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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–20883–60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit a new Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to
OMB, OS seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before January 13, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUMMARY:
When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–20883–
60D for reference.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Support and Services at Home (SASH)
Participant Survey
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct a survey of Support
And Services at Home (SASH)
participants to assess the impact of the
SASH program on health outcomes.
Information collected includes general
health status, functional status, quality
of life, medication problems and dietary
issues. The SASH program operates in
Vermont and links staff based in
housing properties with a team of
community-based health and supportive
services providers to help older adults
coordinate and manage their care needs.
SASH services include: assessment by a
multidisciplinary team, creation of an
individualized care plan, on-site
nursing and care coordination with
team members and other local partners,
and community activities to support
health and wellness. SASH is anchored
in affordable senior housing properties,
serving residents in the property and
seniors living in the surrounding
community.
The goal of this project is to conduct
a comprehensive evaluation of the
SASH program. The evaluation will
assess whether the SASH model of
coordinated health and supportive
services in affordable housing improves
quality of life, health and functional
status of participants. The evaluation
has been designed to comprehensively
address the research questions while
minimizing the burden placed on the
SASH program staff, their partners (e.g.,
service providers), and Medicare and
dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries. The mail survey is
designed to collect outcomes that
cannot be measured from claims data or
other sources. We will use brief,
standardized scales with demonstrated
reliability and validity in older adults.
Number of
respondents
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Information collected in the survey is
not of a sensitive nature. Questions in
the beneficiary survey are confined to
health outcomes. RTI International will
conduct and analyze the survey. RTI has
experience doing similar work for ASPE
and other government clients.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: To determine the impact of
the SASH program on quality of life,
health and functional status of
participants. Care has been taken to
ensure that there is no overlap between
other ongoing state evaluations.
Through discussions with SASH
program staff and other state officials in
Vermont, we determined that the
information we seek to collect is not
already being collected from our
proposed sample, nor can it be
measured from claims data. As a result
of these efforts, the information
collected through the survey will not
duplicate any other effort and is not
obtainable from any other source.
Likely Respondents: The target
population for the survey is Medicare
beneficiaries participating in the
Support and Services at Home (SASH)
demonstration. SASH provides
integrated, home-based services to
beneficiaries in selected housing
properties throughout Vermont. At this
point, 1,685 intervention beneficiaries
have been identified in 37 SASH sites.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
SASH Participant Survey .................................................................................
669
1
20/60
223
Total .............................................................................................................
669
1
20/60
223
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OS specifically requests comments on
(1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2),
announcement is made of an Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)
meeting on ‘‘AHRQ RFA–HS14–002,
Addressing Methodological Challenges
in Research for Patients With Multiple
Chronic Conditions (R21)’’. Each SEP
meeting will commence in open session
before closing to the public for the
duration of the meeting.
DATES: November 14, 2013 (Open on
November 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
and closed for the remainder of the
meeting).
ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, 9751
Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20878
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of
members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting
should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell,
Committee Management Officer, Office
of Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville,
Maryland 20850, Telephone: (301) 427–
1554.
Agenda items for this meeting are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Special
Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in
fields related to health care research
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who are invited by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to
conduct on an as needed basis,
scientific reviews of applications for
AHRQ support. Individual members of
the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for
fixed terms or a long period of time.
Rather, they are asked to participate in
particular review meetings which
require their type of expertise.
Each SEP meeting will commence in
open session before closing to the public
for the duration of the meeting. The SEP
meeting referenced above will be closed
to the public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for
the ‘‘AHRQ RFA–HS14–002, Addressing
Methodological Challenges in Research
for Patients With Multiple Chronic
Conditions (R21)’’ are to be reviewed
and discussed at this meeting. The grant
applications and the discussions could
disclose confidential trade secrets or
commercial property such as patentable
material, and personal information
concerning individuals associated with
the grant applications, the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
Dated: November 5, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2),
announcement is made of an Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)
meeting on ‘‘AHRQ RFA–HS14–001,
Rapid Secondary Analysis to Optimize
Care for Patients with Multiple Chronic
Conditions (R01)’’. Each SEP meeting
will commence in open session before
closing to the public for the duration of
the meeting.
DATES: November 13, 2013 (Open on
November 13 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
SUMMARY:
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and closed for the remainder of the
meeting).
Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center, 9751
Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20878.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of
members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting
should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell,
Committee Management Officer, Office
of Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville,
Maryland 20850, Telephone: (301) 427–
1554.
Agenda items for this meeting are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
A Special
Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in
fields related to health care research
who are invited by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to
conduct on an as needed basis,
scientific reviews of applications for
AHRQ support. Individual members of
the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for
fixed terms or a long period of time.
Rather, they are asked to participate in
particular review meetings which
require their type of expertise.
Each SEP meeting will commence in
open session before closing to the public
for the duration of the meeting. The SEP
meeting referenced above will be closed
to the public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for
the ‘‘AHRQ RFA–HS14–001, Rapid
Secondary Analysis to Optimize Care
for Patients with Multiple Chronic
Conditions (R01)’’ are to be reviewed
and discussed at this meeting. The grant
applications and the discussions could
disclose confidential trade secrets or
commercial property such as patentable
material, and personal information
concerning individuals associated with
the grant applications, the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 5, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-20883-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any
other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 13,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690-6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-20883-60D
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Support and Services at Home
(SASH) Participant Survey
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) is requesting approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to conduct a survey of Support And Services at Home
(SASH) participants to assess the impact of the SASH program on health
outcomes. Information collected includes general health status,
functional status, quality of life, medication problems and dietary
issues. The SASH program operates in Vermont and links staff based in
housing properties with a team of community-based health and supportive
services providers to help older adults coordinate and manage their
care needs. SASH services include: assessment by a multidisciplinary
team, creation of an individualized care plan, on-site nursing and care
coordination with team members and other local partners, and community
activities to support health and wellness. SASH is anchored in
affordable senior housing properties, serving residents in the property
and seniors living in the surrounding community.
The goal of this project is to conduct a comprehensive evaluation
of the SASH program. The evaluation will assess whether the SASH model
of coordinated health and supportive services in affordable housing
improves quality of life, health and functional status of participants.
The evaluation has been designed to comprehensively address the
research questions while minimizing the burden placed on the SASH
program staff, their partners (e.g., service providers), and Medicare
and dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The mail
survey is designed to collect outcomes that cannot be measured from
claims data or other sources. We will use brief, standardized scales
with demonstrated reliability and validity in older adults. Information
collected in the survey is not of a sensitive nature. Questions in the
beneficiary survey are confined to health outcomes. RTI International
will conduct and analyze the survey. RTI has experience doing similar
work for ASPE and other government clients.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: To determine the impact
of the SASH program on quality of life, health and functional status of
participants. Care has been taken to ensure that there is no overlap
between other ongoing state evaluations. Through discussions with SASH
program staff and other state officials in Vermont, we determined that
the information we seek to collect is not already being collected from
our proposed sample, nor can it be measured from claims data. As a
result of these efforts, the information collected through the survey
will not duplicate any other effort and is not obtainable from any
other source.
Likely Respondents: The target population for the survey is
Medicare beneficiaries participating in the Support and Services at
Home (SASH) demonstration. SASH provides integrated, home-based
services to beneficiaries in selected housing properties throughout
Vermont. At this point, 1,685 intervention beneficiaries have been
identified in 37 SASH sites.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SASH Participant Survey......................... 669 1 20/60 223
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total......................................... 669 1 20/60 223
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-27244 Filed 11-13-13; 8:45 am]
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