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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 renewal of the
generic information collection project:
‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality.’’ 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.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on August 15, 2007 and
allowed 60 days for public comment. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by November 19, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer).
Many of the tool AHRQ develops are
made available to users in the private
sector. The health care environment
changes rapidly and requires a quick
response from the agency to provide
appropriately refined tools. A generic
clearance for this methodological work
will facilitate the agency’s timely
development of information collection
tools and methods suitable for use in
changing conditions.
It is particularly important to refine
AHRQ’s tools because they have a
widespread impact. These tools are
frequently made available to help the
private sector to improve health care
quality by enabling the gathering of
useful data for analysis. They are also
used to provide information about
health care quality to consumers and
purchasers so that they can make
marketplace choices to influence and
improve health care quality. The current
clearance will expire January 31, 2008.
This is a request for a generic approval
from OMB to test information collection
instruments and methods over the next
three years.
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
‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality.’’
AHRQ plans to employ the latest
techniques to improve its current data
collections by developing new surveys,
or information collection tools and
methods, and by revising existing
collections in anticipation of, or in
response to, changes in the healthcare
field, for a three-year period. The
clearance request is limited to research
on information collection tools and
methods, and related reports and does
not extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation.
A generic clearance for this work
allows AHRQ to draft and test
information collection tools and
methods more quickly and with greater
lead time, thereby managing project
time more efficiently and improving the
quality of the methodological data the
agency collects.
In some instances the ability to
pretest/pilot-test information collection
surveys, tools, and methods, in
anticipation of work, or early in a
project, may result in the decision not
to proceed with particular survey
activities. This would save both public
and private resources and effectively
eliminate or reduce respondent burden.
Methods of Collection
Participation in the testing of
information collection tools and
methods will be fully voluntary and
non-participation will have no affect on
eligibility for, or receipt of, future
AHRQ health services research support
or on future opportunities to participate
in research or to obtain informative
research results. Specific estimation
procedures, when used, will be
described when we notify OMB as to
actual studies conducted under the
clearance.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of research activity
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Face-to-Face Interviews ............................................................................................
Field Tests (short) ......................................................................................................
Field Tests (long) .......................................................................................................
Lab Experiments ........................................................................................................
Focus Groups ............................................................................................................
Cognitive Interviews ...................................................................................................
Totals ..................................................................................................................
This information collection will not
impose a cost burden on the
respondents beyond that associated
with their time to provide the required
data. There will be no additional costs
for capital equipment, software,
computer services, etc.
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100
2,400
7,600
200
100
100
10,500
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Expenses (equipment, overhead,
printing, and support staff) will be
incurred by AHRQ components as part
of their normal operating budgets. No
additional cost to the Federal
Government is anticipated. Any
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Estimated time
per respondent
(min)
60
20
30
90
60
60
Not Applicable
Total burden
hours
100
800
3,800
300
100
100
5,200
deviation from these limits will be
noted in reports made to OMB with
respect to a particular study or studies
conducted under the clearance.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
comments on AHRQ’s information
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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 15, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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The Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Environmental
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR):
Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), CDC and NCEH/
ATSDR announce the following
committee meeting:
Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m., November 15,
2007.
8:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m., November 16,
2007.
Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,
Chamblee, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open to the public, limited
only by the space available. The meeting
room accommodates approximately 75
people.
Purpose: The Secretary, Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and by delegation, the Director, CDC,
and Administrator, NCEH/ATSDR, are
authorized under Section 301(42 U.S.C.
241) and Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of
the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, to: (1) Conduct, encourage,
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cooperate with, and assist other
appropriate public authorities, scientific
institutions, and scientists in the
conduct of research, investigations,
experiments, demonstrations, and
studies relating to the causes, diagnosis,
treatment, control, and prevention of
physical and mental diseases and other
impairments; (2) assist states and their
political subdivisions in the prevention
of infectious diseases and other
preventable conditions and in the
promotion of health and well being; and
(3) train state and local personnel in
health work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR
provides advice and guidance to the
Secretary, HHS; the Director, CDC, and
Administrator, ATSDR; and the
Director, NCEH/ATSDR, regarding
program goals, objectives, strategies, and
priorities in fulfillment of the agency’s
mission to protect and promote people’s
health. The board provides advice and
guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR
in ensuring scientific quality,
timeliness, utility, and dissemination of
results. The board also provides
guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work
more efficiently and effectively with its
various constituents and to fulfill its
mission in protecting America’s health.
Matters To Be Discussed: An update
on NCEH/ATSDR’s Office of the
Director, update on CDC Goals and Goal
Action Plans, presentation on
Formaldehyde and temporary housing
units, presentation on NCEH and Top
Off IV Exercise, update on ATSDR
Response to BSC Program Peer Review:
ATSDR Site-Specific Activities,
presentation on Pandemic Flu and
NCEH Laboratory Science, discussion
on developing a national plan for
chemical safety, and discussion on the
BSC organizational and operational
structure: subcommittees and/or
workgroups.
Agenda items are tentative and
subject to change.
The deadline for notification of
attendance is November 5, 2007.
Contact Person for More Information:
Sandra Malcom, Committee
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR,
1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E–28,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone (770)
488–4461, Fax (404) 498–0622,
E-mail: smalcom@cdc.gov.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities for both CDC and
the Agency for Toxic Substance and
Disease Registry.
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Dated: October 11, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–102, 105 and
CMS–10238]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(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.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendment
(CLIA) Budget Workload Reports and
Supporting Regulations Contained in 42
CFR 493.1–.2001; Use: Information
collected will be used by CMS in
determining the amount of Federal
Reimbursement for compliance surveys.
Use of the information includes program
evaluation, audit, budget formulation
and budget approval; Form Number:
CMS–102, 105 (OMB#: 0938–0599);
Frequency: Reporting: Quarterly;
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
50; Total Annual Responses: 550; Total
Annual Hours: 4,500.
AGENCY:
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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 renewal of the generic
information collection project: ``Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.'' 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.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on August 15, 2007 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 19, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ's OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395-6974 (attention: AHRQ's desk officer) or by
e-mail at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ's desk
officer).
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
``Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.''
AHRQ plans to employ the latest techniques to improve its current
data collections by developing new surveys, or information collection
tools and methods, and by revising existing collections in anticipation
of, or in response to, changes in the healthcare field, for a three-
year period. The clearance request is limited to research on
information collection tools and methods, and related reports and does
not extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation.
A generic clearance for this work allows AHRQ to draft and test
information collection tools and methods more quickly and with greater
lead time, thereby managing project time more efficiently and improving
the quality of the methodological data the agency collects.
In some instances the ability to pretest/pilot-test information
collection surveys, tools, and methods, in anticipation of work, or
early in a project, may result in the decision not to proceed with
particular survey activities. This would save both public and private
resources and effectively eliminate or reduce respondent burden.
Many of the tool AHRQ develops are made available to users in the
private sector. The health care environment changes rapidly and
requires a quick response from the agency to provide appropriately
refined tools. A generic clearance for this methodological work will
facilitate the agency's timely development of information collection
tools and methods suitable for use in changing conditions.
It is particularly important to refine AHRQ's tools because they
have a widespread impact. These tools are frequently made available to
help the private sector to improve health care quality by enabling the
gathering of useful data for analysis. They are also used to provide
information about health care quality to consumers and purchasers so
that they can make marketplace choices to influence and improve health
care quality. The current clearance will expire January 31, 2008. This
is a request for a generic approval from OMB to test information
collection instruments and methods over the next three years.
Methods of Collection
Participation in the testing of information collection tools and
methods will be fully voluntary and non-participation will have no
affect on eligibility for, or receipt of, future AHRQ health services
research support or on future opportunities to participate in research
or to obtain informative research results. Specific estimation
procedures, when used, will be described when we notify OMB as to
actual studies conducted under the clearance.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
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Estimated time
Type of research activity Number of per respondent Total burden
respondents (min) hours
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Face-to-Face Interviews................................ 100 60 100
Field Tests (short).................................... 2,400 20 800
Field Tests (long)..................................... 7,600 30 3,800
Lab Experiments........................................ 200 90 300
Focus Groups........................................... 100 60 100
Cognitive Interviews................................... 100 60 100
Totals............................................. 10,500 Not Applicable 5,200
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This information collection will not impose a cost burden on the
respondents beyond that associated with their time to provide the
required data. There will be no additional costs for capital equipment,
software, computer services, etc.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Expenses (equipment, overhead, printing, and support staff) will be
incurred by AHRQ components as part of their normal operating budgets.
No additional cost to the Federal Government is anticipated. Any
deviation from these limits will be noted in reports made to OMB with
respect to a particular study or studies conducted under the clearance.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act
legislation, comments on AHRQ's information
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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 15, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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