Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative, 70192-70193 [2024-19418]
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To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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
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3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
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information to a third party. Section
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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 that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement with change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Application for
Enrollment in Medicare Part A internet
Claim (iClaim) Application Screen
Modernized Claims System and
Consolidated Claim Experience Screens;
Use: The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) Form
‘‘Application for Hospital Insurance’’
supports sections 1818 and 1818A of the
Social Security Act (the Act) and
corresponding regulations at 42 CFR
406.6 and 406.7.
The CMS–18–F5 is used to establish
entitlement to Part A and enrollment in
Part B for claimants who must file an
application. The application follows the
questions and requirements used by
SSA on the electronic application. This
is done not only for consistency
purposes but because certain
requirements under titles II and XVIII of
the act must be met in order to qualify
for Part A and Part B; including insured
status, relationship and residency. The
form is owned by CMS but is not
utilized by CMS staff. SSA uses the form
to collect information and make Part A
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and Part B entitlement determinations
on behalf of CMS. Form Number: CMS–
18F5 (OMB control number: 0938–
0251); Frequency: Once; Affected
Public: Individuals and Households;
Number of Respondents: 1,042,263;
Total Annual Responses: 1,042,263;
Total Annual Hours: 260,566. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection contact Carla Patterson at
410–786–8911 or Carla.Patterson@
cms.hhs.gov).
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
previously approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Home Office
Cost Statement; Use: A home office/
chain organization (HO/CO) submits the
home office cost statement annually as
the documentary support required for a
provider that is a member of the HO/CO
to be reimbursed for HO/CO costs
claimed in the provider’s cost report
(see 42 CFR 413.24(f)(5)(i)(E)(1) and (2)).
The relationship of the HO/CO is that
of a related organization to a provider
(see 42 CFR 413.17). A HO/CO usually
furnishes central management and
administrative services, e.g., centralized
accounting, purchasing, personnel
services, management direction and
control, and other services. To the
extent that the HO/CO furnishes
services related to patient care to a
provider, the reasonable costs of such
services are included in the provider’s
cost report and are reimbursable as part
of the provider’s costs.
CMS requires the form to determine a
HO/CO’s reasonable cost incurred in
furnishing management and
administrative services to Medicare
providers, each of which includes the
costs in their cost report for
reimbursement. A Medicare-certified
provider includes costs allocated from
the home office cost statement in the
provider’s costs used by CMS for rate
setting; payment refinement activities,
including developing a market basket;
and Medicare Trust Fund projections;
and to support program operations.
Additionally, the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission (MedPAC) uses
the cost report data to calculate
Medicare margins (a measure of the
relationship between Medicare’s
payments and providers’ Medicare
costs) and analyze data to formulate
Medicare Program recommendations to
Congress. Form Number: CMS–287–22
(OMB control number: 0938–0202);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private Sector; Business or other forprofits, Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 1,646; Total
Annual Responses: 1,646; Total Annual
Hours: 767,036. (For policy questions
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regarding this collection contact Gail S.
Duncan at (410) 786–7278.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections
and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for the
Strengthening the Direct Care
Workforce: A Technical Assistance
and Capacity Building Initiative
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council
on Aging for the ‘‘Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative’’. The administrative
supplement for FY 2024 will be in the
amount of $1,787,524 bringing the total
award for FY 2024 to $3,087,207. The
supplement will provide sufficient
resources to enable the grantee and their
partners to increase funding for
technical assistance (TA) to state aging
and disability partnerships to
collaborate with workforce entities to
strengthen the Direct Care Workforce.
The funding will enable the grantee to
support additional states, including at
more robust levels than originally
planned.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Caroline Ryan, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Community Living,
telephone (202) 795–7429; email
caroline.ryan@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this initiative, ACL is advancing the
capacity to recruit, train and retain a
high-quality, competent, and effective
direct care workforce of professionals
capable of meeting the growing needs
that older adults and people with
disabilities have for such supports. The
purpose of this program is to catalyze
change at a systems level that will
address the insufficient supply of
trained DCWs, promote promising
practices at all levels of the service
SUMMARY:
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system and improve data collection to
enable a full understanding of the
workforce issue.
The intended outcomes of the
initiative are as follows:
1. Increase the availability and
visibility of tools and resources to
attract, train and retain the direct care
workforce in quality jobs where they
earn livable wages and have voice in
their working environment, and have
access to benefits and opportunities for
advancement.
2. Increase the number of states that
develop and sustain collaborations
across state systems and workforce
agencies to implement strategies that
will improve the recruitment, retention,
and advancement of high quality DCW
jobs.
Program Name: Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative.
Recipient: The National Council on
Aging.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued for the
third year of the five-year project period
of September 30, 2022 through
September 29, 2027.
Total Award Amount: $3,087,207 in
FY 2024.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: Section 411(13)
of the Older Americans Act, section 161
(2) of the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and
section 21 program of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973.
Basis for Award: The National
Council on Aging is currently funded to
carry out the objectives of the project
entitled Strengthening the Direct Care
Workforce: A Technical Assistance and
Capacity Building Initiative for the
project period of September 30, 2022
through September 29, 2027. This
supplement will enable the grantee to
carry their work even further, providing
technical assistance to more state
partnerships. The additional funding
will also expand grantee’s capability to
produce issue briefs, case studies, and
other materials to disseminate lessons
learned and best practices via the Direct
Care Workforce Strategies Center
website. The NCOA is uniquely
positioned to complete the work called
for under this cooperative agreement.
NCOA’s partners on this project include
the University of Minnesota Institute on
Community Integration, National
Association of Councils on
Developmental Disabilities, Advancing
States, PHI, Lincoln University Paula J.
Carter Center on Minority Health and
Aging, National Association of Medicaid
Directors, National Council on
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Independent Living, Center for
Innovation, National Alliance for
Caregiving, National Association of
State Directors of Developmental
Disabilities Services, and Social Policy
Research Associates (SPR). The grantee,
and all partners, will work in close
coordination with one another and ACL
on those tasks and activities to which
they have committed to ensure
realization of project goals and
objectives.
ACL believes it is in the best interest
of the Federal Government to
supplement the current grantee’s
existing project. Establishing an entirely
new grant project at this time would be
potentially disruptive to the current
work already well under way. Further,
it could create unintended duplication
of effort and missed opportunities for
greater coordination. Additionally, if
this supplement is not provided, the
project would be unable to expand its
current technical assistance and training
efforts to reach more state partnerships
across aging, disability and workforce
stakeholders to work together to
strengthen the direct care workforce.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the
Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and
Capacity Building Initiative
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council on Aging for the ``Strengthening
the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative''. The administrative supplement for FY 2024 will be in the
amount of $1,787,524 bringing the total award for FY 2024 to
$3,087,207. The supplement will provide sufficient resources to enable
the grantee and their partners to increase funding for technical
assistance (TA) to state aging and disability partnerships to
collaborate with workforce entities to strengthen the Direct Care
Workforce. The funding will enable the grantee to support additional
states, including at more robust levels than originally planned.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Caroline Ryan, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, telephone (202) 795-7429; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through this initiative, ACL is advancing
the capacity to recruit, train and retain a high-quality, competent,
and effective direct care workforce of professionals capable of meeting
the growing needs that older adults and people with disabilities have
for such supports. The purpose of this program is to catalyze change at
a systems level that will address the insufficient supply of trained
DCWs, promote promising practices at all levels of the service
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system and improve data collection to enable a full understanding of
the workforce issue.
The intended outcomes of the initiative are as follows:
1. Increase the availability and visibility of tools and resources
to attract, train and retain the direct care workforce in quality jobs
where they earn livable wages and have voice in their working
environment, and have access to benefits and opportunities for
advancement.
2. Increase the number of states that develop and sustain
collaborations across state systems and workforce agencies to implement
strategies that will improve the recruitment, retention, and
advancement of high quality DCW jobs.
Program Name: Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative.
Recipient: The National Council on Aging.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
third year of the five-year project period of September 30, 2022
through September 29, 2027.
Total Award Amount: $3,087,207 in FY 2024.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: Section 411(13) of the Older Americans Act,
section 161 (2) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill
of Rights Act, and section 21 program of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973.
Basis for Award: The National Council on Aging is currently funded
to carry out the objectives of the project entitled Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative for the project period of September 30, 2022 through
September 29, 2027. This supplement will enable the grantee to carry
their work even further, providing technical assistance to more state
partnerships. The additional funding will also expand grantee's
capability to produce issue briefs, case studies, and other materials
to disseminate lessons learned and best practices via the Direct Care
Workforce Strategies Center website. The NCOA is uniquely positioned to
complete the work called for under this cooperative agreement. NCOA's
partners on this project include the University of Minnesota Institute
on Community Integration, National Association of Councils on
Developmental Disabilities, Advancing States, PHI, Lincoln University
Paula J. Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging, National
Association of Medicaid Directors, National Council on Independent
Living, Center for Innovation, National Alliance for Caregiving,
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities
Services, and Social Policy Research Associates (SPR). The grantee, and
all partners, will work in close coordination with one another and ACL
on those tasks and activities to which they have committed to ensure
realization of project goals and objectives.
ACL believes it is in the best interest of the Federal Government
to supplement the current grantee's existing project. Establishing an
entirely new grant project at this time would be potentially disruptive
to the current work already well under way. Further, it could create
unintended duplication of effort and missed opportunities for greater
coordination. Additionally, if this supplement is not provided, the
project would be unable to expand its current technical assistance and
training efforts to reach more state partnerships across aging,
disability and workforce stakeholders to work together to strengthen
the direct care workforce.
Dated: August 24, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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