[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 134 (Friday, July 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38606-38607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13627]


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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.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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 Federal and State Government agencies and 
health plans. The final regulations governing the HIPDB are codified at 
45 CFR part 61.
    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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                                                                                     Hours per
       Regulatory citation           Number of     Frequency of        Total         response      Total burden
                                    respondents      responses       responses        (min.)           hours
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61.6(a),(b) Errors & Omissions..             188             4.4             817              15          204.25
61.6 Revisions/Appeal Status....             130            26.9           3,492              30           1,746
61.7 Reporting by State                      305            80.8          24,640              45          18,480
 Licensure Boards...............
61.8 Reporting of State Criminal              45            56.0           2,518              45         1,888.5
 Convictions....................
61.9 Reporting of Civil                        4             2.5              10              45             7.5
 Judgments......................
61.10(b) Reporting Exclusions                  9           320.3           2,883              20             961
 from participating in Federal
 and State Health Care Programs.
61.11 Reporting of adjudicated                92              17           1,562              45         1,171.5
 actions/decisions..............
61.12 Request for Information--              855           279.3         238,814               5       19,901.26
 State & Federal Agencies.......
61.12 Request for Information--            1,239           532.4         659,617               5        54,968.1
 Health Plans, etc..............
61.12 Request for Information--           50,416               1          50,416              25        21,006.7
 Health Care Providers,
 Suppliers, Practitioners (Self-
 query).........................
61.12(a)(4) Request by                         1               1               1              30              .5
 Researchers for Aggregate Data.
61.15 Place Report in Dispute...             300               1             300               5              25
61.15 Add a Subject Statement...             669               1             669              45           501.8
61.15 Request for Secretarial                 15               1              15             480             120
 Review.........................
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    Total.......................          54,268  ..............         985,754  ..............      120,982.11
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Note: Numbers in the table may not add up exactly due to rounding.


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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: July 5, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-13627 Filed 7-12-07; 8:45 am]
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