Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 117 — Encouraging Good Faith Professional Review Activities
§ 11131. Requiring reports on medical malpractice payments
Statutory text
In general
Each entity (including an insurance company) which makes payment under a policy of insurance, self-insurance, or otherwise in settlement (or partial settlement) of, or in satisfaction of a judgment in, a medical malpractice action or claim shall report, in accordance with section 11134 of this title, information respecting the payment and circumstances thereof.
Information to be reported
The information to be reported under subsection (a) includes—
the name of any physician or licensed health care practitioner for whose benefit the payment is made,
the amount of the payment,
the name (if known) of any hospital with which the physician or practitioner is affiliated or associated,
a description of the acts or omissions and injuries or illnesses upon which the action or claim was based, and
such other information as the Secretary determines is required for appropriate interpretation of information reported under this section.
Sanctions for failure to report
Any entity that fails to report information on a payment required to be reported under this section shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such payment involved. Such penalty shall be imposed and collected in the same manner as civil money penalties under subsection (a) of section 1320a–7a of this title are imposed and collected under that section.
Report on treatment of small payments
The Secretary shall study and report to Congress, not later than two years after , on whether information respecting small payments should continue to be required to be reported under subsection (a) and whether information respecting all claims made concerning a medical malpractice action should be required to be reported under such subsection.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
Pub. L. 99–660 title IV § 421 · 100 Stat. 3743
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 11131
(Pub. L. 99–660, title IV, § 421, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3788.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–660, title IV, § 421, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3788.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 421. REQUIRING REPORTS ON MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PAYMENTS. (a) In General.— Each entity (including an insurance company) which makes payment under a policy of insurance, self-insurance, or otherwise in settlement (or partial settlement) of, or in satisfaction of a judgment in, a medical malpractice action or claim shall report, in accordance with section 424, information respecting the payment and circumstances thereof. (b) Information To Be Reported.— The information to be reported under subsection (a) includes— (1) the name of any physician or licensed health care practitioner for whose benefit the payment is made, (2) the amount of the payment, (3) the name (if known) of any hospital with which the physician or practitioner is affiliated or associated, (4) a description of the acts or omissions and injuries or illnesses upon which the action or claim was based, and (5) such other information as the Secretary determines is required for appropriate interpretation of information reported under this section. (c) Sanctions for Failure to Report.— Any entity that fails to report information on a payment required to be reported under this section shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such payment involved. Such penalty shall be imposed and collected in the same manner as civil money penalties Ante. p. 2003. under subsection (a) of section 1128A of the Social Security Act are imposed and collected under that section. (d) Report on Treatment of Small Payments.— The Secretary shall study and report to Congress, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, on whether information respecting small payments should continue to be required to be reported under subsection (a) and whether information respecting all claims made concerning a medical malpractice action should be required to be reported under such subsection.
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