Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 10, 2021 / Notices 8917 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request Title: Survey of 

Eligible Users of the National 

Practitioner Data Bank, OMB No. 0915– 

0366—Reinstatement With Change 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, HRSA announces plans to 

submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR), described below, to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to 

OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 

public regarding the burden estimate, 

below, or any other aspect of the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than March 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and draft 

instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov 

or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

at (301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Survey of Eligible Users of the National 

Practitioner Data Bank, OMB No. 0915– 

0366—Reinstatement with Change. 

Abstract: HRSA plans to survey 

National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) 

users. The purpose of this survey is to 

assess the overall satisfaction of the 

eligible users of the NPDB. This survey 

will evaluate the effectiveness of the 

NPDB as a flagging system, source of 

information, and its use in decision 

making. Furthermore, this survey will 

collect information from organizations 

and individuals who query the NPDB to 

understand and improve their user 

experience. This survey is a 

reinstatement of the 2012 NPDB survey 

with some changes. 

A 60-day Notice published in the 

Federal Register on October 16, 2020, 

vol. 85, No. 201; pp. 65833–34. There 

were no comments. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The survey will collect 

information regarding the participants’ 

experiences of querying and reporting to 

the NPDB, perceptions of health care 

practitioners with reports, impact of 

NPDB reports on organizations’ 

decision-making, and satisfaction with 

various NPDB products and services. 

The survey will also be administered 

to health care practitioners that use the 

self-query service provided by the 

NPDB. The self-queriers will be asked 

about their experiences of querying, the 

impact of having reports in the NPDB on 

their careers and health care 

organizations’ perceptions, and their 

satisfaction with various NPDB products 

and services. Understanding selfqueriers’ satisfaction and their use of the 

information is an important component 

of the survey. 

Proposed changes to this ICR include 

the following: 

1. In the proposed entity survey, there 

are 37 modules and 258 questions. From 

the previous 2012 survey, there are 15 

deleted questions and 13 new questions 

in addition to proposed changes to 12 

survey questions. 

2. In the proposed self-query survey, 

there are 22 modules and 88 questions. 

From the previous 2012 survey, there 

are five deleted questions and five new 

questions in addition to proposed 

changes to two survey questions. 

Likely Respondents: Health care 

entities and health care practitioners 

who are eligible users of the NPDB will 

be asked to complete a web-based 

survey. Data gathered from the survey 

will be compared with previous survey 

results. This survey will provide HRSA 

with the information necessary for 

research purposes and for improving the 

usability and effectiveness of the NPDB. 

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. 

Total Estimated Annualized Burden 

Hours: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

NPDB Users Entities Respondents ..................................... 15,000 1 15,000 0.25 3,750 

NPDB Self-Query Respondents .......................................... 2,000 1 2,000 0.10 200 

Total .............................................................................. 17,000 ........................ 17,000 ........................ 3,950 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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