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coverage to its employees at this
location? lll Last year offered
• Did your organization offer health
insurance to its temporary or seasonal
employees at this location in 2014? Yes/
No/Organization has no temporary or
seasonal employees/Don’t Know
For all plan-level MEPS–IC forms,
AHRQ proposes to make the following
changes. As noted below, some new
questions only will be asked of privatesector establishments with certain firm
sizes or comparably-sized government
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• Health insurance plans are
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tiers based on their level of benefits and
cost-sharing provisions. Which level or
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The actuarial value is the percentage
of medical expenses paid by the plan,
rather than out-of-pocket by a covered
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• You reported the total premium for
a typical employee for SINGLE
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individual employees depending on
their ages? Yes/No/Don’t Know
• Did the amount individual
employees contributed toward their
single coverage vary by any of these
characteristics?
• Participation/achievement in fitness/
weight loss program
Æ Yes
Æ No
Æ Don’t Know
• Participation/achievement in smoking
cessation program
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Æ No
Æ Don’t Know
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wellness/health monitoring
program
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Æ No
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• Employee age
Æ Yes: go to question below
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• Other
Æ Yes
Æ No
Æ Don’t Know
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premium, and premiums vary by age/
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• Did the total premium for FAMILY
coverage vary depending on the number
of family members covered by the plan?
Yes/No/Don’t Know
• How much and/or what percentage
did an enrollee pay out-of-pocket for
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• Did the PREMIUMS for this
insurance plan vary by any of these
characteristics? Age/Gender/Wage or
salary levels/Smoker/Non-smoker
status/Other
• Did the amount an EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTED toward his/her own
coverage vary by any of these employee
characteristics? Hours worked/Union
status/Wage or salary levels/
Occupation/Length of employment/
Participation in a fitness/Weight loss
program/Participation in a smoking
cessation program/Other
• How much and/or what percentage
did an enrollee pay out-of-pocket for the
lowest tier of prescription drug
coverage? $ copayment/% coinsurance
• Could this plan have refused to
cover persons with pre-existing medical
or health conditions? Yes/No
• Did this plan have a policy
requiring a waiting period before
covering pre-existing conditions? Yes/
No
The MEPS Definitions form—MEPS–
20(D)—will also be updated with new
definitions for terms used in these new
questions (and the deletion of terms
used only in the deleted questions).
There are no changes to the 2014
MEPS–IC survey estimates of cost and
hour burdens due to these proposed
question changes. The response rate for
the MEPS–IC survey also is not
expected to change due to these
proposed changes.
The MEPS–IC is conducted pursuant
to AHRQ’s statutory authority to
conduct surveys to collect data on the
cost, use and quality of health care,
including the types and costs of private
health insurance. 42 U.S.C. 299b–2(a).
Method of Collection
There are no changes to the current
data collection methods.
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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
There are no changes to the current
burden estimates.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
There are no changes to the current
cost estimates.
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: March 21, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Expired
Listing From Society of Hospital
Medicine PSO
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:
The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42
U.S.C. 299b–21 to b–26, (Patient Safety
Act) and the related Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42
CFR Part 3 (Patient Safety Rule),
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70732–
70814, provide for the formation of
SUMMARY:
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Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs),
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of healthcare
delivery. The Patient Safety Rule
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 to no longer
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule,
when a PSO chooses to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO for any
reason, or when a PSO’s listing expires.
The listing from the Society of Hospital
Medicine PSO has expired and AHRQ
has delisted the PSO accordingly.
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 February 15, 2014.
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.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity are to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.
HHS issued the 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. The Patient Safety Rule
authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if
it is found to no longer meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO
chooses to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO for any reason, or when
the PSO’s listing expires. 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.
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The Society of Hospital Medicine
PSO, PSO number P0105, a component
entity of the Society of Hospital
Medicine, chose to let its listing expire
by not seeking continued listing.
Accordingly, Society of Hospital
Medicine PSO was delisted effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on February
15, 2014.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: March 21, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National
Survey of Older Americans Act
Participants
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of
information listed below has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by April 30,
2014.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments
on the collection of information by fax
202.395.5806 or by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elena Fazio at 202–357–3583 or email:
elena.fazio@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
The National Survey of Older
Americans Act (OAA) Participants
information collection, which builds on
earlier national pilot studies and
surveys, as well as performance
measurement tools developed by ACL
grantees in the Performance Outcomes
Measures Project (POMP), will include
consumer assessment surveys for the
Congregate and Home-delivered meal
nutrition programs; Case Management,
Homemaker, and Transportation
Services; and the National Family
Caregiver Support Program. This
information will be used by ACL to
track performance outcome measures;
support budget requests; comply with
GPRA Modernization Act of 2010
(GPRAMA) reporting requirements;
provide national benchmark
information; and inform program
development and management
initiatives. Descriptions of previous
National Surveys of OAA Participants
can be found under the section on OAA
Performance Outcomes on ACL’s Web
site at: https://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/
Program_Results/OAA_
Performance.aspx. Copies of the survey
instruments and data from previous
National Surveys of OAA Participants
can be found and queried using the
AGing Integrated Database (AGID) at
https://www.agid.acl.gov/. The proposed
Ninth National Survey entitled Ninth
National Survey of OAA Participants,
draft, March 6, 2014 may be found on
the ACL Web site at https://
www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Program_
Results/OAA_Performance.aspx.
AoA estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
Respondents: Individuals; Number of
Respondents: 6,250; Number of
Responses per Respondent: one;
Average Burden per Response: 6000 at
40 minutes, 250 at 4 hours: Total
Burden: 5,000 hours.
Dated: March 26, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
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Guidance for the Public, Food and
Drug Administration Advisory
Committee Members, and Food and
Drug Administration Staff: Public
Availability of Advisory Committee
Members’ Financial Interest
Information and Waivers; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of a guidance for the public,
FDA advisory committee members, and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Expired Listing From Society of
Hospital Medicine PSO
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, 42
U.S.C. 299b-21 to b-26, (Patient Safety Act) and the related Patient
Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42 CFR Part 3 (Patient
Safety Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008,
73 FR 70732-70814, provide for the formation of
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Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and
analyze confidential information regarding the quality and safety of
healthcare delivery. The Patient Safety Rule 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 to no longer meet
the requirements of the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule,
when a PSO chooses to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for
any reason, or when a PSO's listing expires. The listing from the
Society of Hospital Medicine PSO has expired and AHRQ has delisted the
PSO accordingly.
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 February 15, 2014.
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.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the listing of PSOs, which are
entities or component organizations whose mission and primary activity
are to conduct activities to improve patient safety and the quality of
health care delivery.
HHS issued the 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. The
Patient Safety Rule authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an entity that
attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for
listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' if it is found to no longer meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, when a
PSO chooses to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any
reason, or when the PSO's listing expires. 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.
The Society of Hospital Medicine PSO, PSO number P0105, a component
entity of the Society of Hospital Medicine, chose to let its listing
expire by not seeking continued listing. Accordingly, Society of
Hospital Medicine PSO was delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET
(2400) on February 15, 2014.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
Dated: March 21, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-07097 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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