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The Division of Medical Quality Assurance, Department of Health, reviewed its data collection for Annual Report tables and determined
some data should be more precisely matched with statutory requirements. Changes made for the 2013-2014 MQA Annual Report
caused some results to differ significantly from prior reports. Caution should be used when comparing the following tables with prior year
reports.
Table 7 – Emergency Orders Issued
A recent review of the criteria utilized to generate the results for the enforcement portion of the annual report revealed that the criteria
was not all inclusive and did not accurately reflect the number of emergency orders issued. Specifically, Table 7, Emergency Orders
Issued, previously reported only the emergency orders that were determined to be the highest action taken on those cases where
multiple actions were taken, i.e. an emergency suspension preceded or followed by an emergency restriction but only the emergency
suspension was being counted. As such, in order to capture the true number of emergency orders issued the criteria was revised to
count all instances of an emergency action. This modification resulted in an increased number of emergency restriction orders issued
over previous years.
Table 8 – Reports/Complaints Received and Investigations Completed
Preliminary inquiries were being incorrectly reported as completed investigations. Investigations are initiated upon the determination
of legal sufficiency which statutorily requires a subject notification letter. However, preliminary inquiries do not rise to the level of legal
sufficiency requiring an official “investigation” and the associated subject notification. Therefore, the criteria were revised to remove the
preliminary inquiries from the investigations completed and report them separately in a new column. This resulted in a decrease in the
number of completed investigations that appeared to be trending up compared to the previous two fiscal years.
Table 13 – Unlicensed Activity
Previous criteria used to generate the Unlicensed Activity cases were found not to be all inclusive. Revisions were implemented to
capture all ULA related codes for a more accurate reporting of ULA complaints. This modification resulted in a significant increase in the
number of ULA complaints received and referred for investigation.
Data Methodology
Information Tables
Data Methodology
Table 1 Summary of Licensed Practitioners
Table 2 Summary of Licensed Facilities and Establishments
Table 3 Recognized Continuing Education (CE) Providers
Table 4 Initial Applications Received and Initial Licenses Issued
Table 5 Upgrade Applications Received and Upgrade Licenses Issued
Table 6 Online Renewals
Table 7 Emergency Orders Issued
Table 8 Reports Received, Complaints Received, and Investigations Completed
Table 9 Probable Cause Actions
Table 10 Disciplinary Cases
Table 11 Medical Malpractice Claims
Table 12 Hospital Annual Report Claims
Table 13 Unlicensed Activity
Table 14 Student Loan Defaults
Table 15 Revenue, Expenditures and Cash Balances
Table 16 Projected Cash Balances
Table 17 Review of the Adequacy of Renewal Fees