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Christopher H. Bates,
Executive Director, Presidential Advisory on
HIV/AIDS.
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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, HHS.
AGENCY:
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Notice.
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Pre-test
of an Assisted Living Consensus
Instrument.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRO.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Proposed Project
Pre-Test of an Assisted Living
Consensus Instrument
Using a consensus-based process and
in partnership with the Center for
Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL),
AHRQ has developed a data collection
tool that will collect uniform
information about individual assisted
living facilities (ALFs) in the United
States to increase the value of healthcare
for consumers by helping them make
informed choices when selecting an
ALF. Included in the development
process were a voluntary committee of
national representatives of Assisted
Living Facilities, consumers, and
researchers.
Assisted living (AL) is a relatively
new long-term care option that currently
serves approximately one million older
and dependent Americans. Unlike
skilled nursing facilities which are
Federally regulated and relatively
uniform from state to state, ALFs vary
from state to state, as well as within
each state, reflecting various core values
that embrace consumer choice and
provider diversity.
Most states mandate a set of basic
services that an ALF must offer, such as
meals and housekeeping. The upper
limits of allowable services are also
often prescribed. However, within the
range of services required and allowed,
ALFs in most states are given some
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latitude as to who they choose to serve
and what services they choose to
provide. Further, the choice of services
is not always confined by geography;
that is, given the widespread dispersion
of families, potential AL residents may
be looking to choose among assisted
living properties in different states,
thereby widening the choices available.
While some ALFs are equipped to
serve a wide range of resident needs, it
is more common that an assisted living
property will address a particular
‘‘market niche.’’ There are many ways in
which ALFs offer diversity—in the
religious or cultural affiliations of its
target market; in the house rules that
influence expectations about dress and
behavior in the dining room; in the
admission and discharge criteria in
place; as well as in the range of services
provided. Major variation is found in
the extent to which a particular ALF is
able and willing to serve those with
dementia. While most ALFs admit and
retain residents with mild cognitive
impairment, those without a specialized
dementia program may have difficulty
serving residents with common
symptoms such as a lack of safety
awareness, wandering, sleep
disturbances and agitation.
To some extent, admission and
discharge criteria are dictated by the
laws and regulations of the state in
which a particular ALF operates.
Beyond this, ALFs have considerable
latitude in assessing individuals whom
they will admit and retain in their
facilities.
In addition to the assessment of
needed services in relation to the
services that are available, the ability to
pay for AL services is a critical factor for
both the consumer and ALF decision-
making about whether and when an
individual moves into and out of a
particular ALF. Approximately ten
percent of AL residents receive
subsidies through State Medicaid
Waiver or State Plan programs, and
fewer than three percent are covered by
long-term care insurance. Thus, a
substantial percentage of AL consumers
use savings and other assets, including
proceeds from the sale of their homes,
to pay for their stay in an ALF. In
choosing an ALF, consumers need to
consider whether a particular facility is
able to accept Medicaid or other third
party payments, both now and in the
future, should their assets become
depleted.
This research has the following goals:
(1) Refine the data collection tool
through pre-testing with a sample of
ALFs; and
(2) Make the data collection tool
publically available through the AHRQ
Web site.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Abt
Associates Inc., pursuant to AHRQ’s
statutory authority to conduct and
support research on healthcare and on
systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the
quality, effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of healthcare
services. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following data collection will be
undertaken:
(1) Telephone verification. The
purpose of the telephone verification is
to ensure that the most current mailing
address of each ALF is utilized for the
survey pre-test, and to obtain the name
of the Administrator or Executive
Director of the ALF so the mailed pretest survey can be addressed directly to
that person; and
(2) Pre-test of the Assisted Living
Provider Information Tool for Consumer
Education. The data collection will
include information on several topics of
interest to consumers including services
available in ALFs and costs of those
services, criteria for moving into and out
of an ALF, resident’s rights, house rules,
life safety features, staffing within the
ALF, and the availability of dementia
care services within the ALF. The
purpose of the pre-test is to assess the
utility of the data collection tool as well
as the feasibility for its implementation.
The data that will be collected
through this effort will be used to make
final refinements to the Assisted Living
Provider Information Tool for Consumer
Education and to make adjustments to
the recommended processes for
implementing a similar data collection
effort on a broader basis.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden for the respondents’
time to participate in this project. The
telephone verification will be completed
by 285 AL providers and will take
approximately one minute to complete.
The pre-test of the Assisted Living
Provider Information Tool for Consumer
Education will be completed by 191
ALFs and will require approximately 25
minutes to complete. The total annual
burden is estimated to be 85 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to participate in
this project. The total annualized cost
burden is estimated to be $3,576.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Telephone verification ..............................................................
Pre-test ....................................................................................
285
191
1
1
1/60
25/60
5
80
Total ..................................................................................
476
na
na
85
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
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Form name
Total burden
hours
Average hourly
wage rate*
Total cost burden
Telephone verification ..............................................................
Pre-Test ...................................................................................
285
191
5
80
$15.37
43.74
$77
3,499
Total ..................................................................................
476
85
na
3,576
* Based upon the mean of the average wages reflected in the National Compensation Survey (May 2009) U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Wage categories used: phone verification—office and administrative support workers; pre-test—medical and health services
managers in the United States.
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
The total cost of this contract to the
government is $424,000. The project
extends over four years, but this request
is for a one year OMB clearance. Exhibit
3 shows a breakdown of the total cost
as well as the annualized cost.
EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST
Cost component
Total cost
Annualized
Project Development ...............................................................................................................................................
Data Collection Activities .........................................................................................................................................
Data Processing and Analysis .................................................................................................................................
Reporting of results .................................................................................................................................................
Project Management ................................................................................................................................................
$125,000
90,000
30,000
30,000
164,552
$31,250
22,500
7,500
7,500
41,138
Total Costs .......................................................................................................................................................
439,552
109,888
Dated: April 22, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Daniel L. Holcomb,
CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection 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
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
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Proposed Project
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Evaluation of Enhanced
Implementation of the ‘‘Learn the Signs.
Act Early.’’ Campaign in 4 Target
Sites,—New—National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
(NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
[60Day–11–11EX]
Background and Brief Description
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 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 healthcare
research and healthcare 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
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CDC’s ‘‘Learn the Signs Act Early’’
campaign is a health education
campaign that aims to improve parent
awareness of early child development
and improve early identification of
children with autism spectrum
disorders and other developmental
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disabilities. The proposed information
collection activity will allow necessary
evaluation of the supplemental program
to determine if the program has
achieved its intended goals; to identify
efficient implementation strategies that
reach the greatest numbers of parents of
young children within defined
population groups; and determine the
effectiveness of those strategies in
changing parents’ awareness of the
campaign and behavior related to
monitoring early development.
This information collection activity
will consist of two surveys of parents of
young children in the demographic
groups and geographic areas targeted by
this enhanced implementation of the
‘‘Learn the Signs Act Early’’ campaign;
one at baseline (before campaign
implementation) and one at follow-up
(near implementation end). The surveys
will capture information from the
program’s target audience to determine
campaign reach and exposure among
this group, as well as identify change in
knowledge, awareness, and behavior
related to the campaign and monitoring
early child development. The project
aims to attain 250 completed parent
surveys from each of the 4 sites at
baseline and again at follow-up (for a
total of 2,000 completed surveys). It is
estimated that 2400 respondents will
have to be screened in order to recruit
2000 total survey participants.
Participants will be recruited to
participate in one of two surveys that
will be conducted in the following four
target areas: Washington: Yakima,
Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla
counties; Missouri: St. Louis City; Utah:
Salt Lake County; and Alaska:
Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla, Homer,
Kenai.
This request is to obtain OMB
clearance for two years. There are no
costs to the respondents other than their
time.
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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, HHS.
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) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Pre-test of an Assisted Living Consensus Instrument.'' In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ
invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRO.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Pre-Test of an Assisted Living Consensus Instrument
Using a consensus-based process and in partnership with the Center
for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), AHRQ has developed a data
collection tool that will collect uniform information about individual
assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the United States to increase the
value of healthcare for consumers by helping them make informed choices
when selecting an ALF. Included in the development process were a
voluntary committee of national representatives of Assisted Living
Facilities, consumers, and researchers.
Assisted living (AL) is a relatively new long-term care option that
currently serves approximately one million older and dependent
Americans. Unlike skilled nursing facilities which are Federally
regulated and relatively uniform from state to state, ALFs vary from
state to state, as well as within each state, reflecting various core
values that embrace consumer choice and provider diversity.
Most states mandate a set of basic services that an ALF must offer,
such as meals and housekeeping. The upper limits of allowable services
are also often prescribed. However, within the range of services
required and allowed, ALFs in most states are given some
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latitude as to who they choose to serve and what services they choose
to provide. Further, the choice of services is not always confined by
geography; that is, given the widespread dispersion of families,
potential AL residents may be looking to choose among assisted living
properties in different states, thereby widening the choices available.
While some ALFs are equipped to serve a wide range of resident
needs, it is more common that an assisted living property will address
a particular ``market niche.'' There are many ways in which ALFs offer
diversity--in the religious or cultural affiliations of its target
market; in the house rules that influence expectations about dress and
behavior in the dining room; in the admission and discharge criteria in
place; as well as in the range of services provided. Major variation is
found in the extent to which a particular ALF is able and willing to
serve those with dementia. While most ALFs admit and retain residents
with mild cognitive impairment, those without a specialized dementia
program may have difficulty serving residents with common symptoms such
as a lack of safety awareness, wandering, sleep disturbances and
agitation.
To some extent, admission and discharge criteria are dictated by
the laws and regulations of the state in which a particular ALF
operates. Beyond this, ALFs have considerable latitude in assessing
individuals whom they will admit and retain in their facilities.
In addition to the assessment of needed services in relation to the
services that are available, the ability to pay for AL services is a
critical factor for both the consumer and ALF decision-making about
whether and when an individual moves into and out of a particular ALF.
Approximately ten percent of AL residents receive subsidies through
State Medicaid Waiver or State Plan programs, and fewer than three
percent are covered by long-term care insurance. Thus, a substantial
percentage of AL consumers use savings and other assets, including
proceeds from the sale of their homes, to pay for their stay in an ALF.
In choosing an ALF, consumers need to consider whether a particular
facility is able to accept Medicaid or other third party payments, both
now and in the future, should their assets become depleted.
This research has the following goals:
(1) Refine the data collection tool through pre-testing with a
sample of ALFs; and
(2) Make the data collection tool publically available through the
AHRQ Web site.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, Abt
Associates Inc., pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and
support research on healthcare and on systems for the delivery of such
care, including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness and value of healthcare services. 42 U.S.C.
299a(a)(1).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collection
will be undertaken:
(1) Telephone verification. The purpose of the telephone
verification is to ensure that the most current mailing address of each
ALF is utilized for the survey pre-test, and to obtain the name of the
Administrator or Executive Director of the ALF so the mailed pre-test
survey can be addressed directly to that person; and
(2) Pre-test of the Assisted Living Provider Information Tool for
Consumer Education. The data collection will include information on
several topics of interest to consumers including services available in
ALFs and costs of those services, criteria for moving into and out of
an ALF, resident's rights, house rules, life safety features, staffing
within the ALF, and the availability of dementia care services within
the ALF. The purpose of the pre-test is to assess the utility of the
data collection tool as well as the feasibility for its implementation.
The data that will be collected through this effort will be used to
make final refinements to the Assisted Living Provider Information Tool
for Consumer Education and to make adjustments to the recommended
processes for implementing a similar data collection effort on a
broader basis.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden for the
respondents' time to participate in this project. The telephone
verification will be completed by 285 AL providers and will take
approximately one minute to complete. The pre-test of the Assisted
Living Provider Information Tool for Consumer Education will be
completed by 191 ALFs and will require approximately 25 minutes to
complete. The total annual burden is estimated to be 85 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this project. The total
annualized cost burden is estimated to be $3,576.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Telephone verification.............. 285 1 1/60 5
Pre-test............................ 191 1 25/60 80
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Total........................... 476 na na 85
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly
Form name respondents hours wage rate* Total cost burden
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Telephone verification.............. 285 5 $15.37 $77
Pre-Test............................ 191 80 43.74 3,499
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Total........................... 476 85 na 3,576
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* Based upon the mean of the average wages reflected in the National Compensation Survey (May 2009) U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage categories used: phone verification--office and
administrative support workers; pre-test--medical and health services managers in the United States.
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
The total cost of this contract to the government is $424,000. The
project extends over four years, but this request is for a one year OMB
clearance. Exhibit 3 shows a breakdown of the total cost as well as the
annualized cost.
Exhibit 3--Estimated Total and Annualized Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cost component Total cost Annualized
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project Development..................... $125,000 $31,250
Data Collection Activities.............. 90,000 22,500
Data Processing and Analysis............ 30,000 7,500
Reporting of results.................... 30,000 7,500
Project Management...................... 164,552 41,138
-------------------------------
Total Costs......................... 439,552 109,888
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 healthcare research and
healthcare 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: April 22, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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