Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: April 6, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 67)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Proposed Project: Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank for Final Adverse Information on Health Care Providers, Suppliers, and Practitioners--(OMB 0915-0239)--EXTENSION
Section 221(a) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 specifically directs the Secretary to establish a national health care fraud and abuse data collection program for the reporting and disclosure of certain final adverse actions taken against health care providers, suppliers, and practitioners. A final rule was published October 26, 1999 in the Federal Register to implement the statutory requirements of section 1128E of the Social Security Act (The Act) as added by Section 221(a) of HIPAA. The Act requires the Secretary to implement the national health care fraud and abuse data collection program. This data bank is known as the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). It contains the following types of information: (1) Civil judgments against a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner in Federal or State court related to the delivery of a health care item or service; (2) Federal or State criminal convictions against a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner related to the delivery of a health care item or service; (3) Actions by Federal or State agencies responsible for the licensing and certification of health care providers, suppliers, or practitioners; (4) Exclusion of a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner from participation in Federal or State health care programs; and (5) Any other adjudicated actions or decisions that the Secretary shall establish by regulations. Access to this data bank is limited to Federal and State Government agencies and health plans.
The Estimated Response Burden Is As Follows
Number of
Respon. per Regulation citation
respond.
respond.
Total respon.
Hrs. per respon.
Total burden hours
61.6 Errors & Omissions...............
1,200
1
1,200 25 min.................... 500 61.6 Revisions/appeal status..........
1,000
1
1,000 75 min.................... 1,250 61.7 Licensure actions:
Disclosure by State licensing
1,836
22
40,400 75 min.................... 50,500 boards.
Reporting by State Licensing
216
187
40,400 15 min.................... 10,100 Authorities. 61.8 Reporting of State criminal
54
13
700 75 min.................... 875 convictions. 61.9 Reporting of Civil Judgments.....
62
8
500 75 min.................... 625 61.11 Reporting of adjudicated actions/
66
12
800 75 min.................... 1,000 decisions. 61.12 Access to data (queries/self queries):
State licensure Boards.............
1,000
75
75,000 5 min..................... 6,250
State certification agencies.......
54
3
162 5 min..................... 14 States/district attorneys & law
2,000
25
50,000 5 min..................... 4,166 enforcement. State Medicaid fraud units.............
47
50
2,350 5 min..................... 196 Health plans...........................
2,500
400
1,000,000 5 min..................... 83,333 Health care providers, suppliers and
60,000
1
60,000 25 min.................... 25,000 practitioners (self query). Entity registration....................
5,000
1
5,000 30 min.................... 2,500 Entity registration update.............
250
1
250 15 min.................... 62 Authorized agent designation...........
100
1
100 10 min.................... 16 Authorized agent designation update....
5
1
5 5 min..................... 0.42 61.15 Disputed reports/secretarial review.
Initial request....................
750
1
750 10 min.................... 125 Request for secretarial review.........
37
1
37 480 min................... 296
Total............................
76,177 .................
1,278,654 .......................... 186,808
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Other Forms Used in the Management of the HIPDB Include the Following:
Number of
Respon. per Form name
respond.
respond.
Total respon.
Hrs. per respon.
Total burden hours
Account discrepancy....................
2,000
1
2,000 5 min..................... 166 Electronic funds transfer authorization
850
1
850 5 min..................... 70 Entity reactivation....................
500
1
500 15 min.................... 125
Total..............................
3,350 .................
3,350 .......................... 361
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: March 29, 2000. James J. Corrigan, Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
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