Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Health Center Workforce Survey OMB No. 0906-XXXX-New, 14019-14020 [2022-05077]
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figures below have been updated to
reflect HHS’s 2022 poverty guidelines as
published in the Federal Register at 87
FR 3315. See https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2022/01/21/2022-01166/annual-updateof-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
............................................
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............................................
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Income level **
$27,180
36,620
46,060
55,500
64,940
74,380
83,820
93,260
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$9,440 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
Separate poverty guidelines figures
for Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of
Economic Opportunity administrative
practice beginning in the 1966–1970
period since the U.S. Census Bureau
poverty thresholds do not have separate
figures for Alaska and Hawaii. The
poverty guidelines are not defined for
Puerto Rico or other jurisdictions.
Puerto Rico and other jurisdictions shall
use income guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Health Center
Workforce Survey OMB No. 0906–
XXXX–New
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
ALASKA
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
Income level **
$33,980
45,780
57,580
69,380
81,180
92,980
104,780
116,580
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$11,800 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR HAWAII
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Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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............................................
............................................
............................................
Income level **
$31,260
42,120
52,980
63,840
74,700
85,560
96,420
107,280
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$10,860 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2021.
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Health and Human Services.
Notice.
ACTION:
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 May 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or by mail to the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
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 Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at (301) 443–9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information collection request title for
reference.
SUMMARY:
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Information Collection Request Title:
Health Center Workforce Survey OMB
No. 0906–XXXX–New.
Abstract: The Health Center Program,
authorized by section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, and
administered by HRSA, Bureau of
Primary Health Care, supports the
provision of community-based
preventive and primary health care
services to millions of medically
underserved and vulnerable people.
Health centers employ over 400,000
health care staff (i.e., physicians,
medical, dental, mental and behavioral
health, vision services, pharmacy,
enabling services, quality improvement,
and facility and non-clinical support
staff.)
Provider and non-provider staff wellbeing is essential to recruiting and
retaining staff, thus supporting access to
quality health care and services through
the Health Center Program. HRSA has
created a nationwide Health Center
Workforce Survey to identify and
address challenges related to provider
and staff well-being. The survey will be
administered to all full-time and parttime health center staff in the fall of
2022 to identify conditions and
circumstances that affect staff wellbeing at HRSA-funded health centers,
including the scope and nature of
workforce well-being, job satisfaction,
and burnout. This information can
inform efforts to improve workforce
well-being and maintain high-quality
patient care.
The Health Center Workforce Survey
aims to collect and analyze data from no
less than 85 percent of health center
staff. HRSA will utilize stakeholder
engagement strategies to support survey
completion targets. The HRSA
contractor will request email addresses
for all health center staff from health
center leadership. Using the email
addresses provided, the contractor will
administer the online survey to ensure
data quality and respondent
confidentiality. Participation in the
Health Center Workforce Survey is
voluntary for all health center staff. The
contractor will analyze the responses
and provide analytic reports. HRSA will
disseminate the summary level data for
public use, including preparing
preliminary findings and analytic
reports.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Health care workforce
burnout has been a challenge even prior
to COVID–19 and other recent public
health crises. Clinicians and health care
staff have reported experiencing
alarming rates of burnout, characterized
as a high degree of emotional
exhaustion, depersonalization, and a
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low sense of personal accomplishment
at work.1 Understanding the factors
impacting workforce well-being and
satisfaction, reducing burnout, and
applying evidence-based technical
assistance and other quality
improvement strategies around
workforce well-being is essential as the
health center program health care
workforce continues to respond to and
recover from the COVID–19 pandemic
and prepare for future health care
delivery challenges.
Administration of the Health Center
Workforce Survey will provide a
comprehensive baseline assessment of
health center workforce well-being and
identify opportunities to improve
workforce well-being and bolster
technical assistance and other strategies.
These efforts will further HRSA’s goal of
providing access to quality health care
and supporting a robust primary care
workforce.
Likely Respondents: Health center
staff in HRSA-funded health centers.
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
Form name
Health Center Workforce Survey .........................................
Health Center Leader Support Activities .............................
400,000
1,400
.50
2.00
200,000
2,800
401,400
........................
401,400
........................
202,800
1 West, C.P., Dyrbye, L.N., Satele, D.V, Sloan, J.A.,
& Shanafelt, T.D. (2012). Concurrent validity of
single-item measures of emotional exhaustion and
depersonalization in burnout assessment. J Gen
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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.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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Total burden
hours
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1
HRSA is publishing an
updated monetary amount of the
average cost of a health insurance policy
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
400,000
1,400
as it relates to the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Reed Grimes, Director, Division
of Injury Compensation Programs,
Health Systems Bureau, HRSA, HHS by
mail at 5600 Fishers Lane, 08N186B,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; call 1–800–
338–2382 or email
vaccinecompensation@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
100.2 of the 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 sources that may be
more accurate or appropriate.
In 2021, MEPS–IC, available at
www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the
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.
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responses per
respondent
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annual 2020 average total single
premium per enrolled employee at
private-sector establishments that
provide health insurance. The figure
published was $7,149. This figure is
divided by 12 to determine the cost per
month of $595.75. The $595.75 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
increase from 2020 to 2021 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 $619.58.
Therefore, the revised average cost of
a health insurance policy under the
VICP is $619.58 per month. In
accordance with § 100.2, the revised
amount was effective upon its delivery
to the Court.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Health Center Workforce Survey 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 May 10,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail to the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
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 Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-
9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information collection request title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Health Center Workforce
Survey OMB No. 0906-XXXX-New.
Abstract: The Health Center Program, authorized by section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, and administered by
HRSA, Bureau of Primary Health Care, supports the provision of
community-based preventive and primary health care services to millions
of medically underserved and vulnerable people. Health centers employ
over 400,000 health care staff (i.e., physicians, medical, dental,
mental and behavioral health, vision services, pharmacy, enabling
services, quality improvement, and facility and non-clinical support
staff.)
Provider and non-provider staff well-being is essential to
recruiting and retaining staff, thus supporting access to quality
health care and services through the Health Center Program. HRSA has
created a nationwide Health Center Workforce Survey to identify and
address challenges related to provider and staff well-being. The survey
will be administered to all full-time and part-time health center staff
in the fall of 2022 to identify conditions and circumstances that
affect staff well-being at HRSA-funded health centers, including the
scope and nature of workforce well-being, job satisfaction, and
burnout. This information can inform efforts to improve workforce well-
being and maintain high-quality patient care.
The Health Center Workforce Survey aims to collect and analyze data
from no less than 85 percent of health center staff. HRSA will utilize
stakeholder engagement strategies to support survey completion targets.
The HRSA contractor will request email addresses for all health center
staff from health center leadership. Using the email addresses
provided, the contractor will administer the online survey to ensure
data quality and respondent confidentiality. Participation in the
Health Center Workforce Survey is voluntary for all health center
staff. The contractor will analyze the responses and provide analytic
reports. HRSA will disseminate the summary level data for public use,
including preparing preliminary findings and analytic reports.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Health care workforce
burnout has been a challenge even prior to COVID-19 and other recent
public health crises. Clinicians and health care staff have reported
experiencing alarming rates of burnout, characterized as a high degree
of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a
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low sense of personal accomplishment at work.\1\ Understanding the
factors impacting workforce well-being and satisfaction, reducing
burnout, and applying evidence-based technical assistance and other
quality improvement strategies around workforce well-being is essential
as the health center program health care workforce continues to respond
to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health
care delivery challenges.
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\1\ West, C.P., Dyrbye, L.N., Satele, D.V, Sloan, J.A., &
Shanafelt, T.D. (2012). Concurrent validity of single-item measures
of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in burnout assessment.
J Gen Intern Med, 27 (11 PG-1445-52), 1445-1452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2015-7.
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Administration of the Health Center Workforce Survey will provide a
comprehensive baseline assessment of health center workforce well-being
and identify opportunities to improve workforce well-being and bolster
technical assistance and other strategies. These efforts will further
HRSA's goal of providing access to quality health care and supporting a
robust primary care workforce.
Likely Respondents: Health center staff in HRSA-funded health
centers.
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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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Health Center Workforce Survey.. 400,000 1 400,000 .50 200,000
Health Center Leader Support 1,400 1 1,400 2.00 2,800
Activities.....................
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401,400 .............. 401,400 .............. 202,800
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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,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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