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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.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
changes to the currently approved
information collection project:
‘‘Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
Clinician and Group Survey
Comparative Database.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the
public to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 13, 2015.
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
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
Clinician and Group Survey
Comparative Database
The CAHPS Clinician and Group
Survey (‘‘the CAHPS CG Survey’’) is a
tool for collecting standardized
information on patients’ experiences
with physicians and staff in outpatient
medical practices. The results, enable
clinicians and administrators to assess
and improve patients’ experiences with
medical care. The CAHPS CG Survey is
a product of the CAHPS® program,
which is funded and administered by
AHRQ, and CAHPS® is a registered
trademark of AHRQ. AHRQ works
closely with a consortium of public and
private research organizations to
develop and maintain surveys and tools
to advance patient-centered care. In
1999, the CAHPS Consortium began
work on a survey that would assess
patients’ experiences with medical
groups and clinicians. The CAHPS
Consortium developed a preliminary
instrument known as the CAHPS Group
Practices Survey (G–CAHPS), with
input from the Pacific Business Group
on Health, which developed a
Consumer Assessment Survey that is the
precedent for this type of instrument.
In August 2004, AHRQ issued a notice
in the Federal Register inviting
organizations to test the CAHPS CG
Survey. These field-test organizations
were crucial partners in the evolution
and development of the instrument, and
provided critical data illuminating key
aspects of survey design and
administration. In July 2007 the CAHPS
CG Survey was endorsed by the
National Quality Forum (NQF), an
organization established to standardize
health care quality measurement and
reporting. The endorsement represents
the consensus of many health care
providers, consumer groups,
professional associations, purchasers,
federal agencies, and research and
quality organizations. The CAHPS CG
Survey and related toolkit materials are
available on the CAHPS Web site at
https://cahps.ahrq.gov/surveysguidance/cg/instructions/.
Since its release, the survey has been
used by thousands of physicians and
medical practices across the U.S.
The current CAHPS Consortium
includes AHRQ, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
RAND, Yale School of Public Health,
and Westat.
AHRQ developed the database for
CAHPS CG Survey data following the
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CAHPS Health Plan Database as a
model. The CAHPS Health Plan
Database was developed in 1998 in
response to requests from health plans,
purchasers, and CMS for comparative
data to support public reporting of
health plan ratings, health plan
accreditation and quality improvement
(OMB Control Number 0935–0165,
expiration 5/31/2017). Demand for
comparative results from the CG Survey
has grown as well, and therefore AHRQ
developed a dedicated CAHPS Clinician
and Group Database to support
benchmarking, quality improvement,
and research (OMB Control Number
0935–0197, expiration 06/30/2015).
The CAHPS Database contains data
from AHRQ’s standardized CAHPS
Surveys which provide comparative
measures of quality to health care
purchasers, consumers, regulators, and
policy makers. The CAHPS Database
also provides data for AHRQ’s annual
National Healthcare Quality and
Disparities Report.
Health systems, medical groups and
practices that administer the CAHPS
Clinician & Group Survey according to
CAHPS specifications can participate in
this project. A health system is a
complex of facilities, organizations, and
providers of health care in a specified
geographic area. A medical group is
defined as a medical group,
Accountable Care Organization (ACO),
state organization or some other
grouping of medical practices. A
practice is an outpatient facility in a
specific location whose physicians and
other providers share administrative
and clinical support staff. Each practice
located in a building containing
multiple medical offices is considered a
separate practice.
The goal of this project is to renew the
CAHPS CG Database. This database will
continue to update the CAHPS CG
Database with the latest results of the
CAHPS CG Survey. These results
consist of 34 items that measure 5 areas
or composites of patients’ experiences
with physicians and staff in outpatient
medical practices. This database:
(1) Allows participating organizations to
compare their survey results with those of
other outpatient medical groups;
(2) Provides data to medical groups and
practices to facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the quality improvement process;
and
(3) Provides information to help identify
strengths and areas with potential for
improvement in patient care. The five
composite measures are:
Getting Timely Appointments, Care, and
Information
How Well Providers Communicate With
Patients
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Helpful, Courteous, and Respectful Office
Staff
Care Coordination
Patients’ Rating of the Provider
The collection of information for the
CAHPS CG Database for Clinicians and
Groups is being conducted pursuant to
AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct
and support research on health care and
systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the
quality, effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of health care
services; quality measurement and
improvement; and health surveys and
database development 42 U.S.C.
299a(a)(1), (2) and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project, the
following activities and data collections
will be implemented:
(1) Registration Form—The purpose of this
form is to determine the eligibility status and
initiate the registration process for
participating organizations seeking to
voluntarily submit their CAHPS CG Survey
data to the CAHPS CG Database. The point
of contact (POC) at the participating
organization (or parent organization) will
complete the form. The POC is either a
corporate-level health care manager or a
survey vendor who contracts with a
participating organization to collect the
CAHPS CG Survey data.
(2) Data Use Agreement (DUA)—The
purpose of this DUA is to obtain
authorization from participating
organizations to use their voluntarily
submitted CAHPS CG Survey data for
analysis and reporting according to the terms
specified in the DUA. The POC at the
organization will complete the form. Vendors
do not sign the DUA.
(3) Data Submission—The number of
submissions to the database may vary each
year because medical groups and practices
may not administer the survey and submit
data each year. Data submission is typically
handled by one POC who either is a health
system, medical group or practice or a survey
vendor who contracts with the medical group
or practice to collect their data. After the POC
has completed the Registration Form and the
Data Use Agreement, they will submit their
patient-level data from the CAHPS CG
Survey to the CAHPS CG Database. Data on
the organizational characteristics such as
ownership, number of patient visits per year,
medical specialty, and information related to
survey administration such as mode, dates of
survey administration, sample size, and
response rate, which are collected as part of
CAHPS CG
Survey operations are also submitted.
Each submission will consist of 3 data
files:
(1) A Group File that contains information
about the group ownership and size of group,
(2) a Practice File containing type of practice,
the practice ownership and affiliation (i.e.,
commercial, hospital or integrated delivery
system, insurance company, university or
medical school, community health center,
VA or military) and number of patient visits
per year, and 3) a Sample File that contains
one record for each patient surveyed, the date
of visit, survey disposition code and
information about survey completion.
Survey data from the CAHPS CG
Database is used to produce four types
of products:
(1) An online reporting of results available
to the public on the CAHPS Database Web
site; (2) individual participant comparative
reports that are confidential and customized
for each participating organization that
submits their data, (3) an annual Chartbook
that presents summary-level results in a
downloadable PDF file; and (4) a dataset
available to researchers for additional
analyses.
Information for the CAHPS CG
Database has been collected by AHRQ
through its contractor Westat on an
annual basis since 2010. Participating
organizations are asked to voluntarily
submit their data to the CAHPS CG
Database each year. The data is cleaned
with standardized programs, then
aggregated and used to produce
comparative results. In addition, reports
are produced that compare the
participating organizations’ results to
the database in a password-protected
section of the CAHPS CG Database
online reporting system.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
hours for the respondent to participate
in the CAHPS CG Database. The 20
POCs in exhibit 1 are the number of
estimated vendors. The 240 POCs in
exhibit 1 are the number of estimated
participating Health/Medical entities.
Each vendor will register online for
submission. The online Registration
form will require about 5 minutes to
complete. The data use agreement will
be completed by the 240 participating
Health/Medical entities. Vendors do not
sign DUAs. The DUA requires about 3
minutes to sign and return by fax, mail
or to upload directly in the submission
system. Each submitter will provide a
copy of their questionnaire and the
survey data file in the required file
format. Survey data files must conform
to the data file layout specifications
provided by the CAHPS CG Database.
The number of data submissions per
POC will vary because some may submit
data for multiple practices, while others
may submit data for only one. Once a
data file is uploaded the file will be
automatically checked to ensure it
conforms to the specifications and a
data file status report will be produced
and made available to the submitter.
Submitters will review each report and
will be expected to fix any errors in
their data file and resubmit if necessary.
It will take about one hour to complete
each file submission. The total burden
is estimated to be 454 hours annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Number of
responses
for each POC
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
20
240
440
1
1
1
5/60
3/60
1
2
12
440
Total ..........................................................................................................
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Data Use Agreement .......................................................................................
Data Files Submission .....................................................................................
700
NA
NA
454
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden based on the
respondents’ time to complete the
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submission process. The cost burden is
estimated to be $18,613 annually.
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Registration Form ....................................................................
Data Use Agreement ...............................................................
Data Files Submission .............................................................
20
240
20
2
12
440
39.75 a
86.88 b
39.75 c
$80
1043
17,490
Total ..................................................................................
280
454
NA
18,613
* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2014, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’
(a) and (c) Based on the mean hourly wages for Computer Programmer (15–1131). (b) Based on the mean hourly wage for Chief Executives
(11–1011). https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15–0000
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 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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
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Patient Safety Organizations: Expired
Listing for McGuckin Methods
International, Inc.
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
SUMMARY:
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Quality Improvement Final Rule, 42
CFR part 3 (Patient Safety Rule),
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008: 73 FR 70732,
provide for the formation of Patient
Safety Organizations (PSOs), which
collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care
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 McGuckin Methods
International, Inc. 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 May 5, 2015.
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
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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 McGuckin Methods International,
Inc., PSO number P0063 chose to let its
listing expire by not seeking continued
listing. Accordingly, McGuckin
Methods International, Inc. was delisted
effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on
May 5, 2015.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
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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 changes to the
currently approved information collection project: ``Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Clinician and
Group Survey Comparative Database.'' In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment
on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 13, 2015.
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
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
Clinician and Group Survey Comparative Database
The CAHPS Clinician and Group Survey (``the CAHPS CG Survey'') is a
tool for collecting standardized information on patients' experiences
with physicians and staff in outpatient medical practices. The results,
enable clinicians and administrators to assess and improve patients'
experiences with medical care. The CAHPS CG Survey is a product of the
CAHPS[supreg] program, which is funded and administered by AHRQ, and
CAHPS[supreg] is a registered trademark of AHRQ. AHRQ works closely
with a consortium of public and private research organizations to
develop and maintain surveys and tools to advance patient-centered
care. In 1999, the CAHPS Consortium began work on a survey that would
assess patients' experiences with medical groups and clinicians. The
CAHPS Consortium developed a preliminary instrument known as the CAHPS
Group Practices Survey (G-CAHPS), with input from the Pacific Business
Group on Health, which developed a Consumer Assessment Survey that is
the precedent for this type of instrument.
In August 2004, AHRQ issued a notice in the Federal Register
inviting organizations to test the CAHPS CG Survey. These field-test
organizations were crucial partners in the evolution and development of
the instrument, and provided critical data illuminating key aspects of
survey design and administration. In July 2007 the CAHPS CG Survey was
endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF), an organization
established to standardize health care quality measurement and
reporting. The endorsement represents the consensus of many health care
providers, consumer groups, professional associations, purchasers,
federal agencies, and research and quality organizations. The CAHPS CG
Survey and related toolkit materials are available on the CAHPS Web
site at https://cahps.ahrq.gov/surveys-guidance/cg/instructions/. Since its release, the survey has been used by thousands of
physicians and medical practices across the U.S.
The current CAHPS Consortium includes AHRQ, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), RAND, Yale School of Public Health,
and Westat.
AHRQ developed the database for CAHPS CG Survey data following the
CAHPS Health Plan Database as a model. The CAHPS Health Plan Database
was developed in 1998 in response to requests from health plans,
purchasers, and CMS for comparative data to support public reporting of
health plan ratings, health plan accreditation and quality improvement
(OMB Control Number 0935-0165, expiration 5/31/2017). Demand for
comparative results from the CG Survey has grown as well, and therefore
AHRQ developed a dedicated CAHPS Clinician and Group Database to
support benchmarking, quality improvement, and research (OMB Control
Number 0935-0197, expiration 06/30/2015).
The CAHPS Database contains data from AHRQ's standardized CAHPS
Surveys which provide comparative measures of quality to health care
purchasers, consumers, regulators, and policy makers. The CAHPS
Database also provides data for AHRQ's annual National Healthcare
Quality and Disparities Report.
Health systems, medical groups and practices that administer the
CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey according to CAHPS specifications can
participate in this project. A health system is a complex of
facilities, organizations, and providers of health care in a specified
geographic area. A medical group is defined as a medical group,
Accountable Care Organization (ACO), state organization or some other
grouping of medical practices. A practice is an outpatient facility in
a specific location whose physicians and other providers share
administrative and clinical support staff. Each practice located in a
building containing multiple medical offices is considered a separate
practice.
The goal of this project is to renew the CAHPS CG Database. This
database will continue to update the CAHPS CG Database with the latest
results of the CAHPS CG Survey. These results consist of 34 items that
measure 5 areas or composites of patients' experiences with physicians
and staff in outpatient medical practices. This database:
(1) Allows participating organizations to compare their survey
results with those of other outpatient medical groups;
(2) Provides data to medical groups and practices to facilitate
internal assessment and learning in the quality improvement process;
and
(3) Provides information to help identify strengths and areas
with potential for improvement in patient care. The five composite
measures are:
Getting Timely Appointments, Care, and Information
How Well Providers Communicate With Patients
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Helpful, Courteous, and Respectful Office Staff
Care Coordination
Patients' Rating of the Provider
The collection of information for the CAHPS CG Database for
Clinicians and Groups is being conducted pursuant to AHRQ's statutory
authority to conduct and support research on health care and systems
for the delivery of such care, including activities with respect to the
quality, effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of health
care services; quality measurement and improvement; and health surveys
and database development 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1), (2) and (8).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project, the following activities and
data collections will be implemented:
(1) Registration Form--The purpose of this form is to determine
the eligibility status and initiate the registration process for
participating organizations seeking to voluntarily submit their
CAHPS CG Survey data to the CAHPS CG Database. The point of contact
(POC) at the participating organization (or parent organization)
will complete the form. The POC is either a corporate-level health
care manager or a survey vendor who contracts with a participating
organization to collect the CAHPS CG Survey data.
(2) Data Use Agreement (DUA)--The purpose of this DUA is to
obtain authorization from participating organizations to use their
voluntarily submitted CAHPS CG Survey data for analysis and
reporting according to the terms specified in the DUA. The POC at
the organization will complete the form. Vendors do not sign the
DUA.
(3) Data Submission--The number of submissions to the database
may vary each year because medical groups and practices may not
administer the survey and submit data each year. Data submission is
typically handled by one POC who either is a health system, medical
group or practice or a survey vendor who contracts with the medical
group or practice to collect their data. After the POC has completed
the Registration Form and the Data Use Agreement, they will submit
their patient-level data from the CAHPS CG Survey to the CAHPS CG
Database. Data on the organizational characteristics such as
ownership, number of patient visits per year, medical specialty, and
information related to survey administration such as mode, dates of
survey administration, sample size, and response rate, which are
collected as part of CAHPS CG
Survey operations are also submitted. Each submission will consist
of 3 data files:
(1) A Group File that contains information about the group
ownership and size of group, (2) a Practice File containing type of
practice, the practice ownership and affiliation (i.e., commercial,
hospital or integrated delivery system, insurance company,
university or medical school, community health center, VA or
military) and number of patient visits per year, and 3) a Sample
File that contains one record for each patient surveyed, the date of
visit, survey disposition code and information about survey
completion.
Survey data from the CAHPS CG Database is used to produce four
types of products:
(1) An online reporting of results available to the public on
the CAHPS Database Web site; (2) individual participant comparative
reports that are confidential and customized for each participating
organization that submits their data, (3) an annual Chartbook that
presents summary-level results in a downloadable PDF file; and (4) a
dataset available to researchers for additional analyses.
Information for the CAHPS CG Database has been collected by AHRQ
through its contractor Westat on an annual basis since 2010.
Participating organizations are asked to voluntarily submit their data
to the CAHPS CG Database each year. The data is cleaned with
standardized programs, then aggregated and used to produce comparative
results. In addition, reports are produced that compare the
participating organizations' results to the database in a password-
protected section of the CAHPS CG Database online reporting system.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden hours for the respondent to
participate in the CAHPS CG Database. The 20 POCs in exhibit 1 are the
number of estimated vendors. The 240 POCs in exhibit 1 are the number
of estimated participating Health/Medical entities.
Each vendor will register online for submission. The online
Registration form will require about 5 minutes to complete. The data
use agreement will be completed by the 240 participating Health/Medical
entities. Vendors do not sign DUAs. The DUA requires about 3 minutes to
sign and return by fax, mail or to upload directly in the submission
system. Each submitter will provide a copy of their questionnaire and
the survey data file in the required file format. Survey data files
must conform to the data file layout specifications provided by the
CAHPS CG Database. The number of data submissions per POC will vary
because some may submit data for multiple practices, while others may
submit data for only one. Once a data file is uploaded the file will be
automatically checked to ensure it conforms to the specifications and a
data file status report will be produced and made available to the
submitter. Submitters will review each report and will be expected to
fix any errors in their data file and resubmit if necessary. It will
take about one hour to complete each file submission. The total burden
is estimated to be 454 hours annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of
Form name respondents/ responses for Hours per Total burden
POCs each POC response hours
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Registration Form............................... 20 1 5/60 2
Data Use Agreement.............................. 240 1 3/60 12
Data Files Submission........................... 440 1 1 440
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Total....................................... 700 NA NA 454
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Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to complete the submission process. The cost burden
is estimated to be $18,613 annually.
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents/ POCs hours wage rate * burden
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Registration Form................... 20 2 39.75 \a\ $80
Data Use Agreement.................. 240 12 86.88 \b\ 1043
Data Files Submission............... 20 440 39.75 \c\ 17,490
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Total........................... 280 454 NA 18,613
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* National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2014, ``U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.'' (a) and (c) Based on the mean hourly wages for Computer Programmer (15-1131).
(b) Based on the mean hourly wage for Chief Executives (11-1011). https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000
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
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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-19657 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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