Notice2023-15400
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Network Development Program Performance Improvement Measurement System, OMB No. 0906-0010-Revision
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July 20, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
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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 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46800-46801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15400]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural
Health Network Development Program Performance Improvement Measurement
System, OMB No. 0906-0010--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 September
18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3c3d2c3d6c1c4dcc1d8f3dbc1c0d29dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="215140514453564e534a61495352400f464e57">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
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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#2e5e4f5e4b5c59415c456e465c5d4f00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84f4e5f4e1f6f3ebf6efc4ecf6f7e5aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Network
Development Program Performance Improvement Measurement System, OMB No.
0906-0010--Revision.
Abstract: The Rural Health Network Development (RHND) program is
authorized under section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254c(f)). The purpose of this program is to support integrated
health care networks that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand
access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care
services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural
health care system as a whole. The program supports networks as they
address gaps in service, enhance systems of care, and expand capacity
of the local health care system.
RHND-funded programs promote population health management and the
transition towards value-based care through diverse network
participants that includes traditional and non-traditional network
partners. Evidence of program impact demonstrated by outcome data and
program sustainability are integral components of the program. This is
a 4-year competitive program for networks composed of at least three
participants that are existing health care providers. At least 66
percent of network participants must be located in a HRSA-designated
rural area.
HRSA currently collects information about RHND awards using an OMB-
approved set of performance measures and seeks to revise that approved
collection. The proposed revisions are being implemented to better
gather award recipient data in response to previously accumulated award
recipient feedback, peer-reviewed research, and information gathered
from the previously approved RHND measures.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This program needs
measures that will 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
HRSA, including (a) access to care, (b) population demographics, (c)
staffing, (d) consortium/network, (e) sustainability, and (f) project
specific domains. All measures will evaluate HRSA's progress toward
achieving its goals.
The proposed changes include additional components under questions
surrounding the network's benefits and funding strategies, as well as
the types of participant organizations. Questions surrounding Health
Information Technology and Telehealth have been modified to reflect an
updated telehealth definition based on renewed knowledge on the use of
both Health Information Technology and Telehealth, and to improve
understanding of how these important technologies are affecting HRSA
award recipients. The Demographics and Services section now includes a
question requesting grantees to identify which counties they have
served during the project. Finally, revised National Quality Forum and
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services measures were included to
allow uniform collection efforts throughout the HRSA Federal Office of
Rural Health Policy. The total number of responses has remained at 44
since the previous ICR. The new RHND grant cycle maintained the same
number of award recipients and number of respondents.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be award recipients of the
Rural Health Network Development 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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Performance Improvement and 44 1 44 6 264
Measurement System Database....
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Total....................... 44 1 44 6 264
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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. 2023-15400 Filed 7-19-23; 8:45 am]
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