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June 11, 2021   
Health Law Weekly

Iowa High Court Dismisses Physician’s Defamation Claims for NPDB Report

  • June 11, 2021

The Supreme Court of Iowa June 4 granted a hospital summary judgment on a physician’s defamation claim for reports made by hospital employees to the Iowa Board of Medicine (IBM) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) after a hospital investigation revealed excessive prescribing of opioids.

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