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agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register for each proposed
collection of information before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, FDA is publishing this
notice of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
With respect to the collection of
information associated with this draft
guidance, FDA invites comment on the
following topics: (1) Whether the
proposed information collected is
necessary for the proper performance of
FDA’s functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of FDA’s estimated
burden of the proposed information
collected, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
information collected on the
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
Under the draft guidance, sponsors of
certain medical countermeasure product
applications submitted under section
505(b)(1) of the FD&C Act and section
351 of the PHS Act may request a
priority review voucher. Based on
inquiries FDA has received on section
565A and related discussions with
sponsors, we estimate that we will
receive annually approximately 2
requests from 2 sponsors, and that each
request will take approximately 8 hours
to prepare and submit to FDA.
The draft guidance also states that
sponsors should notify FDA of their
intent to use a priority review voucher,
including the date on which the sponsor
intends to submit the application, at
least 90 days before use. We estimate
that we will receive annually
approximately 2 notifications of intent
to use a voucher from 2 sponsors, and
that each notification will take
approximately 8 hours to prepare and
submit to FDA. The draft guidance also
permits the transfer of a priority review
voucher from one sponsor to another,
and states that each transfer should be
documented with a letter of transfer. We
estimate that we will receive
approximately 1 letter indicating the
transfer of a voucher from 1.5
application holders, and 1 letter
acknowledging the receipt of a
transferred voucher from 1.5 new
voucher owners acknowledging the
transfer, and that it will take
approximately 8 hours to prepare and
submit each letter to FDA.
FDA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
Number of respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Priority review voucher request ...........................................
Notifications of intent to use a voucher ...............................
Letters indicating the transfer of a voucher .........................
Letters acknowledging the receipt of a transferred voucher
2
2
1.5
1.5
1
1
1
1
2
2
1.5
1.5
8
8
8
8
16
16
12
12
Total ..............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
56
Reporting under Section 3086 of the Cures Act
1 There
Total
responses
Total
hours
are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
III. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the internet
may obtain the draft guidance at https://
www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/
Guidances/default.htm, https://
www.regulations.gov, or https://
www.fda.gov/medicalcountermeasures.
Dated: January 11, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Information Collection
Request Title: National Practitioner
Data Bank for Adverse Information on
Physicians and Other Health Care
Practitioners—OMB No. 0915–0126—
Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
SUMMARY:
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the public during the review and
approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than February 20,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference, in compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title:
National Practitioner Data Bank for
Adverse Information on Physicians and
Other Health Care Practitioners—45
CFR part 60 Regulations and Forms,
OMB No. 0915–0126—Revision.
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Abstract: This is a request for a
revision of OMB approval of the
information collection contained in
regulations found at 45 CFR part 60
governing the National Practitioner Data
Bank (NPDB) and the forms to be used
in registering with, reporting
information to, and requesting
information from the NPDB.
Administrative forms are also included
to aid in monitoring compliance with
Federal reporting and querying
requirements. Responsibility for NPDB
implementation and operation resides
in HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce.
The intent of the NPDB is to improve
the quality of health care by
encouraging hospitals, State licensing
boards, professional societies, and other
entities providing health care services to
identify and discipline those who
engage in unprofessional behavior, and
to restrict the ability of incompetent
health care practitioners, providers, or
suppliers to move from State to State
without disclosure of previous
damaging or incompetent performance.
It also serves as a fraud and abuse
clearinghouse for the reporting and
disclosing of certain final adverse
actions (excluding settlements in which
no findings of liability have been made)
taken against health care practitioners,
providers, or suppliers by health plans,
Federal agencies, and State agencies.
The reporting forms, request for
information forms (query forms), and
administrative forms (used to monitor
compliance) are accessed, completed,
and submitted to the NPDB
electronically through the NPDB
website at https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/.
All reporting and querying is performed
through the secure portal of this
website. This revision proposes changes
to eliminate redundant and unnecessary
forms, improve user error recovery, and
improve overall data integrity. There is
no change to the average burden per
response. The total estimated number of
respondents has increased from 5
million in 2015 to over 6 million in
2017, primarily attributable to increases
in use of the ‘‘One-Time Query for an
Individual’’ and ‘‘Continuous Query’’
forms. The increase in total respondents
resulted in an estimated increase of
approximately 47,000 total burden
hours.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The NPDB acts primarily
as a flagging system; its principal
purpose is to facilitate comprehensive
review of practitioners’ professional
credentials and background.
Information is collected from, and
disseminated to, eligible entities
(entities that are entitled to query and/
or report to the NPDB as authorized in
Title 45 CFR part 60) on the following:
(1) Medical malpractice payments, (2)
licensure actions taken by Boards of
Medical Examiners, (3) State licensure
and certification actions, (4) Federal
licensure and certification actions, (5)
negative actions or findings taken by
peer review organizations or private
accreditation entities, (6) adverse
actions taken against clinical privileges,
(7) Federal or State criminal convictions
related to the delivery of a health care
item or service, (8) civil judgments
related to the delivery of a health care
item or service, (9) exclusions from
participation in Federal or State health
care programs, and (10) other
adjudicated actions or decisions. It is
intended that NPDB information should
be considered with other relevant
information in evaluating credentials of
health care practitioners, providers, and
suppliers.
Likely Respondents: Eligible entities
or individuals that are entitled to query
and/or report to the NPDB as authorized
in regulations found at 45 CFR part 60.
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 verifying
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 ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Regulation citation
§ 60.6: Reporting errors,
omissions, revisions or
whether an action is on
appeal.
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§ 60.7: Reporting medical
malpractice payments.
§ 60.8: Reporting licensure
actions taken by Boards
of Medical Examiners.
&
§ 60.9: Reporting licensure
and certification actions
taken by States..
§ 60.10: Reporting Federal
licensure and certification
actions.
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Number of
respondents
Form name
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Correction, Revision to Action, Correction of Revision to Action, Void, Notice of Appeal (manual).
Correction, Revision to Action, Correction of Revision to Action, Void, Notice of Appeal (automated).
Medical Malpractice Payment (manual).
Medical Malpractice Payment (automated).
State Licensure (manual) ...
State Licensure (automated).
11,114
1
11,114
.25
2,779
17,966
1
17,966
.0003
6
11,993
1
11,993
.75
8,995
242
1
242
.0003
1
19,160
25,980
1
1
19,160
25,980
.75
.0003
14,370
8
DEA/Federal Licensure ......
698
1
698
.75
524
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Regulation citation
Form name
§ 60.11: Reporting negative
actions or findings taken
by peer review organizations or private accreditation entities.
§ 60.12: Reporting adverse
actions taken against clinical privileges.
§ 60.13: Reporting Federal
or State criminal convictions related to the delivery of a health care item
or service.
Peer Review Organization
Accreditation .......................
10
10
1
1
10
10
.75
.75
8
8
Title IV Clinical Privileges
Actions.
Professional Society ...........
Criminal Conviction (Guilty
Plea or Trial) (manual).
Criminal Conviction (Guilty
Plea or Trial) (automated).
Deferred Conviction or PreTrial Diversion.
Nolo Contendere (No Contest) Plea.
Injunction ............................
Civil Judgment ....................
698
49
1
1
698
49
.75
........................
524
37
1,140
688
54
1
1
1
1,140
688
54
.75
.0003
.75
855
1
41
85
1
85
.75
64
10
10
1
1
10
10
.75
.75
8
8
Exclusion/Debarment (manual).
Exclusion/Debarment (automated).
Government Administrative
Health Plan Action .............
1,624
3,180
1
1
1,624
3,180
.75
.0003
1,218
1
2,062
335
1
1
2,062
335
.75
.75
1,547
252
One-Time Query for an Individual (manual).
One-Time Query for an Individual (automated).
One-Time Query for an Organization (manual).
One-Time Query for an Organization (automated).
Self-Query on an Individual
Self-Query on an Organization.
Continuous Query (manual)
Continuous Query (automated).
Subject Statement and Dispute.
Request for Dispute Resolution.
Entity Registration (Initial) ..
Entity Registration (Renewal & Update).
Entity Profile .......................
Licensing Board Data Request.
Licensing Board Attestation
Corrective Action Plan ........
Reconciling Missing Actions
Agent Registration (Initial) ..
Agent Registration (Renewal).
Electronic Transfer of
Funds (EFT) Authorization.
Authorized Agent Designation.
Account Discrepancy ..........
New Administrator Request
Query Credit Purchase ......
Educational Request ..........
Account Balance Transfer ..
2,054,381
1
2,054,381
.08
164,351
2,813,341
1
2,813,341
.0003
844
39,695
1
39,695
.08
3,176
10,201
1
10,201
.0003
4
131,481
1,545
1
1
131,481
1,545
.42
.42
55,223
649
643,860
226,838
1
1
643,860
226,838
.08
.0003
51,509
69
3,547
99
1
1
3,547
99
.75
8
2,661
792
1,073
14,060
1
1
1,073
14,060
1
.25
1,073
3,515
9,000
146
1
1
9,000
146
.25
10.5
2,250
1,533
301
10
7,981
85
278
1
1
1
1
1
301
10
7,981
85
278
1
.08
0.8
1
.08
301
1
6,385
85
23
654
1
654
.08
53
213
1
213
.25
54
10
3,016
789
10
10
1
1
1
1
1
10
3,016
789
10
10
.25
.08
.08
.08
.08
3
242
64
1
1
§ 60.14: Reporting civil judgments related to the delivery of a health care item
or service.
§ 60.15: Reporting exclusions from participation in
Federal or State health
care programs.
§ 60.16: Reporting other adjudicated actions or decisions.
§ 60.18 Requesting Information from the NPDB.
§ 60.21: How to dispute the
accuracy of NPDB information.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS—Continued
Regulation citation
Number of
respondents
Form name
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Missing Report Form ..........
29
1
29
.08
3
.............................................
6,059,761
........................
6,059,761
........................
326,120
Total .............................
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.
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018–00825 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am]
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on
HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention
and Treatment
Health Resources and Service
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice announces that the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) Advisory
Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and
STD Prevention and Treatment will
hold a public meeting.
DATES: February 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to
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ADDRESSES: This teleconference meeting
will accommodate up to 100 attendees.
Parties may access the teleconference by
dialing 888–989–6421 and using
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should call and connect 15-minutes
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STD Prevention and Treatment should
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Data (DPD), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB),
HRSA, in one of three ways: (1) Mail a
request to CDR Holly Berilla, Senior
Public Health Analyst, HRSA/HAB/
DPD, 5600 Fishers Lane, 09N156,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) call 301–
443–9965; or (3) send an email to
hberilla@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDC/
HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV,
Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and
Treatment was established under
Section 222 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, [42 U.S.C. Section 217a], as
amended.
The purpose of the CDC/HRSA
Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral
Hepatitis and STD Prevention and
Treatment is to advise the Secretary,
HHS; the Director, CDC; and the
Administrator, HRSA regarding
objectives, strategies, policies, and
priorities for HIV, viral hepatitis, and
other STDs; prevention and treatment
efforts including surveillance of HIV
infection, AIDS, viral hepatitis, and
other STDs, and related behaviors;
epidemiologic, behavioral, health
services, and laboratory research on
HIV, viral hepatitis, and other STDs;
identification of policy issues related to
HIV/viral hepatitis/STD professional
eduction, patient healthcare delivery,
and prevention services; Agency
policies about prevention of HIV, viral
hepatitis and other STDs; treatment,
healthcare delivery, and research and
training; strategic issues influencing the
ability of CDC and HRSA to fulfill their
missions of providing prevention and
treatment services; programmatic efforts
to prevent and treat HIV, viral hepatitis,
and other STDs; and support to the
Agencies in their developoment of
responses to emerging health needs
related to HIV, viral hepatitis, and other
STDs. Information about the Committee
and the meeting agenda is available by
contacting CDR Holly Berilla at the
contact information above.
During the meeting, the CDC/HRSA
Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral
Hepatitis and STD Prevention and
Treatment will discuss workgroup
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of the meeting, members of the public
will not have an opportunity to provide
oral comments, although written
comments may be submitted to CDR
Holly Berilla at the contact information
listed above at least 10 days prior to the
meeting. Individuals who need special
assistance should notify CDR Holly
Berilla at the contact information listed
above at least 10 days prior to the
meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection
Request Title: National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information
on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners--OMB No. 0915-0126--
Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February
20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by
fax to 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title: National Practitioner Data
Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians and Other Health Care
Practitioners--45 CFR part 60 Regulations and Forms, OMB No. 0915-
0126--Revision.
[[Page 2800]]
Abstract: This is a request for a revision of OMB approval of the
information collection contained in regulations found at 45 CFR part 60
governing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and the forms to
be used in registering with, reporting information to, and requesting
information from the NPDB. Administrative forms are also included to
aid in monitoring compliance with Federal reporting and querying
requirements. Responsibility for NPDB implementation and operation
resides in HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce.
The intent of the NPDB is to improve the quality of health care by
encouraging hospitals, State licensing boards, professional societies,
and other entities providing health care services to identify and
discipline those who engage in unprofessional behavior, and to restrict
the ability of incompetent health care practitioners, providers, or
suppliers to move from State to State without disclosure of previous
damaging or incompetent performance. It also serves as a fraud and
abuse clearinghouse for the reporting and disclosing of certain final
adverse actions (excluding settlements in which no findings of
liability have been made) taken against health care practitioners,
providers, or suppliers by health plans, Federal agencies, and State
agencies.
The reporting forms, request for information forms (query forms),
and administrative forms (used to monitor compliance) are accessed,
completed, and submitted to the NPDB electronically through the NPDB
website at https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and querying is
performed through the secure portal of this website. This revision
proposes changes to eliminate redundant and unnecessary forms, improve
user error recovery, and improve overall data integrity. There is no
change to the average burden per response. The total estimated number
of respondents has increased from 5 million in 2015 to over 6 million
in 2017, primarily attributable to increases in use of the ``One-Time
Query for an Individual'' and ``Continuous Query'' forms. The increase
in total respondents resulted in an estimated increase of approximately
47,000 total burden hours.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NPDB acts primarily
as a flagging system; its principal purpose is to facilitate
comprehensive review of practitioners' professional credentials and
background. Information is collected from, and disseminated to,
eligible entities (entities that are entitled to query and/or report to
the NPDB as authorized in Title 45 CFR part 60) on the following: (1)
Medical malpractice payments, (2) licensure actions taken by Boards of
Medical Examiners, (3) State licensure and certification actions, (4)
Federal licensure and certification actions, (5) negative actions or
findings taken by peer review organizations or private accreditation
entities, (6) adverse actions taken against clinical privileges, (7)
Federal or State criminal convictions related to the delivery of a
health care item or service, (8) civil judgments related to the
delivery of a health care item or service, (9) exclusions from
participation in Federal or State health care programs, and (10) other
adjudicated actions or decisions. It is intended that NPDB information
should be considered with other relevant information in evaluating
credentials of health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers.
Likely Respondents: Eligible entities or individuals that are
entitled to query and/or report to the NPDB as authorized in
regulations found at 45 CFR part 60.
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 verifying
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 ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Average burden
Regulation citation Form name Number of Responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Sec. 60.6: Reporting errors, omissions, Correction, Revision to 11,114 1 11,114 .25 2,779
revisions or whether an action is on Action, Correction of
appeal. Revision to Action, Void,
Notice of Appeal (manual).
Correction, Revision to 17,966 1 17,966 .0003 6
Action, Correction of
Revision to Action, Void,
Notice of Appeal
(automated).
Sec. 60.7: Reporting medical malpractice Medical Malpractice Payment 11,993 1 11,993 .75 8,995
payments. (manual).
Medical Malpractice Payment 242 1 242 .0003 1
(automated).
Sec. 60.8: Reporting licensure actions State Licensure (manual).... 19,160 1 19,160 .75 14,370
taken by Boards of Medical Examiners. State Licensure (automated). 25,980 1 25,980 .0003 8
&.........................................
Sec. 60.9: Reporting licensure and
certification actions taken by States..
Sec. 60.10: Reporting Federal licensure DEA/Federal Licensure....... 698 1 698 .75 524
and certification actions.
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Sec. 60.11: Reporting negative actions Peer Review Organization.... 10 1 10 .75 8
or findings taken by peer review Accreditation............... 10 1 10 .75 8
organizations or private accreditation
entities.
Sec. 60.12: Reporting adverse actions Title IV Clinical Privileges 698 1 698 .75 524
taken against clinical privileges. Actions. 49 1 49 .............. 37
Professional Society........
Sec. 60.13: Reporting Federal or State Criminal Conviction (Guilty 1,140 1 1,140 .75 855
criminal convictions related to the Plea or Trial) (manual). 688 1 688 .0003 1
delivery of a health care item or service. Criminal Conviction (Guilty 54 1 54 .75 41
Plea or Trial) (automated).
Deferred Conviction or Pre-
Trial Diversion.
Nolo Contendere (No Contest) 85 1 85 .75 64
Plea.
Injunction.................. 10 1 10 .75 8
Sec. 60.14: Reporting civil judgments Civil Judgment.............. 10 1 10 .75 8
related to the delivery of a health care
item or service.
Sec. 60.15: Reporting exclusions from Exclusion/Debarment (manual) 1,624 1 1,624 .75 1,218
participation in Federal or State health Exclusion/Debarment 3,180 1 3,180 .0003 1
care programs. (automated).
Sec. 60.16: Reporting other adjudicated Government Administrative... 2,062 1 2,062 .75 1,547
actions or decisions. Health Plan Action.......... 335 1 335 .75 252
Sec. 60.18 Requesting Information from One-Time Query for an 2,054,381 1 2,054,381 .08 164,351
the NPDB. Individual (manual).
One-Time Query for an 2,813,341 1 2,813,341 .0003 844
Individual (automated).
One-Time Query for an 39,695 1 39,695 .08 3,176
Organization (manual).
One-Time Query for an 10,201 1 10,201 .0003 4
Organization (automated).
Self-Query on an Individual. 131,481 1 131,481 .42 55,223
Self-Query on an 1,545 1 1,545 .42 649
Organization.
Continuous Query (manual)... 643,860 1 643,860 .08 51,509
Continuous Query (automated) 226,838 1 226,838 .0003 69
Sec. 60.21: How to dispute the accuracy Subject Statement and 3,547 1 3,547 .75 2,661
of NPDB information. Dispute. 99 1 99 8 792
Request for Dispute
Resolution.
Administrative............................ Entity Registration 1,073 1 1,073 1 1,073
(Initial).
Entity Registration (Renewal 14,060 1 14,060 .25 3,515
& Update).
Entity Profile.............. 9,000 1 9,000 .25 2,250
Licensing Board Data Request 146 1 146 10.5 1,533
Licensing Board Attestation. 301 1 301 1 301
Corrective Action Plan...... 10 1 10 .08 1
Reconciling Missing Actions. 7,981 1 7,981 0.8 6,385
Agent Registration (Initial) 85 1 85 1 85
Agent Registration (Renewal) 278 1 278 .08 23
Electronic Transfer of Funds 654 1 654 .08 53
(EFT) Authorization.
Authorized Agent Designation 213 1 213 .25 54
Account Discrepancy......... 10 1 10 .25 3
New Administrator Request... 3,016 1 3,016 .08 242
Query Credit Purchase....... 789 1 789 .08 64
Educational Request......... 10 1 10 .08 1
Account Balance Transfer.... 10 1 10 .08 1
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Missing Report Form......... 29 1 29 .08 3
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Total................................. ............................ 6,059,761 .............. 6,059,761 .............. 326,120
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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.
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-00825 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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