[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13413-13414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Uniform Data System (OMB No. 0915-0193); 
Extension and Revision

    This is a request for extension and revision of approval of the 
Uniform Data System (UDS), which contains the annual reporting 
requirements for the cluster of primary care grantees funded by the 
Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA). The UDS includes reporting requirements for 
grantees of the following primary care programs: Community Health 
Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, Outreach 
and Primary Health Services for Homeless Children and Public Housing 
Primary Care. Authorizing Legislation is found in Public Law 104-299, 
Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996, enacting Section 330 of the 
Public Health Service Act.
    The Bureau of Primary Health Care collects data on its programs to 
ensure compliance with legislative mandates and to report to Congress 
and policy makers on program accomplishments. To meet these objectives, 
BPHC requires

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a core set of information collected annually that is appropriate for 
monitoring and evaluating performance and reporting on annual trends. 
The UDS includes two components: the Universal Report, completed by all 
grantees, provides data on services, staffing, and financing; and the 
Grant Report, completed by grantees funded under the Homeless or Public 
Housing Program as well as one of the other programs, provides data on 
characteristics of users whose services fall within the scope of the 
Homeless or Public Housing Program grant. The first UDS reports were 
collected March 31, 1997, and analysis of data indicates that several 
revisions should be made. Program officials have noted that additional 
information needs to be collected which was included in previous 
reporting systems but was deleted from the UDS. Grantees will be asked 
to provide information on the charges, collections, bad debt write off 
and contractual disallowances by payor sources (Medicaid, Medicare, 
self pay and private insurance). Additional revisions include adding 
categories to some of the lists (e.g., services, ICD codes, CPT codes) 
and annotating the forms to indicate which lines are subtotals and the 
lines to which they sum.
    The proposed changes are not expected to add significantly to the 
reporting burden. Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as 
follows:

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                                Number of     Hours per    Total burden 
       Type of report          respondents    response         hours    
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Universal Report............           685            24          16,440
Grant Report................            94            16           1,504
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      Total.................           685  ............          17,944
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: March 13, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-7051 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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