Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency

Agency Information Collection Activity: VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER)

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before December 21, 2026.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.

With respect to the following collection of information, VHA invites comments on: (1) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of VHA's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of VHA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.

Title: VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency (PPGMER).

OMB Control Number: 2900-0936. https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch. (Once at this link, you can enter the OMB Control Number to find the historical versions of this Information Collection).

Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Section 403 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182; as codified at 38 U.S.C. 7302) mandated that VA create a pilot program to establish additional graduate medical education (GME) physician residency placement positions at certain covered facilities. The pilot program has been implemented and places no fewer than 100 resident physicians at covered facilities (sites) operated by Indian tribe or tribal organization (25 U.S.C. 5304), Indian Health Service, Federally-Qualified Health Centers (42 U.S.C. 1396d(1)(2)(B)) and Department of Defense. Participants in this program are required by the statute to collect and provide VA with programmatic data. VA is required to include this information in an annual Congressionally Mandated Report until the program terminates on August 7, 2031. The information will continue to be collected by the GME sponsoring institutions and the physician residents they place in the participating covered facilities. The sponsors themselves will determine the best method for collecting the necessary data, depending on their own resources and staffing. The information collected includes required elements, such as number of patients seen per day by each resident placed in a covered facility, and consolidated data from the GME sponsoring institutions. VA will submit this information in an annual report to Congress on continued implementation of the pilot program.

Total Annual Number of Respondents: 110.

Total Annual Time Burden: 1,800 hours.

Physician Resident Data Collection

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 600 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 6 hours.

Frequency of Response: Once annually.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.

GME Sponsor Data Collection

Affected Public: Private Sector.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,200 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 120 hours.

Frequency of Response: Once annually.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. )