[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-713]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (b) the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

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

    The CHGME Payment Program was enacted by Public Law 106-129 and 
reauthorized by Public Law 109-307 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. The 
CHGME Payment Program application forms received OMB clearance on June 
30, 2010. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule 
regarding Sections 5503, 5504, 5505 and 5506 of the Affordable Care Act 
of 2010, Public Law 111-148, published in the Federal Register on 
Wednesday, November 24, 2010, requires some modification of the data 
collection within the CHGME Payment Program application. The CHGME 
Payment Program application forms have been adjusted to accommodate CMS 
policy and require OMB approval.
    Data are collected on the number of full-time equivalent residents 
in applicant children's hospitals' training programs to determine the 
amount of direct and indirect medical education payments to be 
distributed to participating children's hospitals. Indirect medical 
education payments will also be derived from a formula that requires 
the reporting of discharges, beds, and case mix index information from 
participating children's hospitals. Hospitals will be requested to 
submit such information in an annual application. Hospitals will also 
be requested to submit data on the number of full-time equivalent 
residents a second time during the federal fiscal year to participate 
in the reconciliation payment process.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                                                   Number of       Responses per    Total number of      Hours per        Total burden
                             Form                                 respondents       respondent         responses          response            hours
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HRSA 99-1 (Initial Application)..............................                60                 1                60              26.5              1,590
HRSA 99-1 (Reconciliation Application).......................                60                 1                60               6.5                390
HRSA 99-2 (Initial Application)..............................                60                 1                60              11.33             679.8
HRSA 99-2 (Reconciliation Application).......................                60                 1                60               3.67             220.2
HRSA 99-3 (Initial Application)..............................                60                 1                60               0.5                 30
HRSA 99-3 (Reconciliation Application).......................                60                 1                60               0.5                 30
HRSA 99-4 (Reconciliation Application).......................                60                 1                60              12.5                750
HRSA 99-5 (Initial Application)..............................                60                 1                60                .33              19.8
HRSA 99-5 (Reconciliation Application).......................                60                 1                60                .33              19.8
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    Total....................................................                60  ................                60  .................            3729.6
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail them to the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 
60 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 10, 2011.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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