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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60 Day
Information Collection: Indian Health
Service Medical Staff Credentials and
Privileges Files
AGENCY:
Indian Health Service, HHS.
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Notice and request for
comments. Request for extension of
approval.
ACTION:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the
general public to comment on the
information collection titled, ‘‘Indian
Health Service Medical Staff Credentials
and Privileges Files,’’ OMB Control
Number 0917–0009, which expires
August 31, 2016.
DATES: Comment Due Date: June 20,
2016. Your comments regarding this
information collection are best assured
of having full effect if received within
60 days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments, requests for more
information on the collection, or
requests to obtain a copy of the data
collection instrument and instructions
to Cheryl Peterson by one of the
following methods:
• Mail: Cheryl Peterson, Acting
Director, Improving Patient Care
Program, Office of Clinical and
Preventive Services, Indian Health
Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop:
08N34–A, Rockville, MD 20857.
• Phone: 301–443–1043.
• Email: Cheryl.Peterson@ihs.gov.
• Fax: 301–443–9971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces our intent to submit
the collection to OMB for approval of an
extension, and to solicit comments on
specific aspects of the information
collection. The purpose of this notice is
to allow 60 days for public comment to
be submitted to IHS. A copy of the
supporting statement is available at
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID
IHS–2016–0004).
Information Collection Title: ‘‘Indian
Health Service Medical Staff Credentials
and Privileges Files, 0917–0009.’’ Type
of Information Collection Request:
Extension of an approved information
collection, ‘‘Indian Health Service
Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges
Files, 0917–0009.’’ Form Numbers:
0917–0009. 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 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,
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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, the Joint
Commission, 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, Joint Commission 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 a Joint
Commission requirement. Prior to the
establishment of this Joint Commission
requirement, the degree to which
medical staff applications were
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
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electronically available on the Internet.
The application may be found at the
IHS.gov Web site address: https://
www.ihs.gov/IHM/
index.cfm?module=dsp_ihm_pc_p3c1.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households. Type of Respondents:
Individuals.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument(s)
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 ..................................................................................
Obstetrics–Gynecology Privileges ...................................................................
Internal Medicine .............................................................................................
Surgery Privileges ............................................................................................
Psychiatry Privileges ........................................................................................
Anesthesia Privileges ......................................................................................
Dental Privileges ..............................................................................................
Psychology Privileges ......................................................................................
Audiology Privileges ........................................................................................
Podiatry Privileges ...........................................................................................
Radiology Privileges ........................................................................................
Pathology Privileges ........................................................................................
570
1710
190
20
325
20
13
15
150
30
7
7
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total ..........................................................................................................
3068
........................
1.00 (60
0.33 (20
1.00 (60
1.00 (60
1.00 (60
1.00 (60
1.00 (60
1.00 (60
0.33 (20
0.17 (10
0.08 (5
0.08 (5
0.33 (20
0.33 (20
Total annual
burden hours
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
mins)
570
570
190
20
325
20
13
15
50
5
1
1
3
1
........................
1,784
* For ease of understanding, burden hours are provided in actual minutes.
There are no capital costs, operating
costs and/or maintenance costs to
respondents.
Requests 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.
Dated: April 13, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations,
Indian Health Service.
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National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of
Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
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as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
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Animal/Biological Resource Facilities.
Date: May 16–17, 2016.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Andrea B. Kelly, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3182,
MSC 7770, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 455–
1761, kellya2@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR–15–
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Affordable Medical Technologies (R01).
Date: May 17, 2016.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Careen K. Tang-Toth,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6214,
MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–
3504, tothct@csr.nih.gov.
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Date: May 20, 2016.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
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Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: John H. Newman, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3222,
MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–
0628, newmanjh@csr.nih.gov.
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Dated: April 15, 2016.
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Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60 Day Information Collection: Indian
Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on
the information collection titled, ``Indian Health Service Medical
Staff Credentials and Privileges Files,'' OMB Control Number 0917-0009,
which expires August 31, 2016.
DATES: Comment Due Date: June 20, 2016. Your comments regarding this
information collection are best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments, requests for more information on
the collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument and instructions to Cheryl Peterson by one of the following
methods:
Mail: Cheryl Peterson, Acting Director, Improving Patient
Care Program, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Indian Health
Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34-A, Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: 301-443-1043.
Email: Cheryl.Peterson@ihs.gov.
Fax: 301-443-9971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces our intent to submit
the collection to OMB for approval of an extension, and to solicit
comments on specific aspects of the information collection. The purpose
of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment to be submitted
to IHS. A copy of the supporting statement is available at
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID IHS-2016-0004).
Information Collection Title: ``Indian Health Service Medical Staff
Credentials and Privileges Files, 0917-0009.'' Type of Information
Collection Request: Extension of an approved information collection,
``Indian Health Service Medical Staff Credentials and Privileges Files,
0917-0009.'' Form Numbers: 0917-0009. 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 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, the Joint Commission, 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, Joint Commission 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 a Joint Commission requirement. Prior to the
establishment of this Joint Commission requirement, the degree to which
medical staff applications were 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
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electronically available on the Internet. The application may be found
at the IHS.gov Web site address: https://www.ihs.gov/IHM/index.cfm?module=dsp_ihm_pc_p3c1.
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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Average
Estimated Responses per burden hour Total annual
Data collection instrument(s) number of respondent per response burden hours
respondents *
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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
Obstetrics-Gynecology 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
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....................................... 3068 .............. .............. 1,784
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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.
Requests 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.
Dated: April 13, 2016.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
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