[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59784-59785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28705]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources And Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project

    Querying the National Practitioner Data Bank--New.
    Under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 
Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), the Division of Quality Assurance 
(DQA) is planning to conduct a survey to obtain information on the 
degree of user satisfaction with the National Practitioner Data Bank's 
(NPDB) reporting and querying processes, how users believe these 
processes can be improved, and how users perceive the usefulness of 
information they obtained from the NPDB for licensing and credentialing 
of health care entities, e.g. managed care organizations, State 
licensing boards for physicians and dentists, and professional 
societies. The study will also identify and survey non-user entities. 
The information obtained in this study will be interpreted in relation 
to similar information from previous studies conducted by DQA and the 
Office of the Inspector General.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
      Questionnaire version         respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Reporting:
    Hospital....................           1,031               1           1,031              .2           206.2
    Group Practice..............             210               1             210              .2            42.0
    HMOs........................             161               1             161              .2            32.2
    State boards................              81               1              81              .2            16.2
    Malpractice Payers..........             188               1             188              .2            37.6
    Professional Societies......              67               1              67              .2            13.4
    Other.......................             209               1             209              .2            41.8
Querying:
    Hospital....................             770               1             770              .4             308
    Group Practice..............             173               1             173              .4            69.2
    HMOs........................             153               1             153              .4            61.2
    State boards................              74               1              74              .4            29.6
    Malpractice Payers..........             (*)  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Professional Societies......              66               1              66              .4            26.4
    Other.......................             184               1             184              .4            73.6
Match Response:
    Hospital....................             770               3           2,310               1           2,310
    Group Practice..............             173               3             519               1             519
    HMOs........................             153               3             459               1             459
    State boards................              74               3             222               1           2,222
    Malpractice Payers..........             (*)  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Professional Societies......              66               3             198               1             198
    Other.......................             184               3             552               1             552
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        Total...................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............         5,217.4
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* Cannot query the NPDB; thus these entities do not receive query or match response questionnaires.

    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: October 28, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-28705 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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