[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4883-4884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2233]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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:
Proposed Project: National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse
Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners:
Regulations and Forms, OMB No. 0915-0126: Extension.
The National Practitioner Data Bank (Data Bank) was established
through Title IV of Public Law 99-660, the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. Final Regulations governing the
Data Bank are codified at 45 CFR part 60. Responsibility for Data Bank
implementation and operation resides in the Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Data Bank began
operation on September 1, 1990.
The intent of Title IV of Public Law 99-660 is to improve the
quality of health care by encouraging hospitals, State licensing
boards, professional societies, and other entities providing health
care services, to identify and discipline those who engage in
unprofessional behavior; and to restrict the ability of incompetent
physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners to move from
State to State without disclosure of the practitioners' previous
damaging or incompetent performance.
The Data Bank acts primarily as a flagging system; its principal
purpose is to facilitate comprehensive review of practitioners'
professional credentials and background. Information on medical
malpractice payments, adverse licensure actions, adverse clinical
privileging actions, and adverse professional society actions is
collected from, and disseminated to eligible entities. It is intended
that Data Bank information should be considered with other relevant
information in evaluating a practitioner's credentials.
This request is for an extension of reporting and querying forms
previously approved in February 1996. The reporting forms and the
request for information forms (query forms) may be accessed, completed,
and submitted to the Data Bank electronically through the use of a
program designated QPRAC 4 which is provided by the DHHS. The DHHS has
developed a separate query form for practitioners making self-queries.
This request also includes several administrative forms which have been
developed since the last clearance.
The following estimates of burden are based on actual Data Bank
operational experience:
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Responses
Type of activity--45 CFR 60.0 Number of per Hours per response Total burden
respondents respondent hours
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Reporting:
Reports Correcting Errors and 1,600 1.06 .25............................ 424
Omissions--60.6(a).
Reports of Revision to Actions 390 1.04 .75............................ 304
Previously Reported--60.6(b).
Report of Medical Malpractice 525 27.3285 .75............................ 10,760
Payments--60.7(b).
Reports of Adverse Actions by 125 32.56 .75............................ 3,053
State Medical and Dental Boards--
60.8(b).
Reports of Adverse Action 975 1.03 .75............................ 753
Regarding Clinical Privileges and
Professional Society Memberships--
60.9(a)3.
Entity Hearings:
Requests for Hearing by Entities-- *1 1 8.0............................ 8
60.9(c).
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Requests for Information Disclosure
(Query):
Queries by Hospitals for 6,000 40 .083........................... 20,000
Practitioner Applications-- 5 Minutes
60.10(a)(1).
Queries by Hospitals--Two Year 6,000 160 .083........................... 80,000
Cycle--60.10(a)(2).
Queries by Hospitals--Peer Review-- (**) ............ ............................... ............
60.11(a)(1).
Queries by Practitioners (Self- 60,000 1 .50............................ 30,000
Query)--60.11(a)(2).
Queries by Licensure Boards-- 125 120 .083........................... 1,245
60.11(a)(3).
Queries by Non-Hospital Health 3,250 690 .083........................... 186,874
Care Entities--60.11(a)(4).
Queries by Plaintiff's Attorneys-- ***1 1 .30............................ .5
60.11(a)(5).
Queries by Non-Hospital Health *** ............ ............................... ............
Care Entities--Peer Review--
60.11(a)(6).
Requests by Researchers for 100 1 .50............................ 50
Aggregate Information--
60.11(a)(7).
Disputes:
Practitioner Places a Dispute in 1,200 1 .5............................. 600
His/Her Data Bank Report--
60.14(b).
Practitioner Places a Statement in 1,350 1 1.0............................ 1,350
His/Her Data Bank Report--
60.14(b).
Practitioner Requests Review of 135 1 8.0............................ 1,080
the Disputed Report by The
Secretary DHHS--60.14(b).
Administrative forms used in operating
the National Practitioner Data Bank;
Entity Registration Form.......... 150 1 1.0............................ 150
Entity Registration Update Form... 100 1 .25............................ 25
Authorized Agent Designation Form. 25 1 .25............................ 6.25
Authorized Agent Designation 5 1 .083........................... .42
Update.
Account Discrepancy Report........ 200 1 .25............................ 50
Electronic Transfer of Funds 25 1 .25............................ 6.25
Authorization.
Entity Reactivation............... 50 1 .25............................ 12.5
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Total......................... ........... ............ ............................... 336,757
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*There have been no hearing requests from reporting entities since the opening of the Data Bank.
**We are unable to distinguish between these and other types of queries made by hospitals and other health care
entities.
***There have been approximately 12 attorney requests since the opening of the Data Bank; of these, one has been
granted.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: January 26, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-2233 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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