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Proposed Project: Data Collection
Tool for the Black Lung Clinics Program
(OMB No. 0915–0292): Revision
The Office of Rural Health Policy
(ORHP), Health Resources and Services
Administration, conducts an annual
data collection of user information for
the Black Lung Clinics Program. The
purpose of the Black Lung Clinics
Program is to improve the health status
of coal workers by providing services to
minimize the effects of respiratory and
pulmonary impairments of coal miners.
Grantees provide specific diagnostic and
treatment procedures required in the
management of problems associated
with black lung disease which improves
the quality of life of the miner and
reduces economic costs associated with
morbidity and mortality arising from
pulmonary diseases. The purpose of
collecting this data is to provide HRSA
with information on how well each
grantee is meeting the needs of active
and retired miners in the funded
communities.
Data from the annual report will
provide quantitative information about
the programs, specifically: (a) The
characteristics of the patients they serve
(gender, age, disability level, occupation
type); (b) the characteristics of services
provided (medical encounters, nonmedical encounters, benefits
counseling, or outreach); and (c) the
number of patients served. The annual
report will be updated to include a
qualitative measure on the percent of
patients that show improvement in
pulmonary function. This assessment
will provide data useful to the program
and will enable HRSA to provide data
required by Congress under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993. It will also ensure that
funds are being effectively used to
provide services to meet the needs of
the target population.
The estimated burden is a follows:
Form name
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Database ..........................................................................................................
15
1
10
150
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: February 27, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review
and Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Proposed Project: Data System for
Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network and
Associated Forms (OMB No. 0915–
0157): Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
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In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects (44
U.D.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes periodic summaries
of proposed projects being developed
for submission to OMB 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.
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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 through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Section 372 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act requires that the
Secretary, by contract, provide for the
establishment and operation of an Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN). The OPTN, among
other responsibilities, operates and
maintains a national waiting list of
individuals requiring organ transplants,
maintains a computerized system for
matching donor organs with transplant
candidates on the waiting list, and
operates a 24-hour system to facilitate
matching organs with individuals
included in the list.
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Data for the OPTN data system are
collected from transplant hospitals,
organ procurement organizations, and
tissue-typing laboratories. The
information is used to indicate the
disease severity of transplant
candidates, to monitor compliance of
member organizations with OPTN rules
and requirements, and to report
periodically on the clinical and
scientific status of organ donation and
transplantation in this country. Data are
used to develop transplant, donation
and allocation policies, to determine if
institutional members are complying
with policy, to determine member
specific performance, to ensure patient
safety when no alternative sources of
data exist and to fulfill the requirements
of the OPTN Final Rule. The practical
utility of the data collection is further
enhanced by requirements that the
OPTN data must be made available,
consistent with applicable laws, for use
by OPTN members, the Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients, the
Department of Health and Human
Services, and others for evaluation,
research, patient information, and other
important purposes.
Revisions in the 26 data collection
forms are intended to implement
approved reduction in data collection
for candidates and recipients, to provide
additional information specific to
pediatric patients, and to clarify existing
questions.
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ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form
Responses
per
respondents
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Deceased Donor Registration ..............................................
Death referral data ...............................................................
Living Donor Registration ....................................................
Living Donor Follow-up ........................................................
Donor Histocompatibility ......................................................
Recipient Histocompatibility .................................................
Heart Candidate Registration ..............................................
Lung Candidate Registration ...............................................
Heart/Lung Candidate Registration .....................................
Thoracic Registration ...........................................................
Thoracic Follow-up ...............................................................
Kidney Candidate Registration ............................................
Kidney Registration ..............................................................
Kidney Follow-up .................................................................
Liver Candidate Registration ...............................................
Liver Registration .................................................................
Liver Follow-up .....................................................................
Kidney/Pancreas Candidate Registration ............................
Kidney/Pancreas Registration ..............................................
Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up .................................................
Pancreas Candidate Registration ........................................
Pancreas Registration ..........................................................
Pancreas Follow-up .............................................................
Intestine Candidate Registration ..........................................
Intestine Registration ...........................................................
Intestine Follow-up ...............................................................
Post Transplant Malignancy ................................................
58
58
711
711
154
154
135
67
59
135
135
250
250
250
125
125
125
146
146
146
146
146
146
45
45
45
711
215
12
10
18
95
172
23
27
1
27
229
133
69
544
89
54
383
12
7
65
7
3
23
8
4
17
6
12,470
696
7,110
12,798
14,630
26,488
3,105
1,809
59
3,645
30,915
33,250
17,250
136,000
11,125
6,750
47,875
1,752
1,022
9,490
1,022
438
3,358
360
180
765
4,266
0.4200
10.0000
0.4100
0.3300
0.0600
0.1100
0.2800
0.2800
0.2800
0.4400
0.4130
0.2800
0.4400
0.3332
0.2800
0.4000
0.3336
0.2800
0.5300
0.5027
0.2800
0.4400
0.4133
0.2400
0.5300
0.5059
0.0800
5,237.4000
6,960.0000
2,915.1000
4,223.3400
877.8000
2,913.6800
869.4000
506.5200
16.5200
1,603.8000
12,767.8950
9,310.0000
7,590.0000
45,315.2000
3,115.0000
2,700.0000
15,971.1000
490.5600
541.6600
4,770.6230
286.1600
192.7200
1,387.8614
86.4000
95.4000
387.0135
341.2800
Total ..............................................................................
923
........................
388,628
........................
131,472.4329
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: February 27, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review
and Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Practitioner Data Bank;
Announcement of Proactive Disclosure
Service (PDS) Opening Date and User
Fees
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is announcing the
implementation of a Proactive
Disclosure Service (PDS) Prototype. The
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PDS is being offered as an alternative to
the periodic querying of the National
Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). It was
developed in response to the growing
interest of healthcare entities in ongoing monitoring of practitioner
credentials.
Authorized Data Bank entities can
choose to enroll all of their practitioners
in PDS or enroll some practitioners
while continuing to periodically query
on others using the regular query
methods. The query fee for periodic
queries remains $4.75 per name. Entities
with PDS enrolled practitioners will be
notified within one business day of the
NPDB’s receipt of a report on any of
their enrollees. While entities can
expect to receive reports sooner with
PDS, the format of and the information
contained in a report, as well as the
information required to be reported will
remain the same. Initially, the PDS is
being offered as a prototype. The annual
subscription fee, during the prototype
period, is $3.25 per practitioner. This
rate is subject to change after the
prototype period is complete.
DATES: This fee will be effective April
30, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Pincus, Branch Chief, Practitioner
Data Banks Branch, Office of Workforce
Evaluation and Quality Assurance,
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Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration,
Parklawn Building, Rm 8C–103, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Tel:
301–443–2300, E-mail:
policyanalysis@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. PDS Enrollment Availability
The PDS prototype will be available
April 30, 2007. An invitation to enroll
practitioners in the prototype has been
extended first to organizations that
assisted HRSA with designing and
pricing, which occurred between 2003
and 2005. All NPDB registered entities
have been invited to enroll their
practitioners to meet a predetermined
number for enrollees. Once this number
is achieved, enrollment in the prototype
will close. It is anticipated that the PDS
prototype period will last approximately
18 to 24 months before it is opened to
all authorized Data Bank entities.
2. User Fee Amount
The NPDB is authorized by the Health
Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
(the Act), Title IV of Public Law 99–660,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.).
Section 427(b)(4) of the Act authorizes
the establishment of fees for the costs of
processing related to receiving and
disclosing information.
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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 (44 U.D.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes
periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission
to OMB 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 through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network and Associated Forms (OMB No. 0915-0157): Revision
Section 372 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act requires that
the Secretary, by contract, provide for the establishment and operation
of an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN,
among other responsibilities, operates and maintains a national waiting
list of individuals requiring organ transplants, maintains a
computerized system for matching donor organs with transplant
candidates on the waiting list, and operates a 24-hour system to
facilitate matching organs with individuals included in the list.
Data for the OPTN data system are collected from transplant
hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and tissue-typing
laboratories. The information is used to indicate the disease severity
of transplant candidates, to monitor compliance of member organizations
with OPTN rules and requirements, and to report periodically on the
clinical and scientific status of organ donation and transplantation in
this country. Data are used to develop transplant, donation and
allocation policies, to determine if institutional members are
complying with policy, to determine member specific performance, to
ensure patient safety when no alternative sources of data exist and to
fulfill the requirements of the OPTN Final Rule. The practical utility
of the data collection is further enhanced by requirements that the
OPTN data must be made available, consistent with applicable laws, for
use by OPTN members, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients,
the Department of Health and Human Services, and others for evaluation,
research, patient information, and other important purposes.
Revisions in the 26 data collection forms are intended to implement
approved reduction in data collection for candidates and recipients, to
provide additional information specific to pediatric patients, and to
clarify existing questions.
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Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondents responses response hours
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Deceased Donor Registration..... 58 215 12,470 0.4200 5,237.4000
Death referral data............. 58 12 696 10.0000 6,960.0000
Living Donor Registration....... 711 10 7,110 0.4100 2,915.1000
Living Donor Follow-up.......... 711 18 12,798 0.3300 4,223.3400
Donor Histocompatibility........ 154 95 14,630 0.0600 877.8000
Recipient Histocompatibility.... 154 172 26,488 0.1100 2,913.6800
Heart Candidate Registration.... 135 23 3,105 0.2800 869.4000
Lung Candidate Registration..... 67 27 1,809 0.2800 506.5200
Heart/Lung Candidate 59 1 59 0.2800 16.5200
Registration...................
Thoracic Registration........... 135 27 3,645 0.4400 1,603.8000
Thoracic Follow-up.............. 135 229 30,915 0.4130 12,767.8950
Kidney Candidate Registration... 250 133 33,250 0.2800 9,310.0000
Kidney Registration............. 250 69 17,250 0.4400 7,590.0000
Kidney Follow-up................ 250 544 136,000 0.3332 45,315.2000
Liver Candidate Registration.... 125 89 11,125 0.2800 3,115.0000
Liver Registration.............. 125 54 6,750 0.4000 2,700.0000
Liver Follow-up................. 125 383 47,875 0.3336 15,971.1000
Kidney/Pancreas Candidate 146 12 1,752 0.2800 490.5600
Registration...................
Kidney/Pancreas Registration.... 146 7 1,022 0.5300 541.6600
Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up....... 146 65 9,490 0.5027 4,770.6230
Pancreas Candidate Registration. 146 7 1,022 0.2800 286.1600
Pancreas Registration........... 146 3 438 0.4400 192.7200
Pancreas Follow-up.............. 146 23 3,358 0.4133 1,387.8614
Intestine Candidate Registration 45 8 360 0.2400 86.4000
Intestine Registration.......... 45 4 180 0.5300 95.4000
Intestine Follow-up............. 45 17 765 0.5059 387.0135
Post Transplant Malignancy...... 711 6 4,266 0.0800 341.2800
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Total....................... 923 .............. 388,628 .............. 131,472.4329
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: February 27, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-3918 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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