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program performance measures. The
data will be used to conduct ongoing
performance monitoring of the program,
thus meeting program needs for
accountability, programmatic decisionmaking, and ongoing quality assurance.
Likely Respondents: For the General
Background, Prenatal, and Parenting
Information participant-level forms,
respondents include pregnant women,
women of reproductive age, and men
who are served by the Healthy Start
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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel 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:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
General Background Form ..................................................
Prenatal ................................................................................
Parenting ..............................................................................
*45,700
*30,300
*30,300
1
1
1
45,700
30,300
30,300
.30
.10
.25
13,710
3,030
7,575
Total ..............................................................................
106,300
........................
106,300
........................
24,315
*All adult participants (45,700) complete the General Background form, and a subset of these same individuals (30,300) also complete the
Prenatal or Parenting forms for total of 106,300 responses.
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 and utility 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
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
[OMB No. 0906–xxxx–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Optimizing Virtual Care Grant
Program Performance Measures
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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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
SUMMARY:
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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 November 21,
2022.
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
Samantha Miller, the acting HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301)
443–9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Optimizing Virtual Care Grant Program
Performance Measures OMB No. 0915–
xxxx–NEW
Abstract: The Health Center Program
and supplemental awards for health
centers are authorized by Section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254b). Notably, HRSA is authorized to
make supplemental awards for health
centers to ‘‘implement evidence-based
models for increasing access to highquality primary care services, which
may include models related to
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expanding the use of telehealth and
technology-enabled collaborative
learning and capacity building models.’’
42 U.S.C. 254b(d)(1)(E). Under the
Optimizing Virtual Care (OVC) grant
program, 29 high-performing health
centers received 2-year supplemental
awards to increase health care access
and quality for underserved populations
through virtual care such as telehealth,
remote patient monitoring, digital
patient tools, and health information
technology platforms. Specifically,
award recipients will use OVC funding
to develop and implement innovative
evidence-based strategies with the
potential to be adapted, leveraged, and
scaled across the Health Center Program
to increase access to care and improve
clinical quality by optimizing the use of
virtual care with a specific focus on
underserved communities and
vulnerable populations.
The goal of the OVC grant program is
to continue to support innovation that
began during the COVID–19 pandemic,
when health centers quickly expanded
their use of virtual care to maintain
access to essential primary care services
for underserved communities. HRSAfunded health centers serve special and
vulnerable populations facing barriers to
virtual care access, such as low digital
literacy, low connectivity capabilities,
or limited technology access. The OVC
grant recipients will serve as a model for
how to increase equitable virtual care,
generating and refining strategies that
can be adapted and scaled across the
Health Center Program.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register, 87 FR 37874–37875
(June 24, 2022). HRSA received
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comments from OVC grant recipients
during this public comment period.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The information collected
on OVC grant recipient activities and
performance will help HRSA
demonstrate, adapt, assess, and
disseminate promising practices,
strategies, and novel models of virtual
care across the nation’s health centers.
The information will support an
assessment that yields:
• Increased evidence of how to
optimize the use of virtual care in the
Health Center Program to enhance
access to care and improve clinical
quality for underserved communities
and special and vulnerable populations.
• Maximized impact of the new OVC
grant program, as a model to be adapted,
leveraged, and scaled across other
HRSA funding opportunities.
• Enhanced evidence base for
recommendations to promote and scale
virtual care innovations focused on
increasing health equity specific to
Health Center Program patients.
The assessment will include
descriptive analyses of the data on grant
recipient activities and performance,
including analyses of trends over time.
The analyses will inform
recommendations for performance
measures that HRSA could scale across
the Health Center Program and across
other grant programs like the OVC grant
program.
The grant recipient activities related
to implementation of novel models of
virtual care, including aggregate data on
patients served and the services they
received, will be captured via monthly
progress reports. A set of health center
performance measures will be captured
in a bi-annual progress report and will
provide insight into health equity and
virtual care. Grant recipients will collect
and report performance measures based
on project goals and objectives that span
four key population health and clinical
domain areas, including (1) Increased
Access to Care and Information; (2)
Improve Clinical Quality and Health
Outcomes; (3) Enhance Patient Care
Coordination; and (4) Promote Health
Equity.
Based on comments from OVC grant
recipients, the average hours of burden
per response for the biannual progress
report has increased to 55.9 hours from
48 hours as proposed in the 60-day
Federal Register Notice. This new
burden estimate accounts for the fact
that performance measures in the
biannual progress report have different
levels of burden per response. For
example, some measures required
significant workflow changes or had
more complexity. In addition, both the
biannual and monthly progress reports
were revised to include updated terms
and definitions based on feedback
collected from OVC grant recipients
during the public comment period.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will
be the 29 health centers that received
supplemental awards through the OVC
grant 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
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
OVC Grant Monthly Progress Report ..................................
OVC Grant Bi-Annual Progress Report ...............................
29
29
12
2
348
58
2.0
55.9
696.0
3,242.2
Total ..............................................................................
29
........................
406
........................
3,938.2
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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Number of
responses per
respondent
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Opportunity To Co-Sponsor Office of
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ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
The Office of Research
Integrity (ORI) announces the
opportunity for non-federal public and
private sector entities to co-sponsor ORI
conferences, workshops, symposia,
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throughout the fiscal year (October 1,
2022–September 30, 2023) or beyond.
ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest for
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be sent by email to AskORI@HHS.GOV
with ‘‘Co-sponsorship for ORI Event’’ in
the subject field.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Wootton Parkway, Suite 240,
Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8200
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[OMB No. 0906-xxxx-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Optimizing Virtual Care
Grant Program Performance Measures
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 November
21, 2022.
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 Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Optimizing Virtual Care Grant
Program Performance Measures OMB No. 0915-xxxx-NEW
Abstract: The Health Center Program and supplemental awards for
health centers are authorized by Section 330 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b). Notably, HRSA is authorized to make
supplemental awards for health centers to ``implement evidence-based
models for increasing access to high-quality primary care services,
which may include models related to expanding the use of telehealth and
technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building
models.'' 42 U.S.C. 254b(d)(1)(E). Under the Optimizing Virtual Care
(OVC) grant program, 29 high-performing health centers received 2-year
supplemental awards to increase health care access and quality for
underserved populations through virtual care such as telehealth, remote
patient monitoring, digital patient tools, and health information
technology platforms. Specifically, award recipients will use OVC
funding to develop and implement innovative evidence-based strategies
with the potential to be adapted, leveraged, and scaled across the
Health Center Program to increase access to care and improve clinical
quality by optimizing the use of virtual care with a specific focus on
underserved communities and vulnerable populations.
The goal of the OVC grant program is to continue to support
innovation that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when health centers
quickly expanded their use of virtual care to maintain access to
essential primary care services for underserved communities. HRSA-
funded health centers serve special and vulnerable populations facing
barriers to virtual care access, such as low digital literacy, low
connectivity capabilities, or limited technology access. The OVC grant
recipients will serve as a model for how to increase equitable virtual
care, generating and refining strategies that can be adapted and scaled
across the Health Center Program.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register, 87 FR 37874-
37875 (June 24, 2022). HRSA received
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comments from OVC grant recipients during this public comment period.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected
on OVC grant recipient activities and performance will help HRSA
demonstrate, adapt, assess, and disseminate promising practices,
strategies, and novel models of virtual care across the nation's health
centers. The information will support an assessment that yields:
Increased evidence of how to optimize the use of virtual
care in the Health Center Program to enhance access to care and improve
clinical quality for underserved communities and special and vulnerable
populations.
Maximized impact of the new OVC grant program, as a model
to be adapted, leveraged, and scaled across other HRSA funding
opportunities.
Enhanced evidence base for recommendations to promote and
scale virtual care innovations focused on increasing health equity
specific to Health Center Program patients.
The assessment will include descriptive analyses of the data on
grant recipient activities and performance, including analyses of
trends over time. The analyses will inform recommendations for
performance measures that HRSA could scale across the Health Center
Program and across other grant programs like the OVC grant program.
The grant recipient activities related to implementation of novel
models of virtual care, including aggregate data on patients served and
the services they received, will be captured via monthly progress
reports. A set of health center performance measures will be captured
in a bi-annual progress report and will provide insight into health
equity and virtual care. Grant recipients will collect and report
performance measures based on project goals and objectives that span
four key population health and clinical domain areas, including (1)
Increased Access to Care and Information; (2) Improve Clinical Quality
and Health Outcomes; (3) Enhance Patient Care Coordination; and (4)
Promote Health Equity.
Based on comments from OVC grant recipients, the average hours of
burden per response for the biannual progress report has increased to
55.9 hours from 48 hours as proposed in the 60-day Federal Register
Notice. This new burden estimate accounts for the fact that performance
measures in the biannual progress report have different levels of
burden per response. For example, some measures required significant
workflow changes or had more complexity. In addition, both the biannual
and monthly progress reports were revised to include updated terms and
definitions based on feedback collected from OVC grant recipients
during the public comment period.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be the 29 health centers that
received supplemental awards through the OVC grant 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
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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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OVC Grant Monthly Progress 29 12 348 2.0 696.0
Report.........................
OVC Grant Bi-Annual Progress 29 2 58 55.9 3,242.2
Report.........................
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Total....................... 29 .............. 406 .............. 3,938.2
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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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