Notice2021-12381
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387-Extension
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Published
June 14, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with of 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31506-31507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12381]
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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; Small Health Care Provider
Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387--Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with of 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30
day comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 14,
2021.
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ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285849584d5a5f475a4368405a5b49064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e1f0e1f4e3e6fee3fad1f9e3e2f0bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a> or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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; Public
Law 115-245. This authority authorizes HRSA's Federal Office of Rural
Health Policy (FORHP) to issue 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 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.
A 60-day Notice published in the Federal Register on February 24,
2021, vol. 86, No. 35; pp. 11306. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to FORHP,
including: (a) Access to care; (b) population demographics; (c)
staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) sustainability; and (f) project
specific domains. All measures will speak to FORHP's progress toward
meeting the goals set.
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: The respondents would be recipients 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 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
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Quality Program PIMS Measures... 32 1 32 8 256
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Total....................... 32 .............. 32 .............. 256
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-12381 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
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