80 FR 30256 - Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages; Notice of Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 101 (May 27, 2015)
Health Resources and Services Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 101 (May 27, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-12717 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 30256-30257] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-12717] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Service Administration Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages; Notice of Meeting In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following meeting: Name: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL). Dates and Times: June 17, 2015 (9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). Place: Webinar/Conference Call Format. Status: The meeting will be open to the public. Purpose: The ACICBL provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) concerning policy, program development, and other matters of significance related to interdisciplinary, community-based training grant programs authorized under sections 750-759, title VII, part D of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Affordable Care Act. The following sections are included under this part: 751--Area Health Education Centers; 752--Continuing Education Support for Health Professionals Serving in Underserved Communities; 753-- Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement; 754--Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training; 755--Allied Health and Other Disciplines; 756--Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training, and 759--Program for Education and Training in Pain Care. [[Page 30257]] Agenda: The Committee members will continue to discuss the content of the ACICBL 15th Annual Report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress and finalize programmatic recommendations including recommendations on performance measures and appropriation levels for programs under title VII, part D in the following programmatic areas: Area Health Education Centers; Geriatrics, Rural Health; Allied Health; Chiropractic; Podiatric Medicine; Graduate Psychology; Social Work; and Pain Care. The official agenda will be available 2 days prior to the meeting on the HRSA Web site at: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/acicbl/index.html. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Public Comment: Requests to make oral comments or provide written comments to the ACICBL should be sent to Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated Federal Official, using the address and phone number below. Individuals who plan to participate on the conference call or webinar should notify Dr. Weiss at least 3 days prior to the meeting, using the address and phone number below. Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments. Interested parties should refer to the meeting subject as the HRSA Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages. The conference call-in number is 1-888-323-2718. The passcode is: 5945760. The webinar link is: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/acicbl/. For Further Information Contact: Anyone requesting information regarding the ACICBL should contact Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated Federal Official within the Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, in one of three ways: (1) Send a request to the following address: Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated Federal Official, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 12C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) call (301) 443-0430; or (3) send an email to jweiss@hrsa.gov. Jackie Painter, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2015-12717 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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the data collection plans and draft community/population health for this program and will inform
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov improvement; improve identification FORHP’s progress toward meeting the
or call the HRSA Information Collection and management of Time Critical goals set in GPRA. Furthermore,
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. Diagnoses (TCD) and engage EMS obtaining this information is important
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When capacity and performance in Rural for identifying and understanding
submitting comments or requesting Communities; assist in the conversion of programmatic improvement across
information, please include the qualified small rural hospitals to CAH program areas, as well as guiding future
information request collection title for status; and support the financial and iterations of the Flex Program and
reference. operational transition to value based prioritizing areas of need and support.
Information Collection Request Title: models and health care transformation Likely Respondents: Respondents will
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility models in the health care system. State be the Flex Program coordinator for
Grant Program Performance OMB No. designated Flex Programs will act as a each state participating in the Flex
0915–0363–Rev. resource and focal point for these Program. There are currently 45 states
Abstract: The Medicare Rural activities, ensuring residents in rural participating in the Flex Program.
Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) is communities have access to high quality
authorized by Section 1820 of the Social health care services. Measures and goals Burden Statement: Burden in this
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4), as identified in the Flex program take into context means the time expended by
amended. The purpose of Flex is consideration existing measures and persons to generate, maintain, retain,
engaging state designated entities in priorities HHS has set for hospitals, to disclose or provide the information
activities relating to planning and avoid both conflict and duplication of requested. This includes the time
implementing rural health care plans efforts. needed to review instructions; to
and networks; designating facilities as Need and Proposed Use of the develop, acquire, install and utilize
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs); Information: For this program, technology and systems for the purpose
providing support for CAHs for quality performance measures were drafted to of collecting, validating and verifying
improvement, quality reporting, provide data useful to the Flex program information, processing and
performance improvements, and and to enable HRSA to provide maintaining information, and disclosing
benchmarking; and integrating rural aggregate program data required by and providing information; to train
emergency medical services (EMS). Congress under the Government personnel and to be able to respond to
Specifically, the Flex program Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of a collection of information; to search
provides funding for states to support 2010. These measures cover principal data sources; to complete and review
technical assistance activities in topic areas of interest to the Federal the collection of information; and to
hospitals to improve the quality of Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), transmit or otherwise disclose the
health care provided by CAHs; improve including: (a) Quality reporting; (b) information. The total annual burden
the financial and operational outcomes quality improvement interventions; (c) hours estimated for this Information
of CAHs; improve the Community financial and operational improvement Collection Request are summarized in
Health and Emergency Medical Service initiatives; (d) population health the table below.
(EMS) Needs of CAHs; enhance the management; and (e) innovative care Total Estimated Annualized burden
health of rural communities through models. Several measures will be used hours:
Average
Number of
Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name responses per
respondents responses response hours
respondent (in hours)
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program ............. 45 1 45 216 9,720
Total .............................................................................. 45 1 45 216 9,720
HRSA specifically requests comments DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Status: The meeting will be open to the
on: (1) The necessity and utility of the HUMAN SERVICES public.
Purpose: The ACICBL provides advice and
proposed information collection for the
recommendations to the Secretary of the
proper performance of the agency’s Health Resources and Service Department of Health and Human Services
functions; (2) the accuracy of the Administration (Secretary) concerning policy, program
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance development, and other matters of
the quality, utility, and clarity of the Advisory Committee on significance related to interdisciplinary,
information to be collected; and (4) the Interdisciplinary, Community-Based community-based training grant programs
Linkages; Notice of Meeting authorized under sections 750–759, title VII,
use of automated collection techniques part D of the Public Health Service Act, as
or other forms of information amended by the Affordable Care Act. The
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
technology to minimize the information following sections are included under this
the Federal Advisory Committee Act part: 751—Area Health Education Centers;
collection burden.
(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
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752—Continuing Education Support for
Jackie Painter, of the following meeting: Health Professionals Serving in Underserved
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. Communities; 753—Geriatrics Workforce
Name: Advisory Committee on
[FR Doc. 2015–12700 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am]
Enhancement; 754—Quentin N. Burdick
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training;
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Linkages (ACICBL). 755—Allied Health and Other Disciplines;
Dates and Times: June 17, 2015 (9:30 a.m.– 756—Mental and Behavioral Health
4:30 p.m.). Education and Training, and 759—Program
Place: Webinar/Conference Call Format. for Education and Training in Pain Care.
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Agenda: The Committee members will U.S.C. 11225), requires that the on Aging, Centers for Medicare and
continue to discuss the content of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Medicaid Services, Indian Health
ACICBL 15th Annual Report to the Secretary (HHS) establish the Advisory Council Service, Office of the Director of the
of Health and Human Services and Congress
on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and National Institutes of Health, National
and finalize programmatic recommendations
including recommendations on performance Services. The Advisory Council is Science Foundation, Department of
measures and appropriation levels for governed by provisions of Public Law Veterans Affairs, Food and Drug
programs under title VII, part D in the 92–463 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which Administration, Agency for Healthcare
following programmatic areas: Area Health sets forth standards for the formation Research and Quality, and the Surgeon
Education Centers; Geriatrics, Rural Health; and use of advisory committees. The General.
Allied Health; Chiropractic; Podiatric Secretary of HHS established the The Advisory Council also consists of
Medicine; Graduate Psychology; Social Work; Advisory Council to provide advice and 13 non-federal members selected by the
and Pain Care. consultation to the Secretary on how to Secretary who fall into 7 categories:
The official agenda will be available 2 days
prevent or reduce the burden of Alzheimer’s patient advocates (2),
prior to the meeting on the HRSA Web site
at: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/ Alzheimer’s disease and related Alzheimer’s caregivers (2), health care
bhpradvisory/acicbl/index.html. Agenda dementias on people with the disease providers (2), representatives of State
items are subject to change as priorities and their caregivers. The Secretary health departments (2), researchers with
dictate. signed the charter establishing the Alzheimer’s-related expertise in basic,
Public Comment: Requests to make oral Advisory Council on May 23, 2011. translational, clinical, or drug
comments or provide written comments to HHS is soliciting nominations for seven development science (2), voluntary
the ACICBL should be sent to Dr. Joan Weiss, (7) new non-Federal members of the health association representatives (2),
Designated Federal Official, using the
Advisory Council, one for each category and a member who is currently living
address and phone number below.
Individuals who plan to participate on the of membership, to replace the seven with the disease (1).
conference call or webinar should notify Dr. members whose terms will end At this time, the Secretary shall
Weiss at least 3 days prior to the meeting, September 30th, 2015. Nominations appoint one member for each category,
using the address and phone number below. should include the nominee’s contact to replace the seven members whose
Members of the public will have the information (current mailing address, terms will end on September 30th, 2015,
opportunity to provide comments. Interested email address, and telephone number) for a total of seven (7) new members to
parties should refer to the meeting subject as and current curriculum vitae or resume. the Council. After receiving
the HRSA Advisory Committee on nominations the Secretary, with input
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based DATES: Submit nominations by email or
Linkages. The conference call-in number is USPS mail before COB on June 12, 2015. from her staff, will make the final
1–888–323–2718. The passcode is: 5945760. ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent decision, and the new members will be
The webinar link is: https:// to Rohini Khillan at rohini.khillan@ announced soon after. Members shall be
hrsa.connectsolutions.com/acicbl/. hhs.gov; Rohini Khillan, Office of the invited to serve 4-year terms, except that
For Further Information Contact: Anyone Assistant Secretary for Planning and any member appointed to fill a vacancy
requesting information regarding the ACICBL for an unexpired term shall be
should contact Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated
Evaluation, Room 424E Humphrey
Building, Department of Health and appointed for the remainder of such
Federal Official within the Bureau of Health term. A member may serve after the
Workforce, Health Resources and Services Human Services, 200 Independence
Administration, in one of three ways: (1) Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. expiration of the member’s term until a
Send a request to the following address: Dr. successor has taken office. Members
Joan Weiss, Designated Federal Official,
Comments will serve as Special Government
Bureau of Health Workforce, Health FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Employees.
Resources and Services Administration, Rohini Khillan (202) 690–5932, Dated: May 15th, 2015.
Parklawn Building, Room 12C–05, 5600 rohini.khillan@hhs.gov. Richard G. Frank,
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2)
call (301) 443–0430; or (3) send an email to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Assistant Secretary for Planning and
jweiss@hrsa.gov. Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Evaluation.
Research, Care, and Services meets [FR Doc. 2015–12780 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am]
Jackie Painter, quarterly to discuss programs that BILLING CODE 4150–05–P
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. impact people with Alzheimer’s disease
[FR Doc. 2015–12717 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] and related dementias and their
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P caregivers. The Advisory Council makes DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
recommendations to Congress and the HUMAN SERVICES
Secretary of Health and Human Services
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND about ways to reduce the financial Request for Comments on the Office of
HUMAN SERVICES impact of Alzheimer’s disease and the Assistant Secretary for
related dementias and to improve the Preparedness and Response Public
Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s health outcomes of people with these Access Plan to Federally Funded
Research, Care, and Services conditions. The Advisory Council also Research: Publications and Data
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant provides feedback on a National Plan for AGENCY: Department of Health and
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Alzheimer’s disease. On an annual Human Services.
Department of Health and Human basis, the Advisory Council evaluates ACTION: Notice of public comment
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Services. the implementation of the period.
ACTION: Request for nominations for recommendations through an updated
members of the Advisory Council on national plan. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and The Advisory Council consists of at Human Services (HHS) is hereby
Services. least 25 members. Twelve members will requesting public comment on the
be designees from Federal agencies Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
SUMMARY: The National Alzheimer’s including the Centers for Disease and Response (ASPR) Public Access
Project Act, Public Law 111–375 (42 Control and Prevention, Administration Plan for Federally Funded Research:
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