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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.
Maria G. Button,
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Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
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Collection Request Title: Children’s
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
Payment Program, OMB No. 0915–
0247, Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
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submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
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2019.
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information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical
Education Payment Program
OMB No. 0915–0247 Revision
Abstract: In 1999, the Children’s
Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
(CHGME) Payment Program was
established by section 4 of the
Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999 (Pub. L. 106–129) and most
recently amended by the Dr. Benjy
Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital
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 and 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.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on July 11, 2019, vol.
84, No. 133; pp. 33079–80. There were
no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Data are collected on the
number of full-time equivalent (FTE)
residents in applicant children’s
hospitals’ 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.
Hospitals will also 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
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results impact final payments made by
the CHGME Payment Program to all
eligible children’s hospitals.
The previously approved information
collection included 25 separate forms.
Based on feedback from current CHGME
Payment Program grantees and a current
CHGME resident FTE assessment
contractor, this request now includes 30
separate forms. Previously these five
additional forms were combined.
Specifically:
• HRSA 99–2 is now HRSA 99–2
(Initial) and HRSA 99–2
(Reconciliation);
• Application Cover Letter (Initial
and Reconciliation) is now Application
Cover Letter (Initial) and Application
Cover Letter (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).
Based on this same feedback, the
burden hours for a number of forms was
revised which resulted in an increase in
burden hours from 8,018.40 hours as
published in the 60-day Federal
Register notice to 8,197.80 hours.
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.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Total estimated annualized burden hours: form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Application Cover Letter (Initial) ..........................................
Application Cover Letter (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
60
30
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
60
60
120
60
60
60
60
60
60
120
120
120
120
120
0.33
2.50
0.33
26.50
6.50
3.67
9.67
2.84
12.50
0.33
0.33
0.33
1.83
0.33
19.8
150.0
39.6
1,590.0
390.0
220.2
580.2
170.4
750.0
39.6
39.6
39.6
219.6
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
0.25
1.00
3.50
1.50
3.50
3.50
30.00
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
0.25
3.50
0.33
3.50
0.33
15.0
60.0
210.0
90.0
210.0
210.0
1,800.0
210.0
210.0
210.0
210.0
15.0
210.0
19.8
210.0
19.8
Total ..............................................................................
* 90
........................
* 90
........................
8,197.80
* The total is 90 because the same hospitals and auditors are completing the forms.
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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, Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
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 no later than November
4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by
fax to (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (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 Revision
Abstract: In 1999, the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical
Education (CHGME) Payment Program was established by section 4 of the
Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-129) and most
recently amended by the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital
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 and 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.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on July 11,
2019, vol. 84, No. 133; pp. 33079-80. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data are collected on the
number of full-time equivalent (FTE) residents in applicant children's
hospitals' 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.
Hospitals will also 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 impact final payments made by
the CHGME Payment Program to all eligible children's hospitals.
The previously approved information collection included 25 separate
forms. Based on feedback from current CHGME Payment Program grantees
and a current CHGME resident FTE assessment contractor, this request
now includes 30 separate forms. Previously these five additional forms
were combined. Specifically:
HRSA 99-2 is now HRSA 99-2 (Initial) and HRSA 99-2
(Reconciliation);
Application Cover Letter (Initial and Reconciliation) is
now Application Cover Letter (Initial) and Application Cover Letter
(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).
Based on this same feedback, the burden hours for a number of forms
was revised which resulted in an increase in burden hours from 8,018.40
hours as published in the 60-day Federal Register notice to 8,197.80
hours.
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.
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of Average burden
Total estimated annualized Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
burden hours: form name respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Application Cover Letter 60 1 60 0.33 19.8
(Initial)......................
Application Cover Letter 60 1 60 2.50 150.0
(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 9.67 580.2
HRSA 99-2 (Reconciliation)...... 60 1 60 2.84 170.4
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 1.83 219.6
Reconciliation)................
Exhibit 4 (Initial and 60 2 120 0.33 39.6
Reconciliation)................
FTE Resident Assessment Cover 30 2 60 0.25 15.0
Letter (FTE Resident
Assessment)....................
Conversation Record (FTE 30 2 60 1.00 60.0
Resident Assessment)...........
Exhibit C (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit F (FTE Resident 30 2 60 1.50 90.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit N (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit O(1) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit O(2) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 30.00 1,800.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit P (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit P(2) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit S (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit T (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit T(1) (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.25 15.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 1 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 2 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 3 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 3.50 210.0
Assessment)....................
Exhibit 4 (FTE Resident 30 2 60 0.33 19.8
Assessment)....................
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Total....................... * 90 .............. * 90 .............. 8,197.80
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* The total is 90 because the same hospitals and auditors are completing the forms.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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