Federal Agency Failed To Report Disciplined Providers To National Database

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a federal agency, contributed to the gaps in a federal database of dangerous caregivers when it failed to report disciplinary actions as required by law.

The federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid contributed to gaps in a national database of disciplined health care providers when it failed to report disciplinary actions as required by law, a new investigation found.

Significant gaps [1] in the decades-old database came to light earlier this year when ProPublica found that many states hadn’t been reporting [2] disciplinary actions taken against doctors, nurses, therapists and other health practitioners as required.

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