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the Human Resources Administrator for
the employer.
• A letter describing the study will be
mailed to all eligible phase I
establishments inviting them to
participate, and providing Web access
information.
• Data collection then will be
primarily by web questionnaire. After
two weeks, all non-respondents will
receive a special delivery service
envelope containing another copy of the
invitation letter. Two weeks later,
telephone contact with non-respondents
will begin. Up to 7 attempts to contact
400 educational providers identified
and listed as part of this effort. There
will be no sampling or screening
activities. The information collected
will be similar to that collected from
employers. Beginning with the
invitation letter, the data collection
methodology for educational providers
will be identical to that of the phase II
study of the employers. We expect 180
educational providers to respond to
either the Web or telephone
questionnaire.
There is no cost to any respondents
other than their time.
each potential respondent by telephone
will be made. (When contact is made,
respondents will be encouraged to
complete the questionnaire on the Web
or by telephone at that time.)
Assuming no methodological changes
result from the phase I study, the phase
II employer study then will begin with
telephone screening of an additional
6,681 establishments. The data
collection methodology will be identical
to that described for the phase I study
of employers.
The study of educational providers
will be a census of the approximately
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Average burden per response in
hours
Total
burden
hours
Type of respondent
Form name
Human Resources Administrator ......
Human Resources Administrator ......
Employer Phase I Screening ...........
Employer Phase I Questionnaire
(Web or Telephone).
Employer Phase II Screening ..........
Employer Phase II Questionnaire
(Web or Telephone).
Provider Questionnaire (Web or
Telephone).
744
40
1
1
5/60
32/60
62
21
6,681
360
1
1
5/60
32/60
557
192
180
1
22/60
66
..........................................................
........................
........................
........................
898
Human Resources Administrator ......
Human Resources Administrator ......
Education Administrator ....................
Total ...........................................
Dated: November 6, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
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) 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: The necessity
and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
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the agency’s functions; the accuracy of
the estimated burden; ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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: Paid Feeding
Assistants in Long-Term Care Facilities
and Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR
483.160; Use: Section 42 CFR 483
permits long-term care facilities to use
paid feeding assistants to supplement
the services of certified nurse aides. If
facilities choose this option, feeding
assistants must complete a specified
training program. In addition, a facility
must maintain a record of all
individuals used by the facility as
feeding assistants, who have
successfully completed the training
course for paid feeding assistants. This
information is used as part of the
process to determine facility compliance
with this requirement. Form Number:
CMS–10053 (OMB#: 0938–0916);
Frequency: Reporting—Yearly; Affected
Public: Private Sector: Business or other
for-profits and Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
13,280; Total Annual Responses: 4,250;
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Total Annual Hours: 25,500. (For policy
questions regarding this collection,
contact Susan Joslin at 410–786–3516.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site
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.
In commenting on the proposed
information collections, please reference
the document identifier or OMB control
number. To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations must
be submitted in one of the following
ways by January 12, 2010:
1. Electronically. You may submit
your comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
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Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number, Room C4–26–05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: November 5, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
Project (LMBP)—New—National Center
for Preparedness, Detection, and Control
of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC is seeking approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to collect information from
healthcare organizations in order to
conduct a systemic review of laboratory
practice effectiveness. The purpose of
information collection is to include
completed unpublished quality
improvement studies/assessments
carried out by healthcare organizations
(laboratories, hospitals, clinics) in
systematic reviews of practice
effectiveness. CDC has been sponsoring
the Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
(LMBP) initiative to develop new
systematic evidence review methods for
making evidence-based
recommendations in laboratory
medicine. This initiative supports the
CDC’s mission of improving laboratory
practices.
The focus of the initiative is on preand post-analytic laboratory medicine
practices that are effective at improving
healthcare quality. While evidencebased approaches for decision-making
have become standard in healthcare,
this has been limited in laboratory
medicine. No single evidence-based
model for recommending practices in
laboratory medicine exists, although the
number of laboratories operating in the
United States and the volume of
laboratory tests available certainly
warrant such a model.
The Laboratory Medicine Best
Practices Initiative began in October
2006, when DLS convened the
Laboratory Medicine Best Practices
Workgroup (Workgroup), a
multidisciplinary panel of experts in
several fields including laboratory
medicine, clinical medicine, health
services research, and health care
performance measurement. The
Workgroup has been supported by staff
at CDC and the Battelle Memorial
Institute under contract to CDC.
To date, the Laboratory Medicine Best
Practices (LMBP) project work has been
completed over three phases. During
Phase 1 (October 2006–September 2007)
of the project, CDC staff developed
systematic review methods for
conducting evidence reviews using
published literature, and completed a
proof-of-concept test. Results of an
extensive search and review of
published literature using the methods
for the topic of patient specimen
identification indicated that an
insufficient quality and number of
studies were available for completing
systematic evidence reviews of
laboratory medicine practice
effectiveness for multiple practices, and
hence for making evidence-based
recommendations. These results were
considered likely to be generalizable to
most potential topic areas of interest.
A finding from Phase 1 work was that
laboratories would be unlikely to
publish quality improvement projects or
studies demonstrating practice
effectiveness in the peer reviewed
literature, but that they routinely
conducted quality improvement projects
and had relevant data for completion of
evidence reviews. Phase 2 (September
2007–November 2008) and Phase 3
(December 2008–September 2009),
involved further methods development
and pilot tests to obtain, review, and
evaluate published and unpublished
evidence for practices associated with
the topics of patient specimen
identification, communicating critical
value test results, and blood culture
contamination. Exploratory work by
CDC supports the existence of relevant
unpublished studies or completed
quality improvement projects related to
laboratory medicine practices from
healthcare organizations. The objective
for successive LMBP evidence reviews
of practice effectiveness is to
supplement the published evidence
with unpublished evidence to fill in
gaps in the literature.
Healthcare organizations and facilities
(laboratory, hospital, clinic) will have
the opportunity to voluntarily enroll in
an LMBP network and submit readily
available unpublished studies, quality
improvement projects, evaluations,
assessments, and other analyses relying
on unlinked, anonymous data using the
LMBP Submission Form. LMBP
Network participants will also be able to
submit unpublished studies/data for
evidence reviews on an annual basis
using this form. There will be no charge
to respondents for their participation,
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours for
this information collection request are
100 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
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Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Healthcare Organizations ............................................................................................................
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1
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[FR Doc No: E9-27297]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10053]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
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) 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: The
necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency's functions; the accuracy of the
estimated burden; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and 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: Paid Feeding
Assistants in Long-Term Care Facilities and Supporting Regulations at
42 CFR 483.160; Use: Section 42 CFR 483 permits long-term care
facilities to use paid feeding assistants to supplement the services of
certified nurse aides. If facilities choose this option, feeding
assistants must complete a specified training program. In addition, a
facility must maintain a record of all individuals used by the facility
as feeding assistants, who have successfully completed the training
course for paid feeding assistants. This information is used as part of
the process to determine facility compliance with this requirement.
Form Number: CMS-10053 (OMB: 0938-0916); Frequency:
Reporting--Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other
for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents:
13,280; Total Annual Responses: 4,250; Total Annual Hours: 25,500. (For
policy questions regarding this collection, contact Susan Joslin at
410-786-3516. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'
Web Site 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.
In commenting on the proposed information collections, please
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of
the following ways by January 12, 2010:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
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Attention: Document Identifier/OMB Control Number, Room C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 5, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-27297 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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