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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
Number of
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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:
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

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32

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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.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Secretariat.

AGENCY:

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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
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public

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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
[email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
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proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email [email protected]
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

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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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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
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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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