National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)

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What it is: The national professional organization for PAs in the United States.
Database Content: The AAPA maintains the AAPA Physician Assistant Masterfile, which includes professional and demographic data on PAs, often gathered through surveys (like the AAPA Census of Physician Assistants) and from other primary sources. This can mortgage brokers email list include:
Name and contact information
Preferred mailing address
Birth date
Major professional activity (e.g., clinical PA, educator)
Clinical work setting
Self-reported practice specialty
AAPA membership status
Purpose:
Membership Services: Managing member information and providing benefits.
Advocacy and Policy: Collecting data to inform their advocacy efforts for the PA profession.
Research: Providing data for internal research and to external researchers (often aggregated or de-identified).
AMA Physician Assistant (PA) Profiles: The AAPA works with the AMA to provide data for the AMA's PA Profiles, which are used for credentialing and verification by various organizations.

What it is: A federal database operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Database Content: The NPDB contains confidential information on adverse actions related to healthcare practitioners, including PAs. This includes:
Medical malpractice payments
Adverse licensure actions (e.g., license suspension or revocation)
Adverse clinical privileging actions (e.g., loss or reduction of hospital privileges).