[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5606-5607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education 
Payment Program (CHGME) (OMB No. 0915-0247): Revision

    The CHGME Payment Program was enacted by Public Law 106-129 to 
provide Federal support for graduate medical education (GME) to 
``freestanding'' children's hospitals. This legislation attempts to 
provide support for GME comparable to the level of Medicare GME support 
received by other, non-children's hospitals. The legislation indicates 
that eligible children's hospitals will receive payments for both 
direct and indirect medical education. Direct payments are designed to 
offset the expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical 
residency training programs and indirect payments are designed to 
compensate hospitals for expenses associated with the treatment of more 
severely ill patients and the additional costs relating to teaching 
residents in such programs.
    Technical assistance workshops and consultation with applicant 
hospitals resulted in an opportunity for hospital representatives to 
raise issues and provide suggestions resulting in proposed revisions in 
the CHGME application forms and instructions.
    Eligible children's teaching hospitals submit relevant data such as 
weighted and unweighted full-time equivalent (FTE) resident counts, 
inpatient discharges and case mix index information by which direct and 
indirect payments are made to the participating hospitals. Data are 
submitted by children's hospitals in an annual CHGME application in 
order to receive funding. Through a reconciliation process, 
participating hospitals are required to correct and furnish final FTE 
resident count numbers reflecting changes in counts reported in the 
annual application form. The reconciliation process begins with fiscal 
year (FY)2002 and occurs before the end of the fiscal year.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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HRSA 99-1.......................................              60               1              24           1,440
HRSA 99-1 (Reconciliation)......................              60               1               8             480

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HRSA 99-2.......................................              60               1              14             840
HRSA 99-4.......................................              60               1              14             840
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    Total.......................................              60  ..............  ..............           3,600
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th St., NW, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 30, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-2754 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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