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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: 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:
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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 April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at (301) 443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Small Health Care Provider Quality
Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915–
0387—Extension.
Abstract: This program is authorized
by the Public Health Service Act,
section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)). This
authority permits the Federal Office of
Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to award
Small Health Care Provider Quality
Improvement grants that expand access
to, coordinate, and improve the quality
of basic health care services, and
enhance the delivery of health care, in
rural areas. Specifically, FORHP may
award grants to provide for the planning
and implementation of Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement
activities, including activities related to
increasing care coordination, enhancing
chronic disease management, and
improving patient health outcomes.
The purpose of the Small Health Care
Provider Quality Improvement Grant
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
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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. HRSA collects
information from grant recipients that
participate in this program using an
OMB-approved set of performance
measures and seeks to extend its
approved information collection.
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: (1) access
to care, (2) population demographics, (3)
staffing, (4) consortium/network, (5)
sustainability, and (6) 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, but
FORHP estimates fewer respondents to
align with the current cohort of
grantees.
Likely Respondents: The respondents
would be the grant recipients (program
grantees, not patients who receive
health care services) of the Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement
Program grants.
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
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hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Performance Improvement and Measurement Systems
(PIMS) ..............................................................................
21
1
21
8
168
Total ..............................................................................
21
1
21
8
168
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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Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Room 3G56,
Rockville, MD 20892 (Video Assisted
Meeting).
Contact Person: Maryam Rohani, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Program, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5601
Fishers Lane, Room 3G56, Rockville, MD
20852, (301) 761–6656, maryam.rohani@
nih.gov.
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and Transplantation Research; 93.856,
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Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special
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Date: February 29, 2024.
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Health, HHS)
Dated: January 30, 2024.
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Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
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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
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute on
Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel; Racial
Equity Visionary Award Program for
Research at Minority Serving Institutions on
Substance Use and Racial Equity.
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and personal information concerning
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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: 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.
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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 April 5,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Joella Roland, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Small Health Care Provider
Quality Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915-0387--Extension.
Abstract: This program is authorized by the Public Health Service
Act, section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)). This authority permits the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to award Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement grants that expand access to,
coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services, and
enhance the delivery of health care, in rural areas. Specifically,
FORHP may award grants to provide for the planning and implementation
of Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement activities, including
activities related to increasing care coordination, enhancing chronic
disease management, and improving patient health outcomes.
The purpose of the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement
Grant 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. HRSA collects information from
grant recipients that participate in this program using an OMB-approved
set of performance measures and seeks to extend its approved
information collection.
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: (1) access to care, (2) population demographics, (3)
staffing, (4) consortium/network, (5) sustainability, and (6) 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, but FORHP
estimates fewer respondents to align with the current cohort of
grantees.
Likely Respondents: The respondents would be the grant recipients
(program grantees, not patients who receive health care services) of
the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program grants.
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
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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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Performance Improvement and 21 1 21 8 168
Measurement Systems (PIMS).....
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Total....................... 21 1 21 8 168
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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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