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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Children’s
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
Payment Program, OMB No. 0915–
0247, Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity
for public comment on proposed data
collection projects, HRSA announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
SUMMARY:
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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 ICR should be
received no later than September 9,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail them to
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical
Education Payment Program, OMB No.
0915–0247, Extension.
Abstract: In 1999, the Children’s
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
(CHGME) Payment Program was enacted
by Public Law 106–129 and most
recently amended by the Dr. Benjy
Frances Brooks Children’s Hospitals
Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Support Reauthorization Act of 2018
(Pub. L. 115–241). The purpose of this
program is to fund freestanding
children’s hospitals to support the
training of pediatric and other residents
in GME programs. The legislation
indicates that eligible children’s
hospitals will receive payments for both
direct and indirect medical education.
Direct payments are designed to offset
the expenses associated with operating
approved graduate medical residency
training programs; indirect payments
are designed to compensate hospitals for
expenses associated with the treatment
of more severely ill patients and the
additional costs relating to teaching
residents in such programs.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Data based on the number
of full-time equivalent (FTE) residents
in applicant children’s hospital training
programs to determine the amount of
direct and indirect medical education
payments to be distributed to
participating children’s hospitals.
Indirect medical education payments
will be derived from a formula that
requires the reporting of discharges,
beds, and case mix index information
from participating children’s hospitals.
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HRSA will not collect any additional
information on these forms. The
previously approved information
collection included 25 separate forms;
this request includes 29 separate forms.
Previously, the four additional forms
were combined. Specifically:
• HRSA 99–2 is now HRSA 99–2
(Initial) and HRSA 99–2
(Reconciliation);
• Exhibit 2 (Initial, Resident FTE
Assessment, Reconciliation) is now
Exhibit 2 (Initial and Reconciliation)
and Exhibit 2 (FTE Resident
Assessment);
• Exhibit 3 (Initial, Resident FTE
Assessment, Reconciliation) is now
Exhibit 3 (Initial and Reconciliation)
and Exhibit 3 (FTE Resident
Assessment); and
• Exhibit 4 (Initial, Resident FTE
Assessment, Reconciliation) is now
Exhibit 4 (Initial and Reconciliation)
and Exhibit 4 (FTE Resident
Assessment).
Hospitals will be requested to submit
data on the number of resident FTEs
trained during the federal fiscal year to
participate in the reconciliation
payment process. Auditors will be
requested to submit data on the number
of resident FTEs trained by the hospitals
in a resident FTE assessment summary.
An assessment of the hospital data
ensures that appropriate Medicare
regulations and CHGME Payment
Program guidelines are followed in
determining which residents are eligible
to be claimed for funding. The audit
results affect final payments made by
the CHGME Payment Program to all
eligible children’s hospitals.
Likely Respondents: Hospitals
applying for and receiving CHGME
funds and fiscal intermediaries auditing
data submitted by the hospitals
receiving CHGME funds.
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
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
Application Cover Letter (Initial and Reconciliation) ............
HRSA 99 (Initial and Reconciliation) ...................................
HRSA 99–1 (Initial) ..............................................................
HRSA 99–1 (Reconciliation) ................................................
HRSA 99–1 (Supplemental) (FTE Resident Assessment) ..
HRSA 99–2 (Initial) ..............................................................
HRSA 99–2 (Reconciliation) ................................................
HRSA 99–4 (Reconciliation) ................................................
HRSA 99–5 (Initial and Reconciliation) ...............................
CFO Form Letter (Initial and Reconciliation) .......................
Exhibit 2 (Initial and Reconciliation) ....................................
Exhibit 3 (Initial and Reconciliation) ....................................
Exhibit 4 (Initial and Reconciliation) ....................................
FTE Resident Assessment Cover Letter (FTE Resident
Assessment) .....................................................................
Conversation Record (FTE Resident Assessment) .............
Exhibit C (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit F (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit N (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit O(1) (FTE Resident Assessment) ...........................
Exhibit O(2) (FTE Resident Assessment) ...........................
Exhibit P (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit P(2) (FTE Resident Assessment) ............................
Exhibit S (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit T (FTE Resident Assessment) ................................
Exhibit T(1) (FTE Resident Assessment) ............................
Exhibit 1 (FTE Resident Assessment) .................................
Exhibit 2 (FTE Resident Assessment) .................................
Exhibit 3 (FTE Resident Assessment) .................................
Exhibit 4 (FTE Resident Assessment) .................................
60
60
60
60
30
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
120
120
60
60
60
60
60
60
120
120
120
120
120
0.33
0.33
26.50
6.50
3.67
11.33
3.67
12.50
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
39.6
39.6
1,590.0
390.0
220.2
679.8
220.2
750.0
39.6
39.6
39.6
39.6
39.6
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
0.33
3.67
3.67
3.67
3.67
3.67
26.5
3.67
3.67
3.67
3.67
3.67
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
19.8
220.2
220.2
220.2
220.2
220.2
1,590.0
220.2
220.2
220.2
220.2
220.2
19.8
19.8
19.8
19.8
Total ..............................................................................
* 90
........................
* 90
........................
8,018.40
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* The total is 90 because the same hospitals and auditors are completing the forms.
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
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the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
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; Information Collection Request Title:
Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program, OMB
No. 0915-0247, Extension
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 of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data
collection projects, 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 ICR should be received no later than September
9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail them to
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Children's Hospitals Graduate
Medical Education Payment Program, OMB No. 0915-0247, Extension.
Abstract: In 1999, the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical
Education (CHGME) Payment Program was enacted by Public Law 106-129 and
most recently amended by the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (GME) Support Reauthorization Act
of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-241). The purpose of this program is to fund
freestanding children's hospitals to support the training of pediatric
and other residents in GME programs. The legislation indicates that
eligible children's hospitals will receive payments for both direct and
indirect medical education. Direct payments are designed to offset the
expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency
training programs; indirect payments are designed to compensate
hospitals for expenses associated with the treatment of more severely
ill patients and the additional costs relating to teaching residents in
such programs.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data based on the number
of full-time equivalent (FTE) residents in applicant children's
hospital training programs to determine the amount of direct and
indirect medical education payments to be distributed to participating
children's hospitals. Indirect medical education payments will be
derived from a formula that requires the reporting of discharges, beds,
and case mix index information from participating children's hospitals.
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HRSA will not collect any additional information on these forms.
The previously approved information collection included 25 separate
forms; this request includes 29 separate forms. Previously, the four
additional forms were combined. Specifically:
HRSA 99-2 is now HRSA 99-2 (Initial) and HRSA 99-2
(Reconciliation);
Exhibit 2 (Initial, Resident FTE Assessment,
Reconciliation) is now Exhibit 2 (Initial and Reconciliation) and
Exhibit 2 (FTE Resident Assessment);
Exhibit 3 (Initial, Resident FTE Assessment,
Reconciliation) is now Exhibit 3 (Initial and Reconciliation) and
Exhibit 3 (FTE Resident Assessment); and
Exhibit 4 (Initial, Resident FTE Assessment,
Reconciliation) is now Exhibit 4 (Initial and Reconciliation) and
Exhibit 4 (FTE Resident Assessment).
Hospitals will be requested to submit data on the number of
resident FTEs trained during the federal fiscal year to participate in
the reconciliation payment process. Auditors will be requested to
submit data on the number of resident FTEs trained by the hospitals in
a resident FTE assessment summary. An assessment of the hospital data
ensures that appropriate Medicare regulations and CHGME Payment Program
guidelines are followed in determining which residents are eligible to
be claimed for funding. The audit results affect final payments made by
the CHGME Payment Program to all eligible children's hospitals.
Likely Respondents: Hospitals applying for and receiving CHGME
funds and fiscal intermediaries auditing data submitted by the
hospitals receiving CHGME funds.
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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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Application Cover Letter 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
(Initial and Reconciliation)...
HRSA 99 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
HRSA 99-1 (Initial)............. 60 1 60 26.50 1,590.0
HRSA 99-1 (Reconciliation)...... 60 1 60 6.50 390.0
HRSA 99-1 (Supplemental) (FTE 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Resident Assessment)...........
HRSA 99-2 (Initial)............. 60 1 60 11.33 679.8
HRSA 99-2 (Reconciliation)...... 60 1 60 3.67 220.2
HRSA 99-4 (Reconciliation)...... 60 1 60 12.50 750.0
HRSA 99-5 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
CFO Form Letter (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
Exhibit 2 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
Exhibit 3 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
Exhibit 4 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
FTE Resident Assessment Cover 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Letter (FTE Resident
Assessment)....................
Conversation Record (FTE 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Resident Assessment)...........
Exhibit C (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit F (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit N (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit O(1) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit O(2) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 26.5 1,590.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit P (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit P(2) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit S (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit T (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit T(1) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.67 220.2
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 1 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 2 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 3 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 4 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
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Total....................... * 90 .............. * 90 .............. 8,018.40
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* The total is 90 because the same hospitals and auditors are completing the forms.
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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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