[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13290-13291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6068]
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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: 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)--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 (HHS). The NPDB began operation on
September 1, 1990.
The intent of Title IV of Public Law 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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Responses Hours per Total
Regulation citation Number of per Total response burden Wage rate Total cost
respondents respondent responses (minutes) hours
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60.6(a) Errors & Omissions.................................. 315 5 1,260 15 315 $25 $7,875.00
60.6(b) Revisions to Action................................. 109 1 109 30 54.5 25 1,362.50
60.7(b) Medical Malpractice Payment Report.................. 519 29 15,051 45 11,288.25 25 282,206.25
60.8(b) Adverse Action Reports-State Boards................. \1\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60.11(a)(3) Adverse Action.................................. 480 2 960 45 720 25 18,000
60.11(c) Requests for Hearings by Entities.................. 0 0 0 480 0 200 0
60.12(a)(1) & (2) Queries by Hospital....................... 5,996 213 1,277,148 5 106,429 25 2,660,725
60.13(a)(1)(i) Disclosure to Hospitals...................... \2\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60.13(a)(1)(ii) Disclosure to Practitioners (Self Query).... \3\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60.13(a)(1)(iii) Disclosure to Licensure Boards............. 87 645 56,115 5 4,676.25 25 116,906.25
60.13(a)(1)(iv) Queries by Non-Hospital Health Care Entities 7,305 322 2,352,210 5 196,017.5 25 4,900,437.50
60.13(a)(i)(v) Queries by Plaintiffs' Attorneys............. 5 1 5 30 2.5 200 500.00
60.13(a)(1)(vi) Queries by Non-Hospital Health Care Entities- \4\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peer Review................................................
60.13(a)(i)(vii) Requests by Researchers for Aggregate Data. 20 1 20 30 10 38 380.00
60.16(b) Practitioner Places a Report in Disputed Status.... 404 1 404 15 101 45 4,545.00
60.16(b) Practitioner Statement............................. 1,415 1 1,415 45 1,061.25 100 106,125.00
60.16(b) Practitioner Requests for Secretarial Review....... 27 1 27 480 216 200 43,200.00
60.3 Entity Registration--Initial........................... 1,447 1 1,447 60 1,447 25 36,175
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60.3 Entity Registration--Update............................ 13,115 1 13,115 5 1,092.92 25 27,323
60.13(a) Authorized Agent Designation--Initial.............. 717 1 717 15 179.25 25 4,481.25
60.13(a) Authorized Agent--Update........................... 139 1 139 5 11.58 25 289.50
60.14(c) Account Discrepancy Report......................... 5 1 5 15 1.25 25 31.25
60.14(c) Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization............ 284 1 284 15 71 25 1,775.00
60.3 Entity Reactivation.................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total................................................... 32,389 ........... 3,720,431 ........... 323,694.25 ........... 8,212,337.5
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\1\ Included in estimate for reporting adverse licensure actions to the HIPDB in 45 CFR Part 61.
\2\ Included in estimate for hospital queries under Sec. 60.12(a).
\3\ Included in estimate for self queries to the HIPDB in 45 CFR Part 61.
\4\ Voluntary queries--not required by law.
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: March 15, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-6068 Filed 3-18-10; 8:45 am]
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