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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
9684, Fax: 301–443–3343, and/or email:
sgordon@hrsa.gov.
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
of the following meeting:
Name: CDC/HRSA Advisory
Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and
STD Prevention and Treatment
(CHACHSPT)
Date and Time: February 3, 2016, 3:00
p.m.–4:00 p.m. (EST)
Place: This meeting is accessible via
audio conference call.
Status: This meeting is open to the
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reasonable accommodations, should
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least 10 days prior to the meeting.
Purpose: This Committee is charged
with advising the Director, CDC, and the
Administrator, HRSA, regarding
activities related to prevention and
control of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and
other STDs, the support of health care
services to persons living with HIV/
AIDS, and education of health
professionals and the public about HIV/
AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and other STDs.
Agenda: Agenda includes a
discussion and vote on the ‘‘Resolution
relative to increasing federal funding for
innovative HIV, STD, and viral hepatitis
prevention and care programs in the
context of continued Affordable Care
Act implementation.’’ Agenda items are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shelley B. Gordon, Senior Public Health
Analyst, Health Resources and Services
Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau,
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 no
later than March 14, 2016.
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:
Telehealth Resource Center Performance
Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915–
0361—Revision
Abstract: To ensure the best use of
public funds and to meet the
Government Performance Review Act
(GPRA) requirements, the Federal Office
of Rural Health’s Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth (OAT), in
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collaboration with the Telehealth
Resource Centers (TRCs), created a set of
performance measures that grantees can
use to evaluate the technical assistance
services provided by the TRCs. Grantee
goals are to customize the provision of
telehealth technical assistance across
the country. The TRCs provide technical
assistance to health care organizations,
health care networks, and health care
providers in the implementation of costeffective telehealth programs to serve
rural and medically underserved areas
and populations.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: In order to evaluate
existing programs, data are obtained
from the Performance Improvement
Measurement system (PIMs). The data
are used to measure the effectiveness of
the technical assistance. The tool is also
used to address GPRA initiatives. There
are two data reporting periods each
year; during these biannual reporting,
data are reported for the previous 6
months of activity. Programs have
approximately 6 weeks to enter their
data into the PIMs system during each
biannual reporting period. The
instrument was developed with the
following four goals in mind:
I. improving access to needed services;
II. reducing rural practitioner isolation;
III. improving health system productivity and
efficiency; and
IV. improving patient outcomes.
The TRCs currently report on existing
performance data elements using PIMs.
The current PIMs will continue to be
used to report on new measures. The
performance measures are designed to
assess how the TRC program is meeting
its goals to:
1. Expand the availability of telehealth
services in underserved communities;
2. Improve the quality, efficiency, and
effectiveness of telehealth services;
3. Promote knowledge exchange and
dissemination about efficient and
effective telehealth practices and
technology; and
4. Establish sustainable technical assistance
(TA) centers providing quality, unbiased
TA for the development and expansion
of effective and efficient telehealth
services in underserved communities.
Additionally, the PIMs tool allows
OAT to:
• Fulfill obligations for GPRA and
Program Assessment Rating Tool
requirements and to report to Congress
the value added from the TRC Grant
Program;
• Justify budget requests;
• Collect uniform, consistent data
which enables OAT to monitor
programs;
• Provide guidance to grantees on
important indicators to track over time
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for their own internal program
management;
• Measure performance relative to the
mission of OAT/HRSA as well as
individual goals and objectives of the
program;
• Identify topics of interest for future
special studies; and
• Identify changes in healthcare
needs within rural communities,
allowing programs to shift focus in
order to meet those needs.
This revised request proposes changes
to existing measures. After compiling
data from the previous tool over the last
3 years, the Office conducted an
analysis of the data and compared the
findings with the program needs. Based
on the findings, the measures were
revised to better capture information
necessary to measure the effectiveness
of the program.
Likely Respondents: The likely
respondents will be telehealth
associations, telehealth providers, rural
health providers, clinicians that deliver
services via telehealth, technical
assistance providers, research
organizations, and academic medical
centers.
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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Telehealth Resource Center Performance Data Collection
Tool ...................................................................................
14
42
588
0.07
41.16
Total ..............................................................................
14
42
588
0.07
41.16
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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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The meeting will be held on
Monday, February 1, 2016, from 1:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
(EST) and is open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
Room 5051 of the Wilbur J. Cohen
Federal Building, 330 Independence
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201.
I. Purpose
The Physician-Focused Payment
Model Technical Advisory Committee
(‘‘the Committee’’) is authorized by the
Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015, 42 U.S.C.
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review physician-focused payment
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recommendations regarding whether
such models meet criteria that will be
established through rulemaking by the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS) (the
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of 11 members appointed by the
Comptroller General with staggering
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in the authorizing legislation.
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Postal address.
Email address.
If sign language interpretation or other
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2016 at the contact information listed
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Scott R. Smith, Ph.D., Designated
Federal Officer, at the Office of Health
Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, 200
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20201, (202) 690–6870.
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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.
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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
no later than March 14, 2016.
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: Telehealth Resource Center
Performance Measurement Tool, OMB No. 0915-0361--Revision
Abstract: To ensure the best use of public funds and to meet the
Government Performance Review Act (GPRA) requirements, the Federal
Office of Rural Health's Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
(OAT), in collaboration with the Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs),
created a set of performance measures that grantees can use to evaluate
the technical assistance services provided by the TRCs. Grantee goals
are to customize the provision of telehealth technical assistance
across the country. The TRCs provide technical assistance to health
care organizations, health care networks, and health care providers in
the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural
and medically underserved areas and populations.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In order to evaluate
existing programs, data are obtained from the Performance Improvement
Measurement system (PIMs). The data are used to measure the
effectiveness of the technical assistance. The tool is also used to
address GPRA initiatives. There are two data reporting periods each
year; during these biannual reporting, data are reported for the
previous 6 months of activity. Programs have approximately 6 weeks to
enter their data into the PIMs system during each biannual reporting
period. The instrument was developed with the following four goals in
mind:
I. improving access to needed services;
II. reducing rural practitioner isolation;
III. improving health system productivity and efficiency; and
IV. improving patient outcomes.
The TRCs currently report on existing performance data elements
using PIMs. The current PIMs will continue to be used to report on new
measures. The performance measures are designed to assess how the TRC
program is meeting its goals to:
1. Expand the availability of telehealth services in underserved
communities;
2. Improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of telehealth
services;
3. Promote knowledge exchange and dissemination about efficient and
effective telehealth practices and technology; and
4. Establish sustainable technical assistance (TA) centers providing
quality, unbiased TA for the development and expansion of effective
and efficient telehealth services in underserved communities.
Additionally, the PIMs tool allows OAT to:
Fulfill obligations for GPRA and Program Assessment Rating
Tool requirements and to report to Congress the value added from the
TRC Grant Program;
Justify budget requests;
Collect uniform, consistent data which enables OAT to
monitor programs;
Provide guidance to grantees on important indicators to
track over time
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for their own internal program management;
Measure performance relative to the mission of OAT/HRSA as
well as individual goals and objectives of the program;
Identify topics of interest for future special studies;
and
Identify changes in healthcare needs within rural
communities, allowing programs to shift focus in order to meet those
needs.
This revised request proposes changes to existing measures. After
compiling data from the previous tool over the last 3 years, the Office
conducted an analysis of the data and compared the findings with the
program needs. Based on the findings, the measures were revised to
better capture information necessary to measure the effectiveness of
the program.
Likely Respondents: The likely respondents will be telehealth
associations, telehealth providers, rural health providers, clinicians
that deliver services via telehealth, technical assistance providers,
research organizations, and academic medical centers.
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
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Telehealth Resource Center 14 42 588 0.07 41.16
Performance Data Collection
Tool...........................
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Total....................... 14 42 588 0.07 41.16
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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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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