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Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: National RWHAP clientlevel data is collected through the
RWHAP Client Level Data Reporting
System. The RWHAP Client Level Data
Reporting System dataset (OMB control
number 0915–0323) is HRSA’s primary
source of annual, client-level data
collected from its nearly 2,000 funded
grant recipients/service providers and
the data have been used to assess the
numbers and types of clients receiving
services and limited HIV outcomes.
However, the RWHAP Client Level Data
Reporting System dataset does not
include relevant data in order to fully
assess the extent to which the care
provided by RWHAP service providers
is meeting the HHS and USPSTF
guidelines. This proposed new
information collection request will
provide the full range of HIV outpatient
ambulatory health services, primary
care, and screening and treatment for
hepatitis, STIs, and opioid use disorder
data and allow HRSA to assess the
extent to which care provided by
RWHAP service providers meets the
HHS and USPSTF guidelines.
Likely Respondents: HRSA RWHAP
Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D service
providers funded to deliver outpatient
ambulatory health services to eligible
clients.
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.
The burden estimate increased by 25
hours (0.5 hour increase for each
medical record data abstraction) to a
total of 225 hours (previous estimate
was 200 hours as published in the 60day notice on May 10, 2019 in Vol. 84,
No. 91, pages 20638–20639). The
burden estimate increased as the result
of a pilot of the data collection forms.
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
Provider Site screening interview ........................................
Provider Pre-Site Visit Interview ..........................................
Medical Record Data Abstraction ........................................
100
50
50
1
1
1
100
50
50
0.5
1.0
2.5
50
50
125
Total ..............................................................................
200
........................
200
........................
225
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, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program: Revised Amount of the
Average Cost of a Health Insurance
Policy
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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HRSA is publishing an
updated monetary amount of the
average cost of a health insurance policy
as it relates to the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
SUMMARY:
Section
100.2 of VICP’s implementing regulation
(42 CFR part 100) states that the revised
amount of an average cost of a health
insurance policy, as determined by the
Secretary of HHS (the Secretary), is
effective upon its delivery by the
Secretary to the United States Court of
Federal Claims (the Court), and will be
published periodically in a notice in the
Federal Register. The Secretary
delegated this responsibility to the
HRSA Administrator. This figure is
calculated using the most recent
Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyInsurance Component (MEPS–IC) data
available as the baseline for the average
monthly cost of a health insurance
policy. This baseline is adjusted by the
annual percentage increase/decrease
obtained from the most recent annual
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Employer Health Benefits Survey or
other authoritative source that may be
more accurate or appropriate.
In 2019, MEPS–IC, available at
www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the
annual 2018 average total single
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premium per enrolled employee at
private-sector establishments that
provide health insurance. The figure
published was $6,715. This figure is
divided by 12 months to determine the
cost per month of $559.58. The $559.58
figure is increased or decreased by the
percentage change reported by the most
recent KFF Employer Health Benefits
Survey, available at www.kff.org. The
percentage increase from 2018 to 2019
was 4.0 percent. By adding this
percentage increase, the calculated
average monthly cost of a health
insurance policy for a 12-month period
is $581.96.
Therefore, the Secretary announces
that the revised average cost of a health
insurance policy under the VICP is
$581.96 per month. In accordance with
§ 100.2, the revised amount was
effective upon its delivery by the
Secretary to the Court. Such notice was
delivered to the Court on November 7,
2019.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revised Amount of
the Average Cost of a Health Insurance Policy
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing an updated monetary amount of the average
cost of a health insurance policy as it relates to the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 100.2 of VICP's implementing
regulation (42 CFR part 100) states that the revised amount of an
average cost of a health insurance policy, as determined by the
Secretary of HHS (the Secretary), is effective upon its delivery by the
Secretary to the United States Court of Federal Claims (the Court), and
will be published periodically in a notice in the Federal Register. The
Secretary delegated this responsibility to the HRSA Administrator. This
figure is calculated using the most recent Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) data available as the baseline for
the average monthly cost of a health insurance policy. This baseline is
adjusted by the annual percentage increase/decrease obtained from the
most recent annual Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Employer Health
Benefits Survey or other authoritative source that may be more accurate
or appropriate.
In 2019, MEPS-IC, available at www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the
annual 2018 average total single premium per enrolled employee at
private-sector establishments that provide health insurance. The figure
published was $6,715. This figure is divided by 12 months to determine
the cost per month of $559.58. The $559.58 figure is increased or
decreased by the percentage change reported by the most recent KFF
Employer Health Benefits Survey, available at www.kff.org. The
percentage increase from 2018 to 2019 was 4.0 percent. By adding this
percentage increase, the calculated average monthly cost of a health
insurance policy for a 12-month period is $581.96.
Therefore, the Secretary announces that the revised average cost of
a health insurance policy under the VICP is $581.96 per month. In
accordance with Sec. 100.2, the revised amount was effective upon its
delivery by the Secretary to the Court. Such notice was delivered to
the Court on November 7, 2019.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Acting Administrator.
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