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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Exhibit 3 shows the estimated total 

and annualized cost to process HCUP 

database applications and maintain the 

ordering system over the 3 years 

covered by this information collection 

request. It is estimated to cost $17,237 

annually to operate and maintain the 

ordering system. 

Exhibit 3. Estimated Total and 

Annualized Cost 

Cost component Total cost Annualized 

cost 

Order Review ........................................................................................................................................................... $14,493 $4,831 

Monthly Updates—Product Catalog ........................................................................................................................ 1,857 619 

System Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................... 13,820 4,607 

Customer Inquiries ................................................................................................................................................... 4,483 1,495 

Management/Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 17,058 5,689 

Total .................................................................................................................................................................. 51,711 17,237 

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 healthcare 

research and healthcare 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: June 19, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) announces this meeting 

of scientific peer review groups. The 

subcommittee listed below is a part of 

the Agency’s Health Services Research 

Initial Review Group Committee. 

The subcommittee meeting will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

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

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

applications are to be reviewed and 

discussed at this meeting. These 

discussions are likely to involve 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the applications, 

including assessments of their personal 

qualifications to conduct their proposed 

projects. This information is exempt 

from mandatory disclosure under the 

above-cited statutes. 

Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Research Training (2) Virtual Review. 

Date: July 12, 2012 (Open from 1:00 p.m. 

to 1:15 p.m. on July 12 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality, John Eisenberg Building, 540 Gaither 

Road, OEREP Conference Room, Rockville, 

MD 20850. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain 

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the 

nonconfidential portions of the meeting 

should contact 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. 

Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: June 14, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting 

for Cause for Medical Informatics 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Delisting. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ has delisted Medical 

Informatics as a Patient Safety 

Organization (PSO) due to its failure to 

correct a deficiency. The Patient Safety 

and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 

(Patient Safety Act) authorizes the 

listing of PSOs, which are entities or 

component organizations whose 

mission and primary activity is to 

conduct activities to improve patient 

safety and the quality of health care 

delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety 

and Quality Improvement Final Rule 

(Patient Safety Rule) to implement the 

Patient Safety Act. AHRQ administers 

the provisions of the Patient Safety Act 

and Patient Safety Rule relating to the 

listing and operation of PSOs. 

DATES: The directories for both listed 

and delisted PSOs are ongoing and 

reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The 

delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight 

ET (2400) on June 1, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: http:// 

www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality 

Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 

540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; 

Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697; 

Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY 

(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local): 

(301) 427–1130; Email: 

pso@AHRQ.hhs.qov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Background 

The Patient Safety Act, Public Law 

109–41, 42 U.S.C. 299b–21—b–26, 

provides for the formation of PSOs, 

which collect, aggregate, and analyze 

confidential information regarding the 

quality and safety of health care 

delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42 

CFR Part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf 

of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO 

an entity that attests that it meets the 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by 

the Secretary if it is found no longer to 

meet the requirements of the Patient 

Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule. 

Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety 

Rule requires AHRQ to provide public 

notice when it removes an organization 

from the list of federally approved 

PSOs. 

Medical Informatics failed to respond 

to a Notice of Preliminary Finding of 

Deficiency sent by AHRQ pursuant to 42 

CFR 3.108(a)(2) and a Notice of 

Proposed Revocation and Delisting sent 

by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR 

3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C) which found that 

Medical Informatics failed to have, 

within every 24-month period following 

the PSO’s date of initial listing, at least 

two bona fide contracts with different 

providers for the purpose of receiving 

and reviewing patient safety work 

product, and to notify AHRQ no later 

than 45 calendar days prior to the last 

day of the pertinent 24-month period 

that the PSO has met this requirement. 

Medical Informatics did not exercise its 

opportunity to be heard in writing to 

respond to the deficiencies specified in 

the notices, and has not provided any 

evidence of a good faith effort to correct 

the deficiency. Accordingly, AHRQ has 

revoked the listing of Medical 

Informatics, PSO number P0086, a 

component entity of Medical 

Informatics, LLC, effective at 12:00 

Midnight ET (2400) on June 1, 2012. 

More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.pso.AHRQ.clov/ 

index.html. 

Dated: June 19, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15612 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–12–0214] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Kimberly S. Lane, at 1600 

Clifton Road, MS D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is 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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Health Interview Survey 

(NHIS), (OMB No. 0920–0214)— 

Revision—National Center for Health 

Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on the extent and nature of 

illness and disability of the population 

of the United States. 

The annual National Health Interview 

Survey is a major source of general 

statistics on the health of the U.S. 

population and has been in the field 

continuously since 1957. Clearance is 

sought for three years, to collect data for 

2013, 2014, and 2015. This voluntary 

household-based survey collects 

demographic and health-related 

information on a nationally 

representative sample of persons and 

households throughout the country. 

Personal identification information is 

requested from survey respondents to 

facilitate linkage of survey data with 

health related administrative and other 

records. Each year we collect 

information from approximately 55,000 

households, which would contain about 

137,500 individuals. 

Information is collected using 

computer assisted personal interviews 

(CAPI). A core set of data is collected 

each year while sponsored supplements 

vary from year to year. For 2013, 

supplement information will be 

collected on cancer screening, asthma, 

immune suppression, arthritis, epilepsy, 

and sexual identity. In addition, a Webbased multimode follow-back survey 

will be conducted from sample adult 

respondents from the 2012 NHIS. The 

follow-back survey will focus on adult 

health, health care access and use, and 

health insurance coverage and will 

include Web, telephone, and mail 

interviews. 

In accordance with the 1995 initiative 

to increase the integration of surveys 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services, respondents to the 

NHIS serve as the sampling frame for 

the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 

conducted by the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality. The NHIS has 

long been used by government, 

university, and private researchers to 

evaluate both general health and 

specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes, 

and access to health care. It is a leading 

source of data for the Congressionallymandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related 

publications, as well as the single most 

important source of statistics to track 

progress toward the National Health 

Promotion and Disease Prevention 

Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2020.’’ 

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time. 

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Questionnaire 

(respondent) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

in hours 

Total burden 

in hours 

Screener Questionnaire ................................................................................... 12,000 1 5/60 1,000 


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