[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 59 (Friday, March 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15885-15886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6739]


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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

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clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.

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 http://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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                                                                                     Hours per
               Regulation citation                   Number of     Frequency of      response      Total burden
                                                    respondents      responses        (min.)           hours
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61.6 (a), (b) Errors & Omissions................             172             4.3              15           184.9
61.6 Revisions/Appeal Status....................             107           23.25              30         1,243.9
61.7 Reporting by State Licensure Boards........             275            70.3              45        14,499.4
61.8 Reporting of State Criminal Convictions....              62               8              45             372
61.9 Reporting of Civil Judgments...............              54              13              45           526.5
61.10(b) Reporting Exclusions from participating              10           441.4              45         3,310.5
 in Federal and State Health Care Programs......
61.11 Reporting of adjudicated actions/decisions             410            12.5              45         3,843.8
61.12 Request for Information State Licensure              1,000            67.5               5         5,622.8
 Boards.........................................
61.12 Request for Information State                           16               6               5               8
 Certification Agencies.........................
61.12 Request for Information States/District              2,000              25               5           4,165
 Attorneys & Law Enforcement....................
61.12 Request for Information State Medicaid                  47              50               5           195.8
 Fraud Units....................................
61.12 Request for Information Health Plans......           2,841           263.8               5        62,429.7
61.12 Request for Information Health Care                 37,925               1              25        15,799.6
 Providers, Suppliers, Practitioners (self-
 query).........................................
61.12(a)(4) Request by Researchers for Aggregate               1               1              30              .5
 Data...........................................
61.15 Place Report in Dispute...................             459               1               5            38.2
61.15 Add a Statement...........................             238               1              45           178.5
61.15 Request for Secretarial Review............              43               1             480             344
Entity Registration.............................           2,500               1              60           2,500
Entity Registration--Update.....................             451               1               5            37.6
Entity Reactivation.............................             450               1              60             450
Authorized Agent Designation....................             100               1              15              25
Authorized Agent Designation--Update............             250               1               5            20.8
Account Discrepancy.............................           1,000               1              15             250
Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization.........             400               1              15             100
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............      116,146.5
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Numbers in the table may not add up exactly due to rounding.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 15, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-6739 Filed 3-25-04; 8:45 am]
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