[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18113-18114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8479]


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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: 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         Respon. per
          Regulation citation                 respond.           respond.        Total respon.         Hrs. per respon.           Total burden hours
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61.6  Errors & Omissions...............              1,200                  1              1,200  25 min....................  500
61.6  Revisions/appeal status..........              1,000                  1              1,000  75 min....................  1,250
61.7  Licensure actions:
    Disclosure by State licensing                    1,836                 22             40,400  75 min....................  50,500
     boards.
    Reporting by State Licensing                       216                187             40,400  15 min....................  10,100
     Authorities.
61.8  Reporting of State criminal                       54                 13                700  75 min....................  875
 convictions.
61.9  Reporting of Civil Judgments.....                 62                  8                500  75 min....................  625
61.11  Reporting of adjudicated actions/                66                 12                800  75 min....................  1,000
 decisions.
61.12  Access to data (queries/self
 queries):
    State licensure Boards.............              1,000                 75             75,000  5 min.....................  6,250
    State certification agencies.......                 54                  3                162  5 min.....................  14
States/district attorneys & law                      2,000                 25             50,000  5 min.....................  4,166
 enforcement.
State Medicaid fraud units.............                 47                 50              2,350  5 min.....................  196
Health plans...........................              2,500                400          1,000,000  5 min.....................  83,333
Health care providers, suppliers and                60,000                  1             60,000  25 min....................  25,000
 practitioners (self query).
Entity registration....................              5,000                  1              5,000  30 min....................  2,500
Entity registration update.............                250                  1                250  15 min....................  62
Authorized agent designation...........                100                  1                100  10 min....................  16
Authorized agent designation update....                  5                  1                  5  5 min.....................  0.42
61.15 Disputed reports/secretarial
 review.
    Initial request....................                750                  1                750  10 min....................  125
Request for secretarial review.........                 37                  1                 37  480 min...................  296
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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         Respon. per
               Form name                      respond.           respond.        Total respon.         Hrs. per respon.           Total burden hours
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Account discrepancy....................              2,000                  1              2,000  5 min.....................  166
Electronic funds transfer authorization                850                  1                850  5 min.....................  70
Entity reactivation....................                500                  1                500  15 min....................  125
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    Total..............................              3,350  .................              3,350  ..........................  361
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    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: March 29, 2000.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 00-8479 Filed 4-5-00; 8:45 am]
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