Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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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