[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7481-7483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02658]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than March 12, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: National Practitioner Data 
Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians and Other Health Care 
Practitioners--45 CFR part 60 Regulations and Forms. OMB No. 0915-
0126--Revision.
    Abstract: This is a request for a revision of OMB approval of the 
information collection contained in regulations found at 45 CFR part 60 
governing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the forms to 
be used in registering with, reporting information to, and requesting 
information from the NPDB. Administrative forms are also included to 
aid in monitoring compliance with federal reporting and querying 
requirements. Responsibility for NPDB implementation and operation 
resides in the Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS).
    The intent of the NPDB 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 health care practitioners, providers, or 
suppliers to move from state to state without disclosure of previous 
damaging or incompetent performance. It also serves as a fraud and 
abuse clearinghouse 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 practitioners, 
providers, or suppliers by health plans, federal agencies, and state 
agencies.
    The reporting forms, request for information forms (query forms), 
and administrative forms (used to monitor compliance) are accessed, 
completed, and submitted to the NPDB electronically through the NPDB 
Web site at http://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and querying is 
performed through this secure Web site.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NPDB acts primarily 
as a flagging system; its principal purpose is to facilitate 
comprehensive review of practitioners' professional credentials and 
background. Information is collected from, and disseminated to, 
eligible entities (entities that are entitled to query and/or report to 
the NPDB as authorized in Title 45 part 60 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations) on the following: (1) Medical malpractice payments, (2) 
licensure actions taken by Boards of Medical Examiners, (3) state 
licensure and certification actions, (4) federal licensure and 
certification actions, (5) negative actions or findings taken by peer 
review organizations or private accreditation entities, (6) adverse 
actions taken against clinical privileges, (7) federal or state 
criminal convictions related to the delivery of a health care item or 
service, (8) civil judgments related to the delivery of a health care 
item or service, (9) exclusions from participation in federal or state 
health care programs, and (10) other adjudicated actions or decisions. 
It is intended that NPDB information should be considered with other 
relevant information in evaluating credentials of health care 
practitioners, providers, and suppliers.
    Likely Respondents: Eligible entities that are entitled to query 
and/or report to the NPDB as authorized in regulations found at 45 CFR 
part 60.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

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                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                                                         Average burden
           Regulation citation                       Form name              Number of     Responses per       Total       per response     Total burden
                                                                           respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Sec.   60.6: Reporting errors, omissions,  Correction, Revision to               20,482               1          20,482           .25            5,121
 revisions, or whether an action is on      Action, Correction of
 appeal.                                    Revision to Action, Void,
                                            Notice of Appeal (manual).
                                           Correction, Revision to               17,185               1          17,185           .0003              5
                                            Action, Correction of
                                            Revision to Action, Void,
                                            Notice of Appeal
                                            (automated).
Sec.   60.7: Reporting medical             Medical Malpractice Payment           12,613               1          12,613           .75            9,460
 malpractice payments.                      (manual).
                                           Medical Malpractice Payment              250               1             250           .0003               .1
                                            (automated).
Sec.   60.8: Reporting licensure actions   State Licensure (manual)....          16,770               1          16,770           .75           12,578
 taken by Boards of Medical Examiners &
 Sec.   60.9: Reporting licensure and
 certification actions taken by States.
                                           State Licensure (automated).          17,422               1          17,422           .0003              5
Sec.   60.10: Reporting Federal licensure  DEA/Federal Licensure.......             114               1             114           .75               86
 and certification actions.
Sec.   60.11: Reporting negative actions   Peer Review Organization....              10               1              10           .75                8
 or findings taken by peer review
 organizations or private accreditation
 entities.
                                           Accreditation...............              12               1              12           .75                9
Sec.   60.12: Reporting adverse actions    Title IV Clinical Privileges             671               1             671           .75              503
 taken against clinical privileges.         Actions.
                                           Professional Society........              50               1              50           .75               38
Sec.   60.13: Reporting Federal or State   Criminal Conviction (Guilty            1,308               1           1,308           .75              981
 criminal convictions related to the        Plea or Trial) (manual).
 delivery of a health care item or
 service.
                                           Criminal Conviction (Guilty              937               1             937           .0003               .3
                                            Plea or Trial) (automated).
                                           Deferred Conviction or Pre-               50               1              50           .75               38
                                            Trial Diversion.
                                           Nolo Contendere (No Contest)              80               1              80           .75               60
                                            Plea.
                                           Injunction..................              10               1              10           .75                8
Sec.   60.14: Reporting civil judgments    Civil Judgment..............              14               1              14           .75               11
 related to the delivery of a health care
 item or service.
Sec.   60.15: Reporting exclusions from    Exclusion/Debarment (manual)           1,185               1           1,185           .75              889
 participation in Federal or State health
 care programs.
                                           Exclusion/Debarment                    5,094               1           5,094           .0003              2
                                            (automated).
                                           Health Plan Action..........             524               1             524           .75              393
Sec.   60.18 Requesting Information from   One Time Query for an              1,980,825               1       1,980,825           .08          158,466
 the NPDB.                                  Individual (manual).
                                           One Time Query for an              2,163,208               1       2,163,208           .0003            649
                                            Individual (automated).
                                           One Time Query for an                 39,920               1          39,920           .08            3,194
                                            Organization (manual).
                                           One Time Query for an                  2,266               1           2,266           .0003              1
                                            Organization (automated).
                                           Self-Query on an Individual.          77,318               1          77,318           .42           30,201

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                                           Self-Query on an                         427               1             427          1                 427
                                            Organization.
                                           Continuous Query (manual)...         508,203               1         508,203           .08           40,656
                                           Continuous Query (automated)         121,718               1         121,718           .0003             37
Sec.   60.21: How to dispute the accuracy  Subject Statement and                  3,501               1           3,501           .75            2,626
 of NPDB information.                       Dispute.
                                           Request for Dispute                       94               1              94          8                 752
                                            Resolution.
Administrative...........................  Non-Hospital Entity                      524               1             524          1                 524
                                            Registration (Initial).
                                           Non-Hospital Entity                    6,383               1           6,383           .25            1,596
                                            Registration (Renewal).
                                           Hospital Registration                     37               1              37          1                  37
                                            (Initial).
                                           Hospital Registration                  3,198               1           3,198           .25              800
                                            (Renewal).
                                           Licensing Board Data Request             140               1             140         10.5             1,470
                                           Reporting Entity Discrepancy             389               1             389          4                1556
                                            Letter.
                                           Licensing Board Attestation.             354               1             354          1                 354
                                           Corrective Action Plan......              10               1              10           .08                1
                                           Reconciling Missing Actions.           2,176               1           2,176          0.8               174
                                           Agent Registration (Initial)              30               1              30          1                  30
                                           Agent Registration (Renewal)             194               1             194           .08               16
                                           Electronic Transfer of Funds             566               1             566           .08               45
                                            (EFT) Authorization.
                                           Authorized Agent Designation             788               1             788           .25              197
                                           Account Discrepancy.........              41               1              41           .25               10
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    Total................................  ............................       5,009,324  ..............       5,009,324  ..............        275,689
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-02658 Filed 2-9-15; 8:45 am]
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