[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62836-62837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25657]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 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, e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#047465746176736b766f446c7677652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97e7f6e7f2e5e0f8e5fcd7ffe5e4f6b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a> or 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:

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--Revision

    This is a request for revision and 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. An 
additional form entitled, ``Instructions for Registering as an NPDB-
HIPDB Self-Querier,'' has been included to meet identity proofing and 
e-authentication requirements stipulated in the E-Authentication 
Guidance for Federal Agencies (OMB M-04-04) and National Institutes of 
Standards and Technology's (NIST) Draft Special Publication 800-63-1, 
Electronic Authentication Guidelines. The burden estimate for self-
queriers has been adjusted from the original OMB approval to reflect 
this new registration process. 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. Numbers in the table may not add up exactly due to rounding. 
Please note the burden for Administrative Forms has been accounted for 
in the NPDB OMB clearance renewal submission.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                      Distribution of Burden by Regulatory Citation
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                                                                                             Hours per
           Regulation citation               Number of     Responses per       Total       response  (in   Total burden      Wage rate      Total cost
                                            respondents     respondent       responses       minutes)          hours
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Sec.   61.6(a), (b) Errors & Omissions..             188             4.4             817              15          204.25             $25          $5,106
Sec.   61.6 Revisions/Appeal Status.....             130            26.9           3,492              30           1,746              25          43,650
Sec.   61.7 Reporting By State Licensure             305            80.8          24,640              45          18,480              25         462,000
 Boards.................................
Sec.   61.8 Reporting of State Criminal               45              56           2,518              45         1,888.5              43          81,205
 Convictions............................
Sec.   61.9 Reporting of Civil Judgments               4             2.5              10              45             7.5              43             322
Sec.   61.10(b) Reporting Exclusions                   9           320.3           2,883              20           961.0              38          36,518
 from participation in Federal and State
 Health Care Programs...................
Sec.   61.11 Reporting of Adjudicated                 92              17           1,562              45         1,171.5              43          50,375
 Actions/Decisions......................
Sec.   61.12 Request for Information:                855           279.3         238,814               5       19,901.26              25      497,531.50
 State and Federal Agencies.............
Sec.   61.12 Request for Information               1,239           532.4         659,617               5        54,968.1              30       1,649,043
 Health Plans...........................
Sec.   61.12 Request for Information              50,416               1          50,416              55        46,214.7              45    2,079,661.50
 Health Care Providers, Suppliers and
 Practitioners (self-query).............
Sec.   61.12(a)(4) Requests by                         1               1               1              30              .5              38              19
 Researchers for Aggregate Data.........
Sec.   61.15 Dispute Report.............             300               1             300               5              25              45           1,125
Sec.   61.15 Add Report Statement.......             669               1             669              45           501.8             100          50,180
Sec.   61.15 Request for Secretarial                  15               1              15             480             120             200          24,000
 Review.................................
Administrative Forms....................               0               0               0               0               0               0               0
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    Total...............................          54,268  ..............         985,754  ..............      146,190.11  ..............       4,980,736
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c53554e5d436f697e71756f6f7573725c73717e3279736c327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7837312a39270b0d1a15110b0b1117163817151a561d1708561f170e">[email protected]</span></a> or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: October 6, 2010.
Wendy Ponton,
Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-25657 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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