Notice2023-26554
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: DATA 2000 Waiver Training Payment Program Application for Payment, OMB No. 0906-0061
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Published
December 4, 2023
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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 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84149-84150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26554]
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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: DATA 2000
Waiver Training Payment Program Application for Payment, OMB No. 0906-
0061
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 February
2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#047465746176736b766f446c7677652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c2c3d2c392e2b332e371c342e2f3d723b332a">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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#5626372633242139243d163e24253778313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a3a2b3a2f383d2538210a2238392b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a> or call Joella Roland, 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: DATA 2000 Waiver Training
Payment Program Application for Payment, OMB No. 0906-0061--Revision.
Abstract: The Substance Use--Disorder Prevention that Promotes
Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT)
Act (Pub. L. 115-271), section 6083, amended the Social Security Act
(subsections 1834(o)(3) and 1833(bb)),
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authorizing the HHS Secretary to pay Federally Qualified Health Centers
(FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) for the average cost of
training for purposes of receiving a DATA 2000 waiver for their
physicians and practitioners to furnish opioid use disorder treatment
services. The SUPPORT Act made $6 million available to FQHCs and $2
million available to RHCs under the DATA 2000 Waiver Training Payment
Program. To receive payment, FQHCs and RHCs must submit an application
in the manner specified by the Secretary. Authority to administer the
DATA 2000 program has been delegated to HRSA. Further information about
the program can be found in the link below which provides guidance on
the requirements of the DATA 2000 program and how qualified FQHCs and
RHCs can apply to the program: <a href="https://help.hrsa.gov/display/public/EHBSKBFG/DATA+2000+Waiver+Training+Payment+Program+FAQs">https://help.hrsa.gov/display/public/EHBSKBFG/DATA+2000+Waiver+Training+Payment+Program+FAQs</a>.
This purpose of this revision is to update the burden estimate for
the RHC application process because the funding appropriated for FQHC
DATA 2000 payments has been fully expended. Therefore, no new
applications for FQHC DATA 2000 payments can be accepted or approved.
Only Medicare participating RHCs can apply for payments through the
DATA 2000 program, and pursuant to the authorizing statute and
subsequent legislation eliminating the DATA 2000 waiver requirement,
such RHCs may only receive payments with respect to providers who first
received their DATA 2000 Waiver between January 1, 2019, and December
29, 2022.
Applicant entities must provide information identifying the
submitting organization and the number of practitioners who have
completed training and obtained a DATA 2000 waiver. The form will also
require the entity to include information regarding each claimed
practitioner's name, practitioner type (e.g., physician, physician
assistant, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse
specialist, certified registered nurse, or anesthetist), National
Provider Identifier number, Drug Enforcement Administration number,
state license number, length of training, date the training was
completed, date of waiver attainment, and DATA 2000 waiver number.
Additionally, the form will require signature of an attestation
statement certifying that: (1) each practitioner for which the entity
is seeking payment under the application is employed by or working
under contract for the applicant health facility; (2) it is the first
time the entity is seeking payment on behalf of the listed
practitioner(s); (3) the entity is eligible to seek payment under 42
U.S.C. 1395m(o)(3) or 42 U.S.C. 1395l(bb); (4) each practitioner is
furnishing opioid use disorder treatment services; and (5) the
statements herein are true, complete, and accurate to the best of the
applicant's knowledge.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Substance Use--
Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for
Patients and Communities Act requires RHCs to submit to the Secretary
an application for payment at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as specified by the Secretary in order to receive a
payment under section 6083. This form will allow RHCs to apply for such
payments based on the average cost of training to obtain DATA 2000
waivers, as determined by the Secretary, for their physicians and
practitioners to furnish opioid use disorder treatment services. The
form will also provide HRSA with the requisite data to validate
qualifying DATA 2000 waiver possessions for the purpose of ensuring
accurate payments to RHCs.
Likely Respondents: Only Medicare participating RHCs are eligible
to apply.
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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DATA 2000 Waiver Training 300 1 300 0.5 150.0
Payment Program Application for
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Total....................... 300 1 300 .............. 150.0
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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. 2023-26554 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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