[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53487-53488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: 
Children's Graduate Medical Education Quality Bonus System (QBS) 
Initiative Response Form, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection

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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 ICR must be received no later than December 24, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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: Quality Bonus System 
Initiative Response Form OMB No. 0906-xxxx [New].
    Abstract: The Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education 
(CHGME) Payment Program provides federal funds to the nation's 
freestanding children's hospitals to help them maintain their graduate 
medical education (GME) programs that train resident physicians and 
dentists. CHGME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 states that the 
Secretary may establish a Quality Bonus System (QBS), whereby the 
Secretary distributes bonus payments to hospitals participating in the 
CHGME program that meet standards specified by the Secretary. In order 
to qualify for the QBS payment in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, CHGME award 
recipients must submit documentation as an attachment in the FY 2019 
reconciliation application released in April 2019, describing the 
hospital's initiatives, resident curriculum, and direct resident 
involvement in the following areas:
    a. Integrated care models (e.g., integrated behavioral and mental 
health, care coordination across providers and settings);
    b. Telehealth and/or Health Information Technology;
    c. Population health;
    d. Social determinants of health; and
    e. Additional initiatives to improve access and quality of care to 
rural and/or underserved communities.
    As specified in the CHGME statute, the QBS payment shall be 
remitted to qualified hospitals participating in the CHGME program that 
meet standards set forth by the Secretary of HHS. To demonstrate the 
fulfillment of such standards, it will be necessary for applicants to 
complete the QBS Response Initiative form and submit it as an 
attachment to the FY 2019 reconciliation application released in April 
of 2019. This form will be used to gather information relating to the 
hospitals' engagement in quality initiatives.
    Likely Respondents: CHGME 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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QBS Response Initiative Form....              58               1              58           32.41           1,880
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    Total.......................              58  ..............              58  ..............           1,880
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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.

Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-23133 Filed 10-22-18; 8:45 am]
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