[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54662-54663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21566]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (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 Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 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 [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Frontier 
Community Health Care Network Coordination Grant.
    OMB No.: 0915-XXXX--New.
    Abstract: In fiscal year (FY) 2012, ORHP funded an evaluation of 
the Frontier Community Health Care Network Coordination (FCHCNC) Grant. 
This 3-year grant program awarded to the Montana Department of Public 
Health and Human Services focuses on a community-based, patient-
centered clinical service coordination and health promotion model. The 
program will be coordinated by clinically trained Care Transitions 
Coordinators (CTC) working with Community Health Workers (CHW) in 11 
participating network communities. By developing intervention with 
patients, the CTCs and CHWs will work to improve care transitions and 
patient outcomes by reducing or eliminating avoidable hospitalizations 
and re hospitalizations, ER visits, and nursing home placements.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The program will be 
subject to a 3-year independent evaluation. As part of this 3-year 
evaluation, HRSA will be collecting qualitative and quantitative 
information. To support the qualitative analysis, HRSA will conduct 
site visits and telephonic key informant interviews with the critical 
access hospitals, tertiary hospitals, and the support staff 
coordinating the program. Data collection will focus on patient/family 
satisfaction, whether goals were achieved in working with patients, and 
the strengths and challenges associated with implementing the program. 
Finally, HRSA will be collecting data quarterly from the grantee sites 
in order to gain a deeper understanding of the program's 
implementation.
    Additionally, quantitative data will be gathered by studying the 
effectiveness of each intervention, specifically identifying 
differences between pre and post-intervention health care utilization, 
hospital readmissions, and other client-specific outcomes. Where data 
are available, HRSA will assess cost effectiveness of the program.
    Likely Respondents: Frontier Community Health Care Network 
Coordination (FCHCNC) Grantees.
    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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

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                                     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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Patient Satisfaction Survey...              85               1              85               .1              8.5
Hospital Administrator                      22               1              22               .5             11
 Interview Protocol...........
Primary care Provider                       22               1              22               .5             11
 Interview Protocol...........
Community Health Worker                     12               1              12              1.0             12
 Interview Protocol...........
Care Transitions Coordinator                 1               1               1              1.0              1
 Interview Protocol...........
Grantee Interview Protocol....               2               1               2               .5              1
Patient Interview/Focus Group               22               1              22               .5             11
 Protocol.....................
Grantee Data Collection Form..              11               4              44              4              176
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    Total.....................             177  ..............  ..............  ...............            231.5
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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.

    Dated: August 28, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-21566 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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