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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (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 Information
Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call 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:
Evaluation and Initial Assessment of
HRSA Teaching Health Centers. OMB
No. 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: Section 5508 of the
Affordable Care Act of 2010 amended
section 340H of the Public Health
Service Act to establish the Teaching
Health Center Graduate Medical
Education program to support the
expansion of new and existing primary
care residency training programs in
community-based settings. The primary
goals of this program are to increase the
production of primary care doctors who
are well prepared to practice in
community settings, particularly with
underserved populations, and to
improve the overall number and
geographic distribution of primary care
providers.
To ensure these goals are achieved,
the George Washington University (GW)
will conduct an evaluation of the
training, administrative and
organizational structures, clinical
service, challenges, innovations, costs
associated with training, and outcomes
of Teaching Health Centers (THCs). GW
has developed a program data collection
tool that assesses basic organizational
and training characteristics of the
programs (including program specialty,
numbers trained, training sites,
educational partners, and residency
program financing), educational
initiatives (particularly around training
for changing health care delivery
systems and community experiences),
and health center characteristics
(including current workforce and
vacancies, clinical service provided by
residents, and participation in
workforce programs such as the
National Health Service Corps).
Questionnaires have also been
developed for implementation with all
THC matriculating residents, graduating
residents, and graduated residents at
one year post-graduation. The
matriculation questionnaire aims to
collect background information on THC
residents to better understand the
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses
per
respondent
characteristics of individuals who apply
and are accepted to THC programs. The
graduation questionnaire collects
information on career plans. The alumni
questionnaire collects information on
career outcomes (including practice in
primary care and in underserved
settings) following graduation as well as
feedback on the quality of training.
Statute requires that THC programs
report annually on the types of primary
care resident approved training
programs that the THCs provided for
residents, the number of approved
training positions for residents, the
number of residents who completed
their residency training at the end of the
academic year and care for vulnerable
populations, and any other information
as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
The described data collection activities
will serve to meet this statutory
requirement for the THC programs in a
uniform and consistent manner and will
allow comparisons of this group to other
trainees in non-THC programs.
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized burden
hours:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
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Program Data Collection Tool .............................................
THC Graduate Survey .........................................................
THC Matriculant Survey .......................................................
THC Graduation Survey ......................................................
40
200
200
200
1
1
1
1
40
200
200
200
8
0.33
0.25
0.25
320
66
50
50
Total ..............................................................................
640
........................
640
........................
486
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 113 / Wednesday, June 12, 2013 / Notices
Dated: June 6, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013–13918 Filed 6–11–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
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
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(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 within 30 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–5806.
To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
The Health Education Assistance Loan
(HEAL) Program: Physician’s
Certification of Borrower’s Total and
Permanent Disability Form (OMB No.
0915–0204)—Extension
Abstract: The Health Education
Assistance Loan (HEAL) program
provided federally-insured loans to
students in schools of allopathic
medicine, osteopathic medicine,
dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, podiatric medicine,
pharmacy, public health, allied health,
or chiropractic, and graduate students in
health administration or clinical
psychology through September 30,
1998. Eligible lenders, such as banks,
savings and loan associations, credit
unions, pension funds, state agencies,
HEAL schools, and insurance
companies made new refinanced HEAL
loans which are insured by the federal
government against loss due to
borrower’s death, disability, bankruptcy,
and default. The basic purpose of the
program was to assure the availability of
funds for loans to eligible students who
needed to borrow money to pay for their
educational loans. Currently, the
program monitors the federal liability
and assists in default prevention
activities.
The HEAL borrower, the borrower’s
physician, and the holder of the loan
completes the Physician’s Certification
form to certify that the HEAL borrower
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
meets the total and permanent disability
provisions. The Department of Health
and Human Services uses this form to
obtain detailed information about
disability claims which includes the
following: (1) The borrower’s consent to
release medical records to the
Department of Health and Human
Services and to the holder of the
borrower’s HEAL loans, (2) pertinent
information supplied by the certifying
physician, (3) the physician’s
certification that the borrower is unable
to engage in any substantial gainful
activity because of a medically
determinable impairment that is
expected to continue for a long and
indefinite period of time or to result in
death, and (4) information from the
lender on the unpaid balance. Failure to
submit the required documentation will
result in disapproval of a disability
claim. No changes have been made to
the current form.
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
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
30
30
15
1
1
2
30
30
30
.08
.5
.17
2
15
5
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Borrower .............................................................................
Physician ............................................................................
Loan Holder .......................................................................
75
........................
90
..........................
22
Dated: June 6, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (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 Information Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn
Building, 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov or call 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: Evaluation and Initial
Assessment of HRSA Teaching Health Centers. OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: Section 5508 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 amended
section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to establish the Teaching
Health Center Graduate Medical Education program to support the
expansion of new and existing primary care residency training programs
in community-based settings. The primary goals of this program are to
increase the production of primary care doctors who are well prepared
to practice in community settings, particularly with underserved
populations, and to improve the overall number and geographic
distribution of primary care providers.
To ensure these goals are achieved, the George Washington
University (GW) will conduct an evaluation of the training,
administrative and organizational structures, clinical service,
challenges, innovations, costs associated with training, and outcomes
of Teaching Health Centers (THCs). GW has developed a program data
collection tool that assesses basic organizational and training
characteristics of the programs (including program specialty, numbers
trained, training sites, educational partners, and residency program
financing), educational initiatives (particularly around training for
changing health care delivery systems and community experiences), and
health center characteristics (including current workforce and
vacancies, clinical service provided by residents, and participation in
workforce programs such as the National Health Service Corps).
Questionnaires have also been developed for implementation with all
THC matriculating residents, graduating residents, and graduated
residents at one year post-graduation. The matriculation questionnaire
aims to collect background information on THC residents to better
understand the characteristics of individuals who apply and are
accepted to THC programs. The graduation questionnaire collects
information on career plans. The alumni questionnaire collects
information on career outcomes (including practice in primary care and
in underserved settings) following graduation as well as feedback on
the quality of training.
Statute requires that THC programs report annually on the types of
primary care resident approved training programs that the THCs provided
for residents, the number of approved training positions for residents,
the number of residents who completed their residency training at the
end of the academic year and care for vulnerable populations, and any
other information as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. The described
data collection activities will serve to meet this statutory
requirement for the THC programs in a uniform and consistent manner and
will allow comparisons of this group to other trainees in non-THC
programs.
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program Data Collection Tool.... 40 1 40 8 320
THC Graduate Survey............. 200 1 200 0.33 66
THC Matriculant Survey.......... 200 1 200 0.25 50
THC Graduation Survey........... 200 1 200 0.25 50
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Total....................... 640 .............. 640 .............. 486
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Dated: June 6, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-13918 Filed 6-11-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
