Notice2024-17907
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Programs Single and Commercial Audits and Delinquent Audit Reporting Submission Activities-Revision
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Published
August 12, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65637-65638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17907]
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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; COVID-19 Provider Relief
Programs Single and Commercial Audits and Delinquent Audit Reporting
Submission Activities--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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
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 September
11, 2024.
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 Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aedecfdecbdcd9c1dcc5eec6dcddcf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="097968796c7b7e667b6249617b7a68276e667f">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief
Programs Single and Commercial Audits and Delinquent Audit Reporting
Submission Activities, OMB No. 0906-0083--Revision
Abstract: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(Pub. L. 116-136); the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 116-139); the Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 116-260); the Families First
Coronavirus Response
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Act (Pub. L. 116-127); and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub.
L. 117-2) provided the Department of Health and Human Services the
authority to administer the Provider Relief Programs (PRP) (i.e.,
Provider Relief Fund; American Rescue Plan Act Rural Distribution;
COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund; and COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to
Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and
Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured). The Department of Health and
Human Services, through HRSA, administered the PRP. The PRP issued
payments to eligible health care providers for expenses or lost
revenues attributable to COVID-19 and claims reimbursement for COVID-19
testing, treatment, and vaccine administration for uninsured
individuals. Recipients of these funds agreed to the Terms and
Conditions applicable to each Program, which require, among other
Terms, compliance with reporting requirements as specified by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the statues listed above.
Recipients are eligible health care providers who include public
entities, Medicare or Medicaid enrolled suppliers and providers, and
for-profit and non-profit entities that provide diagnosis, testing,
vaccination, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of
COVID-19. The Single Audit Act requires entities that expend $750,000
or more of federal assistance during the entity's fiscal year to
conduct an independent audit. Requirements for these audits are set
forth in regulations at 45 CFR Subpart F. Requirements differ for non-
profit and commercial/for-profit entities, and non-profit entities are
required to submit their audits to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
HRSA has established a Commercial Audit Reporting Portal to collect
audits from commercial/for-profit organizations. In late calendar year
2023, HRSA developed a delinquent audit follow-up process to ensure
that all providers required to submit an audit do so. The delinquent
audit follow-up process includes educating PRP recipients on the 45 CFR
75 Subpart F requirements and following up on overdue audit report
submissions. In February 2024, OMB approved HRSA's emergency ICR for
the Commercial Audit Reporting Portal and the delinquent audit follow-
up process. Collectively, these activities will help ensure the fiscal
and program integrity of the PRP.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2024,
vol. 89, No. 86; pp. 35842-35843. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA will use the
collected information to ensure all PRP recipients who expended over
$750,000 in funding during the recipient's fiscal year submit an audit
and resolve audit findings, which may include recovery of any funds
used not in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the programs.
Likely Respondents: PRP recipients who expended over $750,000 in
funding during their fiscal year.
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.
The February 2024 emergency ICR also included the Commercial Audit
Compliance and Delinquent Audit Follow-up General and Targeted emails,
which will continue to be used. These burden hours associated with
these emails were erroneously left out of burden table in the 60-day
notice and have been added back into the 30-day Federal Register
notice. The Delinquent Audit Follow-up General Email Blast was also
updated to include more details regarding audit requirements for PRP
payments.
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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Provider Relief Bureau 21,000 1 21,000 0.75 15,750
Commercial Audit Reporting
Portal.........................
Commercial Audit Compliance 500 1 500 0.25 125
Email..........................
Delinquent Audit Follow-up 42,000 6 252,000 0.25 63,000
General Email Blast and
Attestation....................
Delinquent Audit Follow-up 21,000 2 42,000 0.25 10,500
Targeted Email and Attestation.
Questioned Cost Attestation..... 7,000 10 70,000 5.00 350,000
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Total....................... 91,500 .............. 385,500 .............. 439,375
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-17907 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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