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asks for the staff member most 

knowledgeable about electronic health 

record (EHR) adoption and utilization to 

answer the survey. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions, to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information, to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information, and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Physicians ......................................... Form A Screener Administered on 

Paper.

1571 1 5/60 131 

Nurses ............................................... Form A Screener Administered on 

Paper.

1571 1 5/60 131 

Practice Managers ............................ Form A Screener Administered on 

Paper.

1570 1 5/60 131 

Physicians ......................................... Form B Survey Administered as a 

Computer-Assisted Telephone 

Interview.

475 1 30/60 238 

Nurses ............................................... Form B Survey Administered as a 

Computer-Assisted Telephone 

Interview.

475 1 30/60 238 

Practice Managers ............................ Form B Survey Administered as a 

Computer-Assisted Telephone 

Interview.

475 1 30/60 238 

Physicians ......................................... Form C Shortened Survey Administered on Paper.119 1 10/60 20 

Nurses ............................................... Form C Shortened Survey Administered on Paper.119 1 10/60 20 

Practice Managers ............................ Form C Shortened Survey Administered on Paper.118 1 10/60 20 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1167 

OS specifically requests comments on 

(1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Darius Taylor, 

Deputy Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22732 Filed 9–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Request for Comments on Pediatric 

Planned Procedure Algorithm 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments 

on pediatric planned procedure 

algorithm from the members of the 

public. 

SUMMARY: Section 401(a) of the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), 

Public Law 111–3, amended the Social 

Security Act (the Act) to enact section 

1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a). Section 

1139A(b) charged the Department of 

Health and Human Services with 

improving pediatric health care quality 

measures. This effort includes 

development of several new pediatric 

quality measures, including a pediatric 

readmission measure. The Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) is requesting comments from 

the public on an algorithm for 

identifying pediatric planned 

procedures as part of the readmission 

measure. The purpose of the algorithm 

is to identify, using International 

Classification of Diseases, Ninth 

Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9– 

CM) procedure codes, pediatric 

procedures that are usually planned so 

that admissions for these procedures 

can be excluded from calculations of 

readmission rates. 

To identify planned procedures, 

expert pediatric clinicians in 14 

different procedure-oriented specialties 

reviewed procedures typically 

performed by their specialty. The 

reviewers indicated which procedures 

(1) are usually planned (defined as 

planned in more than 80% of cases) and 

(2) could require hospitalization. 

Admissions for which the primary 

procedure coded was one of these 

procedures are excluded from the count 

of readmissions. 

The list of ICD–9–CM codes and code 

descriptions for the planned procedures 

is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/

policymakers/chipra/

pedprocedurecodes.html. 

DATES: Please submit comments October 

21, 2013. AHRQ will not respond to 

individual comments, but will consider 

all comments. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic submissions are 

encouraged, preferably as an email with 

an electronic file in a standard word 

processing format as an email 

attachment. Submissions may also be in 

the form of a letter to: Maushami (Mia) 


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DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D., MHA, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and 

Priority Populations, Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 

Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850, 

Phone: (301) 427–1546, Fax: (301) 427– 

1238, Email: Maushami.Desoto@

AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Submission Guidelines: When 

submitting comments, please include, to 

the extent available: 

—Detailed responses and suggestions; 

and 

—Rationale and evidence for any 

recommended changes to the 

algorithm, including citations of 

published evidence, if available. 

For all submissions, please also 

include: 

A brief cover letter summarizing the 

information requested above for 

submitted comments; 

Complete information about the 

person submitting the comments, 

including: 

(a) Name; and 

(b) Email address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maushami (Mia) DeSoto, MSc, Ph.D., 

MHA 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

401(a) of the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111–3, 

amended the Social Security Act (the 

Act) to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 

1320b–9a). Since the law was passed, 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) and the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

have been working together to 

implement selected provisions of the 

legislation related to children’s health 

care quality. Section 1139A(b) of the Act 

charged the Department of Health and 

Human Services with improving 

pediatric health care quality measures. 

To implement the law, AHRQ and CMS 

have established the CHIPRA Pediatric 

Quality Measures Program (PQMP), 

which is designed to enhance select 

pediatric quality measures and develop 

new measures as needed. 

The information sought in this Notice 

is being collected pursuant to the needs 

of the Children’s Hospital Boston Center 

of Excellence for Pediatric Quality 

Measurement (CEPQM). It is one of the 

seven CHIPRA Pediatric Quality 

Measures Program (PQMP) Centers of 

Excellence and has been assigned the 

task of developing a pediatric 

readmission measure. 

Dated: September 12, 2013. 

Richard Kronick, 

AHRQ Director. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22796 Filed 9–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–13–13TD] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call (404) 639–7570 or send an 

email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

‘‘So What? Telling a Compelling 

Story’’ Template—New—Office of 

Public Health Preparedness and 

Response (OPHPR), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Background: Stories are difficult to 

gather and track; therefore, OPHPR must 

use a creative method to collect relevant 

stories on the impacts of the Public 

Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) 

grant in state and local health 

departments and at the community 

level. Several resources and tools exist 

within CDC and partner organizations to 

share stories but the stories tend to be 

dated or already used in another 

capacity. OPHPR must be proactive in 

leveraging this template to collect new, 

timely anecdotes, described as ‘‘leads’’ 

in the rest of this notice, versus full 

stories, in order to describe the current 

successes and challenges public health 

officials face implementing the PHEP 

grant and associated activities. 

CDC requests Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval to collect 

information for three years. 

Description: The storytelling template 

is a single page, double-sided guide for 

storytellers, described as ‘‘sources’’ in 

the remainder of this notice. With this 

tool, developers intend to dramatically 

reduce the burden on respondents and 

employees who may otherwise engage 

in complete story development with 

each new event. In this manner, staff 

may tease out pertinent and timely leads 

for potential development at a later date 

based on the needs of leadership. 

Development of a complete story from 

this template will occur with a small 

percentage of the leads. The text 

specifically requested is the source’s 

name, telephone number, email address, 

organization, job title, the topic of the 

compelling story, a headline, and up to 

three key bullet points. The intent of 

this template is to guide the 

development of bullets and headlines 

describing successes, impacts, and other 

funding-related activities. 

The goals of these leads are shaped by 

four topics: 

1. Showcasing the nature of the 

preparedness and response challenge: 

Something observed at ground level that 

clearly illustrates why preparedness and 

response work is necessary. 

2. Illustrating the public health 

contribution: Examples that prove 

public health preparedness and 

response not only makes a difference, 

but also describe the unique approach 

public health brings to emergency 

response. 

3. Supporting the evidence-base: 

Examples that compliment qualitative 

research on evidence based 

interventions. 

4. Demonstrating return on 

investment: Leads describing awareness 

of how funds are used and 

demonstrating fiscal responsibility and 

transparency. 

OPHPR representatives intend to 

collect story leads from a variety of 

sources including CDC Field Staff, state 

health officers, local health department 

directors, preparedness planners, nonpublic health preparedness and 

response partners, the public and 

volunteer group members. 

The developers plan to leverage 

existing communications channels if the 

leads are used or developed into more 

lengthy stories. Just as stories are used 

currently, leads from this template will 

be potentially used in congressional 

inquiries, leadership presentations, 

annual reports, and CDC OPHPR Web 

sites. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annual burden hours are 95. 


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