[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 7482]] Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Regulation citation Form name Number of Responses per Total per response Total burden respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 7483]] 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................ ............................ 5,009,324 .............. 5,009,324 .............. 275,689 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackie Painter, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2015-02658 Filed 2-9-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P