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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Data collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Pre/Post-Test Interview Protocol with Stakeholder Groups ............................ 120 1 1 120 

Quarterly Update Protocol ............................................................................... 12 3 1 36 

Usability Testing Protocol ................................................................................ 24 1 1 24 

Total .......................................................................................................... 186 NA NA 240 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Data collection Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly 

wage rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

Pre/Post-Test Interview Protocol (Implementation Team and Stakeholder 

Groups) ........................................................................................................ 150 180 $29.91 $5,384 

Quarterly Update Protocol ............................................................................... 12 36 29.91 1,077 

Usability Testing Protocol ................................................................................ 24 24 29.91 718 

Total .......................................................................................................... 186 240 NA 7,179

* Based upon the mean of the average wages taken from an average of hourly rates for occupations likely to be involved in the QI process 

(registered nurses, nurse practitioners, medical records and health information technicians, statisticians, and health technologists and technicians). Statistics are taken from the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals industry category in the May 2012 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, accessed on January 22, 2014 

[www.bls.gov/oes/]. 

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. 

Dated: May 1, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10752 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Five AHRQ 

Subcommittee Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The subcommittees listed 

below are part of AHRQ’s Health 

Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committee. Grant applications are to be 

reviewed and discussed at these 

meetings. Each subcommittee meeting 

will commence in open session before 

closing to the public for the duration of 

the meeting. These meetings will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

DATES: See below for dates of meetings: 

1. Healthcare Safety and Quality 

Improvement Research (HSQR) 

Date: June 17–18, 2014 (Open from 

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on June 17 and 

closed for remainder of the meeting). 

2. Healthcare Effectiveness and 

Outcomes Research (HEOR) 

Date: June 18, 2014 (Open from 8:00 

a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on June 18 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

3. Health Care Research and Training 

(HCRT) 

Date: June 19–20, 2014 (Open from 

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on June 19 and 

closed for remainder of the meeting). 

4. Healthcare Information Technology 

Research (HITR) 

Date: June 25–27, 2014 (Open from 

5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on June 25 and 

closed for remainder of the meeting). 

5. Health System and Value Research 

(HSVR) 

Date: June 26, 2014 (Open from 8:30 

a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on June 26 and closed 

for remainder of the meeting). 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/

Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting 

Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (To 

obtain a roster of members, agenda or 

minutes of the non-confidential portions 

of the meetings.) 

Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee 

Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Suite 2000, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 

1554. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2), AHRQ announces 

meetings of the scientific peer review 

groups listed above, which are 

subcommittees of AHRQ’s Health 


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Services Research Initial Review Group 

Committees. Each subcommittee 

meeting will commence in open session 

before closing to the public for the 

duration of the meeting. The 

subcommittee meetings will be closed to 

the public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2 

section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). The grant applications 

and the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: May 1, 2014. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10750 Filed 5–9–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1616–NC] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Announcement of Application From a 

Hospital Requesting Waiver for Organ 

Procurement Service Area 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: A hospital has requested a 

waiver of statutory requirements that 

would otherwise require the hospital to 

enter into an agreement with its 

designated Organ Procurement 

Organization (OPO). The request was 

made in accordance with the Social 

Security Act (the Act). This notice 

requests comments from OPOs and the 

general public for our consideration in 

determining whether we should grant 

the requested waiver. 

DATES: Comment Date: To be assured 

consideration, comments must be 

received at one of the addresses 

provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on 

July 11, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, refer to file 

code CMS–1616NC. Because of staff and 

resource limitations, we cannot accept 

comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

You may submit comments in one of 

four ways (please choose only one of the 

ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–1616–NC, P.O. Box 8010, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address ONLY: Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–1616–NC, 

Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

4. By hand or courier. Alternatively, 

you may deliver (by hand or courier) 

your written comments to a regulations 

staff member ONLY to the following 

addresses: 

a. For delivery in Washington, DC— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert 

H. Humphrey Building, 200 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

(Because access to the interior of the 

Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not 

readily available to persons without 

Federal government identification, 

commenters are encouraged to leave 

their comments in the CMS drop slots 

located in the main lobby of the 

building. A stamp-in clock is available 

for persons wishing to retain a proof of 

filing by stamping in and retaining an 

extra copy of the comments being filed.) 

b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244– 

1850. 

If you intend to deliver your 

comments to the Baltimore address, call 

telephone number (410) 786–9994 in 

advance to schedule your arrival with 

one of our staff members. 

Comments erroneously mailed to the 

addresses indicated as appropriate for 

hand or courier delivery may be delayed 

and received after the comment period. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Taft, (410) 786–4561. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post all comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period on the following Web 

site as soon as possible after they have 

been received: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

Comments received timely will also 

be available for public inspection as 

they are received, generally beginning 

approximately 3 weeks after publication 

of a document, at the headquarters of 

the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244, Monday 

through Friday of each week from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an 

appointment to view public comments, 

phone 1–800–743–3951. 

I. Background 

Organ Procurement Organizations 

(OPOs) are not-for-profit organizations 

that are responsible for the 

procurement, preservation, and 

transport of organs to transplant centers 

throughout the country. Qualified OPOs 

are designated by the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to 

recover or procure organs in CMSdefined exclusive geographic service 

areas, pursuant to section 371(b)(1) of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

273(b)(1)) and our regulations at 42 CFR 

486.306. Once an OPO has been 

designated for an area, hospitals in that 

area that participate in Medicare and 

Medicaid are required to work with that 

OPO in providing organs for transplant, 

pursuant to section 1138(a)(1)(C) of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) and our 

regulations at 42 CFR 482.45. 

Section 1138(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Act 

provides that a hospital must notify the 

designated OPO (for the service area in 

which it is located) of potential organ 

donors. Under section 1138(a)(1)(C) of 

the Act, every participating hospital 

must have an agreement only with its 

designated OPO to identify potential 

donors. 

However, section 1138(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act provides that a hospital may obtain 

a waiver of the above requirements from 

the Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (the 

Secretary) under certain specified 

conditions. A waiver allows the hospital 

to have an agreement with an OPO other 

than the one initially designated by 

CMS, if the hospital meets certain 

conditions specified in section 

1138(a)(2)(A) of the Act. In addition, the 

Secretary may review additional criteria 


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