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approval of the information collection
listed below.
Proposed Collection: Collection of
Customer Service, Demographic, and
Smoking/Tobacco use Information from
the National Cancer Institute’s Contact
Center (CC) Clients, 0925–0208
Expiration Date 04/30/2019, REVISION,
National Cancer Institute (NCI),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The National Cancer
Institute (NCI) currently collects: (1)
Customer service and demographic
information from clients of the Contact
Center (CC) in order to properly plan,
implement, and evaluate cancer
education efforts, including assessing
the extent by which the CC reaches and
impacts underserved populations; (2)
smoking/tobacco use behavior of
individuals seeking NCI’s smoking
cessation assistance through the CC in
order to provide smoking cessation
services tailored to the individual
client’s needs and track their smoking
behavior at follow up. This is a request
for OMB to approve a revised
submission for an additional three years
to provide ongoing customer service
collection of demographic information,
and collection of brief customer
satisfaction questions from NCI Contact
Center Clients for the purpose of
program planning and evaluation.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
1,875.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
TABLE A. 12–1—ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
responses
Average time
per response
(minutes/hour)
Annual
burden hours
Type of respondents
Survey instrument
Telephone Clients (Appendix 1A) .....
31,562
13,100
1
1
1/60
2/60
526
437
3,380
1
6/60
338
676
1
2/60
23
1,560
936
6,236
1
1
1
4/60
4/60
2/60
104
62
208
Email Clients .....................................
Customer Service .............................
Demographic & Customer Satisfaction Questions.
Smoking Cessation ‘‘Intake’’ Questions (Appendix 1C).
Customer Satisfaction Questions
(Appendix 9).
Call Backs (Appendix 1D) ................
Call Backs (Appendix 1E) ................
Demographic & Customer Satisfaction Questions (Appendix 1B).
Email Intake Form (Appendix 2) ......
1,002
1
10/60
167
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
58,452
58,452
........................
1,875
Smoking Cessation Clients ...............
VA Smoking Cessation Clients .........
VA Follw Up Calls .............................
LiveHelp Clients ................................
Dated: July 16, 2018.
Karla C. Bailey,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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Services Administration
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
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are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
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 on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Testing of Electronic
Health Records Questions for the
National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N–SSATS) and the
National Mental Health Services
Survey (N–MHSS)—NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral
Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ),
is requesting approval for conducting
cognitive testing on the use of electronic
health records (EHRs) by substance
abuse and mental health treatment
facilities in the United States. The final
goal of this cognitive testing is to
incorporate questions on electronic
health records to SAMHSA’s National
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Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N–SSATS) and the National
Mental Health Services Survey (N–
MHSS).
Currently, there is a lack of national
level data that exists on behavioral
health care providers’ progress toward
interoperability. The National Council
for Behavioral Health in 2011/2012
conducted a survey to determine health
information technology (IT) readiness.
This data focused only on the
membership of the National Council for
Behavioral Health and does not provide
national baseline data on the four
domains of interoperability that are
outlined in the Interoperability
Roadmap (finding, sending, receiving
and integrating data into EHRs) for
behavioral health care providers.
Currently, these providers are not
eligible to participate in interoperability
driving efforts such as the Medicare
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of
2015 (MACRA) initiative. However,
some behavioral health providers may
be eligible in the future to participate in
value-based payment initiatives such as
the Merit-Based Incentive Payment
System (MIPS). Measuring and reporting
the state of interoperability will help to
determine the type of support these
providers need and their readiness to
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participate in delivery system reform
efforts in the future.
Collaboration between the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC) and
SAMHSA on this data collection effort
will provide an efficient manner to track
trends in health IT adoption, use, and
interoperability among behavioral
health care providers. In addition, this
collaboration will contribute to the
development of strategic efforts to
leverage health IT in behavioral health
care settings to provide cost effective,
high quality and patient-centered care.
Results from this testing will allow ONC
and SAMHSA to work together to
quantitatively assess health IT adoption
and interoperability among behavioral
health care providers using SAMHSA’s
current national surveys, the National
Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N–SSATS) and the National
Mental Health Services Survey (N–
MHSS).
The information obtained from these
efforts will be used to develop a new set
of questions on the use and
implementation of EHRs in behavioral
health facilities for the N–SSATS and
the N–MHSS surveys. Specifically, the
information from the testing will be
used to reduce respondent burden while
simultaneously improving the quality of
the data collected in these surveys.
Data from this testing will be
collected mostly via telephone
interviews, and few cases conducted
with in-person interviews. Results of
this test will not be disseminated or
used to inform policy, program, or
budget decisions. Findings will be
shared between ONC and SAMHSA staff
to decide how the tested questions will
be incorporated in the surveys.
It is estimated that the total burden for
this project is 40 hours, based on a
maximum of 80 interviews with an
average of 30 minutes per interview.
The request for OMB seeks approval
to conduct this testing of EHR questions
during the Fall of 2018 for possible
implementation starting in 2020.
The total estimated burden for this
study is 39.2 hours for the period from
September through December 2018.
Survey
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Interviews .............................................................................
80
1
80
.50
40
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57–B,
Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy
at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Written comments should be received
by September 25, 2018.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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Proposed Project: National Survey of
Substance Abuse Treatment Services
(N–SSATS) (OMB No. 0930–0106)—
Revision
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more
information on the proposed projects or
to obtain a copy of the information
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276–
1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
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information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
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 on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of
the National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment (N–SSATS) data collection
(OMB No. 0930–0106), which expires
on December 31, 2018. N–SSATS
provides both national and state-level
data on the numbers and types of
patients treated and the characteristics
of facilities providing substance abuse
treatment services. It is conducted
under the authority of Section 505 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
290aa–4) to meet the specific mandates
for annual information about public and
private substance abuse treatment
providers and the clients they serve.
This request includes:
• Collection of N–SSATS, which is an
annual survey of substance abuse
treatment facilities; and
• Updating of the Inventory of
Behavioral Health Services (I–BHS)
which is the facility universe for the N–
SSATS as well as the annual survey of
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mental health treatment facilities, the
National Mental Health Services Survey
(N–MHSS). The I–BHS includes all
substance abuse treatment and mental
health treatment facilities known to
SAMHSA. (The N–MHSS data
collection is covered under OMB No.
0930–0119.)
The information in I–BHS and N–
SSATS is needed to assess the nature
and extent of these resources, to identify
gaps in services, and to provide a
database for treatment referrals. Both I–
BHS and N–SSATS are components of
the Behavioral Health Services
Information System (BHSIS).
The request for OMB approval will
include a request to update the I–BHS
facility listing on a continuous basis and
to conduct the N–SSATS and the
between cycle N–SSATS (N–SSATS BC)
in 2019, 2020, and 2021. The N–SSATS
BC is a procedure for collecting services
data from newly identified facilities
between main cycles of the survey and
will be used to improve the listing of
treatment facilities in the online
Behavioral Health Treatment Services
Locator.
Planned Changes
I–BHS: Only minor form changes
corresponding with updated technology
are planned.
N–SSATS: The N–SSATS with client
counts will continue to be conducted in
alternate years, as in the past, and the
Treatment Locator will be updated
monthly.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection 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 on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Testing of Electronic Health Records Questions for
the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and
the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS)--NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ),
is requesting approval for conducting cognitive testing on the use of
electronic health records (EHRs) by substance abuse and mental health
treatment facilities in the United States. The final goal of this
cognitive testing is to incorporate questions on electronic health
records to SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services (N-SSATS) and the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-
MHSS).
Currently, there is a lack of national level data that exists on
behavioral health care providers' progress toward interoperability. The
National Council for Behavioral Health in 2011/2012 conducted a survey
to determine health information technology (IT) readiness. This data
focused only on the membership of the National Council for Behavioral
Health and does not provide national baseline data on the four domains
of interoperability that are outlined in the Interoperability Roadmap
(finding, sending, receiving and integrating data into EHRs) for
behavioral health care providers. Currently, these providers are not
eligible to participate in interoperability driving efforts such as the
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)
initiative. However, some behavioral health providers may be eligible
in the future to participate in value-based payment initiatives such as
the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Measuring and
reporting the state of interoperability will help to determine the type
of support these providers need and their readiness to
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participate in delivery system reform efforts in the future.
Collaboration between the Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology (ONC) and SAMHSA on this data collection
effort will provide an efficient manner to track trends in health IT
adoption, use, and interoperability among behavioral health care
providers. In addition, this collaboration will contribute to the
development of strategic efforts to leverage health IT in behavioral
health care settings to provide cost effective, high quality and
patient-centered care. Results from this testing will allow ONC and
SAMHSA to work together to quantitatively assess health IT adoption and
interoperability among behavioral health care providers using SAMHSA's
current national surveys, the National Survey of Substance Abuse
Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and the National Mental Health Services
Survey (N-MHSS).
The information obtained from these efforts will be used to develop
a new set of questions on the use and implementation of EHRs in
behavioral health facilities for the N-SSATS and the N-MHSS surveys.
Specifically, the information from the testing will be used to reduce
respondent burden while simultaneously improving the quality of the
data collected in these surveys.
Data from this testing will be collected mostly via telephone
interviews, and few cases conducted with in-person interviews. Results
of this test will not be disseminated or used to inform policy,
program, or budget decisions. Findings will be shared between ONC and
SAMHSA staff to decide how the tested questions will be incorporated in
the surveys.
It is estimated that the total burden for this project is 40 hours,
based on a maximum of 80 interviews with an average of 30 minutes per
interview.
The request for OMB seeks approval to conduct this testing of EHR
questions during the Fall of 2018 for possible implementation starting
in 2020.
The total estimated burden for this study is 39.2 hours for the
period from September through December 2018.
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Number of Responses per Total number of Hours per Total burden
Survey respondents respondent responses response hours
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Interviews......................................................... 80 1 80 .50 40
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy at
[email protected]. Written comments should be received by
September 25, 2018.
Summer King,
Statistician.
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