Notice2021-18018
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Programs Application and Attestation Portal, and Claims Reimbursement Submission Activities
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Published
August 23, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47119-47120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18018]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[OMB No. 0906-XXXX]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19
Provider Relief Programs Application and Attestation Portal, and Claims
Reimbursement Submission Activities
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects 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 should be received no later than October
22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#057564756077726a776e456d7776642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f88899889d8a8f978a93b8908a8b99d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e6e7f6e7b6c69716c755e766c6d7f30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b2b3a2b3e292c3429301b3329283a753c342d">[email protected]</span></a> or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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: COVID-19 Provider Relief
Programs Application and Attestation Portal, and Claims Reimbursement
Submission Activities, OMB No. 0906-XXXX.
Abstract: HRSA administers the Provider Relief Programs (which
includes the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the American Rescue Plan Act
Rural (ARPA-R) payments, the COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund (CAF),
and the COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and
Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the
Uninsured (Uninsured Program or UIP). The
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Provider Relief Programs disbursed, and are continuing to disburse,
funds to eligible healthcare providers through two pathways: (1) Direct
provider payments via the PRF and ARPA-R payments, and (2) claims
reimbursement via the CAF and the UIP. This information collection
includes four components: (1) The PRF and ARPA-R application portal;
(2) the PRF and ARPA-R attestation portal; (3) the CAF application
portal; and (4) the UIP application portal. To date, information for
these programs has been collected under a Paperwork Reduction Act
waiver executed pursuant to public health emergency authorities. HRSA
is seeking comments regarding the CAF and the UIP for the first time.
These information collections support administration of the Provider
Relief Programs including the PRF, the Uninsured Program, and the CAF
(funds for these three programs were appropriated under the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136), Paycheck
Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 116-139),
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
(Division M of Pub. L. 116-260)), and the ARPA-R payments (funds were
appropriated under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-
2).
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Providers who apply for
Provider Relief Programs (i.e., PRF, ARPA-R, CAF, and UIP payments)
must apply for direct provider payments or claims reimbursement and
attest to a set of Terms and Conditions to enable HRSA's appropriate
disbursement and oversight of recipients' use of funds.
Information collected will allow for (1) assessing if recipients
have met statutory and programmatic requirements; (2) conducting
audits; (3) gathering data required to calculate, disburse, and report
on PRF, ARPA-R, CAF, and UIP payments; and (4) program evaluation. HRSA
staff may also use information collected to identify and report on
trends in the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care providers
and uninsured or underinsured patients throughout the United States.
HHS makes publicly available the names of payment recipients and
the aggregate amounts received, for all providers who attest to receipt
of a payment and acceptance of the Terms and Conditions or who retain
payments for more than 90 days and are deemed to have accepted the
Terms and Conditions. By accepting funds, the recipient consents to HHS
publicly disclosing the payments that recipient has received.
Likely Respondents: Health care providers that apply to receive, or
have applied to receive, PRF, ARPA-R, CAF, or UIP payments, and
attested to the associated Terms and Conditions.
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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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Attestation Portal.............. 130,000 1 130,000 0.25 32,500
Application Portal.............. 130,000 1 130,000 1.00 130,000
CAF Application................. 15,000 1 15,000 1.00 15,000
UIP Application................. 280,000 1 280,000 5.60 1,568,000
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Total....................... 555,000 .............. 555,000 .............. 1,745,500
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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. 2021-18018 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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