81 FR 95621 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 249 (December 28, 2016)
Health Resources and Services Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 249 (December 28, 2016)
| Page Range | 95621-95622 | |
| FR Document | 2016-31253 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 95621-95622] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-31253] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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), 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 ICR must be received no later than February 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N-39, 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 [email protected] or call the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting information, please include the information request collection title for reference. Information Collection Request Title: Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program OMB No. 0915-0387--Extension Abstract: This program is authorized by Title III, Public Health Service Act, Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as amended by Section 201, P.L. 107-251, and Section 4, P.L. 110-355. This authority directs the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to support grants that expand access to, coordinate, contain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential health care services, including preventive and emergency services, through the development of health care networks in rural and frontier areas and regions. Across these various programs, the authority allows HRSA to provide funds to rural and [[Page 95622]] frontier communities to support the direct delivery of health care and related services, expand existing services, or enhance health service delivery through education, promotion, and prevention programs. The purpose of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant (Rural Quality) Program is to provide support to rural primary care providers for implementation of quality improvement activities. The goal of the program is to promote the development of an evidence- based culture and delivery of coordinated care in the primary care setting. Additional objectives of the program include improved health outcomes for patients, enhanced chronic disease management, and better engagement of patients and their caregivers. Organizations participating in the program are required to use an evidence-based quality improvement model, perform tests of change focused on improvement, and use health information technology (HIT) to collect and report data. HIT may include an electronic patient registry or an electronic health record, and is a critical component for improving quality and patient outcomes. With HIT it is possible to generate timely and meaningful data, which helps providers track and plan care. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP collects this information to quantify the impact of grant funding on access to health care, quality of services, and improvement of health outcomes. FORHP uses the data for program improvement and grantees use the data for performance tracking. No changes are proposed from the current data collection effort. Likely Respondents: Grantees of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program. 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 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of Total burden per Total Burden Form Name respondents responses per responses response (in Hours respondent hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of instrument.............. 32 1 32 8 256 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... 32 .............. 32 .............. 256 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2016-31253 Filed 12-27-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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Need and Proposed Use of the Statute requires that THCGME characteristics of the programs. Annual
Information: To ensure these goals are program award recipients report updates are made on an as-needed basis.
achieved, the George Washington annually on the types of primary care THC matriculating residents, graduating
University (GW) is conducting an resident approved training programs residents and graduated residents at one
evaluation of the training, provided, the number of approved year post-graduation will respond to the
administrative and organizational training positions, the number who questionnaires related to characteristics
structures, clinical service, challenges, completed their residency at the end of of the residents.
innovations, costs associated with the prior academic year and care for
Burden Statement: Burden in this
training, and outcomes of Teaching vulnerable populations living in
context means the time expended by
Health Centers (THCs). GW has underserved areas, and any other
information as deemed appropriate by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
developed questionnaires for disclose or provide the information
implementation with all THC the Secretary. The described data
collection activities will serve to meet requested. This includes the time
matriculating residents, graduating needed to review instructions; to
this statutory requirement for the
residents, and graduated residents at develop, acquire, install and utilize
THCGME program award recipients in a
one year post-graduation. The uniform and consistent manner and will technology and systems for the purpose
matriculation questionnaire aims to allow comparisons of this group to other of collecting, validating and verifying
collect background information on THC trainees in non-THC programs. HRSA information, processing and
residents to better understand the seeks renewal of these measures with no maintaining information, and disclosing
characteristics of individuals who apply changes. and providing information; to train
and are accepted to THC programs. The Likely Respondents: This data personnel and to be able to respond to
graduation questionnaire collects collection includes documents that are a collection of information; to search
information on career plans. The alumni completed separately by THC Program data sources; to complete and review
questionnaire collects information on Directors and residents. THC Program the collection of information; and to
career outcomes (including practice in Directors who have not already transmit or otherwise disclose the
primary care and in underserved completed the program data collection information. The total annual burden
settings) following graduation as well as tool will respond to the part of the data hours estimated for this ICR are
feedback on the quality of training. collection tool related to the summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Average
Number of burden Total
Number of Total
Form name responses per per burden
respondents responses
respondent response hours
(in hours)
Program Data Collection Tool ............................................. 10 1 10 8 80
THC Alumni Survey ............................................................. 200 1 200 0.33 66
THC Matriculant Survey ....................................................... 200 1 200 0.25 50
THC Graduation Survey ...................................................... 200 1 200 0.25 50
Total .............................................................................. 610 ........................ 610 ........................ 246
Jason E. Bennett, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. HRSA announces plans to submit an submitting comments or requesting
[FR Doc. 2016–31353 Filed 12–27–16; 8:45 am] Information Collection Request (ICR), information, please include the
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P described below, to the Office of information request collection title for
Management and Budget (OMB). Prior reference.
to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA Information Collection Request Title:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND seeks comments from the public Small Health Care Provider Quality
HUMAN SERVICES regarding the burden estimate, below, or Improvement Program
any other aspect of the ICR. OMB No. 0915–0387—Extension
Health Resources and Services Abstract: This program is authorized
DATES: Comments on this ICR must be
Administration by Title III, Public Health Service Act,
received no later than February 27,
2017. Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as
Agency Information Collection
amended by Section 201, P.L. 107–251,
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to and Section 4, P.L. 110–355. This
Comment Request; Small Health Care paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA authority directs the Federal Office of
Provider Quality Improvement Program Information Collection Clearance Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to support
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Officer, Room 14N–39, 5600 Fishers grants that expand access to, coordinate,
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. contain the cost of, and improve the
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Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To quality of essential health care services,
ACTION: Notice. request more information on the including preventive and emergency
proposed project or to obtain a copy of services, through the development of
SUMMARY: In compliance with the the data collection plans and draft health care networks in rural and
requirement for opportunity for public instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov frontier areas and regions. Across these
comment on proposed data collection or call the HRSA Information Collection various programs, the authority allows
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. HRSA to provide funds to rural and
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frontier communities to support the tests of change focused on Burden Statement: Burden in this
direct delivery of health care and related improvement, and use health context means the time expended by
services, expand existing services, or information technology (HIT) to collect persons to generate, maintain, retain,
enhance health service delivery through and report data. HIT may include an disclose, or provide the information
education, promotion, and prevention electronic patient registry or an requested. This includes the time
programs. electronic health record, and is a critical needed to review instructions; to
The purpose of the Small Health Care component for improving quality and develop, acquire, install, and utilize
Provider Quality Improvement Grant patient outcomes. With HIT it is technology and systems for the purpose
(Rural Quality) Program is to provide possible to generate timely and of collecting, validating and verifying
support to rural primary care providers meaningful data, which helps providers information, processing and
for implementation of quality track and plan care.
improvement activities. The goal of the Need and Proposed Use of the maintaining information, and disclosing
program is to promote the development Information: FORHP collects this and providing information; to train
of an evidence-based culture and information to quantify the impact of personnel and be able to respond to a
delivery of coordinated care in the grant funding on access to health care, collection of information; to search data
primary care setting. Additional quality of services, and improvement of sources; to complete and review the
objectives of the program include health outcomes. FORHP uses the data collection of information; and to
improved health outcomes for patients, for program improvement and grantees transmit or otherwise disclose the
enhanced chronic disease management, use the data for performance tracking. information. The total annual burden
and better engagement of patients and No changes are proposed from the hours estimated for this Information
their caregivers. Organizations current data collection effort. Collection Request are summarized in
participating in the program are Likely Respondents: Grantees of the the table below.
required to use an evidence-based Small Health Care Provider Quality
quality improvement model, perform Improvement Program.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of Total
Number of Total burden per
Form Name responses per Burden
respondents responses response
respondent Hours
(in hours)
Name of instrument ............................................................. 32 1 32 8 256
Total .............................................................................. 32 ........................ 32 ........................ 256
HRSA specifically requests comments (OCR), as last amended at 190 FR 60757, and is responsible for overall policy,
on (1) the necessity and utility of the dated October 1, 2010, is amended to programs, and operations of OCR. The
proposed information collection for the reflect the restructuring of the Office for Director also is responsible for
proper performance of the agency’s Civil Rights (OCR) as follows: representing the Secretary and the
functions, (2) the accuracy of the I. Under Part A, Chapter AT, ‘‘Office Department, in coordination and
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance for Civil Rights (OCR),’’ delete ‘‘Section consultation with the Assistant
the quality, utility, and clarity of the AT.10 Organization’’ in its entirety and Secretary for Legislation, before
information to be collected, and (4) the replace with the following: Congress and the Executive Office of the
use of automated collection techniques Section AT.10 Organization. The President on matters relating to civil
or other forms of information Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is under rights and the privacy, security, and
technology to minimize the information the direction of the Director of the breach rules and for liaising with other
collection burden. Office for Civil Rights (Director) who Federal departments and agencies
reports to the Secretary. OCR consists of charged with civil rights and privacy,
Jason E. Bennett, the following components: security, and breach enforcement and
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. A. Office of the Director (AT) compliance responsibilities.
[FR Doc. 2016–31253 Filed 12–27–16; 8:45 am] B. Operations and Resources Division
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P (ATA) B. Operations and Resources Division
C. Civil Rights Division (ATB) (ATA). The Operations and Resources
D. Health Information Privacy Division Division (ORD) is headed by a Deputy
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND (ATC) Director who reports to the Director.
HUMAN SERVICES II. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil Responsibilities of the Deputy Director
Rights (OCR) delete ‘‘Section AT.20 for Operations and Resources include:
Statement of Organization, Functions Functions’’ in its entirety and replace Advising on all regional operations and
and Delegations of Authority with the following: the Centralized Case Management
A. Office of the Director (AT). As the Operation (CCMO); resource
AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights, Office of Department’s chief officer and adviser to management; and other staff functions
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the Secretary, HHS. the Secretary for implementation and that include management operations,
Part A, Office of the Secretary, enforcement of HHS civil rights and budget, human resources, travel,
Statement of Organization, Functions, Health Insurance Portability, information technology, support
and Delegations of Authority of the Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy, activities, management analysis, ethics,
Department of Health and Human security, and breach notification rules, Continuity of Operations, property
Services (HHS) is being amended at the Director provides leadership, management, accountability, and
Chapter AT, Office for Civil Rights priorities, guidance and supervision to performance metrics. Regional offices
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| Contact | To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984. | |
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