[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26135-26136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8796]
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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 (OMB), 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.
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The following request has been submitted to OMB for review under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse
Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners:
Regulations and Forms (OMB No. 0915-0126)--Extension
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was established through
Title IV of Public Law (Pub. L.) 99-660, the Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. Final regulations governing the
NPDB are codified at 45 CFR part 60. Responsibility for NPDB
implementation and operation resides in the Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services. The NPDB began operation on September 1,
1990.
The intent of Title IV of Pub. L. 99-660 is to improve the quality
of health care by encouraging hospitals, State licensing boards,
professional societies, and other entities providing health care
services, to identify and discipline those who engage in unprofessional
behavior; and to restrict the ability of incompetent physicians,
dentists, and other health care practitioners to move from State-to-
State without disclosure of the practitioner's previous damaging or
incompetent performance.
The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging system; its principal purpose
is to facilitate comprehensive review of practitioners' professional
credentials and background. Information on medical malpractice
payments, adverse licensure actions, adverse clinical privileging
actions, adverse professional society actions, and Medicare/Medicaid
exclusions is collected from, and disseminated to, eligible entities.
It is intended that NPDB information should be considered with other
relevant information in evaluating a practitioner's credentials.
The reporting forms and the request for information forms (query
forms) are accessed, completed, and submitted to the NPDB
electronically through the NPDB 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 Healthcare
Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), some of the NPDB's burden
has been subsumed under the HIPDB.
Estimates of annualized burden are as follows:
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Hours per
Regulation citation No. of Frequency of response Total burden
respondents responses (minutes) hours
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60.6(a) Errors & Omissions...................... 315 4 15 315
60.6(b) Revisions to Actions.................... 109 1 30 54.5
60.7(b) Medical Malpractice Payment Reports..... 519 29 45 11,288.25
60.8(b) Adverse Action Reports--State Boards.... 0 0 0
60.9(a)3 Adverse Action Reports--Clinical 480 2 45 720
Privileges & Professional Society..............
Requests for Hearings by Entities............... 0 0 480 0
60.10(a)(1) Queries by Hospital--Practitioner 0 0 0 0
Applications...................................
60.10(a)(2) Queries by Hospitals--2 Year Cycle.. 5,996 213 5 106,429
60.11(a)(1) Disclosure to Hospitals............. 0 0 0 0
60.11(a)(2) Disclosure to Practitioners (Self- 0 0 0 0
Query).........................................
60.11(a)(3) Disclosure to Licensure Boards...... 87 645 5 4,676.25
60.11(a)(4) Queries by Non-Hospital Health Care 7,305 322 5 196,017.5
Entities.......................................
60.11(a)(5) Queries by Plaintiffs' Attorneys.... 5 1 30 2.5
60.11(a)(6) Queries by Non-Hospital Health Care 0 0 0 0
Entities-Peer Review...........................
60.11(a)(7) Requests by Researchers for 20 1 30 10
Aggregate Data.................................
60.14(b) Practitioner Places a Report in 404 1 15 101
Disputed Status................................
60.14(b) Practitioner Statement................. 1,415 1 45 1,061.25
60.14(b) Practitioner Requests for Secretarial 27 1 480 216
Review.........................................
60.3 Entity Registration--Initial............... 1,447 1 60 1,447
60.3 Entity Registration--Update................ 13,115 1 5 1,092.92
60.11(a) Authorized Agent Designation--Initial.. 717 1 15 179.25
60.11(a) Authorized Agent--Update............... 139 1 5 11.58
60.12(c) Account Discrepancy Report............. 5 1 15 1.25
60.12(c) Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization 284 1 15 71
60.3 Entity Reactivation........................ 0 1
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Total Burden Hours.......................... .............. .............. .............. 323,694.25
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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:
Karen Matsuoka, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: May 2, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
[FR Doc. E7-8796 Filed 5-7-07; 8:45 am]
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