NPDB compliance effort expands licensing board attestations

State healthcare profession regulatory boards and agencies are now required to submit an attestation for all of the health professions they regulate, the Health Resouces and Services Administration (HRSA) reported earlier this month. Prior to January 26, only professions that were not part of a compliance effort were required to attest.

An attestation allows the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to monitor, manage, and work with organizations that must comply with the federal NPDB reporting requirements, according to HRSA. When organizations submit an attestation, they indicate they have submitted all reportable actions in a timely manner and will continue to do so (within 30 days of the date an action was taken) or submit a plan to achieve that requirement. Reporting compliance status is posted by state on the NPDB's public website.

Source: NPDB News