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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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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,
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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
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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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2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Testing of
Revised OASIS Instrument for Home
Health Quality Measures & Data
Analysis; Use: Medicare-certified home
health agencies (HHAs) must meet the
Conditions of Participation (COPs) as set
forth at 42 CFR Part 484 and 488. Since
1999, the COPs have mandated that
HHAs use the ‘‘Outcome and
Assessment Information Set’’ (OASIS)
data set when evaluating adult, nonmaternity patients receiving skilled
services. The OASIS is a patientspecific, comprehensive assessment that
identifies each patient’s need for home
care and that meets the patient’s
medical, nursing, rehabilitative, social
and discharge planning needs.
Since OASIS data collection was
mandated in 1999, CMS has been
systematically collecting input on ways
to improve the OASIS instrument and
reduce the burden of the collection
effort. In 2002, CMS introduced the
‘‘reduced-burden’’ OASIS that was a
product of the Secretary’s Regulatory
Reform Advisory Committee to help
guide HHS’ broader efforts to streamline
unnecessarily burdensome or inefficient
regulations that interfere with the
quality of health care. Since the 2002
revision, CMS has continued to solicit
input on potential refinements and
enhancements of the OASIS instrument
from HHAs, industry associations,
consumer representatives, researchers
and other stakeholders.
Abt Associates and their
subcontractor UCHSC were awarded a
contract by CMS in September 2006 to
continue the process of refining the
OASIS data set, as well as for the testing
of the instrument and analysis of the
impact of proposed changes. Under this
contract, researchers from Abt
Associates, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), and
Case Western Reserve University have
assisted CMS in carrying out the
revisions based on the input described
in the previous section. Changes to the
OASIS instrument include the following
removal and revision of items:
• Elimination of 7 original OASIS
items not required for payment, quality
or risk adjustment;
• Replacement of 44 original OASIS
items with items that are revised and/
or simplified to respond to industry
concerns by increasing clarity and userfriendliness, and/or reducing
complexity and burden (e.g., removal of
‘‘prior status’’ assessment for all
Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and
Instrumental Activity of Daily Living
(IADL) items).
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The revised OASIS also includes the
addition of the following process items
to support evidence-based practices:
• A total of 7 process items to be
collected only at Start of Care/
Resumption of Care, 4 of which are to
be asked seasonally (e.g.; flu vaccine);
• A total of 10 process items to be
collected only at Follow-up, Transfer or
Discharge, either seasonally or on a
small subpopulation;
• A total of 13 process items to be
collected at all OASIS time points, 6 of
which are to be collected on a small
subpopulation.
We estimate the elimination,
simplification and revision of existing
OASIS items will have a burden impact
equivalent to the complete elimination
of 19 items. Since many of the process
items will be collected only on small
subpopulations or during specific
months of the year, we estimate the
impact of the addition of these items on
burden to be equivalent to the addition
of 20 items. Therefore, total impact of
proposed OASIS revisions, including
the elimination, revision and addition of
items, changes the estimated burden of
the OASIS very little while
incorporating process measures needed
to support evidence-based practices
across the post-acute care spectrum.
As a result of comments received
during the 60-day comment period from
the notice that published July 27, 2007
(72 FR 41328), we revised the
information collection. The revisions
include clarified language, corrected
time point guidance, improved
alignment with items in the CARE tool,
improved skip patterns that allow
clinicians to bypass questions not
relevant to patients, and the addition of
response options that allow clinicians to
document patient improvement. It is the
opinion of CMS that these revisions
have resulted in an improved tool that
addresses many of the concerns
expressed by commenters, with no
increase in burden. Form Number:
CMS–10238 (OMB#: 0938–NEW);
Frequency: Reporting: One-time;
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profit and Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 11; Total Annual
Responses: 11; Total Annual Hours:
173.58. To obtain copies of the
supporting statement and any related
forms for the proposed paperwork
collections referenced above, access
CMS Web Site address at
https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
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Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on November 19, 2007.
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Katherine Astrich,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974.
Dated: October 11, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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President’s Committee for People With
Intellectual Disabilities; Notice of
Meeting
AGENCY: President’s Committee for
People With Intellectual Disabilities
(PCPID).
ACTION: Notice of quarterly meeting.
Thursday, November 15, 2007,
from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. EST. The meeting
will be conducted via conference call
and will be open to the public using the
dial-in information provided below.
ADDRESSES: The conference call may be
accessed on the date and time indicated
by dialing 888–989–6481, passcode:
PCPID.
Agenda: PCPID will meet to formulate
an action plan and timeline for
completion of the 2008 Report to the
President.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally D. Atwater, Executive Director,
President’s Committee for People With
Intellectual Disabilities, The Aerospace
Center, Second Floor, West, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447. Telephone: 202–619–0634,
fax: 202–205–9591. E-mail:
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President and the Secretary of Health
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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
AGENCY: 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.
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2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Testing of Revised OASIS Instrument for Home
Health Quality Measures & Data Analysis; Use: Medicare-certified home
health agencies (HHAs) must meet the Conditions of Participation (COPs)
as set forth at 42 CFR Part 484 and 488. Since 1999, the COPs have
mandated that HHAs use the ``Outcome and Assessment Information Set''
(OASIS) data set when evaluating adult, non-maternity patients
receiving skilled services. The OASIS is a patient-specific,
comprehensive assessment that identifies each patient's need for home
care and that meets the patient's medical, nursing, rehabilitative,
social and discharge planning needs.
Since OASIS data collection was mandated in 1999, CMS has been
systematically collecting input on ways to improve the OASIS instrument
and reduce the burden of the collection effort. In 2002, CMS introduced
the ``reduced-burden'' OASIS that was a product of the Secretary's
Regulatory Reform Advisory Committee to help guide HHS' broader efforts
to streamline unnecessarily burdensome or inefficient regulations that
interfere with the quality of health care. Since the 2002 revision, CMS
has continued to solicit input on potential refinements and
enhancements of the OASIS instrument from HHAs, industry associations,
consumer representatives, researchers and other stakeholders.
Abt Associates and their subcontractor UCHSC were awarded a
contract by CMS in September 2006 to continue the process of refining
the OASIS data set, as well as for the testing of the instrument and
analysis of the impact of proposed changes. Under this contract,
researchers from Abt Associates, University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center (UCHSC), and Case Western Reserve University have assisted CMS
in carrying out the revisions based on the input described in the
previous section. Changes to the OASIS instrument include the following
removal and revision of items:
Elimination of 7 original OASIS items not required for
payment, quality or risk adjustment;
Replacement of 44 original OASIS items with items that are
revised and/or simplified to respond to industry concerns by increasing
clarity and user-friendliness, and/or reducing complexity and burden
(e.g., removal of ``prior status'' assessment for all Activity of Daily
Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL) items).
The revised OASIS also includes the addition of the following
process items to support evidence-based practices:
A total of 7 process items to be collected only at Start
of Care/Resumption of Care, 4 of which are to be asked seasonally
(e.g.; flu vaccine);
A total of 10 process items to be collected only at
Follow-up, Transfer or Discharge, either seasonally or on a small
subpopulation;
A total of 13 process items to be collected at all OASIS
time points, 6 of which are to be collected on a small subpopulation.
We estimate the elimination, simplification and revision of
existing OASIS items will have a burden impact equivalent to the
complete elimination of 19 items. Since many of the process items will
be collected only on small subpopulations or during specific months of
the year, we estimate the impact of the addition of these items on
burden to be equivalent to the addition of 20 items. Therefore, total
impact of proposed OASIS revisions, including the elimination, revision
and addition of items, changes the estimated burden of the OASIS very
little while incorporating process measures needed to support evidence-
based practices across the post-acute care spectrum.
As a result of comments received during the 60-day comment period
from the notice that published July 27, 2007 (72 FR 41328), we revised
the information collection. The revisions include clarified language,
corrected time point guidance, improved alignment with items in the
CARE tool, improved skip patterns that allow clinicians to bypass
questions not relevant to patients, and the addition of response
options that allow clinicians to document patient improvement. It is
the opinion of CMS that these revisions have resulted in an improved
tool that addresses many of the concerns expressed by commenters, with
no increase in burden. Form Number: CMS-10238 (OMB: 0938-NEW);
Frequency: Reporting: One-time; Affected Public: Private Sector--
Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 11; Total Annual Responses: 11; Total Annual Hours:
173.58. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related
forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access
CMS Web Site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or e-mail your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410)
786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on November 19,
2007.
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Katherine Astrich,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax
Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: October 11, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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