77 FR 94 pgs. 28597-28598 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 94Pages: 28597 - 28598
Docket number: [30Day-12-12AL]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-11705 Filed 5-14-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-12-12AL]
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 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
The Ambulatory Care Pretest: National Hospital Care Survey-New-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. This one-year clearance request seeks approval to pre-test: (1) Data collection from hospital ambulatory departments including emergency departments (ED), outpatient departments (OPD), and ambulatory surgery locations (ASLs) through the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) (OMB No. 0920-0212, expiration date 04/30/2014); (2) new questions on drug-related ED visits; and (3) new questions on colorectal cancer screening in ambulatory surgery visits.
In 2012, a pretest of 32 hospitals and 15 freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (FSASC) will collect data using methods approved for the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) (OMB No. 0920- 0278, expiration date 12/31/2014) data collection. The proposed pretest will test the data collection procedures involved in integrating the NHAMCS into the NHCS. NHAMCS has provided data annually since 1992 concerning the nation's use of hospital emergency and outpatient departments, and since 2009, on hospital-based ASLs and since 2010, on FSASCs. If the pretest is successful, NHAMCS will be integrated into NHCS in order to increase the wealth of data on health care utilization in hospitals across episodes of care and to allow for linkages to other data sources such as the National Death Index and data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The data items to be collected from the recruited hospitals and FSASCs in the pretest will include facility level data items such as visit volume, ownership, and information on electronic health record systems. Facility- and ambulatory unit-level data will be collected through in-person interviews and recorded on computerized survey instruments. It is anticipated that each hospital will have approximately four ambulatory units and each FSASC will have one ambulatory unit.
Patient level data items will include basic demographic information, name, address, social security number (if available), and medical record number (if available), and characteristics of the patients including visit dates, reason for visit, diagnoses, diagnostic services, procedures, medications, providers seen, and disposition. Patient visit data will be abstracted by field representatives of the data collection agent. A targeted number of patient visits will be sampled from each department depending on the type of department-approximately 200 across ambulatory units in the ED, 200 across ambulatory units in the OPD, and 100 across ambulatory units in ASLs.
Secondly, the pretest will collect specific information on drug-related visits to the ED. This endeavor, funded by the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics & Quality (CBHSQ) of the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), will assess the feasibility of integrating the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) (OMB No. 0930-0078, expired 12/31/2011) into the emergency department component of the NHCS. In each of the 32 pretest hospitals with an emergency department, a sample of all patient visits will be abstracted; for each drug-related visit within this sample, additional drug-related data will be abstracted. The only burden to the respondent at the patient visit level will be due to pulling and refiling approximately 104 medical records at each ambulatory unit.
Finally, the pretest will assess the feasibility of obtaining information on colorectal cancer screening during ambulatory surgery visits where a colonoscopy is performed. This endeavor is sponsored jointly by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The questions will be added to the Ambulatory Surgery Patient Record form and will be completed for patients who have a colonoscopy performed at the sampled visit. Potential users of the NHCS ambulatory data include, but are not limited to CDC, Congressional Research Service, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), American Health Care Association, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Bureau of the Census, state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate. The total burden is 381 hours.
| Type of respondent | Form name | Number of respondents | Responses per respondent | Average burden per response (in hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Chief Executive Officer | Hospital Induction Interview | 32 | 1 | 1.5 |
| FSASC Chief Executive Officer | FSASC Induction Interview | 15 | 1 | 30/60 |
| Medical and Health Services Manager | Ambulatory Unit Induction | 140 | 1 | 15/60 |
| IT Staff | Prepare and transmit UB-04 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
| Medical Record Clerk | Pulling and refiling records | 140 | 104 | 1/60 |
Kimberly S. Lane,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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