[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 47 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11028-11029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4411]


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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 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: Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for 
Final Adverse Information on Health Care Providers, Suppliers, and 
Practitioners (OMB No. 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, 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

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Federal and State Government agencies and health plans.
    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.hrsa.gov. 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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                                                 Number of       Frequency of      Hours per       Total burden
             Regulation citation                respondents       responses     response (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                         10            441.4               45          3,310.5
 participating in Federal and State Health
 Care Programs..............................
61.11 Reporting of adjudicated actions/                   410             12.5               45          3,843.8
 decisions..................................
61.12 Request for Information--State                    1,000             67.5                5          5,622.8
 Licensure Boards...........................
61.12 Request for Information--State                       16                6                5                8
 Certification Agencies.....................
61.12 Request for Information States/                   2,000               25                5            4,165
 District Attorneys & Law Enforcement.......
61.12 Request for Information--State                       47               50                5            195.8
 Medicaid 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                      1                1               30               .5
 Aggregate Data.............................
61.15 Place Report in Dispute...............              459                1                5             38.2
61.15 Add a Subject 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.

    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, 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: March 5, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-4411 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
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