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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.’’
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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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Expired Listing for McGuckin
Methods International, Inc.
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, 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 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/.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Director.
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