[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3725-3726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1533]


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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: Assessment of the Impact of 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) querying and reporting 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 the DQA and 
the Office of the Inspector General.

The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                  Number of     Responses per                       Hours per      Total burden
    Questionnaire version        respondents      respondent    Total responses     response          hours
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                                                  Users Survey
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Reporting:
Hospital.....................            1031              1             1031               .25            257.8
Group Practice...............             210              1              210               .25             52.5
HMOs.........................             161              1              161               .25             40.3

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State Boards.................              81              1               81               .25             20.3
Malpractice Payers...........             188              1              188               .25             47.0
Professional Societies.......              67              1               67               .25             16.8
Other........................             209              1              209               .25             52.3
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 Responses:
Hospital.....................             770              2.6           2002               .33            660.7
Group Practice...............             173              2.8            484.4             .33            159.9
HMOs.........................             153              2.2            336.6             .33            111.1
State Boards.................              74              2.2            162.8             .33             53.7
Malpractice Payers...........               *  ...............  ...............  ..............  ...............
Professional Societies.......              66              2.0            132               .33             43.6
Other........................             184              1.9            349.6             .33            115.4
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                                                Non-Users Survey
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Version/Entity Type:
Hospital.....................  ..............  ...............  ...............  ..............  ...............
Group Practice...............             113              1              113               .1              11.3
HMOs.........................             151              1              151               .1              15.1
State Boards.................  ..............  ...............  ...............  ..............  ...............
Malpractice Payers...........  ..............  ...............  ...............  ..............  ...............
Professional Societies.......             113              1              113               .1              11.3
Other........................             113              1              113               .1              11.3
Total Users..................           2,366  ...............          6,834    ..............          2,199
Total Non-Users..............             490  ...............            490    ..............             49
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    Total Users and Non-Users           2,856  ...............          7,324    ..............         2,248
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* Cannot query the NPDB; thus these entities do not receive querying or match response questionnaires.
**These are the unduplicated numbers of entities required for the surveys.

    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 14, 2000.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 00-1533 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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