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resources with centers accessible to
each of the 10 HRSA regions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn McLaughlin, MPH, Division of
Services for Children with Special
Health Needs, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 18W08, Rockville, MD
20852, Phone: (301) 443–6829, Email:
KMcLaughlin@hrsa.gov.
Dated: June 3, 2016.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
below, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the
ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received no
later than August 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14A39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information collection request title for
reference.
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Information Collection Request Title:
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Attestation of Reports by Hospitals,
Medical Malpractice Payers, Health
Plans, and Health Centers.
OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: The NPDB plans to collect
data from hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and
certain other health care entities 1 that
are subject to NPDB reporting
requirements to assist these entities in
understanding and meeting their
reporting requirements to the NPDB.
The NPDB currently collects similar
data from state licensing boards on a
regular basis, and this information
collection request would expand
beyond current reporting activities to
include hospitals, medical malpractice
payers, health plans, and certain health
care entities.
The NPDB began operation on
September 1, 1990. The statutory
authorities establishing and governing
the NPDB are title IV of Public Law
(Pub. L.) 99–660, the Health Care
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as
amended, section 5 of the Medicare and
Medicaid Patient and Program
Protection Act of 1987, Public Law 100–
93, codified as section 1921 of the
Social Security Act, and section 221(a)
of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
104–191, codified as section 1128E of
the Social Security Act. Final
regulations governing the NPDB are
codified at 45 CFR part 60.
Responsibility for NPDB
implementation and operation resides
in the Bureau of Health Workforce,
Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging
system; its principal purpose is to
facilitate comprehensive review of
practitioners’ professional credentials
and background. Information on
medical malpractice payments, healthrelated civil judgments, adverse
licensure actions, adverse clinical
privileging actions, adverse professional
society actions, and Medicare/Medicaid
1 Unless otherwise noted, the term ‘‘health care
entities’’ refers to health centers whose access and
reporting obligations are addressed in the NPDB
statutory and regulatory requirements for health
care entities. In this document, ‘‘health center’’
refers to organizations that receive grants under the
HRSA Health Center Program as authorized under
section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended (referred to as ‘‘grantees’’) and Federally
Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike
organizations, which meet all the Health Center
Program requirements but do not receive Health
Center Program grants. It does not refer to FQHCs
that are sponsored by tribal or Urban Indian Health
Organizations, except for those that receive Health
Center Program grants.
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exclusions is collected from and
disseminated to eligible entities such as
licensing boards, hospitals, and other
health care entities. It is intended that
NPDB information should be considered
with other relevant information in
evaluating a practitioner’s credentials.
The NPDB outlines specific reporting
requirements for hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and
health care entities; per 45 CFR 60.7,
60.12, 60.14, 60.15, and 60.16. These
reporting requirements are further
explained in chapter E of the NPDB eGuidebook, which can be found at:
https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/resources/
aboutGuidebooks.jsp.
Through a process called Attestation,
hospitals, medical malpractice payers,
health plans, and certain other health
entities will be required to attest that
they understand and have met their
responsibility to submit all required
reports to the NPDB. The Attestation
process will be completely automated
through the secure NPDB system
(https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov), using both
secure email messaging and system
notifications to alert entities registered
with the NPDB of their responsibility to
attest. All entities with reporting
requirements and querying access to the
NPDB must register with the NPDB
before gaining access to the secure
NPDB system for all reporting and
querying transactions.
Although the Attestation process and
forms are new, the secure NPDB system
currently used by hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and
health care entities to conduct reporting
and querying will not change, ensuring
that these entities are familiar with the
interface needed to complete the
Attestation process. NPDB will ask these
entities to attest their reporting
compliance every 2 years. If the
organization is responsible for
privileging or credentialing individuals
who provide services for other sites,
those sites will be included in the
Attestation process.
The Attestation forms will collect the
following information: (1) Information
regarding sub-sites and entity
relationships; (2) contact information for
the Attesting Official; and (3) a
statement attesting whether or not all
required reports have been submitted.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The NPDB engages in
compliance activities to ensure the
accuracy and completeness of the
information in the NPDB. Through the
Attestation process, the NPDB can better
determine which hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and
health care entities are meeting the
reporting requirements, and which of
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these entities may require additional
outreach and assistance. The Attestation
process will strengthen the robustness
of the data in the NPDB, improving the
accuracy of query responses for entities
with access to NPDB reports.
Likely Respondents: Hospitals
medical malpractice payers, health
plans, health care entities, and their
representatives.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and attesting
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized burden
hours:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Health Care Entity Attestation .............................................
Medical Malpractice Payer Attestation ................................
Health Plan Attestation ........................................................
Hospital Attestation ..............................................................
3,000
750
1,500
7,500
1
1
1
1
3,000
750
1,500
7,500
1
1
1
1
3,000
750
1,500
7,500
Total ..............................................................................
2 12,750
........................
12,750
........................
12,750
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Advisory Council on Migrant
Health Request for Nominations for
Voting Members
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
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SUMMARY:
2 There are approximately 6,800 hospitals, 575
medical malpractice payers, 1,400 health plans, and
2,200 health centers registered with the NPDB.
However, the reporting entities may include
multiple sites that are registered independently in
the system, thereby increasing the total number of
respondents. Therefore, we estimate there will be
7,500 respondents for hospitals, 750 respondents
for medical malpractice payers, 1,500 respondents
for health plans, and 3,000 respondents for health
centers for 12,750 total respondents.
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requesting nominations to fill vacancies
on the National Advisory Council on
Migrant Health (NACMH). The NACMH
is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 218,
section 217 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended and governed by
provisions of Public Law 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
DATES: The agency will receive
nominations on a continuous basis.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
addressed to the Designated Federal
Official, NACMH, Strategic Initiatives
and Planning Division, Office of Policy
and Program Development, Bureau of
Primary Health Care, HRSA, 16N38B,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857 or via email to: Esther Paul at
epaul@hrsa.gov and/or Priscilla Charles
at PCharles@hrsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Esther Paul, MBBS, MA, MPH,
Designated Federal Official, NACMH,
phone number: (301) 594–4496 or via
email at epaul@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
authorized under section 217 of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 218, the Secretary established
the NACMH. The NACMH is governed
by the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
The NACMH, consults with and
makes recommendations to the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) and the
HRSA Administrator concerning the
organization, operation, selection, and
funding of migrant health centers and
other entities under grants and contracts
under section 330 of the PHS Act.
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The NACMH Charter requires that the
Council consist of 15 members, each
serving a 4-year term. Twelve Council
members are required to be governing
board members of migrant health
centers and other entities assisted under
section 254(b) of the PHS Act. Of these
12, at least 9 must be patient board
members. The remaining three must be
individuals qualified by training and
experience in the medical sciences or in
the administration of health programs.
New members filling a vacancy that
occurred prior to expiration of a term
may serve only for the remainder of
such term. Members may serve after the
expiration of their terms until their
successors have taken office, but no
longer than 120 days.
Compensation: Members who are not
full-time Federal employees shall be
paid at the rate of $200 per day
including travel time plus per diem and
travel expenses in accordance with
Standard Government Travel
Regulations.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting
nominations for:
• Board Member/Patient (1 vacancy):
A nominee must be a member or
member-elect of a governing board of an
organization receiving funding or lookalike designation under section 330(g) of
the PHS Act. A board member nominee
must also be a patient of the entity that
he/she represents. Additionally, a board
member nominee must be familiar with
the delivery of primary health care to
migratory and seasonal agricultural
workers (MSAWs) and their families.
• Administrator/Provider
Representative (1 vacancy)
A nominee must be qualified by
training and experience in the medical
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any
other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received
no later than August 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14A39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information collection request title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB) Attestation of Reports by Hospitals, Medical Malpractice
Payers, Health Plans, and Health Centers.
OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: The NPDB plans to collect data from hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and certain other health care
entities \1\ that are subject to NPDB reporting requirements to assist
these entities in understanding and meeting their reporting
requirements to the NPDB. The NPDB currently collects similar data from
state licensing boards on a regular basis, and this information
collection request would expand beyond current reporting activities to
include hospitals, medical malpractice payers, health plans, and
certain health care entities.
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\1\ Unless otherwise noted, the term ``health care entities''
refers to health centers whose access and reporting obligations are
addressed in the NPDB statutory and regulatory requirements for
health care entities. In this document, ``health center'' refers to
organizations that receive grants under the HRSA Health Center
Program as authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act, as amended (referred to as ``grantees'') and Federally
Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike organizations, which meet
all the Health Center Program requirements but do not receive Health
Center Program grants. It does not refer to FQHCs that are sponsored
by tribal or Urban Indian Health Organizations, except for those
that receive Health Center Program grants.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The NPDB began operation on September 1, 1990. The statutory
authorities establishing and governing the NPDB are title IV of Public
Law (Pub. L.) 99-660, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986,
as amended, section 5 of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program
Protection Act of 1987, Public Law 100-93, codified as section 1921 of
the Social Security Act, and section 221(a) of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191,
codified as section 1128E of the Social Security Act. Final regulations
governing the NPDB are codified at 45 CFR part 60. Responsibility for
NPDB implementation and operation resides in the Bureau of Health
Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging system; its principal purpose
is to facilitate comprehensive review of practitioners' professional
credentials and background. Information on medical malpractice
payments, health-related civil judgments, adverse licensure actions,
adverse clinical privileging actions, adverse professional society
actions, and Medicare/Medicaid exclusions is collected from and
disseminated to eligible entities such as licensing boards, hospitals,
and other health care entities. It is intended that NPDB information
should be considered with other relevant information in evaluating a
practitioner's credentials.
The NPDB outlines specific reporting requirements for hospitals,
medical malpractice payers, health plans, and health care entities; per
45 CFR 60.7, 60.12, 60.14, 60.15, and 60.16. These reporting
requirements are further explained in chapter E of the NPDB e-
Guidebook, which can be found at: https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/resources/aboutGuidebooks.jsp.
Through a process called Attestation, hospitals, medical
malpractice payers, health plans, and certain other health entities
will be required to attest that they understand and have met their
responsibility to submit all required reports to the NPDB. The
Attestation process will be completely automated through the secure
NPDB system (https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov), using both secure email
messaging and system notifications to alert entities registered with
the NPDB of their responsibility to attest. All entities with reporting
requirements and querying access to the NPDB must register with the
NPDB before gaining access to the secure NPDB system for all reporting
and querying transactions.
Although the Attestation process and forms are new, the secure NPDB
system currently used by hospitals, medical malpractice payers, health
plans, and health care entities to conduct reporting and querying will
not change, ensuring that these entities are familiar with the
interface needed to complete the Attestation process. NPDB will ask
these entities to attest their reporting compliance every 2 years. If
the organization is responsible for privileging or credentialing
individuals who provide services for other sites, those sites will be
included in the Attestation process.
The Attestation forms will collect the following information: (1)
Information regarding sub-sites and entity relationships; (2) contact
information for the Attesting Official; and (3) a statement attesting
whether or not all required reports have been submitted.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NPDB engages in
compliance activities to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the
information in the NPDB. Through the Attestation process, the NPDB can
better determine which hospitals, medical malpractice payers, health
plans, and health care entities are meeting the reporting requirements,
and which of
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these entities may require additional outreach and assistance. The
Attestation process will strengthen the robustness of the data in the
NPDB, improving the accuracy of query responses for entities with
access to NPDB reports.
Likely Respondents: Hospitals medical malpractice payers, health
plans, health care entities, and their representatives.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and attesting
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Health Care Entity Attestation.. 3,000 1 3,000 1 3,000
Medical Malpractice Payer 750 1 750 1 750
Attestation....................
Health Plan Attestation......... 1,500 1 1,500 1 1,500
Hospital Attestation............ 7,500 1 7,500 1 7,500
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Total....................... \2\ 12,750 .............. 12,750 .............. 12,750
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
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\2\ There are approximately 6,800 hospitals, 575 medical
malpractice payers, 1,400 health plans, and 2,200 health centers
registered with the NPDB. However, the reporting entities may
include multiple sites that are registered independently in the
system, thereby increasing the total number of respondents.
Therefore, we estimate there will be 7,500 respondents for
hospitals, 750 respondents for medical malpractice payers, 1,500
respondents for health plans, and 3,000 respondents for health
centers for 12,750 total respondents.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of Executive Secretariat.
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