[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10373-10374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4162]


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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#790918091c0b0e160b1239110b0a18571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7d7c6d7c2d5d0c8d5cce7cfd5d4c689c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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: Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease 
Prevention Demonstration Program (OMB No. 0915-NEW)--[NEW]

    The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention 
Demonstration Program (PNDP) authorizes funds for the development and 
operation of projects to provide patient navigator services to improve 
health outcomes for individuals with cancer and other chronic diseases, 
with a specific emphasis on health disparities populations. Award 
recipients are to use grant funds to recruit, assign, train, and employ 
patient navigators who have direct knowledge of the communities they 
serve to facilitate the care of those who are at risk for or who have 
cancer or other chronic diseases, including conducting outreach to 
health disparities populations.
    As authorized by the statute, an evaluation of the outcomes of the 
program must be submitted to Congress. The purpose of these data 
collection instruments, including navigated patient data intake, VR-12 
health status, patient navigator survey, patient navigator encounter/
tracking log, patient medical record and clinic data, clinic rates 
(baseline measures), and quarterly reports is to provide data to inform 
and support the Report to Congress for: the quantitative analysis of 
baseline and benchmark measures; aggregate information about the 
patients served and program activities, and; recommendations on whether 
patient navigator programs could be used to improve patient outcomes in 
other public health areas.

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                                                        Responses
                Form                     Number of         per           Total        Hours per    Total burden
                                        respondents    respondent      responses      response         hours
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Navigated Patient Data Intake Form..           6,327           1             6,327          0.5          3,163.5
VR-12 Health Status Form............           6,327           2            12,654           .12           1,519
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    SubTotal--Patient Burden........           6,327           3            18,981           .62         4,682.5
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The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Patient Navigator Survey............              46           1                46          0.2              9.2
Patient Navigator Encounter/Tracking              46         825.3          37,962          0.2          7,592.4
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SubTotal--Patient Navigator Burden..              46         826.3          38,008          0.4          7,601.6
Patient Medical Record and Clinic                 10         632.7           6,327           .17         2,151.2
 Data...............................
Clinic Rates (Baseline Measures)....              10           1                10         10                100
Quarterly Report....................              10           4                40          1                 40
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    SubTotal--Grantee Burden........              30         637.7           6,377         11.17         2,291.2
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    Totals..........................           6,403  ............          63,366  ............        14,575.3
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        Total Average Annual Burden.  ..............  ............  ..............  ............        14,575.3
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    Anticipated Number of Patients per Site:

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                                                           Over 3 years
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Clinica Sierra Vista....................................           2,280
CMAP....................................................           1,000
New River...............................................           7,200
Project Concern.........................................             450
Queens Medical Center...................................             500
South County............................................             600
Texas Tech..............................................             200
University of Utah......................................           1,350
Vista...................................................           3,000

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    William F. Ryan.....................................           2,400
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     Total..............................................          18,980
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    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1c1d0c1d4c3c6dec3daf1d9c3c2d09fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbabbaabbea9acb4a9b09bb3a9a8baf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a> 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: February 17, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-4162 Filed 2-23-11; 8:45 am]
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