Notice2023-03879
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program Reconciliation Tool, OMB No. 0915-0342-Revision
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Published
February 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11921-11922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03879]
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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; The Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education Program Reconciliation Tool, OMB No. 0915-
0342--Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
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 March 27,
2023.
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 Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a6a7b6a7f686d7568715a7268697b347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="daaabbaabfa8adb5a8b19ab2a8a9bbf4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a> or call
301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: The Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program Reconciliation Tool OMB No.
0915-0342--Revision.
Abstract: The THCGME program, authorized by section 340H of the
Public Health Service Act, was established by section 5508 of Public
Law 111-148. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-
260) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) provide
continued funding for the THCGME Program.
The THCGME program awards payment for both direct and indirect
expenses to support training for primary care residents in community-
based ambulatory patient care settings. Direct expense payments are
designed to compensate eligible teaching health centers for those
expenses directly associated with sponsoring resident training
programs, while indirect expense payments are intended to compensate
for the additional costs relating to teaching residents in such
programs.
HRSA collects information from THCGME program award recipients
using an OMB-approved reconciliation tool. HRSA seeks to extend its
approved information collection and is increasing the total estimated
annual burden hours associated with the collection, due to an increase
in the number of program award recipients from 58 to 83. A 60-day
notice published in the Federal Register, 87 FR 76204-05 (December 13,
2022). There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: THCGME program payments
are prospective payments, and the statute provides for a reconciliation
process, through which overpayments may be recouped and underpayments
may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data collection
instrument will gather information relating to the number of resident
full-time equivalents in Teaching Health Center training programs in
order to reconcile payments for both direct and indirect expenses.
Likely Respondents: The likely respondents to the THCGME
Reconciliation Tool are THCGME program award recipients.
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
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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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THCGME Reconciliation Tool...... 83 1 83 2 166
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Total....................... 83 1 83 2 166
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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. 2023-03879 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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