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Dated: January 11, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; NURSE Corps
Loan Repayment Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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).
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than March 20, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N–39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
SUMMARY:
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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.
When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
OMB No. 0915–0140—Revision
Abstract: The NURSE Corps Loan
Repayment Program (NURSE Corps
LRP), formerly known as the Nursing
Education Loan Repayment Program,
assists in the recruitment and retention
of professional Registered Nurses (RNs),
including advanced practice RNs (e.g.,
nurse practitioners, certified registered
nurse anesthetists, certified nursemidwives, clinical nurse specialists),
dedicated to working at eligible health
care facilities with a critical shortage of
nurses (i.e., a Critical Shortage Facility)
or working as nurse faculty in eligible,
accredited schools of nursing, by
decreasing the financial barriers
associated with pursuing a nursing
education. The NURSE Corps LRP
provides loan repayment assistance to
these nurses to repay a portion of their
qualifying educational loans in
exchange for full-time service at a
public or private nonprofit Critical
Shortage Facility or in an eligible,
accredited school of nursing.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information for NURSE Corps LRP
applicants and participants. The
information is used to consider an
applicant for a NURSE Corps LRP
contract award and to monitor a
participant’s compliance with the
service requirements. Individuals must
submit an application to participate in
the program. The application asks for
personal, professional, educational, and
financial information required to
determine the applicant’s eligibility to
participate in the NURSE Corps LRP.
The semi-annual employment
verification form asks for personal and
employment information to determine if
a participant is in compliance with the
service requirements. The Authorization
to Release Employment Information
form is now a self-certification within
the NURSE Corps LRP application
process with applicants clicking a box.
This decreases the overall time burden
by eliminating a form and not increasing
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the ‘‘average’’ time required to complete
the NURSE Corps LRP application.
Likely Respondents: Professional RNs
or advanced practice RNs who are
interested in participating in the NURSE
Corps LRP, and official representatives
at their service sites.
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
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Responses/
respondents
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 tables below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
The estimates of reporting burden for
applicants are as follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
NURSE Corps LRP Application * .........................................
Authorization to Release Information Form .........................
5,500
5,500
1
1
5,500
5,500
2.0
.10
11,000
550
Total ..............................................................................
5,500
........................
11,000
........................
11,550
* Please note that the burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation applications. Additional (uploaded)
supporting documentation is included as part of this instrument and reflected in the burden hours.
The estimates of reporting burden for
participants are as follows:
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Responses/
respondents
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Participant Semi-Annual Employment Verification Form .....
2,300
2
4,600
.5
2,300
Total ..............................................................................
2,300
........................
4,600
........................
2,300
Total for Applicants and Participants ....................
7,800
........................
15,600
........................
13,850
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
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Reimbursement Rates for Calendar
Year 2017
Notice is given that the Principal
Deputy Director of the Indian Health
Service (IHS), under the authority of
sections 321(a) and 322(b) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 248 and
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Consistent with previous annual rate
revisions, the Calendar Year 2017 rates
will be effective for services provided
on/or after January 1, 2017, to the extent
consistent with payment authorities
including the applicable Medicaid State
plan.
Lower 48 States: $2,933
Alaska: $3,235
Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
17:41 Jan 17, 2017
Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare)
Calendar Year 2017
AGENCY:
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249(b)), Public Law 83–568 (42 U.S.C.
2001(a)), and the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.), has approved the following rates
for inpatient and outpatient medical
care provided by IHS facilities for
Calendar Year 2017 for Medicare and
Medicaid beneficiaries, beneficiaries of
other Federal programs, and for
recoveries under the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–
2653). The Medicare Part A inpatient
rates are excluded from the table below
as they are paid based on the
prospective payment system. Since the
inpatient per diem rates set forth below
do not include all physician services
and practitioner services, additional
payment shall be available to the extent
that those services are provided.
Inpatient Hospital Per Diem Rate
(Excludes Physician/Practitioner
Services)
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.
Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Excluding
Medicare)
Calendar Year 2017
Lower 48 States: $391
Alaska: $616
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Calendar Year 2017
Lower 48 States: $349
Alaska: $577
Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per
Diem Rate
Calendar Year 2017
Lower 48 States: $679
Alaska: $1,046
Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)
Established Medicare rates for
freestanding Ambulatory Surgery
Centers.
Effective Date for Calendar Year 2017
Rates
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations,
Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
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).
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than March 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N-39, 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: NURSE Corps Loan Repayment
Program OMB No. 0915-0140--Revision
Abstract: The NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program (NURSE Corps LRP),
formerly known as the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program, assists
in the recruitment and retention of professional Registered Nurses
(RNs), including advanced practice RNs (e.g., nurse practitioners,
certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives,
clinical nurse specialists), dedicated to working at eligible health
care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses (i.e., a Critical
Shortage Facility) or working as nurse faculty in eligible, accredited
schools of nursing, by decreasing the financial barriers associated
with pursuing a nursing education. The NURSE Corps LRP provides loan
repayment assistance to these nurses to repay a portion of their
qualifying educational loans in exchange for full-time service at a
public or private nonprofit Critical Shortage Facility or in an
eligible, accredited school of nursing.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain information for NURSE Corps
LRP applicants and participants. The information is used to consider an
applicant for a NURSE Corps LRP contract award and to monitor a
participant's compliance with the service requirements. Individuals
must submit an application to participate in the program. The
application asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial
information required to determine the applicant's eligibility to
participate in the NURSE Corps LRP. The semi-annual employment
verification form asks for personal and employment information to
determine if a participant is in compliance with the service
requirements. The Authorization to Release Employment Information form
is now a self-certification within the NURSE Corps LRP application
process with applicants clicking a box. This decreases the overall time
burden by eliminating a form and not increasing
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the ``average'' time required to complete the NURSE Corps LRP
application.
Likely Respondents: Professional RNs or advanced practice RNs who
are interested in participating in the NURSE Corps LRP, and official
representatives at their service sites.
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 tables below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:
The estimates of reporting burden for applicants are as follows:
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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondents responses response hours
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NURSE Corps LRP Application *... 5,500 1 5,500 2.0 11,000
Authorization to Release 5,500 1 5,500 .10 550
Information Form...............
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Total....................... 5,500 .............. 11,000 .............. 11,550
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* Please note that the burden hours associated with this instrument account for both new and continuation
applications. Additional (uploaded) supporting documentation is included as part of this instrument and
reflected in the burden hours.
The estimates of reporting burden for participants are as follows:
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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondents responses response hours
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Participant Semi-Annual 2,300 2 4,600 .5 2,300
Employment Verification Form...
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Total....................... 2,300 .............. 4,600 .............. 2,300
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Total for Applicants and 7,800 .............. 15,600 .............. 13,850
Participants...........
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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.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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