[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72356-72357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33399]


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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) 443-1129.
    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: Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for 
Final Adverse Information on Health Care Providers, Suppliers, and 
Practitioners--(OMB 0915-0239)--Extension

    Section 221(a) of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 specifically directs the Secretary 
to establish a national health care fraud and abuse data collection 
program for the reporting and disclosure of certain final adverse 
actions taken against health care providers, suppliers, and 
practitioners. A final rule was published October 26, 1999 in the 
Federal Register to implement the statutory requirements of section 
1128E of the Social Security Act (The Act) as added by Section 221(a) 
of HIPAA. The Act requires the Secretary to implement the national 
health care fraud and abuse data collection program. This data bank is 
known as the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). It 
contains the following types of information: (1) Civil judgments 
against a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner in Federal or 
State court related to the delivery of a health care item or service; 
(2) Federal or State criminal convictions against a health care 
provider, supplier, or practitioner related to the delivery of a health 
care item or service; (3) actions by Federal or State agencies 
responsible for the licensing and certification of health care 
providers, suppliers, or practitioners; (4) exclusion of a health care 
provider, supplier, or practitioner from participation in Federal or 
State health care programs; and (5) any other adjudicated actions or 
decisions that the Secretary shall establish by regulations. Access to 
this data bank is limited to Federal and State Government agencies and 
health plans.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
       Regulation citation          respondents     respondent       responses       responses         hours
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61.6, Errors & Omissions........           1,200               1           1,200          \1\ 25             500
61.6, Revisions/Appeal Status...           1,000               1           1,000          \1\ 75           1,250
61.7, Licensure actions:
    Disclosure by State                    1,836              22          40,400          \1\ 75          50,500
     Licensing Boards...........
    Reporting By State Licensing             216             187          40,400          \1\ 15          10,100
     Authorities................
61.8, Reporting of State                      54              13             700          \1\ 75             875
 Criminal Convictions...........
61.9, Reporting of Civil                      62               8             500          \1\ 75             625
 Judgments......................
61.11, Reporting of Adjudicated               66              12             800          \1\ 75           1,000
 Actions/Decisions..............
61.12, Access to Data (Queries/
 Self Queries):
    State Licensure Boards......           1,000              75          75,000           \1\ 5           6,250
    State Certification Agencies              54               3             162           \1\ 5              14
    States/District Attorneys &            2,000              25          50,000           \1\ 5           4,166
     Law Enforcement............
    State Medicaid Fraud Units..              47              50           2,350           \1\ 5             196
    Health Plans................           2,500             400       1,000,000           \1\ 5          83,333
    Health Care Providers,                60,000               1          60,000          \1\ 25          25,000
     Suppliers and Practitioners
     (self query)...............
    Entity Registration.........           5,000               1           5,000          \1\ 30           2,500
    Entity Registration Update..             250               1             250          \1\ 15              62
    Authorized Agent Designation             100               1             100          \1\ 10              16
    Authorized Agent Designation               5               1               5           \1\ 5            0.42
     Update.....................
61.15, Disputed Reports/
 Secretarial Review:
    Initial Request.............             750               1             750          \1\ 10             125
    Request for Secretarial                   37               1              37         \1\ 480             296
     Review.....................
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        Total...................          76,177  ..............       1,278,654  ..............        186,808
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    Other forms used in the management of the HIPDB include the 
following:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents     respondent       responses       responses         hours
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Account Discrepancy.............           2,000               1           2,000           \1\ 5             166
Electronic Funds Transfer                    850               1             850           \1\ 5              70
 Authorization..................
Entity Reactivation.............             500               1             500          \1\ 15             125
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    Total.......................           3,350  ..............           3,350  ..............             361
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: December 17, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-33399 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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