Excerpted from the Federal Register :
SUMMARY:
In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES:
Comments on this ICR should be received no later than January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
Submit your comments, including the ICR title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395-5806.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Uniform Data System (UDS), OMB No. 0915-0193—Revision
Abstract: The Health Center Program, administered by HRSA, is authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, most recently amended by section 50901(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123. Health centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver affordable, accessible, quality, and cost-effective primary health care services to patients regardless of their ability to pay. ... HRSA uses the Uniform Data System (UDS) for annual reporting by certain HRSA award recipients, including Health Center Program awardees (those funded under section 330 of the PHS Act), Health Center Program look-alikes, and Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Program awardees (specifically those funded under the practice priority areas of section 831(b) of the PHS Act).
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA collects UDS data annually to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, improve clinical and operational performance, and report overall program accomplishments. HRSA aligns several clinical measures reported in UDS with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) electronic specified clinical quality measures (eCQM). These data help to identify trends over time, enabling HRSA to establish or expand targeted programs and to identify effective services and interventions that will improve the health of medically underserved communities. HRSA analyzes UDS data with other national health-related data sets to compare the Health Center Program patient populations and the overall U.S. population.
HRSA received comments on the BPHC UDS Federal Register notice published on July 26, 2019, vol. 84, No. 144; pp. 36108. We have taken the commenter's suggestions into consideration and have made appropriate adjustments to the draft instruments. The 2020 UDS data collection will be updated in the following ways:
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- Revising the Social Determinants of Health Question in Appendix D: Health Center Health Information Technology Capabilities: There is strong evidence that social and economic factors influence an individual's health.[5] Several health care systems are exploring how to collect information on the social determinants of health (SDOH). The inclusion of these questions into Appendix D allows HRSA to see how health centers are approaching this challenge and how many of their vulnerable patients are experiencing social and economic risks associated with poor health. For health centers that are using a standardized screener, there is one additional question asking for the total number of patients that screen positive for food insecurity, housing insecurity, financial strain, and lack of transportation/access to public transportation.
- Adding ICD-10 Codes to Capture Human Trafficking and Intimate Partner Violence: HRSA is aware that human trafficking [6] and intimate partner violence [7] are part of the SDOH that can affect a wide range of health and quality of life outcomes. Addressing SDOH is a HRSA objective to improve the health and well-being of health center patients and the broader community in which they reside.
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