| Page Range | 2799-2802 | |
| FR Document | 2018-00825 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 2799-2802] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-00825] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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; Information Collection Request Title: National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners--OMB No. 0915-0126-- Revision AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 February 20, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call (301) 443-1984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the information request collection title for reference, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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. [[Page 2800]] 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 HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce. 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 website at https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and querying is performed through the secure portal of this website. This revision proposes changes to eliminate redundant and unnecessary forms, improve user error recovery, and improve overall data integrity. There is no change to the average burden per response. The total estimated number of respondents has increased from 5 million in 2015 to over 6 million in 2017, primarily attributable to increases in use of the ``One-Time Query for an Individual'' and ``Continuous Query'' forms. The increase in total respondents resulted in an estimated increase of approximately 47,000 total burden hours. 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 CFR part 60) 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 or individuals 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. 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 11,114 1 11,114 .25 2,779 revisions or whether an action is on Action, Correction of appeal. Revision to Action, Void, Notice of Appeal (manual). Correction, Revision to 17,966 1 17,966 .0003 6 Action, Correction of Revision to Action, Void, Notice of Appeal (automated). Sec. 60.7: Reporting medical malpractice Medical Malpractice Payment 11,993 1 11,993 .75 8,995 payments. (manual). Medical Malpractice Payment 242 1 242 .0003 1 (automated). Sec. 60.8: Reporting licensure actions State Licensure (manual).... 19,160 1 19,160 .75 14,370 taken by Boards of Medical Examiners. State Licensure (automated). 25,980 1 25,980 .0003 8 &......................................... Sec. 60.9: Reporting licensure and certification actions taken by States.. Sec. 60.10: Reporting Federal licensure DEA/Federal Licensure....... 698 1 698 .75 524 and certification actions. [[Page 2801]] Sec. 60.11: Reporting negative actions Peer Review Organization.... 10 1 10 .75 8 or findings taken by peer review Accreditation............... 10 1 10 .75 8 organizations or private accreditation entities. Sec. 60.12: Reporting adverse actions Title IV Clinical Privileges 698 1 698 .75 524 taken against clinical privileges. Actions. 49 1 49 .............. 37 Professional Society........ Sec. 60.13: Reporting Federal or State Criminal Conviction (Guilty 1,140 1 1,140 .75 855 criminal convictions related to the Plea or Trial) (manual). 688 1 688 .0003 1 delivery of a health care item or service. Criminal Conviction (Guilty 54 1 54 .75 41 Plea or Trial) (automated). Deferred Conviction or Pre- Trial Diversion. Nolo Contendere (No Contest) 85 1 85 .75 64 Plea. Injunction.................. 10 1 10 .75 8 Sec. 60.14: Reporting civil judgments Civil Judgment.............. 10 1 10 .75 8 related to the delivery of a health care item or service. Sec. 60.15: Reporting exclusions from Exclusion/Debarment (manual) 1,624 1 1,624 .75 1,218 participation in Federal or State health Exclusion/Debarment 3,180 1 3,180 .0003 1 care programs. (automated). Sec. 60.16: Reporting other adjudicated Government Administrative... 2,062 1 2,062 .75 1,547 actions or decisions. Health Plan Action.......... 335 1 335 .75 252 Sec. 60.18 Requesting Information from One-Time Query for an 2,054,381 1 2,054,381 .08 164,351 the NPDB. Individual (manual). One-Time Query for an 2,813,341 1 2,813,341 .0003 844 Individual (automated). One-Time Query for an 39,695 1 39,695 .08 3,176 Organization (manual). One-Time Query for an 10,201 1 10,201 .0003 4 Organization (automated). Self-Query on an Individual. 131,481 1 131,481 .42 55,223 Self-Query on an 1,545 1 1,545 .42 649 Organization. Continuous Query (manual)... 643,860 1 643,860 .08 51,509 Continuous Query (automated) 226,838 1 226,838 .0003 69 Sec. 60.21: How to dispute the accuracy Subject Statement and 3,547 1 3,547 .75 2,661 of NPDB information. Dispute. 99 1 99 8 792 Request for Dispute Resolution. Administrative............................ Entity Registration 1,073 1 1,073 1 1,073 (Initial). Entity Registration (Renewal 14,060 1 14,060 .25 3,515 & Update). Entity Profile.............. 9,000 1 9,000 .25 2,250 Licensing Board Data Request 146 1 146 10.5 1,533 Licensing Board Attestation. 301 1 301 1 301 Corrective Action Plan...... 10 1 10 .08 1 Reconciling Missing Actions. 7,981 1 7,981 0.8 6,385 Agent Registration (Initial) 85 1 85 1 85 Agent Registration (Renewal) 278 1 278 .08 23 Electronic Transfer of Funds 654 1 654 .08 53 (EFT) Authorization. Authorized Agent Designation 213 1 213 .25 54 Account Discrepancy......... 10 1 10 .25 3 New Administrator Request... 3,016 1 3,016 .08 242 Query Credit Purchase....... 789 1 789 .08 64 Educational Request......... 10 1 10 .08 1 Account Balance Transfer.... 10 1 10 .08 1 [[Page 2802]] Missing Report Form......... 29 1 29 .08 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total................................. ............................ 6,059,761 .............. 6,059,761 .............. 326,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Amy McNulty, Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2018-00825 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice. | |
| Dates | Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February 20, 2018. | |
| Contact | To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call (301) 443-1984. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 2799 |