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Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60-Day–13–0212]
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 D–74, 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.
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Proposed Project
The National Hospital Care Survey
(NHCS)—Revision Exp. 4/30/2014—
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
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illness and disability of the population
of the United States. This three-year
clearance request for the National
Hospital Care Survey includes data
collection from hospital inpatient
departments; hospital ambulatory
departments including emergency
departments (ED), outpatient
departments (OPD), and ambulatory
surgery locations (ASLs); and
freestanding ambulatory surgery centers
(ASCs).
The National Center for Health
Statistics’ (NCHS) surveys on hospital
care include the National Hospital
Discharge Survey (NHDS) (OMB
No.0920–0212) and the National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey (NHAMCS) (OMB No. 0920–
0234). NHDS, between 1965 and 2010,
provided critical information on the
utilization of the nation’s non-Federal
short-stay hospitals and on the nature
and treatment of illness among the
inpatient hospitalized population.
NHAMCS has provided data annually
since 1992 concerning the nation’s use
of hospital emergency and outpatient
departments. Beginning in 2009
NHAMCS collected data on hospital
based ambulatory surgery locations, and
in 2010 began collection of data from
free-standing ambulatory surgery
centers. NHAMCS data have been
extensively used for monitoring changes
and analyzing the types of outpatient
care provided in the nation’s hospitals.
The Drug Abuse Warning Network
(DAWN) (OMB No. 0930–0078, expired
12/31/2011) collected specific
information on drug-related visits to the
ED. DAWN was previously funded by
the Center for Behavioral Health
Statistics & Quality (CBHSQ) of the
Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA),
DHHS.
NCHS is integrating the data collected
from NHDS, NHAMCS, and DAWN into
one survey called the National Hospital
Care Survey (NHCS). This integration
will increase the wealth and depth of
data on health care utilization and allow
for linkages to other data sources such
as the National Death Index and data
from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS).
Since May 2011, a sample of 500
hospitals drawn for NHCS is being
recruited, and participating hospitals
are submitting inpatient level data in
the form of electronic Uniform Bill (UB–
04) administrative claims data as well as
facility level data. This activity
continues in 2013 in addition to the
sampled hospitals being asked to
provide data on the utilization of health
care provided in their EDs, OPDs and
ASLs, thus integrating the NHDS,
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NHAMCS, and DAWN into NHCS. If
funding becomes available, a new
sample of freestanding ASCs will be
recruited sometime within the 3-year
clearance period.
NHCS will replace NHDS, NHAMCS,
and DAWN, but continue to provide
nationally representative data on
utilization of hospital care and general
purpose health care statistics on
inpatient care as well as care delivered
in EDs, OPDs, ASLs, and freestanding
ASCs.
Facility-level, patient-level, dischargelevel, and visit-level, data items will be
collected from the recruited hospitals
and freestanding ASCs in NHCS.
Facility- level data items will include
ownership, number of staffed beds,
clinical capabilities, financial
information, and electronic health
record adoption. Patient-level data items
will be collected for both inpatient and
ambulatory components and include
basic demographic information,
personal identifiers, name, address,
social security number (if available),
and medical record number (if
available). For the inpatient component,
discharge-level data will be collected
through the UB–04 claims and will
include: admission and discharge dates,
diagnoses, diagnostic services, and
surgical and non-surgical procedures.
For the ambulatory component, visitlevel data will be collected through the
UB–04 claims as well as through
abstraction of a sample of medical
records, which includes reason for visit,
diagnosis, procedures, medications, and
patient disposition.
We expect that the users of NHCS will
be similar to the users of NHDS,
NHAMCS, and DAWN data. These users
include but are not limited to CDC,
Congressional Research Office, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), National Institutes
of Health, American Health Care
Association, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Bureau of the
Census, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, state and local governments, and
nonprofit organizations. Other users of
these data include universities, research
organizations, many in the private
sector, foundations, and a variety of
users in the print media.
Data collected through NHCS are
essential for evaluating health status of
the population, for the planning of
programs and policy to elevate the
health status of the Nation, for studying
morbidity trends, and for research
activities in the health field.
Historically, NHDS and NHAMCS data
have been used extensively in the
development and monitoring of goals
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for the Year 2000, 2010, and 2020
Healthy People Objectives.
There is no cost to respondents other
than their time to participate.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Respondents
Number of
respondents
Form
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
HOSPITAL
Hospital CEO/CFO ............................
Hospital CEO/CFO ............................
Hospital CEO/CFO ............................
Medical and Health Services Manager.
Department of Health Information
Management (DHIM) or Health Information Technology (DHIT) staff.
Medical Record Clerk .......................
Hospital Eligibility Questions ............
Recruitment Survey Presentation ....
Annual Hospital Interview (includes
inpatient and ambulatory).
Ambulatory Unit Induction ................
500
167
500
1
1
2
500
167
1000
2,000
1
15/60
500
500
4
1
2,000
1,125
Prepare and transmit UB–04 (2013–
2015) for inpatient and ambulatory.
Pulling and re-filing Patient Records
(ED, OPD, and ASL).
1
1
1
100
1/60
1,875
FREESTANDING AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS (FSASC)
FSASC Chief Executive Officer ........
FSASC DHIM or DHIT ......................
250
250
1
4
30/60
1
125
1000
FSASC Medical Record Clerk ..........
Annual FSACS Interview .................
Prepare and transmit UB–04 (2013–
2015).
Pulling and re-filing Patient Records
125
100
1/60
208
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
7,375
Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI),
Office of the Associate Director for Science
(OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012–24761 Filed 10–5–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60-Day–13–0728]
wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
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 and
send comments to Ron Otten, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
VerDate Mar<15>2010
15:28 Oct 05, 2012
Jkt 229001
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
Title: National Notifiable Disease
Surveillance System (NNDSS), OMB
Control No. 0920–0728, Revision Exp.
01/31/2014, Office of Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
(OSELS), Public Health Surveillance
and Informatics Program Office
(PHSIPO) {Proposed} Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Public Health Services Act (42
U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to
disseminate nationally notifiable
condition information. CDC’s Morbidity
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and Mortality Weekly Report publishes
incidence and prevalence tables for
nationally notifiable conditions for the
reporting of case notification data from
57 reporting jurisdictions (50 states, 2
cities, and 5 territorial health
departments) using the National
Electronic Disease Surveillance System
(NEDSS) umbrella of systems and
including the National Electronic
Telecommunications System for
Surveillance (NETSS) and other
surveillance data sources to NNDSS.
Each year, the Council of State and
Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
establishes the public health
surveillance priorities and policies for
the nation which are voted on by the
Chief Epidemiologist in each U.S. State
and Territory. In 2012, CSTE members
voted to have Leptospirosis added to the
CSTE List of Notifiable Conditions. In
response to this CSTE position
statement, the CDC Leptospirosis
Program is requesting a change to
NNDSS to include Leptospirosis on the
NNDSS list so that reporting
jurisdictions can start submitting core
surveillance data to CDC. The
annualized burden hours and cost to
reporting jurisdictions to submit this
data to CDC will not change
significantly.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60-Day-13-0212]
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 D-74,
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
The National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS)--Revision Exp. 4/30/2014--
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. This three-year clearance request for the National
Hospital Care Survey includes data collection from hospital inpatient
departments; hospital ambulatory departments including emergency
departments (ED), outpatient departments (OPD), and ambulatory surgery
locations (ASLs); and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).
The National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) surveys on
hospital care include the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
(OMB No.0920-0212) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey (NHAMCS) (OMB No. 0920-0234). NHDS, between 1965 and 2010,
provided critical information on the utilization of the nation's non-
Federal short-stay hospitals and on the nature and treatment of illness
among the inpatient hospitalized population. NHAMCS has provided data
annually since 1992 concerning the nation's use of hospital emergency
and outpatient departments. Beginning in 2009 NHAMCS collected data on
hospital based ambulatory surgery locations, and in 2010 began
collection of data from free-standing ambulatory surgery centers.
NHAMCS data have been extensively used for monitoring changes and
analyzing the types of outpatient care provided in the nation's
hospitals.
The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) (OMB No. 0930-0078, expired
12/31/2011) collected specific information on drug-related visits to
the ED. DAWN was previously funded by the Center for Behavioral Health
Statistics & Quality (CBHSQ) of the Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA), DHHS.
NCHS is integrating the data collected from NHDS, NHAMCS, and DAWN
into one survey called the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS). This
integration will increase the wealth and depth of data on health care
utilization and allow for linkages to other data sources such as the
National Death Index and data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS).
Since May 2011, a sample of 500 hospitals drawn for NHCS is being
recruited, and participating hospitals are submitting inpatient level
data in the form of electronic Uniform Bill (UB-04) administrative
claims data as well as facility level data. This activity continues in
2013 in addition to the sampled hospitals being asked to provide data
on the utilization of health care provided in their EDs, OPDs and ASLs,
thus integrating the NHDS, NHAMCS, and DAWN into NHCS. If funding
becomes available, a new sample of freestanding ASCs will be recruited
sometime within the 3-year clearance period.
NHCS will replace NHDS, NHAMCS, and DAWN, but continue to provide
nationally representative data on utilization of hospital care and
general purpose health care statistics on inpatient care as well as
care delivered in EDs, OPDs, ASLs, and freestanding ASCs.
Facility-level, patient-level, discharge-level, and visit-level,
data items will be collected from the recruited hospitals and
freestanding ASCs in NHCS. Facility- level data items will include
ownership, number of staffed beds, clinical capabilities, financial
information, and electronic health record adoption. Patient-level data
items will be collected for both inpatient and ambulatory components
and include basic demographic information, personal identifiers, name,
address, social security number (if available), and medical record
number (if available). For the inpatient component, discharge-level
data will be collected through the UB-04 claims and will include:
admission and discharge dates, diagnoses, diagnostic services, and
surgical and non-surgical procedures. For the ambulatory component,
visit-level data will be collected through the UB-04 claims as well as
through abstraction of a sample of medical records, which includes
reason for visit, diagnosis, procedures, medications, and patient
disposition.
We expect that the users of NHCS will be similar to the users of
NHDS, NHAMCS, and DAWN data. These users include but are not limited to
CDC, Congressional Research Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), National Institutes of Health,
American Health Care Association, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Bureau of the Census, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Other
users of these data include universities, research organizations, many
in the private sector, foundations, and a variety of users in the print
media.
Data collected through NHCS are essential for evaluating health
status of the population, for the planning of programs and policy to
elevate the health status of the Nation, for studying morbidity trends,
and for research activities in the health field. Historically, NHDS and
NHAMCS data have been used extensively in the development and
monitoring of goals
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for the Year 2000, 2010, and 2020 Healthy People Objectives.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time to
participate.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents Form respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOSPITAL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hospital CEO/CFO.............. Hospital 500 1 1 500
Eligibility
Questions.
Hospital CEO/CFO.............. Recruitment 167 1 1 167
Survey
Presentation.
Hospital CEO/CFO.............. Annual Hospital 500 1 2 1000
Interview
(includes
inpatient and
ambulatory).
Medical and Health Services Ambulatory Unit 2,000 1 15/60 500
Manager. Induction.
Department of Health Prepare and 500 4 1 2,000
Information Management (DHIM) transmit UB-04
or Health Information (2013-2015) for
Technology (DHIT) staff. inpatient and
ambulatory.
Medical Record Clerk.......... Pulling and re- 1,125 100 1/60 1,875
filing Patient
Records (ED,
OPD, and ASL).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FREESTANDING AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS (FSASC)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSASC Chief Executive Officer. Annual FSACS 250 1 30/60 125
Interview.
FSASC DHIM or DHIT............ Prepare and 250 4 1 1000
transmit UB-04
(2013-2015).
FSASC Medical Record Clerk.... Pulling and re- 125 100 1/60 208
filing Patient
Records.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 7,375
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dated: October 2, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-24761 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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