A professional review action adversely affects a physician's clinical privileges based on competence or professional conduct. It triggers fair hearing rights under the bylaws and reporting obligations to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
Actions lasting more than thirty days are reportable.
Alternative Names:
Professional Review Action, Corrective Action
Why it Matters?
The thirty-day reporting threshold shapes how these matters are handled, since a suspension lasting twenty-nine days avoids a permanent Data Bank report that follows the physician throughout their career. That creates pressure toward resolutions structured below the threshold, and physicians frequently resign rather than face a reportable action. Resignation while under investigation is itself reportable in defined circumstances, which limits that avenue.
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What makes an action reportable?
Is resignation reportable?
