, April 2025
Register Now for the Medical Malpractice Payment Reporting Requirements Webinar, March 2025
Don't Forget to Register for the NPDB 101 Webinar!, November 2024
Register Now for the NPDB 101 Webinar, October 2024
Learn How to Identity Verify with Our New Instructional Video, September 2024
What Happened to the HIPDB?, August 2024
NPDB Resources Webinar Recording Is Now Available, July 2024
Register Now for the NPDB Resources Webinar, June 2024
Register Now for the NPDB Resources Webinar, May 2024
10 Years Ago This Month: The NPDB-HIPDB Merger, May 2023
Patient Safety and the NPDB, March 2023
Register for Our Data Bank Administrator Training on Wednesday, February 22!, February 2023
What Do You Want To See in Insights?, December 2022
Clinical Privileges Reporting Scenarios Webinar Resources, November 2022
Register Now For the Clinical Privileges Reporting Scenarios Webinar on Tuesday, September 20!, September 2022
Did You Miss Our Narrative Descriptions Webinar?, August 2022
Register Now For the Writing Narrative Descriptions for Reports Webinar on Thursday, July 14!, July 2022
Did You Miss Our 5/3/2022 NPDB 101 Webinar?, June 2022
Join Us For the NPDB 101 Webinar on Tuesday, May 3!, April 2022
NPDB Virtual Education Request, December 2021
NPDB Webcasts Archive, December 2021
Learn How Attestation Supports NPDB Data Quality by Attending our Webcast, March 2020
The NPDB: Working to Improve Patient Safety for 30 Years!, March 2020
Three More NPDB Webcasts You Won't Want to Miss!, January 2020
New Resource! The Dispute Process Infographic, November 2019
You're Invited! Join us in October for our Clinical Privileges Webcast, October 2019
2019 Education Forum Recap, June 2019
What Do Reporting and Querying Have to Do with Patient Safety?, March 2019
Check Out the New Credentialing Infographic, February 2019
NPDB 2019 Education Forum to be Held April 9th, December 2018
NPDB 101 for Federal Agencies, December 2018
National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, November 2018
Supporting Your Efforts to Protect Patient Safety, October 2018
The NPDB: Improving Patient Safety Since 1990, March 2018
Interested in a NPDB Presentation for Your Organization?, January 2018
Check Out the NPDB's Reporting Guide Series, December 2017
Important NPDB Terms Infographic Released, November 2017
New Infographic Contrasts Entities vs. Agents, September 2017
Three New Reporting Guide Infographics Available, April 2017
New Medical Malpractice Payment Reporting Guide Available, March 2017
Medical Malpractice Payment Reports in the NPDB, March 2017
Hospital Registration Renewal Updates and New Hospital Web Page, January 2017
New Querying Infographics Available, January 2017
The Importance of Proper Coding, December 2016
NPDB Introduces Infographic Series, June 2016
The NPDB is Working for You, May 2016

New Research and Data FAQs and Research Proposal Forms, June 2025
New Resource for Prosecutors and Attorneys, June 2025
New and Updated 2024 Data and Resources, March 2025
New and Updated 2023 Data and Resources, March 2024
New and Updated 2021 Data and Resources, March 2022
Findings from the NPDB User Survey, November 2021
Updated 2020 Data and Resources, March 2021
Updated 2019 Data and Resources, March 2020
Annual Update: Overview of 2018 Data and Resources, April 2019
Updated Data Analysis Tool with 2017 Data, July 2018
NPDB Research Statistics and Data Analysis Tools Revamped, July 2017

Reporting Guidance

Is It Reportable?, August 2025
Is It Reportable?, July 2025
The Four Report Types of the NPDB, July 2025
Is It Reportable?, June 2025
Is It Reportable?, May 2025
Is It Reportable?, April 2025
What Happens When a Subject Disputes a Report?, April 2025
Is It Reportable?, March 2025
Is It Reportable?, February 2025
Is It Reportable?, January 2025
Is It Reportable?, December 2024
Is It Reportable?, November 2024
Is It Reportable?, October 2024
Is It Reportable?, September 2024
Is It Reportable?, August 2024
Is It Reportable?, July 2024
Reporting Deceased Practitioners, June 2024
Is It Reportable?, June 2024
Is It Reportable?, May 2024
Is It Reportable?, April 2024
Is It Reportable?, March 2024
Is It Reportable?, February 2024
State Licensure Actions vs. Government Administrative Actions, February 2024
Is It Reportable?, January 2024
Is It Reportable?, December 2023
Is It Reportable?, November 2023
Reporting Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, November 2023
Is It Reportable?, October 2023
Is Your Health Plan Reporting?, October 2023
Is It Reportable?, September 2023
Is It Reportable?, August 2023
What to Include in a Narrative Description, August 2023
Is It Reportable?, July 2023
Report Types: What's the Difference?, July 2023
Is It Reportable?, June 2023
Is It Reportable?, May 2023
Reporting Clinical Privileges Actions, April 2023
Is It Reportable?, April 2023
Is It Reportable?, March 2023
Is It Reportable?, February 2023
Is It Reportable?, January 2023
Is It Reportable?, December 2022
What To Know About Reporting Proctoring, November 2022
Is It Reportable?, November 2022
Is It Reportable?, October 2022
Is It Reportable?, September 2022
Is It Reportable?, August 2022
Updating Report Information, July 2022
Is It Reportable?, July 2022
Is It Reportable?, June 2022
Is It Reportable?, May 2022
Is It Reportable?, April 2022
Is It Reportable?, March 2022
Is It Reportable?, February 2022
Is It Reportable?, January 2022
Is It Reportable?, December 2021
Is It Reportable?, November 2021
Is It Reportable?, October 2021
Responding to a Dispute Information Request, October 2021
Is It Reportable?, September 2021
Is It Reportable?, August 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting Other Adjudicated Actions or Decisions, July 2021
Is It Reportable?, July 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting Criminal Convictions, June 2021
Reporting Updates for State Licensing Boards and Certification Agencies, June 2021
Is It Reportable?, June 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting Civil Judgments, May 2021
Is It Reportable?, May 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting Medical Malpractice Payments, April 2021
Is It Reportable?, April 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting State Licensure Actions, March 2021
Is It Reportable?, March 2021
Step-by-Step: Reporting Clinical Privileges Actions, February 2021
Introduction to Reporting, February 2021
Is It Reportable?, February 2021
Resolve to Submit All Your Reports in the New Year!, January 2021
Is It Reportable?, January 2021
Quick Tips: How To Report an Unlicensed Practitioner, December 2020
Is It Reportable?, December 2020
Is It Reportable?, November 2020
Is It Reportable?, October 2020
Is It Reportable?, September 2020
Is It Reportable?, August 2020
Why Do I Have to Report to the NPDB?, August 2020
Quick Tips: How to Write Report Narrative Descriptions, August 2020
Is It Reportable?, July 2020
Who Gets Reported to the NPDB?, July 2020
Is It Reportable?, June 2020
Is It Reportable?, May 2020
Understanding Reports, May 2020
Is It Reportable?, April 2020
Is It Reportable?, March 2020
Is It Reportable?, February 2020
Is It Reportable?, January 2020
Three Ways to Submit Better Reports, December 2019
Is It Reportable?, December 2019
Is It Reportable?, November 2019
How Do I Report a Malpractice Payment for Multiple Practitioners?, October 2019
Is It Reportable?, October 2019
Is Your Health Plan Reporting?, September 2019
Is It Reportable?, September 2019
Should I Report an Action if it was Taken Through a Private Agreement?, August 2019
Is It Reportable?, August 2019
Reporting Tips: Describe the Action, July 2019
What is an Investigation and When Is It Reportable?, July 2019
Is It Reportable?, July 2019
Is It Reportable?, June 2019
When is Proctoring Reportable?, May 2019
Is It Reportable?, May 2019
Why You Should Write a Detailed Narrative When Submitting a Report, April 2019
Is It Reportable?, April 2019
Is It Reportable?, March 2019
Is It Reportable?, February 2019
Is It Reportable?, January 2019
Is It Reportable?, December 2018
Is It Reportable?, November 2018
Is It Reportable?, October 2018
Is It Reportable?, September 2018
Is It Reportable?, August 2018
Understanding Adverse Action Reports, August 2018
Understanding Medical Malpractice Payment Reports, July 2018
Is It Reportable?, July 2018
Understanding Judgment or Conviction Reports, June 2018
Is It Reportable?, June 2018
Three Important Report Types, May 2018
Is It Reportable?, May 2018
Is It Reportable?, April 2018
Is It Reportable?, March 2018
Is It Reportable?, February 2018
Is It Reportable?, January 2018
Is It Reportable?, December 2017
Is It Reportable?, November 2017
Is It Reportable?, October 2017
Is It Reportable?, September 2017
Is It Reportable?, August 2017
Is It Reportable?, July 2017
Is It Reportable?, June 2017
Is It Reportable?, May 2017
Is It Reportable?, April 2017
Is It Reportable?, March 2017
Is It Reportable?, January 2017
Reporting Flowcharts Simplified as Infographics, December 2016
Is It Reportable?, December 2016
Is It Reportable?, November 2016
Is It Reportable?, October 2016
Is It Reportable?, September 2016
Is It Reportable?, August 2016
Is It Reportable?, July 2016
Is It Reportable?, June 2016
Is It Reportable?, May 2016
Is It Reportable?, April 2016
Is It Reportable?, March 2016
Is It Reportable? Withdrawal of an Initial Application for Medical Staff Appointment, January 2016

Roles and Responsibilities

What You Need to Know About Data Bank Administrators, May 2025
Your Role as a Data Bank Administrator, June 2024
Management Services Organizations vs. Managed Care Organizations, December 2023
How to Use Authorized Agents, November 2023
All About Authorized Agents, July 2023
Has Your Organization's Information Changed Recently?, June 2023
Keep Your Account up to Date, December 2022
NPDB Spotlight: Federal Hospitals, December 2022
NPDB Spotlight: State Licensing and Certification Agencies, November 2022
NPDB Spotlight: Medical Malpractice Payers, August 2022
NPDB Spotlight: Health Plans, June 2022
NPDB Spotlight: Hospitals, May 2022
How To Change Your Organization's Information With the NPDB, February 2022
Administrator Responsibilities, October 2021
The Advantages of Multiple Administrator Accounts, April 2020
A Process Enhancement for New Administrators, October 2019
Are hospitals required to keep records of their queries?, February 2019
Check Your Monthly Summary Email for Updates, January 2019
Data Bank Administrators: Connecting Your Organization and the NPDB, October 2017

Need Help with Identity Verification?, August 2025
Quick Tip: You Can Only Have One Identity-Verified ID.me Account, February 2025
New Account Protections Coming in January 2025, December 2024
Identity Verification Troubleshooting, November 2024
How to Sign in With MFA and Identity Verification, July 2024
Identity Verification Is Coming to the NPDB, April 2024
Multi-Factor Authentication to Become Mandatory on April 25th, March 2024
Stop Resetting Your Password in 2024: Switch to MFA Today, February 2024
What Is a DBID and Why Is It Important?, January 2024
How to Sign in Without a DBID, November 2023
Start Using Multi-Factor Authentication Today!, October 2023
Multi-Factor Authentication is Coming to the NPDB, September 2023
Help the NPDB Keep Your Information Secure!, September 2023
What Makes a Good Password?, October 2022
Update to User Password Requirements, September 2021
Did You Know? Sharing User Accounts is Prohibited, November 2017
Keeping NPDB Information Confidential, June 2016
Will Your Browser Be Affected by the May NPDB Security Update?, March 2016

Non-U.S. Mailing Addresses and the NPDB, February 2025
Did You Know? The NPDB Provides Digitally Certified Self-Query PDFs, May 2023
Practitioners and the NPDB, March 2022
Introducing Certified Self-Query Responses!, July 2021
Need Help With Your Self-Query? Check Out Our New Video!, June 2021
Self-Query Infographic Released, July 2017
Self-Query Upload Enhancement, July 2016

System Enhancements

Some Updates to Reporting Codes, January 2023
Updates to the QRXS Code Lists, May 2019
Our New Search Tool, January 2019
Changes Coming for QRXS Users in June 2018, April 2018
Easily Share e-Guidebook Content, June 2017
Easily Share NPDB Web Pages, August 2016
New Webpages You May Have Missed, April 2016
Introducing the New NPDB Help Center, February 2016
NPDB's Year in Review: A Look Back at 2015, February 2016