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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Behavioral Health Preventive Care
Assessment Focus Group Guide
Note: The purpose of this second
announcement is to provide another
opportunity for public comment. The
previous Federal Register notice was
published on August 19, 2008, FR Doc. E8–
19050.
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires
30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
project was previously published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 23254) on April
29, 2008 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comment was
received in response to the notice. The
purpose of this notice is to allow 30
days for public comment to be
submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
NEW, ‘‘Behavioral Health Preventative
Care Assessment Focus Group.’’ Type of
Information Collection Request: Three
year approval for this new information
collection, 091 7–NEW, ‘‘Behavioral
Health Preventive Care Assessment
Focus Group Guide.’’ Form Number(s):
None. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS goal is to raise the
health status of the American Indian
and Alaska Native people to the highest
possible level by providing
comprehensive health care and
preventive health services. To support
the IHS mission, IHS uses the
Government Performance Act (GPRA) to
assess quality of care among its Federal,
urban, and Tribal health programs. The
IHS has been largely successful in
meeting GPRA targets for selected
clinical performance measures at the
national level. However, there is
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significant variability in performance
among IHS and Tribal service units.
Until this time, IHS has not
undertaken any comprehensive studies
to evaluate the reasons for that
variability or the factors that contribute
to high quality care at the local level.
The IHS has three GPRA measures
relating to behavioral health, a high
priority for the Agency and one of the
IHS Director’s Initiatives. This study
will focus on these three GPRA
behavioral health measures: Depression
Screening in adults age 18 and over,
Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence
screening in women ages 15–40 and
Alcohol Screening (to prevent Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome) in women ages 15–
44.
Tribal programs voluntarily report
their GPRA results quarterly and
annually for national reporting. GPRA
data collected for these three behavioral
health measures includes: The number
of patients eligible for a screening
(denominator), number of eligible
patients who receive a screening
(numerator), and the resulting screening
rate (percentage). IHS has developed a
methodology to identify superior and
poor performers on these measures in
both Tribal and Federal sites using fiscal
year 2005, 2006, and 2007 GPRA
performance results.
IHS will convene focus groups with
employees at 17 of these programs (7
IHS and 10 Tribal) in order to identify
the factors contributing to (and when
appropriate, the barriers preventing) the
provision of high quality behavioral
health care at the local level. These
focus groups will allow employees to
provide detailed data regarding program
practices, screening and documentation
procedures, initiatives, resources, and
other factors relating to the provision of
behavioral health preventive care at
their health program. A total of two to
three focus groups, organized by
occupational specialty, will be
convened at each program.
Using the Chronic Care Model and
Institute of Medicine recommendations,
IHS will analyze the information
collected during these site visits, along
with background information that is
publicly available (e.g., information
found on clinic Web pages) on other
qualitative and quantitative features of
individual programs, such as staffing
and funding levels, community
demographics, and organizational
structure, to develop a behavioral health
preventive care model relevant to the
unique system of IHS delivery. Affected
Public: Individuals. Type of
Respondents: Tribal employees at Tribal
health programs.
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The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Number of
total annual responses, Average burden
hour per response, and Total annual
burden hour(s).
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total annual
response
Burden hour
per
response*
Administrators/Supervisor Focus Group Guide .......................................
Provider Focus Group Guide ...................................................................
Behavioral Health Provider Focus Group Guide .....................................
Data Entry Focus Group Guide ...............................................................
30
30
15
15
1
1
1
1
30
30
15
15
2
2
2
2
60
60
30
30
Total ..................................................................................................
90
....................
....................
....................
180
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Data collection instrument(s)
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your
written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time to: Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
To request more information on the
proposed collection or to obtain a copy
of the data collection instrument(s) and/
or instruction(s) contact: Ms. Janet
Ingersoll, Freedom of Information Act
Coordinator, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,
Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1601;
call non-toll free (301) 443–1116; send
via facsimile to (301) 443–2316; or send
your e-mail requests, comments, and
return address to:
Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
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Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
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Dated: October 24, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
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is hereby given of the following
meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
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552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
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and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
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Ancillary Studies in Kidney Disease.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Behavioral Health Preventive Care Assessment Focus Group
Guide
Note: The purpose of this second announcement is to provide
another opportunity for public comment. The previous Federal
Register notice was published on August 19, 2008, FR Doc. E8-19050.
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection project was previously published
in the Federal Register (73 FR 23254) on April 29, 2008 and allowed 60
days for public comment. No public comment was received in response to
the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Behavioral Health
Preventative Care Assessment Focus Group.'' Type of Information
Collection Request: Three year approval for this new information
collection, 091 7-NEW, ``Behavioral Health Preventive Care Assessment
Focus Group Guide.'' Form Number(s): None. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS goal is to raise the health status of the American
Indian and Alaska Native people to the highest possible level by
providing comprehensive health care and preventive health services. To
support the IHS mission, IHS uses the Government Performance Act (GPRA)
to assess quality of care among its Federal, urban, and Tribal health
programs. The IHS has been largely successful in meeting GPRA targets
for selected clinical performance measures at the national level.
However, there is significant variability in performance among IHS and
Tribal service units.
Until this time, IHS has not undertaken any comprehensive studies
to evaluate the reasons for that variability or the factors that
contribute to high quality care at the local level. The IHS has three
GPRA measures relating to behavioral health, a high priority for the
Agency and one of the IHS Director's Initiatives. This study will focus
on these three GPRA behavioral health measures: Depression Screening in
adults age 18 and over, Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence screening in
women ages 15-40 and Alcohol Screening (to prevent Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome) in women ages 15-44.
Tribal programs voluntarily report their GPRA results quarterly and
annually for national reporting. GPRA data collected for these three
behavioral health measures includes: The number of patients eligible
for a screening (denominator), number of eligible patients who receive
a screening (numerator), and the resulting screening rate (percentage).
IHS has developed a methodology to identify superior and poor
performers on these measures in both Tribal and Federal sites using
fiscal year 2005, 2006, and 2007 GPRA performance results.
IHS will convene focus groups with employees at 17 of these
programs (7 IHS and 10 Tribal) in order to identify the factors
contributing to (and when appropriate, the barriers preventing) the
provision of high quality behavioral health care at the local level.
These focus groups will allow employees to provide detailed data
regarding program practices, screening and documentation procedures,
initiatives, resources, and other factors relating to the provision of
behavioral health preventive care at their health program. A total of
two to three focus groups, organized by occupational specialty, will be
convened at each program.
Using the Chronic Care Model and Institute of Medicine
recommendations, IHS will analyze the information collected during
these site visits, along with background information that is publicly
available (e.g., information found on clinic Web pages) on other
qualitative and quantitative features of individual programs, such as
staffing and funding levels, community demographics, and organizational
structure, to develop a behavioral health preventive care model
relevant to the unique system of IHS delivery. Affected Public:
Individuals. Type of Respondents: Tribal employees at Tribal health
programs.
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The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Number of total annual responses, Average burden hour per response, and
Total annual burden hour(s).
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Responses Total Burden hour Annual
Data collection instrument(s) Number of per annual per burden
respondents respondent response response* hours
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Administrators/Supervisor Focus Group Guide.... 30 1 30 2 60
Provider Focus Group Guide..................... 30 1 30 2 60
Behavioral Health Provider Focus Group Guide... 15 1 15 2 30
Data Entry Focus Group Guide................... 15 1 15 2 30
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Total...................................... 90 ........... ........... ........... 180
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain
a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s)
contact: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, Freedom of Information Act Coordinator,
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601; call non-
toll free (301) 443-1116; send via facsimile to (301) 443-2316; or send
your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to:
Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of
the date of this publication.
Dated: October 22, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-25795 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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