Registering With the Data Banks
Only eligible entities may query and
report to the NPDB and the HIPDB. Eligibility requirements for
participation are specified in the legislation
for each Data Bank. If an entity is not eligible to report or query
under a given statute for either Data Bank, it may not participate
in that Data Bank.
Eligible entities may choose to have outside organizations query
and report on their behalf. Such outside organizations are referred
to as authorized agents. If the entity decides to authorize an agent to query and report
on its behalf, both the entity and the agent must be registered
with the Data Banks.
Before an entity can query and report, it must first register and
certify that it meets the explicit statutory requirements for participating
in the NPDB, the HIPDB, or both. Practitioners, providers, or suppliers requesting information should submit a self-query.
If your entity is registering for the first time, use the appropriate
form below to register with the Data Banks. Most entities should
use the Entity Registration Form. The Agent Registration
Form is for those entities who have no authority on their own behalf
to query or report; rather they act as an agent to those entities
who elect to have an outside organization query and/or report to
the NPDB-HIPDB on their behalf.
When the form has been processed successfully, the entity is assigned
a Data Bank Identification Number (DBID), and may then start querying
and reporting to the Data Bank(s). All entities that
register must certify that they satisfy explicit statutory requirements
for participation in the NPDB, the HIPDB, or both.
The enabling statutes for the NPDB and the HIPDB do not allow disclosure
to the general public. The general
public may not request information that identifies a particular
health care practitioner, provider, or supplier; however, Annual Reports, Public Data Files, and NPDB and HIPDB Summary Reports are available in a form that does not identify any particular
entity or practitioner.
Additional Information on Registering With the Data Banks
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