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information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Small Health Care Provider Quality 

Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915– 

0387—Revision. 

Abstract: This program is authorized 

by Title III, Public Health Service Act, 

Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as 

amended. This authority permits the 

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy 

(FORHP) to support grants that expand 

access to, coordinate, contain the cost 

of, and improve the quality of essential 

health care services, including 

preventive and emergency services, 

through the development of health care 

networks in rural and frontier areas and 

regions. The authority also allows HRSA 

to provide funds to rural and frontier 

communities to support the direct 

delivery of health care and related 

services, expand existing services, or 

enhance health service delivery through 

education, promotion, and prevention 

programs. 

The purpose of the Small Health Care 

Provider Quality Improvement Grant 

(Rural Quality) Program is to provide 

support to rural primary care providers 

for implementation of quality 

improvement activities. The program 

promotes the development of an 

evidence-based culture and delivery of 

coordinated care in the primary care 

setting. Additional objectives of the 

program include improved health 

outcomes for patients, enhanced chronic 

disease management, and better 

engagement of patients and their 

caregivers. Organizations participating 

in the program are required to use an 

evidence-based quality improvement 

model; develop, implement and assess 

effectiveness of quality improvement 

initiatives; and use health information 

technology (HIT) to collect and report 

data. HIT may include an electronic 

patient registry or an electronic health 

record, and is a critical component for 

improving quality and patient 

outcomes. With HIT, it is possible to 

generate timely and meaningful data, 

which helps providers track and plan 

care. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: FORHP collects this 

information to quantify the impact of 

grant funding on access to health care, 

quality of services, and improvement of 

health outcomes. FORHP uses the data 

for program improvement and grantees 

use the data for performance tracking. 

The measures encompass access to care, 

population demographics, consortium/ 

network, sustainability, quality 

improvement implementation strategies, 

clinical, and optional topic utilization. 

The proposed Rural Quality draft 

measures reflect a reduced number of 

measures: 25 total (previously 43), 

which includes 18 required measures 

applicable to all awardees in addition to 

7 optional measures. Proposed revisions 

specifically include the following: (1) 

Alignment of clinical measures to 

current National Quality Forum 

endorsement recommendations and (2) 

broadened orientation of measures for 

improved applicability across variety of 

rural quality improvement project topic 

areas. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

would be award recipients of the Small 

Health Care Provider Quality 

Improvement Program. 

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 

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: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program 

Performance Improvement Measurement System 

(PIMS) Measurement ....................................................... 32 1 32 26 832 

Total .............................................................................. 32 ........................ 32 ........................ 832 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on: (1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request Title: Radiation 

Exposure Screening and Education 

Program, OMB No. 0906–0012— 

Revision 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, HRSA announces plans to 

submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR), described below, to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to 

OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 

public regarding the burden estimate, 

below, or any other aspect of the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than March 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 


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proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and draft 

instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov 

or call Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

at (301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Radiation Exposure Screening and 

Education Program, OMB No. 0906– 

0012—Revision. 

Abstract: The Radiation Exposure 

Screening and Education Program 

(RESEP) is authorized by section 417C 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 285a–9). The purpose of RESEP 

is to assist individuals who live (or 

lived) in areas where U.S. nuclear 

weapons testing occurred and who are 

diagnosed with cancer and other 

radiogenic diseases caused by exposure 

to nuclear fallout or nuclear materials 

such as uranium. RESEP funds support 

eligible health care organizations in 

implementing cancer screening 

programs; developing education 

programs; disseminating information on 

radiogenic diseases and the importance 

of early detection; screening eligible 

individuals for cancer and other 

radiogenic diseases; providing 

appropriate referrals for medical 

treatment; and facilitating 

documentation of radiation exposure. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: For this program, 

performance measures were drafted to 

provide data useful to the program and 

to enable HRSA to provide aggregate 

program data required by Congress 

under the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62). 

These measures cover the principal 

topic areas of interest to the Federal 

Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), 

including demographics for the RESEP 

program user population, medical 

screening activities for cancers and 

other radiogenic diseases, exposure and 

presentation types for eligible 

radiogenic malignant and nonmalignant 

diseases, referrals for appropriate 

medical treatment, eligibility counseling 

and referral assistance for the Radiation 

Exposure Compensation Act, and 

program outreach and education 

activities. These measures speak to 

FORHP’s progress toward meeting the 

established goals. In order to reduce the 

reporting burden by the award 

recipients, a number of questions have 

been removed with the new set of 

measures reflecting an effort to 

streamline data collection and collect 

consistent and uniform measures across 

FORHP’s grant programs. 

Likely Respondents: Radiation 

Exposure Screening and Education 

Program award recipients. 

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: (1) Review instructions; (2) 

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; (3) train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; (4) search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and (5) 

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

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program ..... 8 1 8 12 96 

8 ........................ 8 ........................ 96 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on: (1) The necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Dental & 

Craniofacial Research; Notice of 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the National Advisory Dental 

and Craniofacial Research Council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public as indicated below, with 

attendance limited to space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Advisory 

Dental and Craniofacial Research Council. 

Date: January 31, 2018. 

Open: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Agenda: Report to the Director, NIDCR. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6, 

31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Closed: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6, 

31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Alicia J. Dombroski, Ph.D., 

Director, Division of Extramural Activities, 


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