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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
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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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Final regulations at 45 CFR part 60 set
forth these criteria and procedures for
information to be reported to and
disclosed by the NPDB. Section 60.3 of
these regulations defines the terms used
in this announcement.
In determining any changes in the
amount of the user fee, the Department
uses the criteria set forth in section
60.12(b) of the regulations. The
Department must recover the full costs
of operating the Data Bank through user
fees. Paragraph (b) of the regulations
states:
‘‘The amount of each fee will be
determined based on the following
criteria:
a. Use of electronic data processing
equipment to obtain information—the
actual cost for the service, including
computer search time, runs, printouts,
and time of computer programmers and
operators, or other employees,
b. Photocopying or other forms of
reproduction, such as magnetic tapes—
actual cost of the operator’s time, plus
the cost of the machine time and the
materials used,
c. Postage—actual cost, and
d. Sending information by special
methods requested by the applicant,
such as express mail or electronic
transfer—the actual cost of the special
service.’’
An annual subscription fee of $3.25
per practitioner will be charged upon
enrollment. This fee includes the cost of
an initial query, which automatically
occurs when a practitioner is first
enrolled, and all reports received on the
enrolled practitioner over the course of
the subscription period of 1 year. The
fee was determined through economic
analysis of the average annual rate of
queries performed by health care
entities in relationship to the current
query fee that is based on the actual cost
for services. The Department will accept
payment for the subscription fee from
entities via credit card or electronic
funds transfer. When the prototype
period concludes, the Department may
change the subscription fee. Any
changes will be announced through
notice in the Federal Register.
The periodic query fee remains at
$4.75 per name. The practitioner selfquery fee remains at $8.00. Currently
when a periodic query is on one or more
physicians, dentists or other health care
practitioners, the appropriate fee will be
$4.75 multiplied by the number of
individuals about whom the
information is requested. Similarly,
when a PDS prototype participating
entity enrolls one or more physicians,
dentists or other health care
practitioners, the appropriate fee will be
$3.25 multiplied by the number of
individuals whom are enrolled. An
individual practitioner may not enroll
in PDS. For examples, see the tables
below.
Fee per
name in
query
Periodic query method
Entity query (via) internet with electronic payment .......................................................................................
$4.75
Practitioner Self-query ...................................................................................................................................
8.00
Proactive disclosure service (PDS) query method
Fee per
name enrolled
Entity query (via) internet with electronic payment .......................................................................................
$3.25
Dated: March 1, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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Novel System for HIV–1 Vaccine
Development
Description of Technology: The
available technologies describe specific
immunogenic peptides, peptide
modifications and methods for
identifying additional immunogens
against HIV–1 surface proteins, gp120
and gp41. Additionally, detailed
methods for use of the described
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10 names in query.
10 x $4.75 = $47.50.
One self-query =
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10 names in query.
10 x $3.25 = $32.50.
immunogenic peptides in the
development of vaccines and
diagnostics for HIV–1 are disclosed. The
current technologies further include a
comprehensive system for immunogen
design, comprising in silico design
coupled to feedback from X-ray
crystallography, antigenic analysis, and
immunization.
The described methodology
demonstrates how to transplant a given
HIV–1 epitope recognized by broadly
neutralizing antibodies into an
appropriate scaffold, while preserving
its structure and antigenicity.
Conservation of the three dimensional
structure may lead to the generation of
antibodies with broadly neutralizing
characteristics, similar to the template
antibody. Such epitope-transplant
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diagnostics to identify specific serum
reactivity against the target HIV–1
epitopes. The subject scaffolding
technology may be applied to any virus
for which a broadly neutralizing
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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
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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 on-going 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, 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.
[[Page 10228]]
Final regulations at 45 CFR part 60 set forth these criteria and
procedures for information to be reported to and disclosed by the NPDB.
Section 60.3 of these regulations defines the terms used in this
announcement.
In determining any changes in the amount of the user fee, the
Department uses the criteria set forth in section 60.12(b) of the
regulations. The Department must recover the full costs of operating
the Data Bank through user fees. Paragraph (b) of the regulations
states:
``The amount of each fee will be determined based on the following
criteria:
a. Use of electronic data processing equipment to obtain
information--the actual cost for the service, including computer search
time, runs, printouts, and time of computer programmers and operators,
or other employees,
b. Photocopying or other forms of reproduction, such as magnetic
tapes--actual cost of the operator's time, plus the cost of the machine
time and the materials used,
c. Postage--actual cost, and
d. Sending information by special methods requested by the
applicant, such as express mail or electronic transfer--the actual cost
of the special service.''
An annual subscription fee of $3.25 per practitioner will be
charged upon enrollment. This fee includes the cost of an initial
query, which automatically occurs when a practitioner is first
enrolled, and all reports received on the enrolled practitioner over
the course of the subscription period of 1 year. The fee was determined
through economic analysis of the average annual rate of queries
performed by health care entities in relationship to the current query
fee that is based on the actual cost for services. The Department will
accept payment for the subscription fee from entities via credit card
or electronic funds transfer. When the prototype period concludes, the
Department may change the subscription fee. Any changes will be
announced through notice in the Federal Register.
The periodic query fee remains at $4.75 per name. The practitioner
self-query fee remains at $8.00. Currently when a periodic query is on
one or more physicians, dentists or other health care practitioners,
the appropriate fee will be $4.75 multiplied by the number of
individuals about whom the information is requested. Similarly, when a
PDS prototype participating entity enrolls one or more physicians,
dentists or other health care practitioners, the appropriate fee will
be $3.25 multiplied by the number of individuals whom are enrolled. An
individual practitioner may not enroll in PDS. For examples, see the
tables below.
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Fee per
Periodic query method name in Examples
query
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Entity query (via) internet $4.75 10 names in query.
with electronic payment. 10 x $4.75 = $47.50.
Practitioner Self-query...... 8.00 One self-query = $8.00.
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Proactive disclosure service Fee per name
(PDS) query method enrolled Examples
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Entity query (via) internet $3.25 10 names in query.
with electronic payment. 10 x $3.25 = $32.50.
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Dated: March 1, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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