80_FR_57370 80 FR 57187 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthcare Associated Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Challenge

80 FR 57187 - Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthcare Associated Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Challenge

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)

Page Range57187-57189
FR Document2015-23990

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the launch of the Healthcare Associated Venous Thromboembolism (HA-VTE) Prevention Challenge on November 2, 2015. The challenge will be open until January 10, 2016. Venous thromboembolism (VTE), blood clots occurring as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or both, is an important and growing public health issue. Prevention of healthcare associated VTE (HA-VTE) is a national hospital safety priority. Many HA-VTEs can be prevented, but VTE prevention strategies and are still not being applied regularly or effectively across the United States. To support and promote HA-VTE prevention, HHS/CDC is announcing the 2015 HA-VTE Prevention Challenge. The challenge will bring prestige to organizations that invest in VTE prevention, improve understanding of successful implementation strategies at the health system level, and motivate health systems to strengthen their VTE prevention efforts. The top-judged organizations found to have implemented innovative and effective VTE prevention strategies will be recognized as HA-VTE Prevention Champions. HHS/CDC will document these successful strategies and highlight the systems, processes, and staffing that contributed to exceptional VTE prevention outcomes achieved by Champions. Champions will receive a cash prize (if eligible) and other forms of recognition.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Announcement of Requirements and Registration for Healthcare 
Associated Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Challenge

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 3719

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).
    Award Approving Official: Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the 
launch of the Healthcare Associated Venous Thromboembolism (HA-VTE) 
Prevention Challenge on November 2, 2015. The challenge will be open 
until January 10, 2016.
    Venous thromboembolism (VTE), blood clots occurring as deep vein 
thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or both, is an important and 
growing public health issue. Prevention of healthcare associated VTE 
(HA-VTE) is a national hospital safety priority. Many HA-VTEs can be 
prevented, but VTE prevention strategies and are still not being 
applied regularly or effectively across the United States.
    To support and promote HA-VTE prevention, HHS/CDC is announcing the 
2015 HA-VTE Prevention Challenge. The challenge will bring prestige to 
organizations that invest in VTE prevention, improve understanding of 
successful implementation strategies at the health system level, and 
motivate health systems to strengthen their VTE prevention efforts. The 
top-judged organizations found to have implemented innovative and 
effective VTE prevention strategies will be recognized as HA-VTE 
Prevention Champions. HHS/CDC will document these successful strategies 
and highlight the systems, processes, and staffing that contributed to 
exceptional VTE prevention outcomes achieved by Champions. Champions 
will receive a cash prize (if eligible) and other forms of recognition.

DATES: Contest begins on November 2, 2015 and ends on January 10, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Beckman, Division of Blood 
Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE., Mailstop E-64, Atlanta, GA 30329, Telephone: 404-498-6474, 
Fax: 404-498-6799, Attention: HA-VTE Prevention Challenge, Email: 
havtechallenge@cdc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The challenge is authorized by Public Law 
111-358, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote 
Excellence in Technology, Education and Science Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (COMPETES Act).

Subject of Challenge Competition

    Entrants of the HA-VTE Prevention Challenge will be asked to 
describe the VTE prevention strategy and reasons that support the 
strategy choice developed by their organization. In addition, entrants 
will be asked to describe the specific intervention(s) (e.g. 
implementation of VTE protocols and order sets, risk assessment, 
electronic alerts, clinical decision support tools, performance 
monitoring systems and dashboards, patient and/or provider education 
and awareness, post-discharge follow-up, etc.), methods, and systems 
used to implement, support and evaluate the strategy. Entrants will be 
asked to submit at least one quantitative measure showing an increase 
of VTE prevention (e.g. number of patients assessed for VTE risk, 
number of at risk patients receiving appropriate VTE prevention, number 
of patients and/or providers receiving education on VTE prevention, 
etc.) and/or decrease in HA-VTE rates for the organization's population 
of interest. Each measure submitted must include two data points: One 
for the control or pre-intervention period and a second for the post-
intervention period. Control/pre-intervention and post-intervention 
measures must cover a period of at least six months. This information 
collection is approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB 
Control Number 0990-0390, expiration April 30, 2018.

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition

    To be eligible to win a monetary prize under this challenge, an 
individual or entity--
    (1) Shall have completed and submitted the nomination form in its 
entirety to participate in the competition under the rules promulgated 
by HHS/CDC;
    (2) Must be a hospital, multi-hospital system, hospital network or 
managed care organization, incorporated in and maintaining a primary 
place of business in the United States that provides inpatient medical 
care for patients.
    (3) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within 
the scope of their employment (Federal entities or employees are 
eligible to participate in the challenge; however, they are not 
eligible to receive a monetary prize. Federal entities are eligible for 
non-monetary recognition only.);
    (4) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or 
submissions during assigned duty hours;
    (5) Shall not be an employee or contractor at HHS/CDC;
    (6) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES 
Act challenge applications unless consistent with the purpose of their 
grant award.
    (7) Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract 
to develop COMPETES Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in 
support of a COMPETES Act challenge submission;
    (8) Must agree to participate in a data validation process to be 
conducted by an HHS/CDC-selected contractor. To the extent applicable 
law allows, data will be kept confidential by the contractor and will 
be shared with the CDC in aggregate form only; i.e., the VTE prevention 
coverage rate for the practice not individual data;
    (9) Must have a data management system (electronic or paper) that 
allows HHS/CDC or their contractor to check data submitted;
    (10) Individual nominees and individuals in a group practice must 
be free from convictions or pending investigations of criminal and 
health care fraud offenses such as felony health care fraud, patient 
abuse or neglect; felony convictions for other healthcare-related 
fraud, theft, or other financial misconduct; and felony convictions 
relating to unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription, or 
dispensing of controlled substances as verified through the Office of 
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and Entities. http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/background.asp
    Individual nominees must be free from serious sanctions, such as 
those for misuse or mis-prescribing of prescription medications. Such 
serious sanctions will be determined at the discretion of the agency 
consistent with CDC's public health mission. HHS/CDC's contractor may 
perform background checks on individual clinicians or medical 
practices.
    (11) Health systems must have a written policy in place that 
conducts periodic background checks as described in (10) on all 
providers and takes appropriate action accordingly. In addition, a 
health system background check may be conducted, as deemed necessary, 
by HHS/CDC or an HHS/CDC contractor that includes a search for The 
Joint Commission sanctions and current investigations for serious 
institutional misconduct (e.g., attorney general investigation). HHS/
CDC's contractor may also request the policy and any supporting 
information deemed necessary.
    (12) Must agree to accept the monetary prize and be recognized if 
selected, and agree to participate in an interview to develop a success 
story that describes the systems and processes that support VTE 
prevention. Champions will be recognized on HHS/CDC Web sites. 
Strategies used by Champions that support VTE prevention may be written 
into a success story, placed on HHS/CDC Web sites, and attributed to 
Champions.
    An individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the 
individual or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal 
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made 
available to all individuals and entities participating in the 
competition on an equal basis.
    By participating in this challenge, an individual or organization 
agrees to assume any and all risks related to participating in the 
challenge. Individuals or organizations also agree to waive claims 
against the Federal Government and its related entities, except in the 
case of willful misconduct, when participating in the challenge, 
including claims for injury; death; damage; or loss of property, money, 
or profits, and including those risks caused by negligence or other 
causes.
    By participating in this challenge, individuals or organizations 
agree to protect the Federal Government against third party claims for 
damages arising from or related to challenge activities.
    Entrants who are a U.S. federal hospital, multi-hospital system, 
hospital network or managed care organization that provides inpatient 
medical care for patients may apply for non-monetary recognition. No 
monetary prize will be awarded.
    Entrants who are an international hospital, multi-hospital system, 
hospital network or managed care organization that provides inpatient 
medical care for patients may apply for non-monetary recognition. No 
monetary prize will be awarded.

Registration Process for Participants

    To participate, interested parties will navigate to 
www.challenge.gov. On this site, nominees will have access to the 
nomination form. Information required of the nominees on the nomination 
form includes:
     The organization name, address, and contact information of 
the nominee.
     The size, scope, and general demographic characteristics 
of the nominees' patient population.
     Details regarding the nominee's VTE prevention strategy 
and implementation including the population(s) observed, intervention, 
and methods of implementation. Examples of strategies include 
implementation of sustainable systems or processes that support VTE 
prevention. These may include but are not limited to implementation of 
VTE protocols and order sets, risk assessment, electronic alerts, 
clinical decision support tools, performance monitoring systems and 
dashboards, patient and/or provider education and post-discharge 
follow-up.
     A description of the observed results of the VTE 
prevention strategy including the pre-implementation and post-
implementation measures for the observed VTE prevention activity. 
Examples of outcome measures include but are not limited to the number 
of patients assessed for VTE risk, the number of at risk patients 
receiving appropriate VTE prevention, and the number of patients and/or 
providers receiving education on VTE prevention.
     A brief summary of the barriers and successes to 
implementation.
    The VTE prevention rates achieved should be for the organizations 
entire patient population observed as outlined in their strategy and 
intervention methods, not limited to a sample. Data on subpopulations 
is allowed, but must be inclusive of all patients seen during the 
stated time period of study. Examples of ineligible data submissions 
include VTE prevention interventions limited to treatment cohorts from 
clinical trials of novel anticoagulant drugs.
    The estimated burden for completing the nomination form is 30 
minutes to 1 hour.

Amount of the Monetary Prize

    An estimated 7 of highest scoring U.S. hospitals, multi-hospital 
systems, hospital networks and managed care organizations will be 
recognized as HA-VTE Prevention Champions and will receive a cash award 
of $10,000. A maximum of $70,000 will be awarded in this challenge. 
Additional honorable mention awards, pending availability of funds, may 
be made if the judges identify more than 7 deserving entries. Federal 
and international winners will receive non-monetary recognition but no 
prize.

Payment of the Monetary Prize

    Monetary prizes awarded under this challenge will be paid by 
electronic funds transfer and may be subject to Federal income taxes. 
HHS will comply with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and 
reporting requirements, where applicable.

Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected

    Challenge submissions will be evaluated by a panel of three to five 
judges (CDC, HHS agencies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and 
external industry experts) using the information provided on, and in 
accordance with, the nomination form. The judges will score the 
nomination form using a rubric based on the following evaluation 
criteria: methods (30% of score); results (50% of score); and 
feasibility/utility (20% of score) of the strategy and interventions 
associated with the intended outcome of interest. Nominees with the 
highest score will be required to participate in a process to verify 
their data. Final selection will take into account all the information 
form the nomination form, the background check, and data verification. 
Geographic location and population treated may be used to break any 
ties in the event of tie scores at any point in the selection process. 
An estimated 7 organizations will be recognized as prize winners.
    Some Champions will participate in a post-challenge telephone 
interview. The interview will include questions about the strategies 
employed by the organization to achieve high rates of VTE prevention, 
including barriers and facilitators for those strategies. The interview 
will focus on systems and processes and should not require preparation 
time by the Champion. The estimated time for the interview is one

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hour, which includes time to review the interview protocol with the 
interviewer, respond to the interview questions, and review a summary 
report about the Champion's practices. The summary will be written as a 
success story and will be posted on the CDC Web site.

Additional Information

    Information received from nominees will be stored in a password 
protected file on a secure server. The challenge Web site may post the 
number of nominations received but will not include information about 
individual nominees. The database of information submitted by nominees 
will not be posted on the Web site. Personal information collected and 
stored from nominees will only include general details, such as the 
organization name, address, and contact information of the nominee. 
This type of information is generally publically available. The 
nomination form and submission will collect and store only aggregate 
clinical data through the nomination process; no individual 
identifiable patient data will be collected or stored. Confidential or 
propriety data, clearly marked as such, will be secured to the full 
extent allowable by law.
    Information for selected Champions, such as the hospital or health 
system's name, location, VTE prevention outcomes, and practices that 
support HA-VTE prevention will be shared through press releases, the 
challenge Web site, social media, and other HHS/CDC resources. Summary 
data on the types of systems and processes used to increase VTE 
prevention will be shared in documents or other communication products 
that describe generally used practices for successful VTE prevention. 
HHS/CDC will use the summary data only as described.

Compliance With Rules and Contacting Contest Winners

    Finalists must comply with all terms and conditions of these 
official rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all 
requirements herein. The finalists will be notified by email, 
telephone, or mail after the date of judging.

Privacy

    Personal information provided by entrants on the nomination form 
through the challenge Web site will be used to contact selected 
finalists. Information is not collected for commercial marketing. 
Winners are permitted to cite that they won this challenge.
    The names, cities, and states of selected Champions will be made 
available in HHS/CDC's educational materials on VTE prevention and at 
recognition events.

General Conditions

    HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel suspend, and/or modify the 
challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, as HHS/CDC's sole 
discretion.

    Dated: September 15, 2015.
Sandra Cashman,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Office of the 
Chief of Staff, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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                                              Leroy A. Richardson,                                    contributed to exceptional VTE                        Eligibility Rules for Participating in the
                                              Chief, Information Collection Review Office,            prevention outcomes achieved by                       Competition
                                              Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the           Champions. Champions will receive a
                                              Associate Director for Science, Office of the
                                                                                                                                                               To be eligible to win a monetary prize
                                                                                                      cash prize (if eligible) and other forms              under this challenge, an individual or
                                              Director, Centers for Disease Control and
                                              Prevention.
                                                                                                      of recognition.                                       entity—
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–24030 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am]             DATES: Contest begins on November 2,                     (1) Shall have completed and
                                              BILLING CODE 4163–18–P                                  2015 and ends on January 10, 2016.                    submitted the nomination form in its
                                                                                                                                                            entirety to participate in the
                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      competition under the rules
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Michele Beckman, Division of Blood                    promulgated by HHS/CDC;
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                          Disorders, National Center on Birth                      (2) Must be a hospital, multi-hospital
                                                                                                      Defects and Developmental Disabilities,               system, hospital network or managed
                                              Centers for Disease Control and                         Centers for Disease Control and                       care organization, incorporated in and
                                              Prevention                                              Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE.,                    maintaining a primary place of business
                                                                                                      Mailstop E–64, Atlanta, GA 30329,                     in the United States that provides
                                              Announcement of Requirements and                        Telephone: 404–498–6474, Fax: 404–                    inpatient medical care for patients.
                                              Registration for Healthcare Associated                  498–6799, Attention: HA–VTE                              (3) May not be a Federal entity or
                                              Venous Thromboembolism Prevention                       Prevention Challenge, Email:                          Federal employee acting within the
                                              Challenge                                               havtechallenge@cdc.gov.                               scope of their employment (Federal
                                                                                                                                                            entities or employees are eligible to
                                                 Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   The                      participate in the challenge; however,
                                              AGENCY:  Centers for Disease Control and                challenge is authorized by Public Law                 they are not eligible to receive a
                                              Prevention (CDC), Department of Health                  111–358, the America Creating                         monetary prize. Federal entities are
                                              and Human Services (HHS).                               Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote                 eligible for non-monetary recognition
                                                Award Approving Official: Thomas R.                   Excellence in Technology, Education                   only.);
                                              Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for                 and Science Reauthorization Act of                       (4) Shall not be an HHS employee
                                              Disease Control and Prevention, and                     2010 (COMPETES Act).                                  working on their applications or
                                              Administrator, Agency for Toxic                                                                               submissions during assigned duty
                                                                                                      Subject of Challenge Competition                      hours;
                                              Substances and Disease Registry.
                                              ACTION: Notice.                                            Entrants of the HA–VTE Prevention                     (5) Shall not be an employee or
                                                                                                      Challenge will be asked to describe the               contractor at HHS/CDC;
                                              SUMMARY:   The Centers for Disease                                                                               (6) Federal grantees may not use
                                                                                                      VTE prevention strategy and reasons
                                              Control and Prevention (CDC) located                                                                          Federal funds to develop COMPETES
                                                                                                      that support the strategy choice
                                              within the Department of Health and                                                                           Act challenge applications unless
                                                                                                      developed by their organization. In                   consistent with the purpose of their
                                              Human Services (HHS) announces the
                                              launch of the Healthcare Associated                     addition, entrants will be asked to                   grant award.
                                              Venous Thromboembolism (HA–VTE)                         describe the specific intervention(s) (e.g.              (7) Federal contractors may not use
                                              Prevention Challenge on November 2,                     implementation of VTE protocols and                   Federal funds from a contract to develop
                                              2015. The challenge will be open until                  order sets, risk assessment, electronic               COMPETES Act challenge applications
                                              January 10, 2016.                                       alerts, clinical decision support tools,              or to fund efforts in support of a
                                                 Venous thromboembolism (VTE),                        performance monitoring systems and                    COMPETES Act challenge submission;
                                              blood clots occurring as deep vein                      dashboards, patient and/or provider                      (8) Must agree to participate in a data
                                              thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism                    education and awareness, post-                        validation process to be conducted by
                                              (PE), or both, is an important and                      discharge follow-up, etc.), methods, and              an HHS/CDC-selected contractor. To the
                                              growing public health issue. Prevention                 systems used to implement, support and                extent applicable law allows, data will
                                              of healthcare associated VTE (HA–VTE)                   evaluate the strategy. Entrants will be               be kept confidential by the contractor
                                              is a national hospital safety priority.                 asked to submit at least one quantitative             and will be shared with the CDC in
                                              Many HA–VTEs can be prevented, but                      measure showing an increase of VTE                    aggregate form only; i.e., the VTE
                                              VTE prevention strategies and are still                 prevention (e.g. number of patients                   prevention coverage rate for the practice
                                              not being applied regularly or                          assessed for VTE risk, number of at risk              not individual data;
                                              effectively across the United States.                   patients receiving appropriate VTE                       (9) Must have a data management
                                                 To support and promote HA–VTE                        prevention, number of patients and/or                 system (electronic or paper) that allows
                                              prevention, HHS/CDC is announcing the                   providers receiving education on VTE                  HHS/CDC or their contractor to check
                                              2015 HA–VTE Prevention Challenge.                       prevention, etc.) and/or decrease in HA–              data submitted;
                                              The challenge will bring prestige to                                                                             (10) Individual nominees and
                                                                                                      VTE rates for the organization’s
                                              organizations that invest in VTE                                                                              individuals in a group practice must be
                                                                                                      population of interest. Each measure
                                              prevention, improve understanding of                                                                          free from convictions or pending
                                              successful implementation strategies at                 submitted must include two data points:
                                                                                                                                                            investigations of criminal and health
                                              the health system level, and motivate                   One for the control or pre-intervention               care fraud offenses such as felony health
                                              health systems to strengthen their VTE                  period and a second for the post-                     care fraud, patient abuse or neglect;
                                              prevention efforts. The top-judged                      intervention period. Control/pre-                     felony convictions for other healthcare-
                                                                                                      intervention and post-intervention
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                                              organizations found to have                                                                                   related fraud, theft, or other financial
                                              implemented innovative and effective                    measures must cover a period of at least              misconduct; and felony convictions
                                              VTE prevention strategies will be                       six months. This information collection               relating to unlawful manufacture,
                                              recognized as HA–VTE Prevention                         is approved by the Office of                          distribution, prescription, or dispensing
                                              Champions. HHS/CDC will document                        Management and Budget under OMB                       of controlled substances as verified
                                              these successful strategies and highlight               Control Number 0990–0390, expiration                  through the Office of the Inspector
                                              the systems, processes, and staffing that               April 30, 2018.                                       General List of Excluded Individuals


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                                              and Entities. http://oig.hhs.gov/                       network or managed care organization                    The estimated burden for completing
                                              exclusions/background.asp                               that provides inpatient medical care for              the nomination form is 30 minutes to 1
                                                 Individual nominees must be free                     patients may apply for non-monetary                   hour.
                                              from serious sanctions, such as those for               recognition. No monetary prize will be
                                              misuse or mis-prescribing of                                                                                  Amount of the Monetary Prize
                                                                                                      awarded.
                                              prescription medications. Such serious                    Entrants who are an international                     An estimated 7 of highest scoring U.S.
                                              sanctions will be determined at the                     hospital, multi-hospital system, hospital             hospitals, multi-hospital systems,
                                              discretion of the agency consistent with                network or managed care organization                  hospital networks and managed care
                                              CDC’s public health mission. HHS/                       that provides inpatient medical care for              organizations will be recognized as HA–
                                              CDC’s contractor may perform                            patients may apply for non-monetary                   VTE Prevention Champions and will
                                              background checks on individual                         recognition. No monetary prize will be                receive a cash award of $10,000. A
                                              clinicians or medical practices.                        awarded.                                              maximum of $70,000 will be awarded in
                                                 (11) Health systems must have a                                                                            this challenge. Additional honorable
                                              written policy in place that conducts                   Registration Process for Participants                 mention awards, pending availability of
                                              periodic background checks as                              To participate, interested parties will            funds, may be made if the judges
                                              described in (10) on all providers and                  navigate to www.challenge.gov. On this                identify more than 7 deserving entries.
                                              takes appropriate action accordingly. In                site, nominees will have access to the                Federal and international winners will
                                              addition, a health system background                    nomination form. Information required                 receive non-monetary recognition but
                                              check may be conducted, as deemed                       of the nominees on the nomination form                no prize.
                                              necessary, by HHS/CDC or an HHS/CDC                     includes:                                             Payment of the Monetary Prize
                                              contractor that includes a search for The                  • The organization name, address,
                                              Joint Commission sanctions and current                                                                          Monetary prizes awarded under this
                                                                                                      and contact information of the nominee.
                                              investigations for serious institutional                                                                      challenge will be paid by electronic
                                                                                                         • The size, scope, and general                     funds transfer and may be subject to
                                              misconduct (e.g., attorney general                      demographic characteristics of the
                                              investigation). HHS/CDC’s contractor                                                                          Federal income taxes. HHS will comply
                                                                                                      nominees’ patient population.                         with the Internal Revenue Service
                                              may also request the policy and any
                                                                                                         • Details regarding the nominee’s                  withholding and reporting
                                              supporting information deemed
                                                                                                      VTE prevention strategy and                           requirements, where applicable.
                                              necessary.
                                                 (12) Must agree to accept the                        implementation including the
                                                                                                      population(s) observed, intervention,                 Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
                                              monetary prize and be recognized if                                                                           Selected
                                              selected, and agree to participate in an                and methods of implementation.
                                              interview to develop a success story that               Examples of strategies include                          Challenge submissions will be
                                              describes the systems and processes that                implementation of sustainable systems                 evaluated by a panel of three to five
                                              support VTE prevention. Champions                       or processes that support VTE                         judges (CDC, HHS agencies such as the
                                              will be recognized on HHS/CDC Web                       prevention. These may include but are                 Agency for Healthcare Research and
                                              sites. Strategies used by Champions that                not limited to implementation of VTE                  Quality and the Centers for Medicare
                                              support VTE prevention may be written                   protocols and order sets, risk                        and Medicaid Services, and external
                                              into a success story, placed on HHS/                    assessment, electronic alerts, clinical               industry experts) using the information
                                              CDC Web sites, and attributed to                        decision support tools, performance                   provided on, and in accordance with,
                                              Champions.                                              monitoring systems and dashboards,                    the nomination form. The judges will
                                                 An individual or entity shall not be                 patient and/or provider education and                 score the nomination form using a
                                              deemed ineligible because the                           post-discharge follow-up.                             rubric based on the following evaluation
                                              individual or entity used Federal                          • A description of the observed                    criteria: methods (30% of score); results
                                              facilities or consulted with Federal                    results of the VTE prevention strategy                (50% of score); and feasibility/utility
                                              employees during a competition if the                   including the pre-implementation and                  (20% of score) of the strategy and
                                              facilities and employees are made                       post-implementation measures for the                  interventions associated with the
                                              available to all individuals and entities               observed VTE prevention activity.                     intended outcome of interest. Nominees
                                              participating in the competition on an                  Examples of outcome measures include                  with the highest score will be required
                                              equal basis.                                            but are not limited to the number of                  to participate in a process to verify their
                                                 By participating in this challenge, an               patients assessed for VTE risk, the                   data. Final selection will take into
                                              individual or organization agrees to                    number of at risk patients receiving                  account all the information form the
                                              assume any and all risks related to                     appropriate VTE prevention, and the                   nomination form, the background check,
                                              participating in the challenge.                         number of patients and/or providers                   and data verification. Geographic
                                              Individuals or organizations also agree                 receiving education on VTE prevention.                location and population treated may be
                                              to waive claims against the Federal                        • A brief summary of the barriers and              used to break any ties in the event of tie
                                              Government and its related entities,                    successes to implementation.                          scores at any point in the selection
                                              except in the case of willful misconduct,                  The VTE prevention rates achieved                  process. An estimated 7 organizations
                                              when participating in the challenge,                    should be for the organizations entire                will be recognized as prize winners.
                                              including claims for injury; death;                     patient population observed as outlined                 Some Champions will participate in a
                                              damage; or loss of property, money, or                  in their strategy and intervention                    post-challenge telephone interview. The
                                              profits, and including those risks caused               methods, not limited to a sample. Data                interview will include questions about
                                              by negligence or other causes.                          on subpopulations is allowed, but must                the strategies employed by the
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                                                 By participating in this challenge,                  be inclusive of all patients seen during              organization to achieve high rates of
                                              individuals or organizations agree to                   the stated time period of study.                      VTE prevention, including barriers and
                                              protect the Federal Government against                  Examples of ineligible data submissions               facilitators for those strategies. The
                                              third party claims for damages arising                  include VTE prevention interventions                  interview will focus on systems and
                                              from or related to challenge activities.                limited to treatment cohorts from                     processes and should not require
                                                 Entrants who are a U.S. federal                      clinical trials of novel anticoagulant                preparation time by the Champion. The
                                              hospital, multi-hospital system, hospital               drugs.                                                estimated time for the interview is one


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                                              hour, which includes time to review the                 available in HHS/CDC’s educational                    occupational respiratory disease and
                                              interview protocol with the interviewer,                materials on VTE prevention and at                    optimizing workers’ respiratory health;
                                              respond to the interview questions, and                 recognition events.                                   (3) upon request, conducts hazard
                                              review a summary report about the                                                                             evaluations and provides technical
                                                                                                      General Conditions
                                              Champion’s practices. The summary                                                                             assistance to address challenges,
                                              will be written as a success story and                    HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel                including emerging issues, in
                                              will be posted on the CDC Web site.                     suspend, and/or modify the challenge,                 occupational respiratory disease; (4)
                                                                                                      or any part of it, for any reason, as HHS/            plans, designs, and conducts a national
                                              Additional Information                                  CDC’s sole discretion.                                surveillance program for occupational
                                                 Information received from nominees                     Dated: September 15, 2015.                          and work-related respiratory disease; (5)
                                              will be stored in a password protected                                                                        communicates study findings to prevent
                                                                                                      Sandra Cashman,
                                              file on a secure server. The challenge                                                                        occupational respiratory disease and
                                                                                                      Acting Director, Division of the Executive
                                              Web site may post the number of                                                                               optimize workers’ respiratory health,
                                                                                                      Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Staff,
                                              nominations received but will not                       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.           and evaluates the effectiveness of these
                                              include information about individual                                                                          communications; (6) administers a
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–23990 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am]
                                              nominees. The database of information                                                                         program of legislatively mandated
                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
                                              submitted by nominees will not be                                                                             medical monitoring services for coal
                                              posted on the Web site. Personal                                                                              miners under the Federal Mine Safety
                                              information collected and stored from                   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              and Health Act of 1977; and (7) provides
                                              nominees will only include general                      HUMAN SERVICES                                        rewarding educational and training
                                              details, such as the organization name,                                                                       opportunities in occupational and work-
                                              address, and contact information of the                 Centers for Disease Control and                       related respiratory disease prevention to
                                              nominee. This type of information is                    Prevention                                            visiting scientists, Epidemiologic
                                              generally publically available. The                                                                           Investigations Service Officers, fellows,
                                              nomination form and submission will                     Statement of Organization, Functions,                 residents, interns, students and others
                                              collect and store only aggregate clinical               and Delegations of Authority                          through a variety of temporary
                                              data through the nomination process; no                                                                       assignments in various Division
                                              individual identifiable patient data will                  Part C (Centers for Disease Control
                                                                                                      and Prevention) of the Statement of                   activities.
                                              be collected or stored. Confidential or                                                                          Office of the Director (CCH1). Directs
                                              propriety data, clearly marked as such,                 Organization, Functions, and
                                                                                                      Delegations of Authority of the                       and manages the operations of the
                                              will be secured to the full extent                                                                            Respiratory Health Division.
                                              allowable by law.                                       Department of Health and Human
                                                                                                      Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated                          Field Studies Branch (CCHB). (1)
                                                 Information for selected Champions,
                                                                                                      October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR              Plans, designs, and conducts short- and
                                              such as the hospital or health system’s
                                                                                                      69296, October 20, 1980, as amended                   long-term field investigations relevant to
                                              name, location, VTE prevention
                                                                                                      most recently at 80 FR 34643–34644,                   preventing occupational respiratory
                                              outcomes, and practices that support
                                                                                                      dated June 6, 2015) is amended to                     diseases and optimizing workers’
                                              HA–VTE prevention will be shared
                                                                                                      reflect the reorganization of the National            respiratory health; (2) responds to
                                              through press releases, the challenge
                                                                                                      Institute for Occupational Safety and                 requests for health hazard evaluations
                                              Web site, social media, and other HHS/
                                                                                                      Health, Centers for Disease Control and               and technical assistance relevant to
                                              CDC resources. Summary data on the
                                                                                                      Prevention.                                           occupational respiratory disease; (3)
                                              types of systems and processes used to
                                                                                                         Section C–B, Organization and                      conducts morbidity and mortality
                                              increase VTE prevention will be shared
                                                                                                      Functions, is hereby amended as                       studies relating to occupational
                                              in documents or other communication
                                                                                                      follows:                                              respiratory diseases in selected worker
                                              products that describe generally used
                                                                                                         Delete in its entirety the title and               populations and the general population
                                              practices for successful VTE prevention.
                                                                                                      function statements for the Division of               in order to identify causal agents and
                                              HHS/CDC will use the summary data
                                                                                                      Respiratory Disease Studies (CCH) and                 other risk factors, quantify exposure
                                              only as described.
                                                                                                      insert the following:                                 effect relationships, and evaluate
                                              Compliance With Rules and Contacting                       Respiratory Health Division (CCH).                 prevalence and severity of specific
                                              Contest Winners                                         The Respiratory Health Division (RHD)                 respiratory diseases; (4) conducts
                                                 Finalists must comply with all terms                 seeks to advance protection against                   environmental studies, medical test
                                              and conditions of these official rules,                 work-related hazards and exposures that               evaluations, industrial hygiene research,
                                              and winning is contingent upon                          cause or contribute to respiratory                    laboratory research, demonstrations of
                                              fulfilling all requirements herein. The                 illness, injury, and death and to                     workplace exposures and controls, and
                                              finalists will be notified by email,                    promote workplace-based interventions                 studies the challenges created by new
                                              telephone, or mail after the date of                    that improve respiratory health. To                   technologies; (5) provides statistical
                                              judging.                                                accomplish its mission, the Division                  design and implements data analysis
                                                                                                      gathers and synthesizes information,                  and verification for Division research
                                              Privacy                                                 makes recommendations, and delivers                   projects; and (6) develops and evaluates
                                                Personal information provided by                      products and services to a range of                   research methods of data collection,
                                              entrants on the nomination form                         stakeholders, including partners able to              processing, and statistical analysis that
                                              through the challenge Web site will be                  effect prevention. Specifically, RHD: (1)             are relevant to the Division mission,
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                                              used to contact selected finalists.                     Prevents work-related respiratory                     including medical tests, sampling
                                              Information is not collected for                        disease and improves workers’                         approaches and equipment, sample
                                              commercial marketing. Winners are                       respiratory health by generating new                  analyses, exposure and dose assessment
                                              permitted to cite that they won this                    knowledge and transferring that                       and modeling (including dermal
                                              challenge.                                              knowledge into practice; (2) plans,                   exposure), bioavailability of exposures,
                                                The names, cities, and states of                      designs, and conducts a national                      biomarkers of exposure and health
                                              selected Champions will be made                         research program relevant to preventing               effects, and protective measures.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesContest begins on November 2, 2015 and ends on January 10, 2016.
ContactMichele Beckman, Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E-64, Atlanta, GA 30329, Telephone: 404-498-6474, Fax: 404-498-6799, Attention: HA-VTE Prevention Challenge, Email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 57187 

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