[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67439-67440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26854]


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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 
no later than January 12, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10C-03, 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 and Initial 
Assessment of the HRSA Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical 
Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0906-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: Section 5508 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 amended 
section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to establish the Teaching 
Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to provide 
funding support for new and the expansion of existing primary care 
residency training programs in community-based settings. The primary 
goals of this program is to increase the production of primary care 
providers who are better prepared to practice in community settings, 
particularly with underserved populations, and improve the geographic 
distribution of primary care providers.
    Statute requires the Secretary to determine an appropriate THCGME 
program payment for indirect medical expenses (IME) as well as to 
update, as deemed appropriate, the per resident amount used to 
determine the Program's payment for direct medical expenses (DME). To 
inform these determinations and to increase understanding of this model 
of residency training, the George Washington University (GW) is 
conducting an evaluation of the costs associated with training 
residents in the Teaching Health Center (THC) model. GW has developed a 
standardized costing instrument to gather data from all THCGME 
programs. The information gathered in the standardized costing 
instrument includes, but is not limited to, resident and faculty full-
time equivalents, salaries and benefits, residency administration 
costs, educational costs, residency clinical operations and 
administrative costs, and patient visits and clinical revenue generated 
by medical residents.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is collecting 
costing information related to both DME and IME in an effort to 
establish a THC's total cost of running a residency program, to assist 
the Secretary in determining an appropriate update to the per resident 
amount used to calculate the payment for DME and an appropriate IME 
payment. The described data collection activities will serve to inform 
these statutory requirements for the Secretary in a uniform and 
consistent manner.
    Likely Respondents: THCGME 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.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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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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Teaching Health Center Costing                60               1              60              10             600
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    Total.......................              60               1              60              10             600
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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: October 31, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-26854 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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