[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18037-18038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06999]


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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

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has 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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: Reconciliation Tool for the 
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0915-0342-Extension.
    Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education 
(THCGME) program, Section 340H of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 
was established by Section 5508 of Public Law 111-148. The program 
supports training for primary care residents (including residents in 
family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine 
pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general dentistry, 
pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics) in community based ambulatory 
patient care settings.
    The statute provides that eligible Teaching Health Centers receive 
payment for both direct and indirect expenses associated with training 
residents in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. Direct 
medical expenses payments are designed to compensate eligible teaching 
health centers for those expenses directly associated with resident 
training, while indirect medical expenses payments are intended to 
compensate for the additional costs of training residents in such 
programs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: THCGME program payments 
are prospective payments and the statute provides for a reconciliation 
process, through which overpayments may be recouped and underpayments 
may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data collection 
instrument will gather information relating to the numbers of residents 
in THCGME training programs in order to reconcile payments for both 
direct and indirect expenses.
    Likely Respondents: The likely respondents to the THCGME 
Reconciliation Tool are existing THCGME program award recipients.
    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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THCGME Reconciliation Tool......              44               1              44               2              88
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    Total.......................              44               1              44               2              88
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    Dated: March 11, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-06999 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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