[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65659-65660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30885]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, 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:
    National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on 
Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners: Regulations and Forms 
(OMB No. 0915-0126)--Extension, No Change--The Data Bank forms and 
regulations received a short-term approval in June 1995. As part of the 
terms of clearance, HRSA was required to submit an updated analysis of 
small medical malpractice payments (concerning the issue of monetary 
threshold reporting of claims) and provide OMB with an updated chart of 
the distribution of malpractice awards. The requirements have been 
satisfied and the Data Bank regulations and forms are now being 
resubmitted for a 3-year approval. This request is for an extension 
with no changes. The burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                                                        Total   
                     Title                        Number of    Frequency    Number of    Hours per      burden  
                                                 respondents  of response   responses     response      hours   
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60.6(a) Reporting Corrections of Errors and                                                                     
 Omissions.....................................        2,800         1.04        2,925          .25          731
60.6(b) Revisions to Original Report Actions...          350         1.06          370          .75          278
60.7(b) Reporting Medical Malpractice Payments.          150       105.33       15,800          .75       11,850
60.8(b) Reporting Licensure Action by State                                                                     
 Boards........................................          125        21.02        2,630          .75        1,973
60.9(a) Reporting Privileging and Professional                                                                  
 Society Actions...............................        1,000         1.08        1,075          .75          806
60.9(c) Request for Hearings by Entitles Found                                                                  
 in Noncompliance..............................            1            1            1         8.00            8
60.10(a)(1) Hospital Queries on Applicants;                                                                     
 60.11(a)(1) Other Hospital Queries;                                                                            
 60.11(a)(6) Queries for Professional Review...        7,200        38.33      276,000          .08       23,000
60.10(a)(2) Biennial Queries by Hospitals......        6,000       186.83    1,121,000          .08       93,417
60.11(a)(2) Practitioner Queries...............       29,000            1       29,000          .25        7,250
60.11(a)(3) State Licensure Board Queries......           70          171       12,000          .08        1,000
60.11(a)(4) Queries by Non-hospital Health Care                                                                 
 Entities......................................        1,860       139.78      260,000          .08       21,667
60.11(a)(5) Queries by Attorneys...............           10            1           10          .25            3
60.11(a)(7) Queries for Research Purposes......          100            1          100         1.00          100
60.14(b) Practitioner's Disputing Data Bank                                                                     
 Reports.......................................        1,080            1        1,080          .17          180
60.14(b) Practitioner Requests for Secretarial                                                                  
 Review........................................          100            1          100         8.00          800
60.14(b) Practitioner Statements...............        2,700            1        2,700         1.00        2,700

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Biennial Entity Verification Document..........        5,750            1        5,750          .25        1,438
Entity File Update.............................        1,150            1        1,150          .25          288
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 167,489 hours
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: Decmber 14, 1995.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination
[FR Doc. 95-30885 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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