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compensation levels of management
and/or support staff among companies
of different sizes. Although financial,
marketing, legal, and clerical personnel
may be involved in the information
collection process, FTC staff has
assumed that mid-management
personnel and outside legal counsel will
handle most of the tasks involved in
gathering and producing responsive
information, and has applied an average
rate of $250/hour for their labor. FTC
staff anticipates that the labor costs per
company will range between $55,000
(220 hours x $250/hour) and $100,000
(400 hours x $250/hour). Nonetheless,
as a conservative measure, staff
estimates that the total labor costs per
company will be $100,000.
FTC staff believes that the capital or
other non-labor costs associated with
the information requests are minimal.
Although the information requests may
require industry members to maintain
the requested information the
Commission seeks, they should already
have in place the means to compile and
maintain it.
John D. Graubert,
Acting General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Human Research Protections
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AGENCY: Office of Public Health and
Science, Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby
given that the Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Human Research
Protections (SACHRP), will hold its
eleventh meeting. The meeting will be
open to the public. Due to unanticipated
issues during preparation for the
November meeting of SACHRP, this
notice will not meet the 15-day
requirement for publication in the
Federal Register.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, November 2, 2006 from 8:30
a.m. until 3 p.m. and Friday, November
3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Sheraton National
Hotel, 900 South Orme Street,
Arlington, VA, 22204. Phone: (703) 521–
1900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard Schwetz, D.V.M., Ph.D.,
Director, Office for Human Research
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Protections (OHRP), or Catherine
Slatinshek, Executive Director,
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Human Research Protections;
Department of Health and Human
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
200, Rockville, MD 20852; (240) 453–
8139; fax: (240) 453–6909; e-mail
address: sachrp@osophs.dhhs.gov.
Under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222
of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, SACHRP was established to
provide expert advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the
Assistant Secretary for Health on issues
and topics pertaining to or associated
with the protection of human research
subjects.
On November 2, 2006, SACHRP will
receive and discuss updated
information and a report from the
Subpart A Subcommittee and issues
involving the application of subpart A
of 45 CFR part 46 in the current research
environment. This subcommittee was
established by SACHRP at its October
4–5, 2004 meeting.
On November 3, 2006, the Committee
will discuss future topics and issues
that will be considered by the
Subcommittee on Research Involving
Individuals with Impaired DecisionMaking Capacity. This subcommittee
was established by SACHRP at its July
31–August 1, 2006 meeting. In addition,
the Committee will hear presentations
and invite discussions from several
representatives on a panel on issues
related to research involving subjects
with impaired decision-making
capacity.
Public attendance at the meeting is
limited to space available. Individuals
who plan to attend the meeting and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the designated contact persons.
Members of the public will have the
opportunity to provide comments on
both days of the meeting. Public
comment will be limited to five minutes
per speaker. Any members of the public
who wish to have printed materials
distributed to SACHRP members for this
scheduled meeting should submit
materials to the Executive Director,
SACHRP, prior to the close of business
Friday, October 27, 2006. Information
about SACHRP and the draft meeting
agenda will be posted on the SACHRP
Web site at: https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/
sachrp/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: October 18, 2006.
Catherine Slatinshek,
Executive Director, Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Human Research Protections.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) allow the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Evaluation of the Implementation and
Impact of Pay-for-Quality Programs.’’ In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ
invites the public to comment on this
proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room # 5036, Rockville,
MD 20850.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Evaluation of the Implementation
and Impact of Pay-for-Quality (P4Q)
Programs.’’
The P4Q Evaluation is a multi-method
research project designed to evaluate the
implementation and impact of P4Q
programs on physicians across three
programs operating in health care safety
net settings. The P4Q programs
participating in the evaluation are
offering their health care providers
financial incentives to achieve
predefined quality targets. Data
collected as part of this evaluation will
have direct operational relevance to
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payers and providers regarding the
value and challenges of P4Q programs
in safety net settings. The P4Q
evaluation is designed to assess whether
P4Q programs in such settings appear to
improve quality on the measures that
are the focus of the programs and also
whether the programs lead to
unintended consequences. the P4Q
evaluation will also seek to identify
design and implementation practices
that are likely to increase as well as
decrease the risks of negative outcomes
resulting from the implementation of
P4Q programs in safety net settings.
Data collection in the P4Q evaluation
will be approved by the Boston
University’s Medical Campus
Institutional Review Board. It will be
conducted in accordance with the
Type of respondent
Number of
respondents
Health Insurance Protection and
Portability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
and with the Protection of Human
Subjects regulations, 45 CFR part 46. In
addition, the identifiable data collected
in this study about provider
organizations and individuals will only
be used for the above-stated purposes
and will be protected in accordance
with the AHRQ confidentiality statute,
section 934(c) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c–3(c)).
Methods of Collection
The evaluation will use several
methods to examine P4Q programs in
safety net settings, including a survey
and key informant interviews. Survey
data will be obtained from physicians
participating in P4Q programs using a
Number of responses per
respondent
Estimated time per
respondent
(hours)
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confidential mailed questionnaire. The
key informant interviews will consist of
35-minute semi-structured interviews
with physician organization executives,
practice leaders, physicians, and other
senior managers in each study setting
regarding program design,
implementation, and impact. The
research project investigators will
interview up to six informants at each
site.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
The table below indicates that total
time burden required to obtain all of the
data required to meet the study’s
objectives. It does not include time
required to analyze the data and prepare
it for reporting and publication.
Estimated total
burden
(hours)
Estimated annual cost to the
government
Physicians .............................
216
1
0.25 hours (15 minutes) .......
54
Practice executives and other
senior managers.
24
1
0.58 hours (35 minutes) .......
14
$5,322.12 to cover costs of
responding to survey.
$841.35 to cover costs of
participating in in-person
interviews.
Total ...............................
........................
........................
...............................................
68
$6,163.47
Estimated Costs to the Federal
Government
The total cost to the government for
this activity is estimated to be $193,941.
This funding will be used to support
survey administration costs, salary and
fringe benefits for the research team
relating to the design and
administration of the survey and
informant interviews, and costs for two
members of the research team to travel
to each site for the informant interviews.
The project will attempt to minimize
burden to physician survey respondents
by distributing surveys at medical staff
meetings.
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In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
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Dated: October 10, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (45 FR 67772–72, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended
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most recently at 71 FR 50065, dated
August 24, 2006) is amended to reflect
the establishment of the Statistical
Support Most Efficient Organization
within the Division of Surveillance,
Hazard Evaluation, and Field Studies,
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
Section C–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the functional
statement for the Division of
Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation, and
Field Studies (CCK) and insert the
following: (1) Develops and maintains a
surveillance system of the Nation’s work
force and its environs to make an early
detection and continuous assessment of
the magnitude and extent of job-related
illness, exposures, and hazardous
agents; (2) conducts the legislatively
mandated health hazard evaluation and
industry-wide epidemiological research
programs through longitudinal record
studies and clinical/environmental field
studies and surveys to identify the
occupational causes of disease in the
working population and their offspring,
and to determine the incidence and
prevalence of acute and chronic effects
from work-related exposures to toxic
and hazardous substances; (3) conducts
epidemiological research for input to
criteria for standards for the control of
occupational health hazards; (4)
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection
project: ``Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of Pay-for-
Quality Programs.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 5036,
Rockville, MD 20850.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from AHRQ's Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of Pay-for-Quality
(P4Q) Programs.''
The P4Q Evaluation is a multi-method research project designed to
evaluate the implementation and impact of P4Q programs on physicians
across three programs operating in health care safety net settings. The
P4Q programs participating in the evaluation are offering their health
care providers financial incentives to achieve predefined quality
targets. Data collected as part of this evaluation will have direct
operational relevance to
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payers and providers regarding the value and challenges of P4Q programs
in safety net settings. The P4Q evaluation is designed to assess
whether P4Q programs in such settings appear to improve quality on the
measures that are the focus of the programs and also whether the
programs lead to unintended consequences. the P4Q evaluation will also
seek to identify design and implementation practices that are likely to
increase as well as decrease the risks of negative outcomes resulting
from the implementation of P4Q programs in safety net settings.
Data collection in the P4Q evaluation will be approved by the
Boston University's Medical Campus Institutional Review Board. It will
be conducted in accordance with the Health Insurance Protection and
Portability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and with the Protection of Human
Subjects regulations, 45 CFR part 46. In addition, the identifiable
data collected in this study about provider organizations and
individuals will only be used for the above-stated purposes and will be
protected in accordance with the AHRQ confidentiality statute, section
934(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c-3(c)).
Methods of Collection
The evaluation will use several methods to examine P4Q programs in
safety net settings, including a survey and key informant interviews.
Survey data will be obtained from physicians participating in P4Q
programs using a confidential mailed questionnaire. The key informant
interviews will consist of 35-minute semi-structured interviews with
physician organization executives, practice leaders, physicians, and
other senior managers in each study setting regarding program design,
implementation, and impact. The research project investigators will
interview up to six informants at each site.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
The table below indicates that total time burden required to obtain
all of the data required to meet the study's objectives. It does not
include time required to analyze the data and prepare it for reporting
and publication.
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Number of Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Type of respondent Number of responses per per respondent total burden annual cost to
respondents respondent (hours) (hours) the government
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Physicians................... 216 1 0.25 hours (15 54 $5,322.12 to
minutes). cover costs of
responding to
survey.
Practice executives and other 24 1 0.58 hours (35 14 $841.35 to
senior managers. minutes). cover costs of
participating
in in-person
interviews.
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Total.................... .............. .............. ................ 68 $6,163.47
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Estimated Costs to the Federal Government
The total cost to the government for this activity is estimated to
be $193,941. This funding will be used to support survey administration
costs, salary and fringe benefits for the research team relating to the
design and administration of the survey and informant interviews, and
costs for two members of the research team to travel to each site for
the informant interviews. The project will attempt to minimize burden
to physician survey respondents by distributing surveys at medical
staff meetings.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act
legislation, comments on AHRQ's information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health care information dissemination
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of burden (including hours
and costs) of the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: October 10, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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