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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service Medical Staff
Credentials and Privileges File
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service
(IHS), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
helps to ensure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
As required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of
the Act, the proposed information
collection has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval.
The IHS received no comments in
response to the 60-day Federal Register
notice (71 FR 35921) published on June
22, 2006. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to
OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
0009, ‘‘Indian Health Service Medical
Staff Credentials and Privileges Files.’’
Type of Information Collection Request:
Extension of a currently approved
information collection, 0917–0009,
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‘‘Indian Health Service Medical Staff
Credentials and Privileges Files.’’ Form
Number: None. Need and Use of
Information Collection: This collection
of information is used to evaluate
individual health care providers
applying for medical staff privileges at
IHS health care facilities. The IHS
operates health care facilities that
provide health care services to
American Indians and Alaska Natives.
To provide these service, the IHS
employs (directly and under contract)
several categories of health care
providers including: physicians (M.D.
and D.O.), dentists, psychologists,
optometrists, podiatrists, audiologists,
physicians assistants, certified
registered nurse anesthetists, nurse
practitioners, and certified nurse
midwives. The IHS policy specifically
requires physicians and dentists to be
members of the health care facility
medical staff where they practice.
Health care providers become medical
staff members, depending on the local
health care facility’s capabilities and
medical staff bylaws. There are three
types of IHS medical staff applicants: (1)
Health care providers applying for
direct employment with IHS; (2)
contractors who will not seek to become
IHS employees; and (3) employed IHS
health care providers who seek to
transfer between IHS health care
facilities.
National health care standards
developed by the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (formerly the
Health Care Financing Administration),
the Joint Commission on the
Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), and other
accrediting organizations required
health care facilities to review, evaluate
and verify the credentials, training and
experience of medical staff applicants
prior to granting medical staff
privileges. To meet these standards, IHS
health care facilities require all medical
staff applicants to provide information
concerning their education, training
licensure, and work experience and any
adverse disciplinary actions taken
against them. This information is then
verified with references supplied by the
applicant and may include: Former
employers, educational institutions,
licensure and certification boards, the
American Medical Association, the
Federation of State Medical Boards, the
National Practitioner Data Bank, and the
applicants themselves.
In addition to the initial granting of
medical staff membership and clinical
privileges, JCAHO standards require
that a review of the medical staff be
conducted not less than every two years.
This review evaluates the current
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competence of the medical staff and
verifies whether they are maintaining
the licensure or certification
requirements of their specialty.
The medical staff credentials and
privileges records are maintained at the
health care facility where the health
care provider is a medical staff member.
The establishment of these records at
IHS health care facilities is not optional;
such records must be established and
maintained at all health care facilities in
the United States that are accredited by
JCAHO. Prior to the establishment of
this JCAHO requirement, the degree to
which medical staff applications were
verified for completeness and accuracy
varied greatly across America. Affected
Public: Individuals and households.
Type of Respondents: Health care
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
Responses
per
respondent
providers requesting medical staff
privileges at IHS health facilities.
The table below provides the
following: Types of data collection
instruments, estimated number of
respondents, number of responses per
respondent, annual number of
responses, average burden hour per
response, and total annual burden hour.
Annual number of
responses
Average
burden hour
per response
Total annual
burden hours
600
1800
200
387
25
23
18
16
128
21
23
6
6
9
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
600
1800
200
387
25
23
18
16
128
21
23
6
6
9
3
1.00
0.33
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.33
0.33
0.17
0.08
0.08
0.33
0.33
600.0
594.0
200.0
387.0
25.0
23.0
18.0
16.0
42.2
6.9
3.9
0.48
0.48
2.9
.99
Total ............................................................................
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Application to Medical Staff ...............................................
Reference Letter ................................................................
Reappointment Request ....................................................
Medical Privileges ..............................................................
Ob-Gyn Privileges ..............................................................
Surgical Privileges .............................................................
Psychiatric Privileges .........................................................
Anesthesia Privileges .........................................................
Dental Privileges ................................................................
Optometric Privileges .........................................................
Psychology Privileges ........................................................
Audiology Privileges ...........................................................
Podiatric Privileges ............................................................
Radiology Privileges ..........................................................
Pathology Privileges ..........................................................
3,265
........................
........................
........................
1,920.85
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f)
ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your
written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time, to: Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
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Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for
IHS.
For Further Information: Send
requests for more information on the
proposed collection or to obtain a copy
of the data collection instrument(s) and
instructions to Mrs. Christina Rouleau,
IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801
Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450,
Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free
(301) 443–5938, send via facsimile to
(301) 443–2316, or send your e-mail
requests, comments, and return address
to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: September 1, 2006.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and
Privileges File
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance consultation program to provide the general public and
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. As
required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information
collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval.
The IHS received no comments in response to the 60-day Federal
Register notice (71 FR 35921) published on June 22, 2006. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment to
be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0009, ``Indian Health Service
Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files.'' Type of Information
Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection, 0917-0009, ``Indian Health Service Medical Staff
Credentials and Privileges Files.'' Form Number: None. Need and Use of
Information Collection: This collection of information is used to
evaluate individual health care providers applying for medical staff
privileges at IHS health care facilities. The IHS operates health care
facilities that provide health care services to American Indians and
Alaska Natives. To provide these service, the IHS employs (directly and
under contract) several categories of health care providers including:
physicians (M.D. and D.O.), dentists, psychologists, optometrists,
podiatrists, audiologists, physicians assistants, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives.
The IHS policy specifically requires physicians and dentists to be
members of the health care facility medical staff where they practice.
Health care providers become medical staff members, depending on the
local health care facility's capabilities and medical staff bylaws.
There are three types of IHS medical staff applicants: (1) Health care
providers applying for direct employment with IHS; (2) contractors who
will not seek to become IHS employees; and (3) employed IHS health care
providers who seek to transfer between IHS health care facilities.
National health care standards developed by the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing
Administration), the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and other accrediting organizations
required health care facilities to review, evaluate and verify the
credentials, training and experience of medical staff applicants prior
to granting medical staff privileges. To meet these standards, IHS
health care facilities require all medical staff applicants to provide
information concerning their education, training licensure, and work
experience and any adverse disciplinary actions taken against them.
This information is then verified with references supplied by the
applicant and may include: Former employers, educational institutions,
licensure and certification boards, the American Medical Association,
the Federation of State Medical Boards, the National Practitioner Data
Bank, and the applicants themselves.
In addition to the initial granting of medical staff membership and
clinical privileges, JCAHO standards require that a review of the
medical staff be conducted not less than every two years. This review
evaluates the current
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competence of the medical staff and verifies whether they are
maintaining the licensure or certification requirements of their
specialty.
The medical staff credentials and privileges records are maintained
at the health care facility where the health care provider is a medical
staff member. The establishment of these records at IHS health care
facilities is not optional; such records must be established and
maintained at all health care facilities in the United States that are
accredited by JCAHO. Prior to the establishment of this JCAHO
requirement, the degree to which medical staff applications were
verified for completeness and accuracy varied greatly across America.
Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents:
Health care providers requesting medical staff privileges at IHS health
facilities.
The table below provides the following: Types of data collection
instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per
respondent, annual number of responses, average burden hour per
response, and total annual burden hour.
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Estimated Average
Data collection instrument number of Responses per Annual number burden hour Total annual
respondents respondent of responses per response burden hours
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Application to Medical Staff.... 600 1 600 1.00 600.0
Reference Letter................ 1800 1 1800 0.33 594.0
Reappointment Request........... 200 1 200 1.00 200.0
Medical Privileges.............. 387 1 387 1.00 387.0
Ob-Gyn Privileges............... 25 1 25 1.00 25.0
Surgical Privileges............. 23 1 23 1.00 23.0
Psychiatric Privileges.......... 18 1 18 1.00 18.0
Anesthesia Privileges........... 16 1 16 1.00 16.0
Dental Privileges............... 128 1 128 0.33 42.2
Optometric Privileges........... 21 1 21 0.33 6.9
Psychology Privileges........... 23 1 23 0.17 3.9
Audiology Privileges............ 6 1 6 0.08 0.48
Podiatric Privileges............ 6 1 6 0.08 0.48
Radiology Privileges............ 9 1 9 0.33 2.9
Pathology Privileges............ 3 1 3 0.33 .99
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Total....................... 3,265 .............. .............. .............. 1,920.85
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for IHS.
For Further Information: Send requests for more information on the
proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and instructions to Mrs. Christina Rouleau, IHS Reports
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, Rockville, MD
20852, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via facsimile to (301)
443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address
to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of the date of this publication.
Dated: September 1, 2006.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 06-7522 Filed 9-7-06; 8:45 am]
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