A physician is undergoing professional peer review related to an incident of fraud in his practice. Which federal law requires that professional peer review action be taken in this case and also limits the damages for the professional review?
A. Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
B. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
C. Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank Act
D. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
E. Health Care Quality Improvement Act
E. Health Care Quality Improvement Act
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act requires that professional peer review be done in certain cases. It also created the National Practitioner Data Bank. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as the Affordable Care Act, provided for a variety of new opportunities to purchase health insurance. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act had a variety of student loan provisions and support for training programs. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is known for its privacy and security provisions.
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