[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2533-2534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01434]


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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; 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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 March 11, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (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 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 
Payment 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.
    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on October 
23, 2018, Vol. 83, No. 205.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: 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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Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-01434 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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