Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting for Cause for Medical Informatics, 38294-38295 [2012-15612]
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total
and annualized cost to process HCUP
database applications and maintain the
ordering system over the 3 years
covered by this information collection
request. It is estimated to cost $17,237
annually to operate and maintain the
ordering system.
Exhibit 3. Estimated Total and
Annualized Cost
Cost component
Total cost
Annualized
cost
Order Review ...........................................................................................................................................................
Monthly Updates—Product Catalog ........................................................................................................................
System Maintenance ...............................................................................................................................................
Customer Inquiries ...................................................................................................................................................
Management/Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................
$14,493
1,857
13,820
4,483
17,058
$4,831
619
4,607
1,495
5,689
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
51,711
17,237
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: June 19, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
the Agency’s Health Services Research
Initial Review Group Committee.
The subcommittee meeting will be
closed to the public in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant
applications are to be reviewed and
discussed at this meeting. These
discussions are likely to involve
information concerning individuals
associated with the applications,
including assessments of their personal
qualifications to conduct their proposed
projects. This information is exempt
from mandatory disclosure under the
above-cited statutes.
Name of Subcommittee: Health Care
Research Training (2) Virtual Review.
Date: July 12, 2012 (Open from 1:00 p.m.
to 1:15 p.m. on July 12 and closed for
remainder of the meeting).
Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, John Eisenberg Building, 540 Gaither
Road, OEREP Conference Room, Rockville,
MD 20850.
Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain
a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the
nonconfidential portions of the meeting
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell,
Committee Management Officer, Office of
Extramural Research, Education and Priority
Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite
2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone
(301) 427–1554.
Agenda items for these meetings are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting
for Cause for Medical Informatics
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of Delisting.
AHRQ has delisted Medical
Informatics as a Patient Safety
Organization (PSO) due to its failure to
correct a deficiency. The Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
(Patient Safety Act) authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity is to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Final Rule
(Patient Safety Rule) to implement the
Patient Safety Act. AHRQ administers
the provisions of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule relating to the
listing and operation of PSOs.
SUMMARY:
The directories for both listed
and delisted PSOs are ongoing and
reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The
delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on June 1, 2012.
DATES:
Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: https://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act as
amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) announces this meeting
of scientific peer review groups. The
subcommittee listed below is a part of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697;
Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY
(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local):
(301) 427–1130; Email:
pso@AHRQ.hhs.qov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Patient Safety Act, Public Law
109–41, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21—b–26,
provides for the formation of PSOs,
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care
delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42
CFR Part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf
of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO
an entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by
the Secretary if it is found no longer to
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule.
Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety
Rule requires AHRQ to provide public
notice when it removes an organization
from the list of federally approved
PSOs.
Medical Informatics failed to respond
to a Notice of Preliminary Finding of
Deficiency sent by AHRQ pursuant to 42
CFR 3.108(a)(2) and a Notice of
Proposed Revocation and Delisting sent
by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR
3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C) which found that
Medical Informatics failed to have,
within every 24-month period following
the PSO’s date of initial listing, at least
two bona fide contracts with different
providers for the purpose of receiving
and reviewing patient safety work
product, and to notify AHRQ no later
than 45 calendar days prior to the last
day of the pertinent 24-month period
that the PSO has met this requirement.
Medical Informatics did not exercise its
opportunity to be heard in writing to
respond to the deficiencies specified in
the notices, and has not provided any
evidence of a good faith effort to correct
the deficiency. Accordingly, AHRQ has
revoked the listing of Medical
Informatics, PSO number P0086, a
component entity of Medical
Informatics, LLC, effective at 12:00
Midnight ET (2400) on June 1, 2012.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.clov/
index.html.
Dated: June 19, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–12–0214]
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
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 404–639–7570 or send
comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at 1600
Clifton Road, MS D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email 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.
Proposed Project
National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS), (OMB No. 0920–0214)—
Revision—National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on the extent and nature of
illness and disability of the population
of the United States.
The annual National Health Interview
Survey is a major source of general
statistics on the health of the U.S.
population and has been in the field
continuously since 1957. Clearance is
sought for three years, to collect data for
2013, 2014, and 2015. This voluntary
household-based survey collects
demographic and health-related
information on a nationally
representative sample of persons and
households throughout the country.
Personal identification information is
requested from survey respondents to
facilitate linkage of survey data with
health related administrative and other
records. Each year we collect
information from approximately 55,000
households, which would contain about
137,500 individuals.
Information is collected using
computer assisted personal interviews
(CAPI). A core set of data is collected
each year while sponsored supplements
vary from year to year. For 2013,
supplement information will be
collected on cancer screening, asthma,
immune suppression, arthritis, epilepsy,
and sexual identity. In addition, a Webbased multimode follow-back survey
will be conducted from sample adult
respondents from the 2012 NHIS. The
follow-back survey will focus on adult
health, health care access and use, and
health insurance coverage and will
include Web, telephone, and mail
interviews.
In accordance with the 1995 initiative
to increase the integration of surveys
within the Department of Health and
Human Services, respondents to the
NHIS serve as the sampling frame for
the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
conducted by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. The NHIS has
long been used by government,
university, and private researchers to
evaluate both general health and
specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes,
and access to health care. It is a leading
source of data for the Congressionallymandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related
publications, as well as the single most
important source of statistics to track
progress toward the National Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2020.’’
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time.
ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Questionnaire
(respondent)
Number of
respondents
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting for Cause for Medical
Informatics
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: AHRQ has delisted Medical Informatics as a Patient Safety
Organization (PSO) due to its failure to correct a deficiency. The
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act)
authorizes the listing of PSOs, which are entities or component
organizations whose mission and primary activity is to conduct
activities to improve patient safety and the quality of health care
delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final
Rule (Patient Safety Rule) to implement the Patient Safety Act. AHRQ
administers the provisions of the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule relating to the listing and operation of PSOs.
DATES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The delisting was effective at 12:00
Midnight ET (2400) on June 1, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the
following HHS Web site: https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD
20850; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone (local): (301)
427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY (local): (301) 427-1130;
Email: pso@AHRQ.hhs.qov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Patient Safety Act, Public Law 109-41, 42 U.S.C. 299b-21--b-26,
provides for the formation of PSOs, which collect, aggregate, and
analyze confidential information regarding the quality and safety of
health care delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42 CFR Part 3,
authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the Secretary if
it is found no longer to meet the requirements of the Patient Safety
Act and Patient Safety Rule. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety
Rule requires AHRQ to provide public notice when it removes an
organization from the list of federally approved PSOs.
Medical Informatics failed to respond to a Notice of Preliminary
Finding of Deficiency sent by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(a)(2) and a
Notice of Proposed Revocation and Delisting sent by AHRQ pursuant to 42
CFR 3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C) which found that Medical Informatics failed to
have, within every 24-month period following the PSO's date of initial
listing, at least two bona fide contracts with different providers for
the purpose of receiving and reviewing patient safety work product, and
to notify AHRQ no later than 45 calendar days prior to the last day of
the pertinent 24-month period that the PSO has met this requirement.
Medical Informatics did not exercise its opportunity to be heard in
writing to respond to the deficiencies specified in the notices, and
has not provided any evidence of a good faith effort to correct the
deficiency. Accordingly, AHRQ has revoked the listing of Medical
Informatics, PSO number P0086, a component entity of Medical
Informatics, LLC, effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on June 1,
2012.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.clov/.
Dated: June 19, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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