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project. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $91,668.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) .....................................
Post-training survey (time point #2) .................................................................
6-month post training survey (time point #3) ...................................................
12-month post training survey (time point #4) .................................................
Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) .................................
Quarterly survey of new tool users ..................................................................
* 1500
* 1500
* 1500
* 1500
3000
1200
1
1
1
1
1
1
15/60
15/60
10/60
10/60
10/60
5/60
375
375
250
250
500
100
Total ..........................................................................................................
** 5,700
NA
NA
1850
* These individuals are the same 1500 individuals (primary trainees) and will be assessed at four different time points.
** Estimated total number of unique respondents.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
($)
Total cost
burden
($)
Pre-training survey (primary trainees) (time point #1) .....................................
Post-training survey (time point #2) .................................................................
6-month post training survey (time point #3) ...................................................
12-month post training survey (time point #4) .................................................
Annual survey (one-time survey of secondary trainees) .................................
Quarterly survey of new tool users ..................................................................
1500
1500
1500
1500
3000
1200
375
375
250
250
500
100
* 49.55
* 49.55
* 49.55
* 49.55
* 49.55
* 49.55
18,581
18,581
12,388
12,388
24,775
4,955
Total ..........................................................................................................
** 5,700
1,850
NA
91,668
* Average hourly wage based on the weighted average of wages for 1 Family and General Practitioner (29–1062, $81.78), 1 Internist (29–
1063, $86.20), 1 Physician Assistant (29–1071, $44.96), 1 Psychiatrist (29–1066, $95.33), 1 Nurse Practitioner (29–1171, $44.48), 3 Registered
Nurses (29–1141, $34.23), 1 Pharmacist (29–1051, $59.87), 1 Licensed Practical or Licensed Vocational Nurse (29–2061, $21.17), 1 Health Educator (21–1091, $20.52), and 1 Administrative Services Manager (11–3011, $37.61). Data Source: National Occupational Employment and
Wage Estimates in the United States, May 2012, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’’ (available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4 621400.htm).
** Estimated total number of unique respondents.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
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 health care research and
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
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comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: June 6, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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: ‘‘The
Agency for Healthcare Research and
SUMMARY:
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Quality (AHRQ) Health Care
Innovations Exchange Innovator
Interview and Innovator Email
Submission Guidelines.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on March 28th, 2014 and
allowed 60 days for public comment. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this notice is to allow an additional
30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 17, 2014.
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
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Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care
Innovations Exchange Innovator
Interview and Innovator Email
Submission Guidelines.’’
This request for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) review is for renewal
of the existing collection that is
currently approved under OMB Control
No. 0935–0147, AHRQ Health Care
Innovations Exchange Innovator
Interview and AHRQ Health Care
Innovations Exchange Innovator Email
Submission Guidelines, which expires
on May 31, 2014.
The Health Care Innovations
Exchange provides a national-level
information hub to foster the
implementation and adaptation of
innovative strategies and policies that
improve health care quality and reduce
disparities in the care received by
different populations. The Innovations
Exchange’s target audiences, broadly
defined, are current and potential
change agents in the U.S. health care
system, including clinicians (e.g.,
physicians, nurses, and other
providers), health care administrators,
quality improvement professionals,
researchers, educators, and
policymakers.
The goals of the Health Care
Innovations Exchange are to:
(1) Identify health care service
delivery and policy innovations and
provide a national level repository of
searchable innovations and tools that
enables health care decision makers to
quickly identify ideas and tools that
meet their needs. These innovations
come from many care settings including
inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities,
long term care organizations, health
plans, and community care settings.
They also represent many patient
populations, disease conditions, and
processes of care such as preventive,
acute, and chronic care.
(2) Foster the implementation and
adoption of health care service delivery
and policy innovations that improve
health care quality and reduce
disparities in the care received by
different populations.
This data collection is being
conducted by AHRQ through its
contractor, Westat, pursuant to AHRQ’s
statutory authority (1) to conduct and
support research on, and disseminate
information on, health care and on
systems for the delivery of such care, 42
U.S.C. 299a(a), and (2) to promote
innovation in evidence-based health
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care practices and technologies by
promoting education and training and
providing technical assistance in the use
of health care practice results, 42 U.S.C.
299b–5(a)(4).
Method of Collection
To achieve the first goal of the
Innovations Exchange the following
data collections will be implemented:
(1) Email submission—Based on
experience during the current approval
period, approximately 10% of the health
care innovations considered for
inclusion annually, and their associated
innovators, will submit their
innovations via email to the Innovations
Exchange without prior contact (about 8
annually). Innovators who submit their
innovations for possible publication
through the email submission process
will be considered as will innovations
identified by project staff through an
array of sources that include: published
literature, conference proceedings, news
items, list serves, Federal agencies and
other government programs and
resources, health care foundations, and
health care associations.
• To meet the publication target of 75
new innovation profiles per year, a
purposive sample of approximately 76
health care innovations will be
identified and selected annually, in
addition to the email submissions, for a
total of 84 innovations considered
annually for potential consideration.
These innovations will be selected to
ensure that innovations included in the
Innovations Exchange cover a broad
range of health care settings, care
processes, policies, priority populations,
and clinical conditions. Based on
experience, approximately 10% of the
candidate innovations either will not
meet the inclusion criteria or their
innovators will decide not to continue
their participation after the interview.
Therefore, 90% (75) of the 84 candidate
innovations will move into the
publication stage each year.
(2) Health care innovator interview—
To collect and verify the information
required for the innovation profiles,
health care innovators will be
interviewed by telephone about the
following aspects of their innovation:
health care problem addressed, impetus
for the innovation, goals of the
innovation, description of the
innovation, sources of funding,
evaluation results for the innovation,
setting for the innovation, history of
planning and implementation for the
innovation, and lessons learned
concerning the implementation of the
innovation. Interviews will be
conducted with innovators identified by
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project staff and those identified
through email submission.
(3) Annual follow-up reviews—After
the innovation profile is published, on
a yearly basis, innovators will be
contacted by email to review and update
their profiles.
The ultimate decision to publish a
detailed profile of an innovation
depends on several factors, including an
evaluation by AHRQ, AHRQ’s priorities,
and the number of similar ideas in the
Innovations Exchange. AHRQ’s
priorities include identifying and
highlighting innovations (1) that will
help reduce disparities in health care
and health status; (2) that will have
significant impact on the overall value
of health care; (3) where the innovators
have a strong interest in participating;
and (4) that have been supported by
AHRQ.
The AHRQ Health Care Innovations
Exchange’s use of the interview guide
and email submission guidelines assists
in determining if the suggested
innovation: (1) Meets established
eligibility criteria of the Innovation
Exchange, and (2) addresses AHRQ’s
priorities.
Access to the AHRQ Health Care
Innovations Exchange is freely available
to the public at https://www.innovations.
ahrq.gov/. Diverse groups use the
Innovations Exchange, ranging from
nurses and health administrators,
quality improvement professionals,
researchers and educators. See https://
www.innovations.ahrq.gov/aboutaspx
which displays information about
Innovations Exchange users by role for
2012–2013.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in this
project. Approximately 84 innovators
will participate in the initial data
collection each year with 75 of those
being published to the Innovations
Exchange Web site. About 8 innovations
will be submitted by email, which
requires 30 minutes. All 84 potential
innovators will participate in the health
care innovator interview, including the
8 submitted via email. The interview
will last about 75 minutes, and an
average additional 30 minutes is
typically required for the innovator to
review, comment on, and approve the
written profile.
Based on experience, approximately
10% of the candidate innovations either
will not meet the inclusion criteria or
their innovators will decide not to
continue their participation after the
interview. Therefore, 90% (75) of the 84
candidate innovations will move into
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the publication stage each year. Annual
follow-up reviews will be conducted
with all innovations that have been in
the Innovations Exchange for at least
one full year. With an expected total of
825 innovations in the Exchange by the
end of the current approval period, and
an additional 225 to be added over the
third year. The average annualized
number of annual follow-up reviews is
projected to be 800 as it is anticipated
that approximately 100 profiles will be
archived over three years. Archived
profiles are excluded from annual
review. The total annualized burden is
estimated to be 347 hours.
course of the next 3-year approval
period (75 per year), an average of 800
reviews will be conducted annually and
will require about 15 minutes to
complete. The number of profiles
undergoing annual review will increase
annually from 825 in the first year, to
900 in the second year, and 975 in the
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Email submission .............................................................................................
Health care innovator interview .......................................................................
Innovator review and approval of written profile .............................................
Annual follow-up reviews .................................................................................
8
84
75
800
1
1
1
1
30/60
75/60
30/60
15/60
4
105
38
200
Total ..........................................................................................................
967
........................
........................
347
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to participate in
this project. The total annualized cost
burden is estimated to be $21,220.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Email submission .............................................................................................
Health care innovator interview .......................................................................
Innovator review and approval of written profile .............................................
Annual follow-up reviews .................................................................................
8
84
75
800
4
105
38
200
$61.15
61.15
61.15
61.15
$245
6,421
2,324
12,230
Total ..........................................................................................................
967
347
........................
21,220
* Average hourly wage rate for health care innovators is based upon statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2012 (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm), and was calculated as an average of the
mean hourly wage rate for Family and General Practitioners and the mean hourly wage for all occupations in the major group, ‘‘Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations’’.
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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 health care
research and health care 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
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proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 29, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
[FR Doc. 2014–14082 Filed 6–16–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality:
Request for Nominations for Public
Members
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
AGENCY:
Notice of request for
nominations for public members.
ACTION:
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42 U.S.C. 299c establishes a
National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality (the
Council). The Council is to advise the
Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the
Director of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) on
matters related to activities of the
Agency to improve the quality, safety,
efficiency, and effectiveness of health
care for all Americans.
Seven current members’ terms will
expire in November 2014. To fill these
positions, we are seeking individuals
who are distinguished: (1) In the
conduct of research, demonstration
projects, and evaluations with respect to
health care; (2) in the fields of health
care quality research or health care
improvement; (3) in the practice of
medicine; (4) in other health
professions; (5) in representing the
private health care sector (including
health plans, providers, and purchasers)
or administrators of health care delivery
systems; (6) in the fields of health care
SUMMARY:
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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: ``The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health
Care Innovations Exchange Innovator Interview and Innovator Email
Submission Guidelines.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this
proposed information collection.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on March 28th, 2014 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 17, 2014.
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
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Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Care
Innovations Exchange Innovator Interview and Innovator Email Submission
Guidelines.''
This request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review is
for renewal of the existing collection that is currently approved under
OMB Control No. 0935-0147, AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
Innovator Interview and AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Innovator
Email Submission Guidelines, which expires on May 31, 2014.
The Health Care Innovations Exchange provides a national-level
information hub to foster the implementation and adaptation of
innovative strategies and policies that improve health care quality and
reduce disparities in the care received by different populations. The
Innovations Exchange's target audiences, broadly defined, are current
and potential change agents in the U.S. health care system, including
clinicians (e.g., physicians, nurses, and other providers), health care
administrators, quality improvement professionals, researchers,
educators, and policymakers.
The goals of the Health Care Innovations Exchange are to:
(1) Identify health care service delivery and policy innovations
and provide a national level repository of searchable innovations and
tools that enables health care decision makers to quickly identify
ideas and tools that meet their needs. These innovations come from many
care settings including inpatient facilities, outpatient facilities,
long term care organizations, health plans, and community care
settings. They also represent many patient populations, disease
conditions, and processes of care such as preventive, acute, and
chronic care.
(2) Foster the implementation and adoption of health care service
delivery and policy innovations that improve health care quality and
reduce disparities in the care received by different populations.
This data collection is being conducted by AHRQ through its
contractor, Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority (1) to
conduct and support research on, and disseminate information on, health
care and on systems for the delivery of such care, 42 U.S.C. 299a(a),
and (2) to promote innovation in evidence-based health care practices
and technologies by promoting education and training and providing
technical assistance in the use of health care practice results, 42
U.S.C. 299b-5(a)(4).
Method of Collection
To achieve the first goal of the Innovations Exchange the following
data collections will be implemented:
(1) Email submission--Based on experience during the current
approval period, approximately 10% of the health care innovations
considered for inclusion annually, and their associated innovators,
will submit their innovations via email to the Innovations Exchange
without prior contact (about 8 annually). Innovators who submit their
innovations for possible publication through the email submission
process will be considered as will innovations identified by project
staff through an array of sources that include: published literature,
conference proceedings, news items, list serves, Federal agencies and
other government programs and resources, health care foundations, and
health care associations.
To meet the publication target of 75 new innovation
profiles per year, a purposive sample of approximately 76 health care
innovations will be identified and selected annually, in addition to
the email submissions, for a total of 84 innovations considered
annually for potential consideration. These innovations will be
selected to ensure that innovations included in the Innovations
Exchange cover a broad range of health care settings, care processes,
policies, priority populations, and clinical conditions. Based on
experience, approximately 10% of the candidate innovations either will
not meet the inclusion criteria or their innovators will decide not to
continue their participation after the interview. Therefore, 90% (75)
of the 84 candidate innovations will move into the publication stage
each year.
(2) Health care innovator interview--To collect and verify the
information required for the innovation profiles, health care
innovators will be interviewed by telephone about the following aspects
of their innovation: health care problem addressed, impetus for the
innovation, goals of the innovation, description of the innovation,
sources of funding, evaluation results for the innovation, setting for
the innovation, history of planning and implementation for the
innovation, and lessons learned concerning the implementation of the
innovation. Interviews will be conducted with innovators identified by
project staff and those identified through email submission.
(3) Annual follow-up reviews--After the innovation profile is
published, on a yearly basis, innovators will be contacted by email to
review and update their profiles.
The ultimate decision to publish a detailed profile of an
innovation depends on several factors, including an evaluation by AHRQ,
AHRQ's priorities, and the number of similar ideas in the Innovations
Exchange. AHRQ's priorities include identifying and highlighting
innovations (1) that will help reduce disparities in health care and
health status; (2) that will have significant impact on the overall
value of health care; (3) where the innovators have a strong interest
in participating; and (4) that have been supported by AHRQ.
The AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange's use of the interview
guide and email submission guidelines assists in determining if the
suggested innovation: (1) Meets established eligibility criteria of the
Innovation Exchange, and (2) addresses AHRQ's priorities.
Access to the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange is freely
available to the public at https://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/. Diverse
groups use the Innovations Exchange, ranging from nurses and health
administrators, quality improvement professionals, researchers and
educators. See https://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/aboutaspx which displays
information about Innovations Exchange users by role for 2012-2013.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in this project. Approximately 84
innovators will participate in the initial data collection each year
with 75 of those being published to the Innovations Exchange Web site.
About 8 innovations will be submitted by email, which requires 30
minutes. All 84 potential innovators will participate in the health
care innovator interview, including the 8 submitted via email. The
interview will last about 75 minutes, and an average additional 30
minutes is typically required for the innovator to review, comment on,
and approve the written profile.
Based on experience, approximately 10% of the candidate innovations
either will not meet the inclusion criteria or their innovators will
decide not to continue their participation after the interview.
Therefore, 90% (75) of the 84 candidate innovations will move into
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the publication stage each year. Annual follow-up reviews will be
conducted with all innovations that have been in the Innovations
Exchange for at least one full year. With an expected total of 825
innovations in the Exchange by the end of the current approval period,
and an additional 225 to be added over the course of the next 3-year
approval period (75 per year), an average of 800 reviews will be
conducted annually and will require about 15 minutes to complete. The
number of profiles undergoing annual review will increase annually from
825 in the first year, to 900 in the second year, and 975 in the third
year. The average annualized number of annual follow-up reviews is
projected to be 800 as it is anticipated that approximately 100
profiles will be archived over three years. Archived profiles are
excluded from annual review. The total annualized burden is estimated
to be 347 hours.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Email submission................................ 8 1 30/60 4
Health care innovator interview................. 84 1 75/60 105
Innovator review and approval of written profile 75 1 30/60 38
Annual follow-up reviews........................ 800 1 15/60 200
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 967 .............. .............. 347
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Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this project. The total
annualized cost burden is estimated to be $21,220.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Average
Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
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Email submission................................ 8 4 $61.15 $245
Health care innovator interview................. 84 105 61.15 6,421
Innovator review and approval of written profile 75 38 61.15 2,324
Annual follow-up reviews........................ 800 200 61.15 12,230
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 967 347 .............. 21,220
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* Average hourly wage rate for health care innovators is based upon statistics from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2012 (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm), and was calculated as an average of the mean hourly wage rate for Family and General
Practitioners and the mean hourly wage for all occupations in the major group, ``Healthcare Practitioners and
Technical Occupations''.
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 health care research and
health care 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: May 29, 2014.
Richard Kronick,
AHRQ Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-14082 Filed 6-16-14; 8:45 am]
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