[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55730-55731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22106]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(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.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443-
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation and Initial
Assessment of HRSA Teaching Health Centers.
OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW.
Abstract: Section 5508 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
amended section 340H of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act to
establish the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) program to support the expansion of new and existing primary
care residency training programs in community-based settings. The
primary goals of the THCGME program are to increase the production of
primary care doctors who are well prepared to practice in community
settings, particularly with underserved populations, and to improve the
overall number and geographic distribution of primary care providers.
To ensure these goals are achieved, the George Washington University
(GW) will conduct an evaluation of the training, administrative and
organizational structures, clinical service, challenges, innovations,
costs associated with training, and outcomes of teaching health centers
(THCs). GW has developed a program data collection tool that assesses
basic organizational and training characteristics of the programs
(including program specialty, numbers trained, training sites,
educational partners, and residency program financing), educational
initiatives (particularly around training for changing health care
delivery systems and community experiences), and health center
characteristics (including current workforce and vacancies, clinical
service provided by residents, and participation in workforce programs
such as the National Health Service Corps).
Questionnaires have also been developed for implementation with all
THC matriculating residents, graduating residents, and graduated
residents at 1 year post-graduation. The matriculation questionnaire
aims to collect background information on THC residents to better
understand the characteristics of individuals who apply and are
accepted to THC programs. The graduation questionnaire collects
information on career plans. The alumni questionnaire collects
information on career outcomes (including practice in primary care and
in underserved settings) following graduation, as well as feedback on
the quality of training.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Statute requires that THC
programs report annually on the types of primary care resident approved
training programs provided, the number of approved training positions,
the number who completed their residency at the end of the prior
academic year and care for vulnerable populations living in underserved
areas, and any other information as deemed appropriate by the Secretary
(Section 340H(h)(1) of the PHS Act). The described data collection
activities will serve to meet this statutory requirement for the THC
programs in a uniform and consistent manner and will allow comparisons
of this group to other trainees in non-THC programs (See also Section
241 of the PHS Act).
Likely Respondents: THC Program Directors will respond to the part
of the data collection tool related to the characteristics of the
programs, and THC matriculating residents, graduating residents, and
graduated residents at 1 year post-graduation will respond to the
questionnaires related to characteristics of the residents.
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
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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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Program Data Collection Tool.... 40 1 40 8.00 320
THC Alumni Survey............... 200 1 200 0.33 66
THC Matriculant Survey.......... 200 1 200 0.25 50
THC Graduation Survey........... 200 1 200 0.25 50
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Total....................... 640 .............. 640 .............. 486
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Dated: September 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-22106 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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