[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65659-65660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30885]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on
Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners: Regulations and Forms
(OMB No. 0915-0126)--Extension, No Change--The Data Bank forms and
regulations received a short-term approval in June 1995. As part of the
terms of clearance, HRSA was required to submit an updated analysis of
small medical malpractice payments (concerning the issue of monetary
threshold reporting of claims) and provide OMB with an updated chart of
the distribution of malpractice awards. The requirements have been
satisfied and the Data Bank regulations and forms are now being
resubmitted for a 3-year approval. This request is for an extension
with no changes. The burden estimates are as follows:
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Total
Title Number of Frequency Number of Hours per burden
respondents of response responses response hours
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60.6(a) Reporting Corrections of Errors and
Omissions..................................... 2,800 1.04 2,925 .25 731
60.6(b) Revisions to Original Report Actions... 350 1.06 370 .75 278
60.7(b) Reporting Medical Malpractice Payments. 150 105.33 15,800 .75 11,850
60.8(b) Reporting Licensure Action by State
Boards........................................ 125 21.02 2,630 .75 1,973
60.9(a) Reporting Privileging and Professional
Society Actions............................... 1,000 1.08 1,075 .75 806
60.9(c) Request for Hearings by Entitles Found
in Noncompliance.............................. 1 1 1 8.00 8
60.10(a)(1) Hospital Queries on Applicants;
60.11(a)(1) Other Hospital Queries;
60.11(a)(6) Queries for Professional Review... 7,200 38.33 276,000 .08 23,000
60.10(a)(2) Biennial Queries by Hospitals...... 6,000 186.83 1,121,000 .08 93,417
60.11(a)(2) Practitioner Queries............... 29,000 1 29,000 .25 7,250
60.11(a)(3) State Licensure Board Queries...... 70 171 12,000 .08 1,000
60.11(a)(4) Queries by Non-hospital Health Care
Entities...................................... 1,860 139.78 260,000 .08 21,667
60.11(a)(5) Queries by Attorneys............... 10 1 10 .25 3
60.11(a)(7) Queries for Research Purposes...... 100 1 100 1.00 100
60.14(b) Practitioner's Disputing Data Bank
Reports....................................... 1,080 1 1,080 .17 180
60.14(b) Practitioner Requests for Secretarial
Review........................................ 100 1 100 8.00 800
60.14(b) Practitioner Statements............... 2,700 1 2,700 1.00 2,700
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Biennial Entity Verification Document.......... 5,750 1 5,750 .25 1,438
Entity File Update............................. 1,150 1 1,150 .25 288
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 167,489 hours
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503.
Dated: Decmber 14, 1995.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination
[FR Doc. 95-30885 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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