Does the Oregon Medical Board or the National Practitioner Data Bank contain any reported paid malpractice settlements or judgments for Dr. Gundry?
Executive summary
There is no information in the supplied reporting that identifies any paid malpractice settlements or judgments for a practitioner named Dr. Gundry; the sources explain why that absence in the reporting does not prove no records exist and where such records would appear if they did (Oregon Medical Board for paid settlements posted online, and the National Practitioner Data Bank for reported payments) [1] [2]. Because the NPDB is not publicly browseable and Oregon posts only certain payments online while other claim reports require public‑records requests, the available materials do not permit a definitive public confirmation one way or the other for Dr. Gundry [3] [4] [1].
1. The question being asked and the limits of the sources
The core query—whether the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) or the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) “contain any reported paid malpractice settlements or judgments for Dr. Gundry”—requires either (a) locating an OMB online posting of a money judgment/award/settlement tied to that name or (b) obtaining an NPDB report naming that practitioner; the supplied sources explain the mechanics of those repositories but contain no specific record for Dr. Gundry, so the reporting cannot confirm existence of such reports for that individual [1] [2] [4].
2. How the Oregon Medical Board posts malpractice payments — and what that implies
Oregon law requires the OMB to post online a claim report only when a claim results in a money judgment, award, or settlement that involves a payment to the claimant; other claim reports submitted to the board are accessible only via public records request and may be redacted under administrative rules [1]. That means a paid settlement would appear on the OMB website if it met the statutory posting criteria, but many filings and settlements can remain off the public webpage and instead be obtainable only through formal request processes [1]. The supplied OMB guidance therefore implies that absence from the board’s online posted list is not proof that no settlement exists—only that it may not meet the posting trigger or has not been retrieved in the materials provided here [1].
3. What the National Practitioner Data Bank does — and why public searches are blocked
The NPDB is the federal repository that collects reports of medical malpractice payments and adverse actions submitted by insurers, hospitals, and licensing boards, and those payments are reportable when triggered by a written claim or written demand for payment [2] [5]. However, federal law and NPDB policy prevent the public from directly querying identifiable practitioner records; the NPDB’s public‑use files are de‑identified and the full database is accessible only to certain authorized entities, which means a member of the public cannot simply look up a named practitioner like Dr. Gundry in the NPDB through the publicly available materials supplied here [4] [3].
4. Who must report and what kinds of payments are captured
Malpractice payers such as insurers, self‑insured entities, and hospitals are required to report payments made on behalf of a practitioner when they arise from a written demand or claim, and the NPDB rules emphasize that a settlement does not itself create a presumption of malpractice [6] [5]. This regulatory framework means that if a reported payment exists for a practitioner it should be present in NPDB records submitted by the payer and might also be reflected in OMB postings if the OMB posting threshold was met, but those records are controlled by reporting entities and access rules, not the general public [6] [1].
5. Bottom line for the specific inquiry about Dr. Gundry
Based solely on the provided reporting there is no citation, entry, or document shown that names Dr. Gundry as having a paid malpractice settlement or money judgment in the Oregon Medical Board postings or in public NPDB materials; the sources instead explain where such records would appear and the barriers to public confirmation [1] [4] [2]. To definitively answer whether a paid settlement or judgment for Dr. Gundry exists in either system would require consulting the OMB’s online malpractice postings and — if nothing appears there — filing a public records request with OMB and/or requesting NPDB information through an authorized channel (for example, via an employer, licensing board or by the practitioner requesting their own NPDB report) because the NPDB will not disclose identifiable practitioner records to the general public [1] [3] [4].