[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73776-73778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29948]


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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 25, 2016.

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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: HIV Quality Measures (HIVQM) 
Module OMB No. 0915-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides entities 
funded by the program with flexibility to respond effectively to the 
changing HIV epidemic, with an emphasis on providing life-saving and 
life-extending services for people living with HIV. Under the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, RWHAP Parts A-D 
recipients are required to establish clinical quality management 
programs in order to assess their HIV services according to the most 
recent Department of Health and Human Services guidelines and to 
develop strategies to improve access to quality HIV services. The HIV 
Quality Measures (HIVQM) module will be the HIV/AIDS Bureau's (HAB) 
voluntary online reporting tool created to help facilitate recipients 
in meeting these requirements. Recipients and their providers will 
enter aggregate data in the HIVQM module on HAB performance measures 
and then will be able to generate reports to assess their performance 
and compare their results to results at the state, regional, and 
national levels. The HAB performance measures include the following 
priority performance measure categories: (1) Core (those measures that 
emphasize essential aspects of care and treatment, align with the 
milestones along the HIV care continuum, and are most feasible for data 
collection); (2) all ages; (3) adolescent/adult; (4) HIV-positive 
children; (5) HIV-exposed children; (6) medical case management; (7) 
oral health; (8) AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP); and (9) system 
level measures. The use of the HIVQM module will be voluntary for RWHAP 
recipients and services providers.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HIVQM Module will be 
a voluntary online reporting tool that supports recipients in 
monitoring their performance in serving patients particularly in access 
to care and the provision of quality HIV services, and to reduce HIV-
related morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS. 
These data will help RWHAP recipients document their strengths, 
identify gaps in performance and areas for improvement, and plan how to 
enhance future delivery of quality care to their patients.
    The HIVQM module will also assist RWHAP recipients in meeting the 
requirement to construct quality assurance structures in their 
provision of HIV care services. In addition, for recipients and service 
providers participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Incentive Programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health 
Records Incentive Program and the Physician Quality Reporting System, 
the module will be consistent to qualify and comply with the 
requirements to receive incentives from these programs. Finally, the 
module will assist HAB in identifying recipients and service providers 
that are supporting the aims of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in 
establishing a system that links HIV positive individuals to continuous 
and coordinated quality care.
    The module will be available for data entry 3 times a year. The 
module will be accessible via the HRSA Electronic Handbook (EHB) Ryan 
White Services Report (RSR) portal, an existing online tool that RWHAP 
recipients already use for required data collection on their services. 
Recipients will choose which performance measures they want to monitor 
and enter data accordingly. Reports of performance measures can be 
generated and reviewed by the recipients or their service providers and 
can be compared to results at the state, regional, and national levels.
    Likely Respondents: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A, Part B, 
Part C, and Part D recipients and their service providers and the AIDS 
Drug Assistance Program 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 Information Collection Request 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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HIVQM module....................           1,100               3           3,300               4          13,200
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    Total.......................           1,100               3           3,300               4          13,200
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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.


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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-29948 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am]
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