[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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