[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29348-29349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12516]


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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, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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 (45 CFR 61) (OMB No. 0915-0239)--[Extension]

    This is a request for extension of OMB approval of the information 
collections contained in regulations found in 45 CFR part 61 governing 
the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) and the forms 
to be used in reporting information to and requesting information from 
the HIPDB cleared under OMB No. 0915-0239. The HIPDB is authorized by 
section 1128E of the Social Security Act (hereinafter referred to as 
section 1128E), as added by section 221(a) of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Section 1128E directs the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish a 
national health care fraud and abuse data collection program for the 
reporting and disclosing of certain final adverse actions (excluding 
settlements in which no findings of liability have been made) taken 
against health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners. It also 
directs the Secretary to maintain a database of final adverse actions 
taken against health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners. The 
regulations implementing section 1128E governing the operation of the 
HIPDB are codified at 45 CFR part 61. The HIPDB became operational 
November 22, 1999.
    Approval is requested to continue the following reporting data 
collection and disclosure requirements and the ensuing HIPDB forms 
along with the instructions. The recordkeeping, reporting, and 
disclosure requirements are specified in the regulations to implement 
the HIPDB. The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                      Distribution of Burden by Regulatory Citation
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                                       No. of       Responses per       Total                              Total burden
       Regulation citation           respondents     respondent      responses**     Hours per response        hours         Wage rate      Total cost
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Sec.   61.6 (a), (b)
    Errors & Omissions...........             188             4.4             817  15 min...............          204.25             $25          $5,106
Sec.   61.6
    Revisions/Appeal Status......             130            26.9           3,492  30 min...............           1,746              25          43,650
Sec.   61.7
    Reporting By State Licensure              305            80.8          24,640  45 min...............          18,480              25         462,000
     Boards.
Sec.   61.8
    Reporting of State Criminal                45              56           2,518  45 min...............         1,888.5              43          81,205
     Convictions.
Sec.   61.9
    Reporting of Civil Judgments.               4             2.5              10  45 min...............             7.5              43             322
Sec.   61.10 (b)
    Reporting Exclusions from                   9           320.3           2,883  20 min...............           961.0              38          36,518
     participation in Federal and
     State Health Care Programs.
Sec.   61.11
    Reporting of Adjudicated                   92              17            1562  45 min...............         1,171.5              43          50,375
     Actions/Decisions.
Sec.   61.12 Request for
 Information
    State and Federal Agencies...             855           279.3         238,814  5 min................       19,901.26              25      497,531.50
    Health Plans.................           1,239           532.4         659,617  5 min................        54,968.1              30       1,649,043
    Health Care Providers,                 50,416               1          50,416  25 min...............        21,006.7              45      945,301.50
     Suppliers and Practitioners
     (self query).
Sec.   61.12(a)(4)
    Requests by Researchers for                 1               1               1  30 min...............              .5              38              19
     Aggregate Data.
Sec.   61.15
    Dispute Report...............             300               1             300  5 min................              25              45           1,125
    Add Report Statement.........             669               1             669  45 min...............           501.8             100          50,180
    Request for Secretarial                    15               1              15  480 min..............             120             200          24,000
     Review.
Administrative Forms*............               0               0               0  0....................               0               0               0
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    Total........................          54,268  ..............         985,754  .....................      120,982.11  ..............       3,846,376
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*Note: The burden for Administrative Forms has been accounted for in the NPDB OMB clearance renewal submission.
**Numbers in the table may not add up exactly due to rounding.

    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the 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: May 19, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-12516 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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