Ask the expert: Can a practitioner be enrolled in the Practitioner Disclosure Service (PDS) at applicant status?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, October 11, 2007
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Yes. The medical staff office can enroll its practitioners in the PDS even if they are still going through the application process at the standard $3.25 per name per databank fee. However, as soon as a practitioner ends his or her relationship with a healthcare organization, that organization must cancel the practitioner's enrollment in its PDS reports as soon as possible.
The intent of the PDS (still in it's prototype phase) is to protect the public and improve the quality of healthcare by providing information to entities as soon as it is received by the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), according to a presentation by Mark S. Pincus, MHS, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at the 2007 National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) conference.
To learn more about the PDS, click here.
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