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Lowell J. Schiller,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Information Collection
Request Title: Teaching Health Center
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:
In compliance with 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. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this notice has
closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than September 14,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
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submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
SUMMARY:
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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 FY 2020 and for the
first two months of FY 2021 (until
November 30, 2020). The THCGME
program provides funding support for
new and the expansion of existing
primary care residency training
programs in community-based settings.
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.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Statute requires 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, George Washington
University (GW), under contract with
HRSA, is conducting an evaluation of
the costs associated with training
residents in the THC model. GW has
developed a standardized THCGME
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 THCGME 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
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and sponsoring institutions that are
involved in residency training.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on April 30, 2020, vol.
85, No. 84; pp. 23975–76. One public
comment was received. GW also
consulted with a GME Expert Panel to
provide an external informed review of
the THCGME Costing Instrument.
Recommendations were received from
the GME Expert Panel and minor
changes were made. The feedback
provided by the public comment and
the GME Expert Panel included
recommendations to: (1) Collect
information on telehealth visits in
2018–2019 as a benchmark for
telehealth activity post COVID–19
pandemic; (2) change to academic year
2018–2019 for the data collection
period; and (3) further solidify the IME
methodology for the non-THC Federally
Qualified Health Center comparison
group; and (4) enhance the THCGME
Costing Instrument instructions.
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
respondents to the THCGME Costing
Instrument are the 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.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
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
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1395.
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Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
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Notice is hereby given that I have
delegated jointly to the Administrator,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), and to the Director,
National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
authorities vested in the Secretary under
Section 1881(c)(7)(B)–(E) [42 U.S.C.
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assemble and analyze data reported by
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centers, and other sources on all endstage renal disease (ESRD) patients.
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Section 1881(c)(7)(B)–(E) [42 U.S.C.
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amended, delegated herein prior to the
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Awards Unsolicited Proposal for the
Health Communication Initiative
Program
Office of Clinical and
Preventive Services, Indian Health
Service, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of award of a singlesource unsolicited grant to Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore,
Maryland.
AGENCY:
Recipient: Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Purpose of the Award: Cooperative
agreement to collect, develop, package
and distribute information to American
Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)
communities to address the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID–19)-specific
recommendations on healthcare, in a
culturally sensitive way.
Amount of Award: $127,644 in Fiscal
Year (FY) 2020.
Period of Performance: April 24,
2020–August 24, 2020.
SUMMARY: The Office of Clinical and
Preventive Services (OCPS) announces
the award of a single-source cooperative
agreement in response to an unsolicited
proposal from Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland. The
proposal submitted was not solicited
either formally or informally by any
federal government official.
OCPS performed an objective review
of the unsolicited proposal from Johns
Hopkins University (JHU) to develop
information on proper actions to
mitigate the spread of COVID–19, in a
culturally sensitive way. The Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health (JHSPH) Center for American
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Indian Health (CAIH) mission is to work
in partnerships with AI/AN
communities to raise their health status,
self-sufficiency, and health leadership
to the highest possible level. This
mission is accomplished through
research, training and education, and
service. The CAIH has more than nine
facilities and approximately 100 staff in
the Southwestern tribal communities to
assist the Indian Health Service (IHS) in
containing and mitigating COVID–19,
while building a response model and set
of communication materials for all IHS
regions nationwide. The CAIH can draw
on broad expertise from JHU for
additional guidance and
recommendations on best practices as
the situation evolves.
The materials will be developed from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) guidance.
Based on an internal review of the
proposal and the immediate response of
the IHS to address the COVID–19 public
health emergency, OCPS determined
that the proposal has merit.
The long history between the federal
government and Native American Tribes
and people has often been less than
ideal. There are still barriers to the
Native American community accepting
instruction or direction from the federal
government. There is great value in
having a third party that has a good
history with the community to gather,
package and deliver recommendations,
in a culturally sensitive way, on staying
safe from this disease, when those
recommendations may run contrary to
cultural norms. This delivery avenue
will be more acceptable to the
community, and will be more readily
recognized for implementation within
AI/AN communities.
This award is being made
noncompetitively because there is no
current, pending, or planned funding
opportunity announcement under
which this proposal could be competed.
OCPS has identified two additional key
reasons to support rationale for
awarding this unsolicited proposal:
1. The JHU CAIH is well known in the
AI/AN communities for robust
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection
Request Title: Teaching Health Center 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 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than September
14, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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: 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 FY 2020 and for the first two months of FY 2021 (until
November 30, 2020). The THCGME program provides funding support for new
and the expansion of existing primary care residency training programs
in community-based settings. 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.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Statute requires 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, George Washington University (GW), under contract with HRSA,
is conducting an evaluation of the costs associated with training
residents in the THC model. GW has developed a standardized THCGME
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 THCGME 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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on April 30,
2020, vol. 85, No. 84; pp. 23975-76. One public comment was received.
GW also consulted with a GME Expert Panel to provide an external
informed review of the THCGME Costing Instrument. Recommendations were
received from the GME Expert Panel and minor changes were made. The
feedback provided by the public comment and the GME Expert Panel
included recommendations to: (1) Collect information on telehealth
visits in 2018-2019 as a benchmark for telehealth activity post COVID-
19 pandemic; (2) change to academic year 2018-2019 for the data
collection period; and (3) further solidify the IME methodology for the
non-THC Federally Qualified Health Center comparison group; and (4)
enhance the THCGME Costing Instrument instructions.
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 respondents to the THCGME Costing
Instrument are the 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.
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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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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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