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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]
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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
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:

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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.

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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

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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

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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.
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

...........................

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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

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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]
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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

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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: http://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;

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