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determine whether and to what extent
the SHIPs have met the goals of
improved CMS customer service to
beneficiaries and better understanding
by beneficiaries of their health
insurance options. Further, the
information will be used in the
administration of the grants, to measure
performance and appropriate use of the
funds by the state grantees, to identify
gaps in services and technical support
needed by SHIPs, and to identify and
share best practices. Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: State, Tribal and Local
governments; Number of Respondents:
20,778; Total Annual Responses:
1,672,454; Total Annual Hours: 139,475.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Barbara Childers at
410–786–7610. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on June 17, 2010: OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and draft instruments, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443–
1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The
proposed collection of information for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
HRSA Telehealth Outcome Measures
(OMB No. 0915–0311)—Extension
In order to help carry out its mission,
the Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth (OAT) created a set of
performance measures that grantees can
use to evaluate the effectiveness of their
Number of
respondents
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services programs and monitor their
progress through the use of performance
reporting data. As required by the
Government Performance and Review
Act of 1993 (GPRA), all federal agencies
must develop strategic plans describing
their overall goal and objectives. The
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth (OAT) has worked with its
grantees to develop performance
measures to be used to evaluate and
monitor the progress of the grantees.
Grantee goals are to: Improve access to
needed services; reduce rural
practitioner isolation; improve health
system productivity and efficiency; and
improve patient outcomes. In each of
these categories, specific indicators
were designed to be reported through a
performance monitoring Web site.
The Program Assessment Response
Tool (PART) is the instrument created
for use by Federal agencies. The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) uses
the PART to assess Federal programs.
The PART is a series of diagnostic
questions used to assess and evaluate
programs across a set of performancerelated criteria, including program
design and purpose, strategic planning,
program management, and results.
PART results are used to inform the
budget process and improve program
management. OAT’s Telehealth
Network Grant Program has been
undergoing a PART assessment this
year. Thus, in addition to responding to
the GPRA initiative, OAT now has the
added responsibility of responding to
the PART assessment of its Telehealth
Network Grant Program. The proposed
performance measures will provide
performance data that will address the
PART assessment, monitor progress,
and evaluate program effectiveness.
The estimates of burden are as
follows:
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E-mail comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: May 12, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of
the clearance requests submitted to
OMB for review, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443–
1129.
The following request has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget for review under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool
for State Offices of Rural Health Grant
Program
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes abstracts of information
collection requests under review by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), in compliance with the
The mission of the Office of Rural
Health Policy (ORHP) is to sustain and
improve access to quality care services
for rural communities. In its authorizing
language (Sec. 711 of the Social Security
Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged
ORHP with administering grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts to
provide technical assistance and other
activities as necessary to support
activities related to improving health
care in rural areas.
In accordance with the Public Health
Service Act, Section 338J; 42 U.S.C.
Number of
respondents
Form
254r, the Health Resources and Services
Administration proposes to revise the
State Offices of Rural Health Grant
Program—Guidance and Forms for the
Application. The guidance is used
annually by 50 States in writing
applications for grants under the State
Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Grant
Program of the Public Health Service
Act, and in preparing the required
report.
ORHP seeks to expand the
information gathered from grantees on
their efforts to provide technical
assistance to clients within their State.
SORH grantees would be required to
submit a Technical Assistance Report
that includes: (1) The total number of
technical assistance encounters
provided directly by the Grantee; and,
(2) the total number of unduplicated
clients that received direct technical
assistance from the grantee. Submission
of the Technical Assistance Report
would be done via e-mail to ORHP no
later than 30 days after the end of each
twelve month budget period.
The estimated average annual burden
is as follows:
Responses
per
respondent
Burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Technical Assistance Report ...........................................................................
50
1
12.5
625
Total ..........................................................................................................
50
........................
........................
625
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
or by fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct
all correspondence to the ‘‘attention of
the desk officer for HRSA.’’
Dated: May 11, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10171, CMS–460
and CMS–10318]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
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(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.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Coordination of
Benefits between Part D Plans and Other
Prescription Coverage Providers; Use:
Section 1860D–23 and 1860D–24 of the
Social Security Act requires the
Secretary to establish requirements for
prescription drug plans to ensure the
effective coordination between Part D
plans, State pharmaceutical Assistance
programs and other payers. The
requirements must relate to the
following elements: (1) Enrollment file
sharing; (2) claims processing and
payment; (3) claims reconciliation
reports; (4) application of the
protections against high out-of-pocket
expenditures by tracking True out-of-
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail paperwork@hrsa.gov or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
HRSA Telehealth Outcome Measures (OMB No. 0915-0311)--Extension
In order to help carry out its mission, the Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of performance measures
that grantees can use to evaluate the effectiveness of their services
programs and monitor their progress through the use of performance
reporting data. As required by the Government Performance and Review
Act of 1993 (GPRA), all federal agencies must develop strategic plans
describing their overall goal and objectives. The Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) has worked with its grantees to develop
performance measures to be used to evaluate and monitor the progress of
the grantees. Grantee goals are to: Improve access to needed services;
reduce rural practitioner isolation; improve health system productivity
and efficiency; and improve patient outcomes. In each of these
categories, specific indicators were designed to be reported through a
performance monitoring Web site.
The Program Assessment Response Tool (PART) is the instrument
created for use by Federal agencies. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) uses the PART to assess Federal programs. The PART is a
series of diagnostic questions used to assess and evaluate programs
across a set of performance-related criteria, including program design
and purpose, strategic planning, program management, and results. PART
results are used to inform the budget process and improve program
management. OAT's Telehealth Network Grant Program has been undergoing
a PART assessment this year. Thus, in addition to responding to the
GPRA initiative, OAT now has the added responsibility of responding to
the PART assessment of its Telehealth Network Grant Program. The
proposed performance measures will provide performance data that will
address the PART assessment, monitor progress, and evaluate program
effectiveness.
The estimates of burden are as follows:
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Average
number of Total
Form Number of responses Total Hours per burden
respondents per responses response hours
respondent
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Performance Measurement Tool................... 667 2 1,334 7 9,338
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E-mail comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: May 12, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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