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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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[Document Identifiers CMS–10488]
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The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, and to allow
a second opportunity for public
comment on the notice. Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by August 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting on the
proposed information collections,
please reference the document identifier
or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be received by
the OMB desk officer via one of the
following transmissions: OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax
Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
Web site address at https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
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2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
(410) 786–1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of
information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension or
reinstatement of an existing collection
of information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. No
comments were received in response to
the 60-day comment period. To comply
with this requirement, CMS is
publishing this notice that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of an existing
information collection request; Title of
Information Collection: Consumer
Experience Survey Data Collection. Use:
Section 1311(c)(4) of the Affordable
Care Act requires the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) to
develop an enrollee satisfaction survey
system that assesses consumer
experience with qualified health plans
(QHPs) offered through an Exchange. It
also requires public display of enrollee
satisfaction information by the
Exchange to allow individuals to easily
compare enrollee satisfaction levels
between comparable plans. HHS
established the QHP Enrollee
Experience Survey (QHP Enrollee
Survey) to assess consumer experience
with the QHPs offered through the
Marketplaces. The survey include topics
to assess consumer experience with the
health care system such as
communication skills of providers and
ease of access to health care services.
CMS developed the survey using the
Consumer Assessment of Health
Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
principles (https://www.ahrq.gov/
cahps/about-cahps/principles/
index.html) and established an
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application and approval process for
survey vendors who want to participate
in collecting QHP enrollee experience
data.
The QHP Enrollee Survey, which is
based on the CAHPS® Health Plan
Survey, will be used to (1) help
consumers choose among competing
health plans, (2) provide actionable
information that the QHPs can use to
improve performance, (3) provide
information that regulatory and
accreditation organizations can use to
regulate and accredit plans, and (4)
provide a longitudinal database for
consumer research. CMS completed two
rounds of developmental testing
including 2014 psychometric testing
and 2015 beta testing of the QHP
Enrollee Survey. The psychometric
testing helped determine psychometric
properties and provided an initial
measure of performance for
Marketplaces and QHPs to use for
quality improvement. Based on
psychometric test results, CMS further
refined the questionnaire and sampling
design to conduct the 2015 beta test of
the QHP Enrollee Survey. CMS
previously obtained clearance for the
2016 and 2017 administrations of the
QHP Enrollee Survey.
At this time, CMS is requesting to
renew approval for the information
collection related to the QHP Enrollee
Experience Survey in 2018–2020. These
activities are necessary to ensure that
CMS fulfills legislative mandates
established by section 1311(c)(4) of the
Affordable Care Act to develop an
‘‘enrollee satisfaction survey system’’
and provide such information on
Marketplace Web sites. CMS is also
seeking approval to remove eight survey
questions beginning with the 2018
survey administration. With the removal
of these eight questions, the revised
total estimated annual burden hours of
national implementation of the QHP
Enrollee Survey is 22,523 hours with
90,015 responses. The revised total
annualized burden over three years for
this requested information collection is
67,569 hours and the total average
annualized number of responses is
270,045 responses. Form Number:
CMS–10488 (OMB control number:
0938–1221); Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Public sector
(Individuals and Households), Private
sector (Business or other for-profits and
Not-for-profit institutions); Number of
Respondents: 90,015; Total Annual
Responses: 90,015; Total Annual Hours:
22,523. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Nidhi Singh Shah
at 301–492–5110.)
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Dated: July 20, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Behavioral Interventions to
Advance Self-Sufficiency Next
Generation (BIAS–NG).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for a 3-year
pilot generic clearance to collect data as
part of rapid cycle testing and
evaluation, in order to inform the design
of interventions informed by behavioral
science and to better understand the
mechanisms and effects of such
interventions. These interventions,
which will be in the program area
domains of Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) and child
welfare, are intended to improve
outcomes for participants in these
programs.
OPRE plans to conduct the Behavioral
Interventions to Advance SelfSufficiency Next Generation (BIAS–NG)
project. This project will use behavioral
insights to design and test interventions
intended to improve the efficiency,
operations, and efficacy of human
services programs. The BIAS–NG
project will apply behavioral insights to
a range of ACF programs including
TANF, Child Welfare, and other
program areas to be determined. This
notice is specific to data collection with
TANF and Child Welfare sites; when
and if the project desires to work in
other program areas, OPRE will publish
a Federal Register notice allowing for
public comment and will submit a new
information collection request for that
work. Under this pilot generic
clearance, OPRE plans to work with
approximately six sites to conduct
approximately two tests per site, for a
total of approximately 12 tests of
behavioral interventions.
The design and testing of BIAS NG
interventions will be rapid and iterative.
Each specific intervention will be
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designed in consultation with agency
leaders and launched quickly. To
maximize the likelihood that the
intervention produces measurable,
significant, positive effects on outcomes
of interest, rapid cycle evaluation
techniques will be employed in which
proximate outcomes will be measured to
allow the research team to rapidly
iterate and adjust the intervention
design, informing subsequent tests.
Due to the rapid and iterative nature
of this work OPRE seeks generic
clearance to conduct this research.
Following standard OMB requirements
for generic clearances, once instruments
are tailored to a specific site and the
site’s intervention, OPRE will submit an
individual generic information
collection request under this umbrella
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, a description of the proposed
intervention, and any supplementary
documents. Each specific information
collection will include two submissions:
First, a submission for the formative
stage research and second, a submission
for the test and evaluation materials. In
this notice we describe the types of
information expected to be collected for
each test and the expected burden.
To ensure maximal relevance to the
domain areas selected (i.e., Child
Welfare and TANF), the project has
identified a set of broad problems that
affect entire domain areas rather than
problems that are idiosyncratic to a
particular program. In each of the
approximately six sites with which the
project will work under this clearance,
interventions will be designed and
tested using an approach called
behavioral diagnosis and design which
will involve determining how identified
problems operate within each site’s
specific context, diagnosing behavioral
reasons for those problems, designing
interventions informed by behavioral
insights, and rigorously testing the
interventions. Information will be
collected throughout this process. The
information that will be collected is
specific to each of the sites, will not be
collected indefinitely, and is not
intended to be interpreted as applicable
to other sites or to other programs. In
addition, in working with the project to
design the behavioral interventions to
be tested, some sites may decide to
change what data they collect and/or the
questions they ask the public to answer.
Such decisions will be controlled by the
sites, not by the project.
In order to define and diagnose
program challenges and design
appropriate interventions, OPRE plans
to conduct interviews and focus groups
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers CMS-10488]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an
existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity
for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to
send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the
agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by
the OMB desk officer by August 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting on the proposed information collections,
please reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be
assured consideration, comments and recommendations must be received by
the OMB desk officer via one of the following transmissions: OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-5806 OR, Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make
your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS' Web site address at Web site address at https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
2. Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. The term ``collection of
information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and
includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires
federal agencies to publish a 30-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each
proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. No
comments were received in response to the 60-day comment period. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice that
summarizes the following proposed collection(s) of information for
public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of an existing
information collection request; Title of Information Collection:
Consumer Experience Survey Data Collection. Use: Section 1311(c)(4) of
the Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to develop an enrollee satisfaction survey system that
assesses consumer experience with qualified health plans (QHPs) offered
through an Exchange. It also requires public display of enrollee
satisfaction information by the Exchange to allow individuals to easily
compare enrollee satisfaction levels between comparable plans. HHS
established the QHP Enrollee Experience Survey (QHP Enrollee Survey) to
assess consumer experience with the QHPs offered through the
Marketplaces. The survey include topics to assess consumer experience
with the health care system such as communication skills of providers
and ease of access to health care services. CMS developed the survey
using the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems
(CAHPS[supreg]) principles (https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/principles/) and established an
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application and approval process for survey vendors who want to
participate in collecting QHP enrollee experience data.
The QHP Enrollee Survey, which is based on the CAHPS[supreg] Health
Plan Survey, will be used to (1) help consumers choose among competing
health plans, (2) provide actionable information that the QHPs can use
to improve performance, (3) provide information that regulatory and
accreditation organizations can use to regulate and accredit plans, and
(4) provide a longitudinal database for consumer research. CMS
completed two rounds of developmental testing including 2014
psychometric testing and 2015 beta testing of the QHP Enrollee Survey.
The psychometric testing helped determine psychometric properties and
provided an initial measure of performance for Marketplaces and QHPs to
use for quality improvement. Based on psychometric test results, CMS
further refined the questionnaire and sampling design to conduct the
2015 beta test of the QHP Enrollee Survey. CMS previously obtained
clearance for the 2016 and 2017 administrations of the QHP Enrollee
Survey.
At this time, CMS is requesting to renew approval for the
information collection related to the QHP Enrollee Experience Survey in
2018-2020. These activities are necessary to ensure that CMS fulfills
legislative mandates established by section 1311(c)(4) of the
Affordable Care Act to develop an ``enrollee satisfaction survey
system'' and provide such information on Marketplace Web sites. CMS is
also seeking approval to remove eight survey questions beginning with
the 2018 survey administration. With the removal of these eight
questions, the revised total estimated annual burden hours of national
implementation of the QHP Enrollee Survey is 22,523 hours with 90,015
responses. The revised total annualized burden over three years for
this requested information collection is 67,569 hours and the total
average annualized number of responses is 270,045 responses. Form
Number: CMS-10488 (OMB control number: 0938-1221); Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Public sector (Individuals and Households), Private
sector (Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions);
Number of Respondents: 90,015; Total Annual Responses: 90,015; Total
Annual Hours: 22,523. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Nidhi Singh Shah at 301-492-5110.)
Dated: July 20, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-15589 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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