Request For Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files, 16139-16140 [2010-7253]

Download as PDF 16139 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 31, 2010 / Notices achieved by the Strengthening Communities Fund in meeting its objective of improving the capacity of grantees that include Nonprofit organizations and State, Local and Tribal Governments. The evaluation for each program will be designed to assess progress and measure increased organizational capacity of grantees is each of the two SCF programs. The purpose of this request will be to establish the approved baseline instruments for follow-up data collection. Respondents: SCF Grantees (both the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program and the Government Capacity Building Program) made up of State, local, and Tribal governments, as well as nonprofit organizations. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Number of respondents Instrument Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Performance Progress Report (PPR) .. Government Capacity Building PPR ................................................................ Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 336. Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency processing by April 15, 2010. A copy of this information collection, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690–7275. Comments and questions about the information collection described above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, FAX (202) 395– 6974. Dated: March 22, 2010. Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2010–6999 Filed 3–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 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 Files Indian Health Service, HHS. Notice. AGENCY: jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:40 Mar 30, 2010 Jkt 220001 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Average burden hours per response 4 4 1 1 35 49 This proposed information collection project was previously published in the Federal Register (74 FR 63754) on December 4, 2009 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 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, without revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917–0009, ‘‘Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files’’ agreement. Form Numbers(s): 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 Department of Health and Human Services operates health care facilities that provide health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. To provide these services, 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, physician assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives. 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 PO 00000 Number of responses per respondent Total burden hours 140 196 care providers who seek to transfer between IHS health care facilities. National health care standards developed by the Centers 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 require health care facilities to review, evaluate and verify the credentials, training and experience of medical staff applicants prior to granting medical staff privileges. In order 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 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 accredited by JCAHO. Prior to the establishment of this JCAHO requirement, the degree to which medical staff applications were E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1 16140 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 31, 2010 / Notices maintained at all health care facilities in the United States that are verified for completeness and accuracy varied greatly across the Nation. The application process has been streamlined and is using information technology to make the application electronically available on the Internet. Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: Individuals. Estimated number of respondents Data collection instrument(s) The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, Estimated number of respondents, Number of annual number of responses, Average burden per response, and Total annual burden hours. Average burden hour per response* Responses per respondent Application to Medical Staff .............................................................. Reference Letter ............................................................................... Reappointment Request ................................................................... Ob-Gyn Privileges ............................................................................. Internal Medicine .............................................................................. Surgery Privileges ............................................................................. Psychiatry Privileges ......................................................................... Anesthesia Privileges ....................................................................... Dental Privileges ............................................................................... Optometry Privileges ........................................................................ Psychology Privileges ....................................................................... Audiology Privileges ......................................................................... Podiatry Privileges ............................................................................ Radiology Privileges ......................................................................... Pathology Privileges ......................................................................... 570 1710 190 20 325 20 13 15 150 21 30 7 7 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total ........................................................................................... 3,089 ............................ 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 Total annual burden hours (60 mins) .. (20 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (60 mins) .. (20 mins) .. (20 mins) .. (10 mins) .. (5 mins) .... (5 mins) .... (20 mins) .. (20 mins) .. 570 570 190 20 325 20 13 15 50 7 5 1 1 3 1 ........................... 1,791 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES * For ease of understanding, burden hours are provided in actual minutes. There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance costs to respondents. 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 is 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, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) contact: Mr. Hershel Gorham, Reports VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:40 Mar 30, 2010 Jkt 220001 Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1627; call non-toll free (301) 443–5932; send via facsimile to (301) 443–9879; or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: Hershel.Gorham@ihs.gov. Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this publication. Dated: March 19, 2010. Yvette Roubideaux, Director, Indian Health Service. [FR Doc. 2010–7253 Filed 3–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–16–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Common Formats for Patient Safety Data Collection and Event Reporting AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. ACTION: Notice of Availability— Common Formats Version 1.1. SUMMARY: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21 to b–26, (Patient Safety Act) provides for the formation of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 confidential information regarding the quality and safety of healthcare delivery. The Patient Safety Act (at 42 U.S.C. 299b–23) authorizes the collection of this information in a standardized manner, as explained in the related Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR part 3 (Patient Safety Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008: 73 FR 70731–70814. As authorized by the Secretary of HHS, AHRQ coordinates the development of a set of common definitions and reporting formats (Common Formats) that allow healthcare providers to voluntarily collect and submit standardized information regarding patient safety events. The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of the expanded and enhanced Common Formats Version 1.1—including updated event descriptions, reports, data elements, and technical specifications for software developers— and the process for their continued refinement. DATES: Ongoing public input. ADDRESSES: The Common Formats Version 1.1 can be accessed electronically at the following HHS Web site: https://www.PSO.AHRQ.gov/ index.html. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcy Opstal, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697; E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16139-16140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7253]


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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 Files

Agency: Indian Health Service, HHS.

Action: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 30 days for public comment on 
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service 
(IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request to review and approve the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection project was previously published 
in the Federal Register (74 FR 63754) on December 4, 2009 and allowed 
60 days for public comment. No public comment was received in response 
to the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 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, without 
revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917-0009, 
``Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges 
Files'' agreement.
    Form Numbers(s): 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 Department of Health and Human Services operates health care 
facilities that provide health care services to American Indians and 
Alaska Natives. To provide these services, 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, physician assistants, 
certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and 
certified nurse midwives. 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 Centers 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 
require health care facilities to review, evaluate and verify the 
credentials, training and experience of medical staff applicants prior 
to granting medical staff privileges. In order 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 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 
accredited by JCAHO. Prior to the establishment of this JCAHO 
requirement, the degree to which medical staff applications were

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maintained at all health care facilities in the United States that are 
verified for completeness and accuracy varied greatly across the 
Nation.
    The application process has been streamlined and is using 
information technology to make the application electronically available 
on the Internet.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of annual number of responses, 
Average burden per response, and Total annual burden hours.

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                                  Estimated number    Responses per    Average burden hour per    Total annual
  Data collection instrument(s)    of respondents      respondent             response*           burden hours
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Application to Medical Staff....               570                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........               570
Reference Letter................              1710                 1  0.33 (20 mins)..........               570
Reappointment Request...........               190                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........               190
Ob-Gyn Privileges...............                20                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........                20
Internal Medicine...............               325                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........               325
Surgery Privileges..............                20                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........                20
Psychiatry Privileges...........                13                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........                13
Anesthesia Privileges...........                15                 1  1.00 (60 mins)..........                15
Dental Privileges...............               150                 1  0.33 (20 mins)..........                50
Optometry Privileges............                21                 1  0.33 (20 mins)..........                 7
Psychology Privileges...........                30                 1  0.17 (10 mins)..........                 5
Audiology Privileges............                 7                 1  0.08 (5 mins)...........                 1
Podiatry Privileges.............                 7                 1  0.08 (5 mins)...........                 1
Radiology Privileges............                 8                 1  0.33 (20 mins)..........                 3
Pathology Privileges............                 3                 1  0.33 (20 mins)..........                 1
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    Total.......................             3,089  ................  ........................             1,791
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are provided in actual minutes. There are no capital costs, operating
  costs and/or maintenance costs to respondents.

    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 is 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, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: To request more 
information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) contact: Mr. Hershel 
Gorham, Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, 
Rockville, MD 20852-1627; call non-toll free (301) 443-5932; send via 
facsimile to (301) 443-9879; or send your e-mail requests, comments, 
and return address to: Hershel.Gorham@ihs.gov.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: March 19, 2010.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-7253 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-16-P
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