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HCQIA is the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, which authorized the federal government to establish a National Practitioner Data Bank for the blacklisting of physicians by hospitals.   

HCQIA is the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, which authorized the federal government to establish a [[National Practitioner Data Bank]] for the blacklisting of physicians by hospitals.   

Specifically, the law requires reporting by "[e]ach health care entity which--

Specifically, the law requires reporting by "[e]ach health care entity which--

* (C) in the case of such an entity which is a professional society, takes a professional review action which adversely affects the membership of a physician in the society, shall report to the Board of Medical Examiners  ..."  42 U.S.C. § 11133(a).

* (C) in the case of such an entity which is a professional society, takes a professional review action which adversely affects the membership of a physician in the society, shall report to the Board of Medical Examiners  ..."  42 U.S.C. § 11133(a).

   

   

The state medical board then reports the information to the National Practitioners Data Bank.

The state medical board then reports the information to the [[National Practitioner Data Bank]].

== Qualified Immunity ==

== Qualified Immunity ==