[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38190-38191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13846]


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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

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(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 no later than July 13, 
2016.

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: HIV Quality Measures 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. All RWHAP 
recipients must follow certain legislative requirements, such as the 
establishment of clinical quality management programs, to assess their 
HIV services according to the most recent Public Health Service 
guidelines and to develop strategies to improve access to quality HIV 
services. The HIV Quality Measures Module (HIVQM Module) is a new 
voluntary data system that recipients funded under all Parts of the 
RWHAP may use to monitor their performance in providing quality HIV 
services. Recipients may enter data into the module on their HIV/AIDS 
Bureau (HAB) performance measures and then generate reports to assess 
their performance. Recipients may also compare their performance 
regionally and nationally against other recipients. The HAB performance 
measures comprise the following categories: (1) Core, (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 (RWHAP's drug assistance program), and (9) systems-level. HAB 
created the HIVQM Module as an online tool to facilitate recipients in 
meeting the clinical quality management program requirement. The use of 
the module is voluntary for RWHAP recipients, but strongly encouraged.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HIVQM Module will 
provide recipients an easy-to-use and structured platform to 
voluntarily continually monitor their performance in serving their 
clients, particularly in access to care and the provision of quality 
HIV services. The main purpose for the module is to help recipients set 
goals and monitor performance measures and their quality improvement 
projects. HRSA expects the HIVQM Module to better support clinical 
quality management, performance measurement, service delivery, and 
client monitoring at both the recipient and client levels. In addition, 
for recipients and sub-recipients 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.
    The module will be available for data entry three times a year. The 
module will be accessible via the Ryan White Services Report (RSR), an 
existing online tool that grant recipients already use for required 
data collection of their services. Recipients will choose which 
performance measures they want to monitor and enter data accordingly. 
Reports or performance measures can be generated and reviewed by the 
recipients and their sub-recipients and can be compared with other 
RWHAP recipients by provider type, by region, and at the national 
level.
    Likely Respondents: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A, Part B, 
Part C, and Part D recipients and sub-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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HIVQM Module....................           2,316               3           6,948               1           6,948
    Total.......................           2,316                           6,948                           6,948
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-13846 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P