[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34887-34888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12287]


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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: HRSA Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program HIV Quality Measures Module, OMB No. 0906-0022--
Extension

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

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 
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 should be received no later than August 8, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail to 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 Samantha Miller, 
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-
9094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information collection request title 
for reference.

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    Information Collection Request Title: HIV Quality Measures (HIVQM) 
Module OMB No. 0906-0022--Extension.
    Abstract: The HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funds and 
coordinates with cities, states, and local clinics/community-based 
organizations to deliver efficient and effective HIV care, treatment, 
and support to low-income people with HIV. Since 1990, the RWHAP has 
developed a comprehensive system of safety net providers who deliver 
high quality direct health care and support services to over half a 
million people with HIV--more than 50 percent of all people diagnosed 
with HIV in the United States. Nearly two-thirds of clients live at or 
below 100 percent of the federal poverty level and approximately three-
quarters of RWHAP clients are racial/ethnic minorities.\1\
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    \1\ HRSA. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Data Report, 2020.
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    RWHAP Parts A, B, C, and D recipients and sub recipients must 
follow legislative requirements for the establishment of clinical 
quality management programs to assess the extent to which their HIV 
services are consistent with the most recent Department of Health and 
Human Services Clinical Treatment guidelines. In support of these 
requirements, HRSA created the HIV Quality Measures (HIVQM) Module as 
an online tool to assist recipients in meeting the clinical quality 
management program requirement by allowing recipients to input data for 
the HRSA performance measures. HRSA maintains over 40 performance 
measures across the following categories: (1) core, (2) all ages, (3) 
adolescent/adult, (4) HIV-infected children, (5) HIV-exposed children, 
(6) medical case management, (7) oral health, (8) AIDS Drug Assistance 
Program, and (9) systems. The HIVQM Module also supports the 
requirement imposed by the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Health and Human Service Award 
(45 CFR 75.301) that recipients relate financial data to performance 
accomplishments of their federal awards. The HIVQM Module helps 
recipients set goals and monitor performance measures and quality 
improvement projects. The use of the HIVQM Module is voluntary for 
RWHAP recipients but strongly encouraged.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HIVQM Module supports 
recipients and sub-recipients in their clinical quality management 
programs, performance measurement, service delivery, and monitoring of 
client health outcomes and quality HIV services. The HIVQM Module is 
accessible via the RWHAP Services Report, an existing online portal 
that RWHAP recipients use for required data collection of their 
services. Recipients may enter performance measures data into the HIVQM 
Module four times a year and then generate reports to assess their 
performance. Recipients have the option to enter data for specific 
populations for a subset of performance measures based on age, gender, 
race/ethnicity, and risk factor. Recipients may also compare their 
performance against other recipients in their state, region, and 
nationally. Additionally, recipients can choose the performance 
measures they want to monitor and enter data accordingly. For 
recipients and sub-recipients participating in the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Incentive Programs, such as the Medicare Promoting 
Interoperability Program and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 
the HIVQM Module may be used to monitor the HRSA measures that qualify 
and comply with the requirements to receive incentives from these 
programs.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D 
recipients and their 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 Report....................           2,063               4           8,252               1           8,252
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                                           2,063  ..............           8,252  ..............           8,252
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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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-12287 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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