[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30949-30950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13212]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on the: (a) Proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: HIV Clinician Workforce Study (OMB No. 0915-NEW)
HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is planning to conduct a 24-month HIV
clinician workforce study to provide HRSA and other state and federal
agencies with national and state-level estimates of the number of
primary care clinicians currently providing medical care to people
living with HIV or AIDS in the United States, as well as projections of
the magnitude of the expected shortage or surplus of HIV-related
primary care clinicians through 2015.
The study will focus on the supply and demand of health
professionals who independently manage patients with HIV/AIDS. The
study will have two main components:
a. Design and implementation of a forecasting model to estimate and
project the supply of and demand for HIV clinicians at the national and
regional levels; and
b. Implementation of two surveys to collect the information needed
to develop HIV-specific input parameters for the forecasting model, as
well as to help address other research questions of the study.
HRSA is requesting OMB approval to conduct a HIV clinician survey
and a HIV practice survey. The HIV clinician survey will focus on the
individual provider of care and will include questions related to:
a. The clinician's age, gender, medical profession, and medical
specialty;
b. The number of hours spent in direct patient care;
c. The size and characteristics of HIV patient load;
d. The primary practice characteristics and patient management
strategies; and
e. The plans to increase or decrease number of hours spent in
direct patient care, as well as plans for retirement.
The HIV practice survey will also focus on the practice
administrator and will include questions related to type and size of
clinic, clinic specialty and affiliation, number and acuity of
patients, number and composition of staff, type of staffing model and
patient management strategies, meaningful use of electronic medical
record systems, as well as appointment scheduling practices and
policies. HRSA also plans to conduct web/paper surveys with computer-
assisted telephone interviewing follow-up.
HRSA will use claims data, supplemented with a list of members of
HIV medical societies, attendees at the 2010 HIV clinical conference,
and participants in regional AIDS Education and Training Center-
sponsored training sessions, to identify the frame of clinicians
(physicians and non-physician clinicians) in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia who provide a significant amount of medical care
to patients with HIV or AIDS, based on diagnostic, procedural, and drug
codes associated with the claims. By using a national probability
sampling strategy, the results of the clinician survey can be used to
generate national and regional estimates of HIV clinician supply.
HRSA will use quantitative and qualitative methods to document and
quantify the extent of the HIV clinician workforce surplus or shortage,
predict the future requirements for and supply of HIV clinicians, and
identify best practice models and strategies for expanding the capacity
of HIV practices and providers to meet the growing demand for care.
The ultimate goal of the study will be to develop proposed action
steps that HRSA and other federal and state agencies can use to enhance
the capacity of the HIV clinician workforce to achieve the access
targets set forth in the 2010 White House Office of HIV/AIDS Policy's
National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Implementation Plan.
The annual estimate of burden of the two surveys is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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HIV Clinician Survey............ 4,000 1 4,000 0.33 1,320
HIV Practice Survey............. 500 1 500 0.50 250
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Total....................... 4,500 .............. 4,500 .............. 1,570
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E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within
60 days of this notice.
Dated: May 23, 2011.
Jennifer Riggle,
Deputy Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-13212 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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