[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 17423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7317]
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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 requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration publishes summaries of proposed
data collection projects for public comment. Comments are invited
regarding the following: (a) The necessity of the proposed collection
of information for the proper performance of the functions of the
agency; (b) the 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: Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(GME) Program--NEW
The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (GME) program
(Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act) was established by
Section 5508 of Public Law 111-148, the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act. The program supports training for primary care
residents (including residents in family medicine, internal medicine,
pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology,
psychiatry, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics) in
community-based ambulatory patient care settings.
The statute provides that eligible Teaching Health Centers receive
payments for both direct and indirect costs associated with training
residents in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. Direct
payments are designed to compensate eligible Teaching Health Centers
for those expenses directly associated with resident training, while
indirect payments are intended to compensate for the additional costs
of training residents in such programs. Payments are made at the
beginning of the funding cycle; however, the statute provides for a
reconciliation process, through which overpayments may be recouped and
underpayments may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data
collection instrument will gather information relating to the numbers
of residents in Teaching Health Center GME training programs in order
to reconcile payments for both direct and indirect costs.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent responses response hours
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Reconciliation form............. 11 1 11 10 110
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Total....................... 11 .............. 11 10 110
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To request more information on this proposed project or to obtain a
copy of the draft data collection plans and instruments, e-mail
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1129.
E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-7317 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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