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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: Teaching
Health Centers Graduate Medical
Education Program Cost Evaluation,
OMB No. 0906—XXXX—New
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 ICR should be
received no later than June 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov.
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
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Teaching Health Centers Graduate
Medical Education Program Cost
Evaluation, OMB No. 0906–XXXX—
New.
Abstract: The Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)
program, authorized by Section 340H of
the Public Health Service Act, was
established by Section 5508 of Public
Law (Pub. L.) 111–148. The Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–123)
provided continued funding for the
THCGME program for fiscal years 2018
and 2019 and the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act
extends funding for Fiscal Year (FY)
2020 for the first two months of FY 2021
(until November 30, 2020).
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The THCGME program
awards payment for both direct and
indirect expenses to support training for
primary care residents in communitybased ambulatory patient care settings.
Direct medical expense payments are
designed to compensate eligible
teaching health centers (THC) for those
expenses directly associated with
sponsoring approved graduate medical
residency training programs, while
indirect medical expense payments are
intended to compensate for the
additional costs of training residents in
such programs. The primary goals of
this program are to increase the
production of primary care providers
who are better prepared to practice in
community settings, particularly with
underserved populations, and improve
the geographic distribution of primary
care providers.
The statute requires the Secretary of
HHS (the Secretary) to determine an
appropriate THCGME program payment
for indirect medical expenses (IME) as
well as to update, as deemed
appropriate, the per resident amount
used to determine the Program’s
payment for direct medical expenses
(DME). To inform these determinations
and to increase understanding of this
model of residency training, the George
Washington University, under contract
with HRSA, is conducting an evaluation
of the costs associated with training
residents in the THC model. George
Washington University has developed a
standardized THC Costing Instrument to
gather data from all THCGME programs
which they will use to gather costing
information related to both DME and
IME. The information gathered in the
THC Costing Instrument includes, but is
not limited to, resident and faculty fulltime equivalents salaries and benefits,
residency administration costs,
educational costs, residency clinical
operations and administrative costs,
patient visits and clinical revenue
generated by medical residents,
financial reports, as well as general
program information to understand the
characteristics of the THCGME program
and sponsoring institutions that are
involved in residency training.
HRSA is collecting costing
information related to both DME and
IME in an effort to establish a THC’s
total cost of running a residency
program, to assist the Secretary in
determining an appropriate update to
the per resident amount used to
calculate the payment for DME and an
appropriate IME payment. The
described data collection activities will
serve to inform these statutory
requirements for the Secretary in a
uniform and consistent manner.
Likely Respondents: The likely
responders to the THC Costing
Instrument 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
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Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Teaching Health Center Costing Instrument .......................
56
1
56
10
560
Total ..............................................................................
56
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56
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560
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) The necessity and utility of the
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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
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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594–7319, khanr2@csr.nih.gov.
This notice is being published less than 15
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limitations imposed by the review and
funding cycle.
Name of Committee: National Center for
Advancing Translational Sciences Special
Emphasis Panel; SBIR Phase II, Topic 18.
Date: May 18, 2020.
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
proposals.
Place: National Institutes of Health, One
Democracy Plaza, 6701 Democracy
Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Rahat (Rani) Khan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific
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Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
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and personal information concerning
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would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
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Psychosocial Development, Risk and
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Place: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda,
MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Anna L. Riley, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
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4352889, rileyann@csr.nih.gov.
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MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
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Scientific Review Officer, Center for
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1785, kondratyevad@csr.nih.gov.
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MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
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Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3198,
MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)435–
1742, kaushikbasun@csr.nih.gov.
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Integrated Review Group; Neurotoxicology
and Alcohol Study Section.
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Armaz.aschrafi@nih.gov.
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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: Teaching
Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Program Cost Evaluation, OMB
No. 0906--XXXX--New
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 ICR should be received no later than June 29,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected].
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 information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Teaching Health Centers
Graduate Medical Education Program Cost Evaluation, OMB No. 0906-XXXX--
New.
Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) program, authorized by Section 340H of the Public Health
Service Act, was established by Section 5508 of Public Law (Pub. L.)
111-148. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123) provided
continued funding for the THCGME program for fiscal years 2018 and 2019
and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act extends
funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 for the first two months of FY 2021
(until November 30, 2020).
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The THCGME program awards
payment for both direct and indirect expenses to support training for
primary care residents in community-based ambulatory patient care
settings. Direct medical expense payments are designed to compensate
eligible teaching health centers (THC) for those expenses directly
associated with sponsoring approved graduate medical residency training
programs, while indirect medical expense payments are intended to
compensate for the additional costs of training residents in such
programs. The primary goals of this program are to increase the
production of primary care providers who are better prepared to
practice in community settings, particularly with underserved
populations, and improve the geographic distribution of primary care
providers.
The statute requires the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary) to
determine an appropriate THCGME program payment for indirect medical
expenses (IME) as well as to update, as deemed appropriate, the per
resident amount used to determine the Program's payment for direct
medical expenses (DME). To inform these determinations and to increase
understanding of this model of residency training, the George
Washington University, under contract with HRSA, is conducting an
evaluation of the costs associated with training residents in the THC
model. George Washington University has developed a standardized THC
Costing Instrument to gather data from all THCGME programs which they
will use to gather costing information related to both DME and IME. The
information gathered in the THC Costing Instrument includes, but is not
limited to, resident and faculty full-time equivalents salaries and
benefits, residency administration costs, educational costs, residency
clinical operations and administrative costs, patient visits and
clinical revenue generated by medical residents, financial reports, as
well as general program information to understand the characteristics
of the THCGME program and sponsoring institutions that are involved in
residency training.
HRSA is collecting costing information related to both DME and IME
in an effort to establish a THC's total cost of running a residency
program, to assist the Secretary in determining an appropriate update
to the per resident amount used to calculate the payment for DME and an
appropriate IME payment. The described data collection activities will
serve to inform these statutory requirements for the Secretary in a
uniform and consistent manner.
Likely Respondents: The likely responders to the THC Costing
Instrument 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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Teaching Health Center Costing 56 1 56 10 560
Instrument.....................
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Total....................... 56 .............. 56 .............. 560
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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
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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 technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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