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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Mail/email * .......................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ** ....................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** ........................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
na
na
8,900
* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
Mail/email .........................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ........................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing .............................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
$38.06
38.06
38.06
38,06
38.06
38.06
38.06
$76,120
15,224
19,030
114,180
22,836
57,090
34,254
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
8,900
na
338,734
* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2016,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_
nat.htm#29-0000.
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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
proposed information collection. All
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comments will become a matter of
public record.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
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60 days for public comment. No
substantive comments were received;
however changes have been made to the
burden estimates in Exhibit 1, resulting
in an increase of 1,316 burden hours.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
Comments on this notice must be
received by August 28, 2017.
DATES:
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) reapprove the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component.’’
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed
SUMMARY:
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Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
officer).
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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conduct research on health care, 42
U.S.C. 299a.
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—
Insurance Component
Method of Collection
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
Employer-sponsored health insurance is
the source of coverage for 84.4 million
current and former workers, plus many
of their family members, and is a
cornerstone of the U.S. health care
system. The Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey—Insurance Component (MEPS–
IC) measures the extent, cost, and
coverage of employer-sponsored health
insurance on an annual basis. These
statistics for private industry are
produced at the National, State, and
sub-State (metropolitan area) level.
Statistics are also produced for State
and Local governments.
This research has the following goals:
(1) Provide data for Federal
policymakers evaluating the effects of
National and State health care reforms.
(2) Provide descriptive data on the
current employer-sponsored health
insurance system and data for modeling
the differential impacts of proposed
health policy initiatives.
(3) Supply critical State and National
estimates of health insurance spending
for the National Health Accounts and
Gross Domestic Product.
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 types and costs of private
insurance, 42 U.S.C. 299b–2(a), and to
To achieve the goals of this project,
following data collections will be
implemented for both private sector and
state and local government employers:
(1) Pre-screener Questionnaire—The
purpose of the Pre-screener
Questionnaire, which is collected via
telephone, varies depending on the
insurance status of the establishment
contacted. Establishment is defined as a
single, physical location in the private
sector and a governmental unit in state
and local governments. For
establishments that do not offer health
insurance to their employees, the Prescreener Questionnaire is used to collect
basic information, such as number of
employees. For establishments that do
offer health insurance, the Pre-screener
Questionnaire collects contact name and
address information for the person in
the establishment best equipped to
complete the full questionnaire.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire—The
purpose of the mailed Establishment
Questionnaire is to obtain general
information from employers that
provide health insurance to their
employees, including total active
enrollment in health insurance, other
employee benefits, demographic
characteristics of employees, and retiree
health insurance.
(3) Plan Questionnaire—The purpose
of the mailed Plan Questionnaire is to
collect plan-specific information on
each plan (up to four plans) offered by
establishments. This questionnaire
obtains information on total premiums,
employer and employee contributions to
the premium, and plan enrollment for
each type of coverage offered—single,
employee-plus-one, and family—within
a plan. It also asks for information on
deductibles, copays, and other plan
characteristics.
The primary objective of the MEPS–
IC is to collect information on employersponsored health insurance. Such
information is needed in order to
provide the tools for Federal, State, and
academic researchers to evaluate current
and proposed health policies and to
support the production of important
statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondent’s time to participate in the
MEPS–IC. The Pre-screener
questionnaire will be completed by
30,041 respondents and takes 5 minutes
to complete. The Establishment
questionnaire will be completed by
25,914 respondents and takes 23
minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by
22,943 respondents and will require an
average of 2.5 responses per respondent.
Each Plan questionnaire takes 11
minutes to complete. The total
annualized burden hours are estimated
to be 22,952 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the respondents’ time to participate in
this data collection. The annualized cost
burden is estimated to be $733,776.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS FOR THE 2018–2019 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................................................
30,041
25,914
22,943
1
1
2.5
5/60
* 23/60
11/60
2,503
9,934
10,515
Total ..........................................................................................................
78,898
na
na
22,952
* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire and two plan questionnaires (on average, each establishment completes 2.5 plan questionnaires). The establishment and
plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2018–2019 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
Form name
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................................................
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Total burden
hours
30,041
25,914
22,943
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9,934
10,515
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Average
hourly
wage rate *
31.97
31.97
31.97
Total cost
burden
$80,021
317,590
336,165
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2018–2019 MEPS–IC—Continued
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total ..........................................................................................................
Total burden
hours
78,898
Average
hourly
wage rate *
22,952
na
Total cost
burden
733,776
* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13–1141, at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2017–15884 Filed 7–27–17; 8:45 am]
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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.
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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
information collection project: ‘‘The
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving
Surgical Care and Recovery.’’
SUMMARY:
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This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register titled ‘‘The AHRQ Safety
Program for Enhancing Surgical Care
and Recovery,’’ on May 18, 2017 and
allowed 60 days for public comment.
AHRQ did not receive any substantive
comments. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
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
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The AHRQ Safety Program for
Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
is a quality improvement project that
aims to provide technical assistance to
hospitals to help them implement
evidence-based practices to improve
outcomes and prevent complications
among patients who undergo surgery.
Enhanced recovery pathways are a
constellation of preoperative,
intraoperative, and postoperative
practices that decrease complications
and accelerate recovery. A number of
studies and meta-analyses have
demonstrated successful results. In
order to facilitate broader adoption of
these evidence-based practices among
U.S. hospitals, this AHRQ project will
adapt the Comprehensive Unit-based
Safety Program (CUSP), which has been
demonstrated to be an effective
approach to reducing other patient
harms, to enhanced recovery of surgical
patients. The approach uses a
combination of clinical and cultural
(i.e., technical and adaptive)
intervention components which include
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promoting leadership and frontline staff
engagement, close teamwork among
surgeons, anesthesia providers, and
nurses, as well as enhancing patient
communication and engagement.
Interested hospitals will voluntarily
participate.
This project has the following goals:
• Improve outcomes of surgical
patients by disseminating and
supporting implementation of evidencebased enhanced recovery practices
within the CUSP framework.
• Develop a bundle of technical and
adaptive interventions and associated
tools and educational materials to
support implementation.
• Provide technical assistance and
training to hospitals for implementing
enhanced recovery practices.
• Assess the adoption, and evaluate
the effectiveness of, the intervention
among the participating hospitals.
This project is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor Johns
Hopkins University; with subcontractors
Westat, and the American College of
Surgeons. The AHRQ Safety Program for
Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
is being undertaken pursuant to AHRQ’s
mission to enhance the quality,
appropriateness, and effectiveness of
health services, and access to such
services, through the establishment of a
broad base of scientific research and
through the promotion of improvements
in clinical and health systems practices,
including the prevention of diseases and
other health conditions. 42 U.S.C. 299.
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the
following data collections will be
implemented:
(1) Safety Culture Survey. Hospitals
will assess the impact of participation in
the project on perioperative safety
culture by having their staff members
who will be part of the enhanced
recovery program complete a survey
adapted from the AHRQ Surveys on
Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) at the
beginning and end of the program. The
hospital’s enhanced recovery project
team will receive their survey results
and then debrief their staff on their
safety culture and identify opportunities
for further improvement. The national
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[FR Doc No: 2017-15884]
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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) reapprove the proposed information
collection project: ``Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance
Component.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No substantive comments were received; however changes have
been made to the burden estimates in Exhibit 1, resulting in an
increase of 1,316 burden hours. The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ's OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395-6974 (attention: AHRQ's desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ's desk officer).
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:
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Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. Employer-sponsored health insurance is the source of
coverage for 84.4 million current and former workers, plus many of
their family members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care
system. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component
(MEPS-IC) measures the extent, cost, and coverage of employer-sponsored
health insurance on an annual basis. These statistics for private
industry are produced at the National, State, and sub-State
(metropolitan area) level. Statistics are also produced for State and
Local governments.
This research has the following goals:
(1) Provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects of
National and State health care reforms.
(2) Provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored
health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts
of proposed health policy initiatives.
(3) Supply critical State and National estimates of health
insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic
Product.
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 types and costs of private insurance, 42 U.S.C. 299b-
2(a), and to conduct research on health care, 42 U.S.C. 299a.
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project, following data collections
will be implemented for both private sector and state and local
government employers:
(1) Pre-screener Questionnaire--The purpose of the Pre-screener
Questionnaire, which is collected via telephone, varies depending on
the insurance status of the establishment contacted. Establishment is
defined as a single, physical location in the private sector and a
governmental unit in state and local governments. For establishments
that do not offer health insurance to their employees, the Pre-screener
Questionnaire is used to collect basic information, such as number of
employees. For establishments that do offer health insurance, the Pre-
screener Questionnaire collects contact name and address information
for the person in the establishment best equipped to complete the full
questionnaire.
(2) Establishment Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed
Establishment Questionnaire is to obtain general information from
employers that provide health insurance to their employees, including
total active enrollment in health insurance, other employee benefits,
demographic characteristics of employees, and retiree health insurance.
(3) Plan Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed Plan
Questionnaire is to collect plan-specific information on each plan (up
to four plans) offered by establishments. This questionnaire obtains
information on total premiums, employer and employee contributions to
the premium, and plan enrollment for each type of coverage offered--
single, employee-plus-one, and family--within a plan. It also asks for
information on deductibles, copays, and other plan characteristics.
The primary objective of the MEPS-IC is to collect information on
employer-sponsored health insurance. Such information is needed in
order to provide the tools for Federal, State, and academic researchers
to evaluate current and proposed health policies and to support the
production of important statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondent's time to participate in the MEPS-IC. The Pre-screener
questionnaire will be completed by 30,041 respondents and takes 5
minutes to complete. The Establishment questionnaire will be completed
by 25,914 respondents and takes 23 minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by 22,943 respondents and will require
an average of 2.5 responses per respondent. Each Plan questionnaire
takes 11 minutes to complete. The total annualized burden hours are
estimated to be 22,952 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this data collection. The
annualized cost burden is estimated to be $733,776.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for the 2018-2019 MEPS-IC
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Prescreener Questionnaire....................... 30,041 1 5/60 2,503
Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,914 1 * 23/60 9,934
Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,943 2.5 11/60 10,515
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Total....................................... 78,898 na na 22,952
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* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden
estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire and two plan questionnaires (on average, each
establishment completes 2.5 plan questionnaires). The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the
respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden for the 2018-2019 MEPS-IC
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prescreener Questionnaire....................... 30,041 2,503 31.97 $80,021
Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,914 9,934 31.97 317,590
Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,943 10,515 31.97 336,165
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Total....................................... 78,898 22,952 na 733,776
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* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13-
1141, at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-15884 Filed 7-27-17; 8:45 am]
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