[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3377-3378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1384]


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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, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
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 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 No. 0915-0239)--Revision

    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 
healthcare 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, practitioner or supplier 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.
    This request is for a revision of reporting and querying forms 
previously approved on March 15, 2001. The reporting forms and the 
request for information forms (query forms) must be accessed, 
completed, and submitted to the HIPDB electronically through the HIPDB 
Web site at www.npdb-hipdb.com. All reporting and querying is performed 
through this secure Web site. Due to overlap in requirements for the 
HIPDB, some of the National Practitioner Data Bank's burden has been 
subsumed under the HIPDB.
    Estimates of burden are as follows:

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                                                      No. of       Frequency of     Minutes per    Total burden
               Regulation citation                  respondents      responses       response          hours
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61.6 Errors & Omissions.........................             172            4.3               15         185 \1\
61.6(b) Revisions to Actions....................             107           23.25              30           1,244
61.7 Licensure Actions: Reporting by State                   275           60.6               45          12,512
 licensing authorities..........................
61.8 Reporting of State Criminal Convictions....              54           13                 45             525
61.9 Reporting of Civil Judgments...............              62            8                 45             375
61.11 Reporting of adjudicated actions/decisions             410           12.5               45           3,845
61.12 Access to data: State Licensure Boards....            1000           67.5                5           5,623
State Certification Agencies....................              16            6                  5               8
States/district attorneys & law enforcement.....            2000           25                  5           3,749
State Medicaid Fraud Units......................              47           50                  5             196
Health plans....................................           2,841          263.76               5          62,422
Health care providers, suppliers, practitioners           37,925            1                 25          15,800
 (self-query)...................................
Entity Registration--Initial....................            2500            1                 60           2,500
Entity Registration--Update.....................             451            1                  5              38
Authorized Agent Designation--Initial...........             100            1                 15              16
Authorized Agent Designation-Update.............             250            1                  5              62
Disputed Reports-Secretarial Review.............             459            1                  5              38
Request for Secretarial Review..................              43            1                480             344
Account Discrepancy Report......................           1,000            1                 15             250
Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization.........             400            1                 15             100
Entity reactivation.............................             450            1                 60             450
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............        110,282
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 Estimates in this column that fall below or above a full hour are rounded to the nearest hour.


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    Send comments to Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 16C-17, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20853, (301) 443-1129. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 15, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-1384 Filed 1-22-04; 8:45 am]
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