82 FR 19725 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 81 (April 28, 2017)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 81 (April 28, 2017)
| Page Range | 19725-19727 | |
| FR Document | 2017-08649 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 19725-19727] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08649] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed information collection project: ``Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component.'' DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at [email protected]. Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501- 3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. Employer-sponsored health insurance is the source of coverage for 84.4 million current and former workers, plus many of their family members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) measures the extent, cost, and coverage of employer-sponsored health insurance on an annual basis. These statistics for private industry are produced at the National, State, and sub-State (metropolitan area) level. Statistics are also produced for State and Local governments. This research has the following goals: (1) Provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects of National and State health care reforms. (2) Provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts of proposed health policy initiatives. [[Page 19726]] (3) Supply critical State and National estimates of health insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic Product. The MEPS-IC is conducted pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct surveys to collect data on the cost, use and quality of health care, including types and costs of private insurance, 42 U.S.C. 299b- 2(a), and to conduct research on health care, 42 U.S.C. 299a. Method of Collection To achieve the goals of this project, following data collections will be implemented for both private sector and state and local government employers: (1) Pre-screener Questionnaire--The purpose of the Pre-screener Questionnaire, which is collected via telephone, varies depending on the insurance status of the establishment contacted. Establishment is defined as a single, physical location in the private sector and a governmental unit in state and local governments. For establishments that do not offer health insurance to their employees, the Pre-screener Questionnaire is used to collect basic information, such as number of employees. For establishments that do offer health insurance, the Pre- screener Questionnaire collects contact name and address information for the person in the establishment best equipped to complete the full questionnaire. (2) Establishment Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed Establishment Questionnaire is to obtain general information from employers that provide health insurance to their employees, including total active enrollment in health insurance, other employee benefits, demographic characteristics of employees, and retiree health insurance. (3) Plan Questionnaire--The purpose of the mailed Plan Questionnaire is to collect plan-specific information on each plan (up to four plans) offered by establishments. This questionnaire obtains information on total premiums, employer and employee contributions to the premium, and plan enrollment for each type of coverage offered-- single, employee-plus-one, and family--within a plan. It also asks for information on deductibles, copays, and other plan characteristics. The primary objective of the MEPS-IC is to collect information on employer-sponsored health insurance. Such information is needed in order to provide the tools for Federal, State, and academic researchers to evaluate current and proposed health policies and to support the production of important statistical measures for other Federal agencies. Estimated Annual Respondent Burden Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the respondent's time to participate in the MEPS-IC. The Pre-screener Questionnaire will be completed by 30,041 respondents and takes about 5\1/2\ minutes to complete. The Establishment Questionnaire will be completed by 25,914 respondents and takes about 23 minutes to complete. The Plan Questionnaire will be completed by 22,943 respondents and will require an average of 2.2 responses per respondent. Each Plan Questionnaire takes about 11 minutes to complete. The total annualized burden hours are estimated to be 21,636 hours. Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated with the respondents' time to participate in this data collection. The annualized cost burden is estimated to be $691,703. Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for the 2018-2019 MEPS-IC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden respondents respondent response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-screener Questionnaire...................... 30,041 1 0.09 2,704 Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,914 1 * 0.38 9,847 Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,943 2.2 0.18 9,085 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 78,898 na na 21,636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes which includes the burden estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire, an average of 2.2 plan questionnaires, plus the prescreener. The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time. Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden for the 2018-2019 MEPS-IC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Form name Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost respondents hours rate * burden ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-screener Questionnaire...................... 30,041 2,704 31.97 $86,447 Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,914 9,847 31.97 314,809 Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,943 9,085 31.97 290,447 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 78,898 21,636 na $691,703 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13- 1141, at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics). 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 health care research and health care 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 [[Page 19727]] included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. Sharon B. Arnold, Acting Director. [FR Doc. 2017-08649 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-90-P
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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of Total
Number of Minutes per
Form name responses per burden
respondents response
respondent hours
Review/update existing RoPR Record created through ClinicalTrials.gov
pathway ........................................................................................................ 132 1 15/60 33
Total .......................................................................................................... 246 ........................ ........................ 107.42
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost time to participate in the RoPR. The estimated at an average of $4,017.51
burden associated with the respondent’s total cost burden to respondents is annually.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Average
Total Total cost
Number of hourly
Form name burden burden
respondents wage rate †
hours ($)
($)
New RoPR Record entered manually through self-registration process ........ 16 14.67 $37.40 $548.66
New RoPR Record entered through ClinicalTrials.gov pathway ..................... 65 48.75 37.40 1,823.25
Review/update existing RoPR Record created through self-registration proc-
ess ................................................................................................................ 33 11 37.40 411.40
Review/update existing RoPR Record created through ClinicalTrials.gov
pathway ........................................................................................................ 132 33 37.40 1,234.20
Total .......................................................................................................... 246 107.42 37.40 4,017.51
* Based on the mean wages for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, 29–0000. National Compensation Survey: Occupational
wages in the United States May 2015, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’ Available at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes290000.htm.
Request for Comments DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
HUMAN SERVICES email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
In accordance with the Paperwork
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s Agency for Healthcare Research and
information collection are requested Quality Proposed Project
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Agency Information Collection Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—
Whether the proposed collection of
Activities: Proposed Collection; Insurance Component
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ health care Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork
research and health care information Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AGENCY:Agency for Healthcare Research AHRQ invites the public to comment on
dissemination functions, including
and Quality, HHS. this proposed information collection.
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of ACTION: Notice. Employer-sponsored health insurance is
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including the source of coverage for 84.4 million
hours and costs) of the proposed SUMMARY: This notice announces the current and former workers, plus many
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to intention of the Agency for Healthcare of their family members, and is a
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request cornerstone of the U.S. health care
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
that the Office of Management and system. The Medical Expenditure Panel
of the information to be collected; and
Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed Survey—Insurance Component (MEPS–
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection project: ‘‘Medical IC) measures the extent, cost, and
collection of information upon the
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance coverage of employer-sponsored health
respondents, including the use of Component.’’ insurance on an annual basis. These
automated collection techniques or
DATES: Comments on this notice must be statistics for private industry are
other forms of information technology.
received by June 27, 2017. produced at the National, State, and
Comments submitted in response to sub-State (metropolitan area) level.
this notice will be summarized and ADDRESSES: Written comments should Statistics are also produced for State
included in the Agency’s subsequent be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, and Local governments.
request for OMB approval of the Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by This research has the following goals:
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proposed information collection. email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. (1) Provide data for Federal
All comments will become a matter of Copies of the proposed collection policymakers evaluating the effects of
public record. plans, data collection instruments, and National and State health care reforms.
specific details on the estimated burden (2) Provide descriptive data on the
Sharon B. Arnold, can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports current employer-sponsored health
Acting Director. Clearance Officer. insurance system and data for modeling
[FR Doc. 2017–08650 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the differential impacts of proposed
BILLING CODE 4160–90–P Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports health policy initiatives.
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included in the Agency’s subsequent reapprove generic pre-testing Clearance responses will be preserved. Proposed
request for OMB approval of the 0935–0124 for three years to facilitate information collections submitted under
proposed information collection. All AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ this generic clearance will be submitted
comments will become a matter of evaluation-type methods and techniques for review by OMB with a response
public record. to improve AHRQ’s current data expected in 14 days.
collection and estimation procedures,
Sharon B. Arnold,
(2) develop new collections and Method of Collection
Acting Director. procedures, including toolkits, and (3) The information collected through
[FR Doc. 2017–08649 Filed 4–27–17; 8:45 am] revise existing collections and preliminary research activities under
BILLING CODE 4160–90–P procedures. AHRQ believes that this generic clearance will be used by
developing, testing, and evaluating data AHRQ to employ techniques to (1)
collection and estimation procedures improve AHRQ’s current data collection
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND using survey methods and other and estimation procedures, (2) develop
HUMAN SERVICES techniques in anticipation of agency- new collections and procedures,
sponsored studies can improve its including toolkits, and (3) revise
Agency for Healthcare Research and information collection efforts, and the
Quality existing collections and procedures in
products it develops and allow AHRQ to anticipation or in response to changes in
Agency Information Collection be more responsive to fast-changing the health or health care field. The end
Activities: Proposed Collection; developments in the health care result will be improvement in AHRQ’s
Comment Request research field. AHRQ uses techniques to data collections and procedures and the
simplify data collection and estimation quality of data collected, a reduction or
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research procedures, reduce respondent burden, minimization of respondent burden,
and Quality, HHS. and improve efficiencies to meet the increased agency efficiency, and
ACTION: Notice. needs of individuals and small business improved responsiveness to the public.
respondents who may have reduced
SUMMARY: This notice announces the budgets and staff. Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
intention of the Agency for Healthcare This clearance request is limited to
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request research on data collection, toolkit Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
that the Office of Management and development, and estimation hours, over the full 3 years of this
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed procedures and reports and does not clearance, for the respondents’ time to
information collection project: ‘‘Generic extend to the collection of data for participate in the research activities that
Clearance for Questionnaire and Data public release or policy formation. The may be conducted under this generic
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and current Clearance (0935–0124) was clearance. Mail surveys will be
Research for the Agency for Healthcare granted on November 12, 2014, and conducted with about 6,000 persons
Research and Quality.’’ expires on November 30, 2017. (2,000 per year for 3 years) and are
This generic clearance will allow estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey surveys may also be sent to respondents
received by June 27, 2017.
instruments and other data collection via email, and may include a telephone
ADDRESSES: Written comments should non-response follow-up. Telephone
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, and estimation procedures more quickly
and with greater lead time, thereby non-response follow-up for mailed
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by surveys is not counted as a telephone
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. managing project time more efficiently
and improving the quality of the data survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
Copies of the proposed collection persons, over 3 years, will participate in
plans, data collection instruments, and AHRQ collects. In some instances, the
ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data telephone surveys that will take about
specific details on the estimated burden 40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports collection and estimation procedures in
anticipation of work or early in a project conducted with no more than 3,000
Clearance Officer. persons and will require no more than
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: may result in the decision not to
proceed with additional activities, 10 minutes to complete. About 1,500
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports persons will participate in focus groups
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by which could save both public and
private resources and eliminate which may last up to two hours, while
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. in-person interviews will be conducted
respondent burden.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: with 600 persons and will take about 50
This generic clearance will facilitate
Proposed Project AHRQ’s response to a changing minutes. Automated data collection will
environment. Many of the tools AHRQ be conducted for about 1,500 persons
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire develops are made available to the and could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive
and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation, private sector to assist in improving testing will be conducted with about
and Research for the Agency for health care quality. The health and 600 persons and is estimated to take 11⁄2
Healthcare Research and Quality health care environment changes hours to complete. The total burden
In accordance with the Paperwork rapidly and requires a quick response over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, from AHRQ to provide refined tools. hours (about 2,967 hours per year).
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AHRQ invites the public to comment on These preliminary research activities Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
this proposed information collection. will not be used by AHRQ to regulate burden over 3 years, based on the
The Agency for Healthcare Research and or sanction its customers. They will be respondent’s time to participate in these
Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office entirely voluntary and the research activities. The total cost burden
of Management and Budget (OMB) confidentiality of respondents and their is estimated to be $338,734.
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