Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387-Extension, 31506-31507 [2021-12381]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
31506
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 112 / Monday, June 14, 2021 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–308]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
the accuracy of the estimated burden,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected, and the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number: ___; Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:26 Jun 11, 2021
Jkt 253001
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ website address at
website address at https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–R–308 State Children’s Health
Insurance Program and Supporting
Regulations
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Children’s
Health Insurance Program and
Supporting Regulations; Use: States
must submit title XXI plans and
amendments for approval by the
Secretary. We use the plan and its
subsequent amendments to determine if
the state has met the requirements of
title XXI. Information provided in the
state plan, state plan amendments, and
from the other information we are
collecting will be used by advocacy
groups, beneficiaries, applicants, other
governmental agencies, providers
groups, research organizations, health
care corporations, health care
PO 00000
Frm 00030
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
consultants. States will use the
information collected to assess state
plan performance, health outcomes and
an evaluation of the amount of
substitution of private coverage that
occurs as a result of the subsidies and
the effect of the subsidies on access to
coverage.
This iteration proposes to: Remove
certain reporting requirements, revise
the information collection instrument,
and revise reporting instructions. We
are also proposing to change the
respondent’s occupation and hourly
wage, adjust the number of respondents,
and adjust the number of enrollees by
using more recent data. Form Number:
CMS–R–308 (OMB control number:
0938–0841); Frequency: Yearly, Once,
and Occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments; Number
of Respondents: 51; Total Annual
Responses: 9,677,272; Total Annual
Hours: 485,940. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Cassie
Lagorio at 410–786–4554.)
Dated: June 8, 2021.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021–12365 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
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; Small Health Care Provider
Quality Improvement Program, OMB
No. 0915–0387—Extension
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
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 July 14, 2021.
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\14JNN1.SGM
14JNN1
31507
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 112 / Monday, June 14, 2021 / Notices
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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
ADDRESSES:
To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Small Health Care Provider Quality
Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915–
0387 Extension.
Abstract: This program is authorized
by Title III, Public Health Service Act,
Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as
amended; Public Law 115–245. This
authority authorizes HRSA’s Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)
to issue grants that expand access to,
coordinate, contain the cost of, and
improve the quality of essential health
care services, including preventive and
emergency services, through the
development of health care networks in
rural and frontier areas and regions.
Across these various programs, the
authority allows HRSA to provide funds
to rural communities to support the
direct delivery of health care and related
services, expand existing services, or
enhance health service delivery through
education, promotion, and prevention
programs.
The purpose of the Small Health Care
Provider Quality Improvement Grant
(Rural Quality) Program is to provide
support to rural primary care providers
for implementation of quality
improvement activities. The goal of the
program is to promote the development
of an evidence-based culture and
delivery of coordinated care in the
primary care setting. Additional
objectives of the program include
improved health outcomes for patients,
enhanced chronic disease management,
and better engagement of patients and
their caregivers. Organizations
participating in the program are
required to use an evidence-based
quality improvement model, perform
tests of change focused on
improvement, and use health
information technology (HIT) to collect
and report data. HIT may include an
electronic patient registry or an
electronic health record, and is a critical
component for improving quality and
patient outcomes. With HIT it is
possible to generate timely and
meaningful data, which helps providers
track and plan care.
A 60-day Notice published in the
Federal Register on February 24, 2021,
vol. 86, No. 35; pp. 11306. There were
no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to
provide data to the program and to
enable HRSA to provide aggregate
program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993. These measures
cover the principal topic areas of
interest to FORHP, including: (a) Access
to care; (b) population demographics; (c)
staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e)
sustainability; and (f) project specific
domains. All measures will speak to
FORHP’s progress toward meeting the
goals set.
FORHP collects this information to
quantify the impact of grant funding on
access to health care, quality of services,
and improvement of health outcomes.
FORHP uses the data for program
improvement and grantees use the data
for performance tracking. No changes
are proposed from the current data
collection effort.
Likely Respondents: The respondents
would be recipients of the Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement
Program.
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
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
Quality Program PIMS Measures ........................................
32
1
32
8
256
Total ..............................................................................
32
........................
32
........................
256
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
Health Resources and Services
Administration
[FR Doc. 2021–12381 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am]
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:26 Jun 11, 2021
Jkt 253001
PO 00000
Frm 00031
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\14JNN1.SGM
Notice.
14JNN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31506-31507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12381]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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; Small Health Care Provider
Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387--Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 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 July 14,
2021.
[[Page 31507]]
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 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: Small Health Care Provider
Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387 Extension.
Abstract: This program is authorized by Title III, Public Health
Service Act, Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as amended; Public
Law 115-245. This authority authorizes HRSA's Federal Office of Rural
Health Policy (FORHP) to issue grants that expand access to,
coordinate, contain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential
health care services, including preventive and emergency services,
through the development of health care networks in rural and frontier
areas and regions. Across these various programs, the authority allows
HRSA to provide funds to rural communities to support the direct
delivery of health care and related services, expand existing services,
or enhance health service delivery through education, promotion, and
prevention programs.
The purpose of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement
Grant (Rural Quality) Program is to provide support to rural primary
care providers for implementation of quality improvement activities.
The goal of the program is to promote the development of an evidence-
based culture and delivery of coordinated care in the primary care
setting. Additional objectives of the program include improved health
outcomes for patients, enhanced chronic disease management, and better
engagement of patients and their caregivers. Organizations
participating in the program are required to use an evidence-based
quality improvement model, perform tests of change focused on
improvement, and use health information technology (HIT) to collect and
report data. HIT may include an electronic patient registry or an
electronic health record, and is a critical component for improving
quality and patient outcomes. With HIT it is possible to generate
timely and meaningful data, which helps providers track and plan care.
A 60-day Notice published in the Federal Register on February 24,
2021, vol. 86, No. 35; pp. 11306. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to FORHP,
including: (a) Access to care; (b) population demographics; (c)
staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) sustainability; and (f) project
specific domains. All measures will speak to FORHP's progress toward
meeting the goals set.
FORHP collects this information to quantify the impact of grant
funding on access to health care, quality of services, and improvement
of health outcomes. FORHP uses the data for program improvement and
grantees use the data for performance tracking. No changes are proposed
from the current data collection effort.
Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program.
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quality Program PIMS Measures... 32 1 32 8 256
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................... 32 .............. 32 .............. 256
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
[FR Doc. 2021-12381 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
