[Federal Register: January 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 15)]
[Notices]
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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, Public Law 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
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, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on
(301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Proposed Project: Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for
Final Adverse Information on Health Care Providers, Suppliers, and
Practitioners (OMB No. 0915-0239)--Revision
Section 221(a) of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 specifically directs the Secretary
to establish a national health care fraud and abuse data collection
program for the reporting and disclosure of certain final adverse
actions taken against health care providers, suppliers, and
practitioners. A final rule was published October 26, 1999 in the
Federal Register to implement the statutory requirements of section
1128E of the Social Security Act (The Act) as added by Section 221 (a)
of HIPAA. The Act requires the Secretary to implement the national
healthcare fraud and abuse data collection program. This data bank is
known as the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). It
contains the following types of information: (1) Civil judgments
against a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner in Federal or
State court related to the delivery of a health care item or service;
(2) Federal or State criminal convictions against a health care
provider, supplier, or practitioner related to the delivery of a health
care item or service; (3) Actions by Federal or State agencies
responsible for the licensing and certification of health care
providers, suppliers, or practitioners (4) Exclusion of a health care
provider, practitioner or supplier from participation in Federal or
State health care programs; and (5) Any other adjudicated actions or
decisions that the Secretary shall establish by regulations. Access to
this data bank is limited to Federal and State Government agencies and
health plans.
This request is for a revision of reporting and querying forms
previously approved on March 15, 2001. The reporting forms and the
request for information forms (query forms) must be accessed,
completed, and submitted to the HIPDB electronically through the HIPDB
Web site at http://www.npdb-hipdb.com. All reporting and querying is performed
through this secure Web site. Due to overlap in requirements for the
HIPDB, some of the National Practitioner Data Bank's burden has been
subsumed under the HIPDB.
Estimates of burden are as follows:
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No. of Frequency of Minutes per Total burden
Regulation citation respondents responses response hours
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61.6 Errors & Omissions......................... 172 4.3 15 185 \1\
61.6(b) Revisions to Actions.................... 107 23.25 30 1,244
61.7 Licensure Actions: Reporting by State 275 60.6 45 12,512
licensing authorities..........................
61.8 Reporting of State Criminal Convictions.... 54 13 45 525
61.9 Reporting of Civil Judgments............... 62 8 45 375
61.11 Reporting of adjudicated actions/decisions 410 12.5 45 3,845
61.12 Access to data: State Licensure Boards.... 1000 67.5 5 5,623
State Certification Agencies.................... 16 6 5 8
States/district attorneys & law enforcement..... 2000 25 5 3,749
State Medicaid Fraud Units...................... 47 50 5 196
Health plans.................................... 2,841 263.76 5 62,422
Health care providers, suppliers, practitioners 37,925 1 25 15,800
(self-query)...................................
Entity Registration--Initial.................... 2500 1 60 2,500
Entity Registration--Update..................... 451 1 5 38
Authorized Agent Designation--Initial........... 100 1 15 16
Authorized Agent Designation-Update............. 250 1 5 62
Disputed Reports-Secretarial Review............. 459 1 5 38
Request for Secretarial Review.................. 43 1 480 344
Account Discrepancy Report...................... 1,000 1 15 250
Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization......... 400 1 15 100
Entity reactivation............................. 450 1 60 450
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 110,282
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Estimates in this column that fall below or above a full hour are rounded to the nearest hour.
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Send comments to Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 16C-17, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20853, (301) 443-1129. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: January 15, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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