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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Reconciliation Tool
for the Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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, pursuant to Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title:
Reconciliation Tool for the Teaching
Health Center Graduate Medical
Education Program, OMB No. 0915–
0342—Extension.
Abstract: The Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)
Program, as authorized by section 340H
of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act,
awards payment for both direct and
indirect expenses to support training for
primary care residents in communitybased ambulatory patient care settings.
Payments for direct medical expenses
are designed to compensate eligible
teaching health centers for those
expenses directly associated with
resident training, while payments for
indirect medical expenses are intended
to compensate for the additional
expenses of training residents in such
programs.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: THCGME Program
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Notice.
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). 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.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received
May 26, 2017.
DATES:
Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
ADDRESSES:
payments are prospective payments,
and the statute provides for a
reconciliation process through which
overpayments may be recouped and
underpayments may be adjusted at the
end of the fiscal year. This data
collection instrument gathers
information relating to the number of
full-time equivalents (FTEs) in THC
training programs in order to reconcile
payments for both direct and indirect
expenses.
Likely Respondents: The likely
respondents to the THCGME
Reconciliation Tool are THCGME
Program award recipients.
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
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
59
1
59
2.0
118
Total ..............................................................................
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59
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59
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118
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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Reconciliation Tool for the Teaching Health
Center Graduate Medical Education 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). 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
May 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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, pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title: Reconciliation Tool for the
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, OMB No.
0915-0342--Extension.
Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) Program, as authorized by section 340H of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act, awards payment for both direct and indirect expenses
to support training for primary care residents in community-based
ambulatory patient care settings. Payments for direct medical expenses
are designed to compensate eligible teaching health centers for those
expenses directly associated with resident training, while payments for
indirect medical expenses are intended to compensate for the additional
expenses of training residents in such programs.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: THCGME Program payments
are prospective payments, and the statute provides for a reconciliation
process through which overpayments may be recouped and underpayments
may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data collection
instrument gathers information relating to the number of full-time
equivalents (FTEs) in THC training programs in order to reconcile
payments for both direct and indirect expenses.
Likely Respondents: The likely respondents to the THCGME
Reconciliation Tool are THCGME Program award recipients.
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
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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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THCGME Reconciliation Tool...... 59 1 59 2.0 118
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Total....................... 59 .............. 59 .............. 118
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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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