[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7892-7893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2856]


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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 the Office of Management and Budget 
(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: National Practitioner Data Bank and Healthcare 
Integrity and Protection Data Bank Market Surveys and Survey of Use of 
Data Bank Information by Queriers: New

    The Health Resources and Services Administration plans to conduct 
an evaluation of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the 
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). The purpose of 
these surveys is to conduct a follow-up study to the NPDB User and Non-
User Surveys of 2001. In addition, HIPDB users and non-users will be 
included in this study. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of 
the NPDB and the HIPDB as flagging systems, sources of information, and 
decision making tools. It will also determine user satisfaction with 
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process, use, and information provided by the NPDB and HIPDB.
    Surveys will be administered to entities that report to and/or 
query the NPDB and HIPDB, including users who query either the NPDB 
and/or HIPDB and who receive a ``match'', i.e. copies of adverse 
actions concerning a queried practitioner. A sample of Queriers who 
received a matched response will be surveyed about the information 
received. NPDB and HIPDB non-users will also be surveyed. Eligible NPDB 
and HIPDB users will be asked to complete a Web-based Internet survey 
or a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI). NPDB and HIPDB non-
users will complete either a Web or CATI, or will be transferred to an 
interactive voice response (IVR) system during the CATI to complete the 
survey.
    Data gathered from the survey will be compared with similar 
information from previous surveys of users and non-users and will 
provide HRSA with the information necessary to improve the usability of 
the NPDB and HIPDB.

                                                             Estimated Burden on Respondents
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                                                                             Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
                Respondents                    Respondent description       respondents     respondent       responses       response         (hours)
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NPDB Users Group Survey...................  Malpractice Payers..........             228               1             228             .25           57
                                            Licensing Boards............              90               1              90             .25           22.5
                                            Hospitals (Reporting).......             466               1             466             .25          116.5
                                            Hospitals (Querying)........             994               1             994             .25          248.5
                                            MCOs........................              90               1             900             .25          225
                                            Other HCEs (Reporting)......              57               1              57             .25           14.25
                                            Other HCEs (Querying).......             976               1             976             .25          244
HIPDB Users Group Survey..................  Licensing Boards............             231               1             231             .25           57.75
                                            Government Hospitals........             390               1             390             .25           97.5
                                            MCOs........................             580               1             580             .25          145
                                            Other HCEs..................             260               1             260             .25           65
NPDB Matched Response Surve...............  Licensing Boards............              55               3             165              .1           16.5
                                            Hospitals...................             984               3            2952              .1          295.2
                                            MCOs........................             848               3            2544              .1          254.4
                                            Other HCE's.................             904               3            2712              .1          271.2
HIPDB Matched Response Survey.............  Licensing Boards............               4               3             129              .1           12.9
                                            Hospitals...................             202               3             606              .1           60.6
                                            MCOs........................             432               3            1296              .1          129.6
                                            Other HCEs..................              87               3             261              .1           26.1
NPDB Non-User Survey......................  Licensing Boards............             213               1             213             .16           34.1
                                            MCOs........................             341               1             341             .16           54.6
                                            Other HCEs..................             881               1             881             .16          141
HIPDB Non-User Survey.....................  Licensing Boards............              30               1              30             .16            4.8
                                            MCOs........................             411               1             411             .16           76.3
                                            Other HCEs..................             974               1             974             .16          155.8
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    Total.................................  ............................          11,577  ..............          18,687  ..............         2826.1
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 12, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial 
Management.
[FR Doc. E7-2856 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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