| Page Range | 60908-60909 | |
| FR Document | 2015-25648 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 60908-60909] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-25648] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-16-0234; Docket No. CDC-2015-0086] Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the proposed revision of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). The purpose of NAMCS is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information about the provision of ambulatory medical care services in the United States. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 7, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016- 0026 by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to Regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS- D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below. 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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start- up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. 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. Proposed Project The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), (OMB No. 0920- 0234, expires 12/31/2017)--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, acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the utilization of health care provided by non-federal office-based physicians in the United States. On December 19, 2014, the OMB approved data collection for three years from 2015 to 2017. This revision is to request approval to continue NAMCS data collection activities for three years from 2016-2018 and to add questions to the physician interview that pertain to policies, services, and experiences related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV prevention among adolescents and others. Small modifications will also be made to questions on the use of electronic health records. This notice also covers a decrease in the sample size resulting from smaller budget allocations. Due to this decrease, selected state estimates will not be available for 2016-2018 data. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) has been conducted intermittently from 1973 through 1985, and annually since 1989. The purpose of NAMCS, a voluntary survey, is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information about the provision of ambulatory medical care services in the United States. Ambulatory services are rendered in a wide variety of settings, including physicians' offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments. The NAMCS target universe consists of all office visits made by ambulatory patients to non-Federal office-based physicians (excluding those in the specialties of anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology) who are engaged in direct patient care. In 2006, physicians and mid- level providers (i.e., nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse midwives) practicing in community health centers (CHCs) were added to the NAMCS sample, and these data will continue to be collected. To complement NAMCS data, NCHS initiated the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0278, expires 02/ 28/18) in 1992 to provide [[Page 60909]] data concerning patient visits to hospital outpatient and emergency departments. NAMCS and NHAMCS are the principal sources of data on ambulatory care provided in the United States. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Total Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response (in burden respondents respondent hrs.) (in hrs.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office-based physicians........................ Physician Induction Interview (NAMCS-1).. 2,590 1 45/60 1,943 Patient Record form (NAMCS-30) (Physician 259 30 14/60 1,813 abstracts). Prepare and transmit EHR (MU On-Boarding) 130 1 1 130 Pulling, refiling medical record forms 2,201 30 1/60 1,101 (FR abstracts). Community Health Centers....................... Induction Interview--service delivery 104 1 30/60 52 site (NAMCS-201). Induction Interview--Providers (NAMCS-1). 234 1 30/60 117 Patient Record form (NAMCS-30) (Provider 23 30 14/60 161 abstracts). Pulling, refiling medical record forms 211 30 1/60 106 (FR abstracts). Reabstraction study............................ Pulling, refiling medical record forms 72 10 1/60 12 abstracts). ------------------------------------------------------------- Total...................................... ......................................... .............. .............. ................ 5,435 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leroy A. Richardson, Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2015-25648 Filed 10-7-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice with comment period. | |
| Dates | Written comments must be received on or before December 7, 2015. | |
| Contact | To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS- D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 60908 |