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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
SUMMARY:
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Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘System
Redesign for Value in Safety Net
Hospitals and Delivery Systems.’’ 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 April 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.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
email at doris.lefkowitzAAHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
System Redesign for Value in Safety Net
Hospitals and Delivery Systems
This proposed project is a case study
of 8 safety net (SN) hospitals. The goals
of the project are to:
(1) Identify the tools and resources
needed to facilitate system redesign in
SN hospitals; and
(2) Identify any barriers to adoption of
these in SN environments, or any gaps
that exist in the available resources.
These goals are consistent with The
National Strategy for Quality
Improvement in Health Care, published
by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services in March 2011, which
articulated a need for progress toward
three goals: (1) Better Care; (2) Healthy
People/Healthy Communities; and (3)
Affordable Care. SN hospitals and
systems are critical to achieving all
three. SN hospitals are hospitals and
health systems which provide a
significant portion of their services to
vulnerable, uninsured and Medicare
patients. While all hospitals face
challenges in improving both quality
and operating efficiency, safety net (SN)
hospitals face even greater challenges
due to growing demand for their
services and decreasing funding
opportunities.
Despite these challenging
environmental factors, some SN
hospitals and health systems have
achieved financial stability and
implemented broad-ranging efforts to
improve the quality of care they deliver.
However, while there have been
successful quality improvement
initiatives for SN providers, most
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initiatives aim at specific units within
large organizations. The improvements
introduced into these units have not
often been spread throughout the
organization. Additionally, these
improvements often are hard to sustain.
‘‘System redesign’’ refers to aligned and
synergistic quality improvement efforts
across a hospital or health system
leading to multidimensional changes in
the management or delivery of care or
strategic alignment of system changes
with an organization’s business strategy.
System redesign, if done successfully,
will allow SN providers to improve
their operations, remain afloat
financially, and provide better quality
healthcare to vulnerable and
underserved populations. Resources, as
defined here, may include learning
materials and environments developed
to support, advance, and facilitate
quality improvement efforts (e.g., tools,
guides, webinars, learning
collaboratives, training programs). The
term ‘‘resources’’ should not be
interpreted here to imply financial
support for routine staffing or
operations of Safety Net systems, but
may include quality improvement
grants, fellowships, collaboratives and
trainings.
Many tools, guides, and other learning
environments have been developed to
support the implementation of
individual quality improvement
initiatives.
However, the development of
resources to support alignment across
multiple domains of a health system has
been limited. Furthermore, the
applicability of existing resources to SN
environments is unknown.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Boston
University, 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 and with respect to quality
measurement and improvement. 42
U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following activities and data collections
will be implemented:
(1) In-person interviews will be
conducted during a 2-day site visit with
senior medical center leaders, clinical
managers and staff involved in system
redesign from each of the 8 participating
SN hospitals. These interviews may be
conducted one-on-one or in small
groups, depending upon the
participants’ availability. The purpose
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of these interviews is to learn directly
from hospital leadership and staff about
the resources they have used to support
and guide their system redesign efforts
and what, if any, gaps there are in the
resources available to them.
(2) Collection of documentation from
each SN hospital. The documentation to
be collected includes annual reports,
performance dashboards, reports on
specific system redesign and quality
improvement projects and hospital
newsletters. The purpose of this task is
to provide supplementary information
about the hospitals and their quality
improvement and system redesign
efforts. Collection of documentation
from participating hospitals will allow
the research team to collect additional
information that is readily available in
the quantity or distribution of
conditions and practices within SN
hospitals. All presentations and
publications will state the limitations of
our case-study methodology.
hospital documents, but may not be
known or readily accessible to interview
subjects during their interviews.
The findings and recommendations
developed from this project will be
disseminated through AHRQ networks
and through our partnership with the
National Association of Public Hospitals
and its membership group to ensure that
findings are reaching administrators at
public and SN hospitals directly. In
addition, findings will be published in
peer-reviewed and trade literatures so
that they will be available to a wide
range of SN delivery system managers
and clinicians for use in hospitals and
healthcare systems. Findings will be
presented as illustrative of the issues
facing SN hospitals engaging in system
redesign—rather than as representing
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in this
data collection. In-person interviews
will be conducted with a total of 160
hospital staff members (20 from each of
the 8 participating SN hospitals) and
will last about 1 hour. The collection of
documentation will require 2 hours
work from 1 staff member at each
hospital. The total burden is estimated
to be 176 hours.
EXHIBIT 1—ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Hours per response
In-person interviews .........................................................................................
Collection of documentation ............................................................................
160
8
1
1
1
2
160
16
Total ..........................................................................................................
168
n/a
n/a
176
Average hourly wage rate *
Total cost burden
Data Collection
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to provide the
Total burden
hours
requested data. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $9,242 annually.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN COST
Number of respondents
Data Collection
Total burden
hours
In-person interviews .........................................................................................
Collection of documentation ............................................................................
160
8
160
16
$56.23
$15.30
$8,997
$245
Total ..........................................................................................................
168
176
na
$9,242
* The hourly rate of 56.23 is an average of the clinical personnel hourly wage of $91.10 for physicians and $32.56 for registered nurses, and
the administrative personnel hourly wage of $45.03 for medical and health services managers. The hourly rate of $15.30 is median hourly rate
for medical administrative support staff. All hourly rates are based on median salary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total
and annualized cost to the government
for this 3 year project. The total cost is
$499,877 and includes the cost of data
collection, data analysis, reporting, and
government oversight of the contract.
The costs associated with data
collection activities are not all for the
primary data collection of the case
studies but include the review of
existing literature and other available
data sources.
TABLE 3—COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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Cost component
Total cost
Annualized
cost
Project Development ...............................................................................................................................................
Data Collection Activities .........................................................................................................................................
Data Processing and Analysis .................................................................................................................................
Publication of Results ..............................................................................................................................................
Project Management ................................................................................................................................................
Overhead .................................................................................................................................................................
Government Oversight .............................................................................................................................................
$49,161
123,478
109,433
81,836
18,438
117,531
13,710
$16,377
41,159
36,478
27,279
6,146
39,177
4,570
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
499,877
166,626
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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: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Request for Nominations of Children’s
Healthcare Quality Measures for
Potential Inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013
Improved Core Set of Health Care
Quality Measures for Medicaid/CHIP
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Request for measures.
AGENCY:
Section 401(a) of the
Children’s Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA),
Public Law 111–3, amended the Social
Security Act to enact section 1139A (42
U.S.C.1320b–9a). Section 1139A(b)
charged the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) is soliciting the
submission of measures of children’s
healthcare quality for potential
inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013 Improved
Core Set of Health Care Quality
Measures (the ‘‘Improved Core Set’’) for
potential voluntary use by Medicaid and
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the Children’s Health Insurance
Program. In addition, CHIPRA
established the Pediatric Quality
Measures Program to increase the
portfolio of measures available to public
and private purchasers of children’s
health care services, providers, and
consumers. HHS anticipates that
measures ultimately included in the
Improved Core Set will also be used by
public and private purchasers to
measure pediatric healthcare quality.
AHRQ is interested in information about
the importance, scientific validity, and
feasibility of the measures. If a measure
is selected for inclusion, more
information, including a copyright
release (if applicable) and full measure
specifications would be needed.
DATES: Please submit materials within
60 days of publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are
encouraged, preferably as an email with
one or more electronic files in a
standard word processing format as an
email attachment. Submissions may also
be in the form of a letter to: Denise
Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Child
Health and Quality Improvement,
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, 540 Gaither Rd, Rockville, MD
20850, Phone: 301–427–1868, Fax: 301–
427–1562, Email: denise.DOUGHERTY
@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
It would be most helpful to the
Agency if commenters would include
the following information in their
response: measure characteristics:
measure name; measure description;
denominator statement (if applicable);
numerator statement (if applicable); data
sources and exclusions; applicable
proprietary rights (e.g., patent or data
rights); any confidentiality or trade
secret protections; whether the measure
is part of a measure hierarchy (e.g., a
collection of measures, a measure set, a
measure subset as defined at https://
www.QUALITYMEASURES.AHRQ.gov/
about/hierarchy.aspx); detailed measure
specifications; importance of the
measure; settings, services, measure
domains, and populations addressed by
the measure; evidence for focus of the
measure; scientific soundness of the
measure; results of any efforts to
demonstrate the capacity of the measure
to produce results that stratify by race/
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special
health care need, and/or rurality/
urbanicity; feasibility of the measure
(e.g., availability of data in existing data
systems); levels at which the measure
can be aggregated (e.g., State, health
plan, provider); understandability to
consumers and providers; health
information technology readiness and
sensitivity (e.g., whether the measure
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has been tested in an electronic health
record or other health information
technology); followup contact
information.
AHRQ would also be interested in a
summary rationale for why the measure
should be included in the 2013
Improved Core Set, taking into account
a balance among desirable attributes of
the measure. For example, you may be
want to describe advantages that this
measure has over alternative measures
that were considered by the measure
developer or advantages that this
measure has over existing measures.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Senior
Advisor, Child Health and Quality
Improvement, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd,
Rockville, MD 20850, Phone: 301–427–
1868, Fax: 301–427–1562, Email:
denise.DOUGHERTY@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
401(a) of the Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111–3,
amended the Social Security Act to
enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
Since CHIPRA was passed, the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) and the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) have been
working together to implement selected
provisions of the legislation related to
children’s health care quality
(www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA). An initial
core measure set for voluntary use by
Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Programs was posted
December 29, 2009 (https://
www.GPO.gov/fdsys/PKG/FR–2009–12–
29/html/E9–30802.htm). In February
2010, CMS released a State Health
Official letter which outlined the initial
core measures and how they should be
reported to CMS.
Subsequently, AHRQ and CMS
established the CHIPRA Pediatric
Quality Measures Program (PQMP) to
enhance select pediatric quality
measures and develop new measures as
needed (https://www.AHRQ.gov/
CHIPRA). CHIPRA stipulates that
improved core measures be identified
annually, beginning January 1, 2013.
Under the PQMP, measures are being
developed and improved by 7 AHRQ–
CMS Centers of Excellence (https://
www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/
PQMPFACT.htm). In addition, this
notice seeks public nominations of
measures for potential inclusion in
Improved Core Sets.
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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: ``System Redesign for Value in Safety Net Hospitals and
Delivery Systems.'' 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 April 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.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 email at
doris.lefkowitzAAHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
System Redesign for Value in Safety Net Hospitals and Delivery Systems
This proposed project is a case study of 8 safety net (SN)
hospitals. The goals of the project are to:
(1) Identify the tools and resources needed to facilitate system
redesign in SN hospitals; and
(2) Identify any barriers to adoption of these in SN environments,
or any gaps that exist in the available resources.
These goals are consistent with The National Strategy for Quality
Improvement in Health Care, published by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services in March 2011, which articulated a need for progress
toward three goals: (1) Better Care; (2) Healthy People/Healthy
Communities; and (3) Affordable Care. SN hospitals and systems are
critical to achieving all three. SN hospitals are hospitals and health
systems which provide a significant portion of their services to
vulnerable, uninsured and Medicare patients. While all hospitals face
challenges in improving both quality and operating efficiency, safety
net (SN) hospitals face even greater challenges due to growing demand
for their services and decreasing funding opportunities.
Despite these challenging environmental factors, some SN hospitals
and health systems have achieved financial stability and implemented
broad-ranging efforts to improve the quality of care they deliver.
However, while there have been successful quality improvement
initiatives for SN providers, most initiatives aim at specific units
within large organizations. The improvements introduced into these
units have not often been spread throughout the organization.
Additionally, these improvements often are hard to sustain. ``System
redesign'' refers to aligned and synergistic quality improvement
efforts across a hospital or health system leading to multidimensional
changes in the management or delivery of care or strategic alignment of
system changes with an organization's business strategy. System
redesign, if done successfully, will allow SN providers to improve
their operations, remain afloat financially, and provide better quality
healthcare to vulnerable and underserved populations. Resources, as
defined here, may include learning materials and environments developed
to support, advance, and facilitate quality improvement efforts (e.g.,
tools, guides, webinars, learning collaboratives, training programs).
The term ``resources'' should not be interpreted here to imply
financial support for routine staffing or operations of Safety Net
systems, but may include quality improvement grants, fellowships,
collaboratives and trainings.
Many tools, guides, and other learning environments have been
developed to support the implementation of individual quality
improvement initiatives.
However, the development of resources to support alignment across
multiple domains of a health system has been limited. Furthermore, the
applicability of existing resources to SN environments is unknown.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Boston University, 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 and with respect to quality measurement and improvement. 42
U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and (2).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following activities and
data collections will be implemented:
(1) In-person interviews will be conducted during a 2-day site
visit with senior medical center leaders, clinical managers and staff
involved in system redesign from each of the 8 participating SN
hospitals. These interviews may be conducted one-on-one or in small
groups, depending upon the participants' availability. The purpose
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of these interviews is to learn directly from hospital leadership and
staff about the resources they have used to support and guide their
system redesign efforts and what, if any, gaps there are in the
resources available to them.
(2) Collection of documentation from each SN hospital. The
documentation to be collected includes annual reports, performance
dashboards, reports on specific system redesign and quality improvement
projects and hospital newsletters. The purpose of this task is to
provide supplementary information about the hospitals and their quality
improvement and system redesign efforts. Collection of documentation
from participating hospitals will allow the research team to collect
additional information that is readily available in hospital documents,
but may not be known or readily accessible to interview subjects during
their interviews.
The findings and recommendations developed from this project will
be disseminated through AHRQ networks and through our partnership with
the National Association of Public Hospitals and its membership group
to ensure that findings are reaching administrators at public and SN
hospitals directly. In addition, findings will be published in peer-
reviewed and trade literatures so that they will be available to a wide
range of SN delivery system managers and clinicians for use in
hospitals and healthcare systems. Findings will be presented as
illustrative of the issues facing SN hospitals engaging in system
redesign--rather than as representing the quantity or distribution of
conditions and practices within SN hospitals. All presentations and
publications will state the limitations of our case-study methodology.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in this data collection. In-person
interviews will be conducted with a total of 160 hospital staff members
(20 from each of the 8 participating SN hospitals) and will last about
1 hour. The collection of documentation will require 2 hours work from
1 staff member at each hospital. The total burden is estimated to be
176 hours.
Exhibit 1--Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Data Collection Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In-person interviews............................ 160 1 1 160
Collection of documentation..................... 8 1 2 16
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 168 n/a n/a 176
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to provide the requested data. The total
cost burden is estimated to be $9,242 annually.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Burden Cost
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Data Collection respondents hours wage rate * burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In-person interviews............................ 160 160 $56.23 $8,997
Collection of documentation..................... 8 16 $15.30 $245
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 168 176 na $9,242
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* The hourly rate of 56.23 is an average of the clinical personnel hourly wage of $91.10 for physicians and
$32.56 for registered nurses, and the administrative personnel hourly wage of $45.03 for medical and health
services managers. The hourly rate of $15.30 is median hourly rate for medical administrative support staff.
All hourly rates are based on median salary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total and annualized cost to the
government for this 3 year project. The total cost is $499,877 and
includes the cost of data collection, data analysis, reporting, and
government oversight of the contract. The costs associated with data
collection activities are not all for the primary data collection of
the case studies but include the review of existing literature and
other available data sources.
Table 3--Cost to the Federal Government
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Annualized
Cost component Total cost cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project Development..................... $49,161 $16,377
Data Collection Activities.............. 123,478 41,159
Data Processing and Analysis............ 109,433 36,478
Publication of Results.................. 81,836 27,279
Project Management...................... 18,438 6,146
Overhead................................ 117,531 39,177
Government Oversight.................... 13,710 4,570
-------------------------------
Total............................... 499,877 166,626
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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: February 15, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-4254 Filed 2-23-12; 8:45 am]
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