Legal and Regulatory Issues

            Review the following lecture: Legal and Regulatory Issues Introduction: The 1986 Health Care Quality Improvement Act established a database that is intended to improve the quality of healthcare in this country. Two other databases have merged with it and now offer many potential advantages. Tasks: Describe the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Identify the uses of the NPDB. Analyze any limitations of the NPDB. Describe how NPDB relates to billing for services.