83_FR_25777 83 FR 25670 - Notice of Meeting

83 FR 25670 - Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 107 (June 4, 2018)

Page Range25670-25671
FR Document2018-11925

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting on AHRQ-HS-18-001, ``Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis and Treatment at the Intersection of Design, Systems Engineering, and Health Services Research (R18).'' Each SEP meeting will commence in open session before closing to the public for the duration of the meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 107 (Monday, June 4, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25670-25671]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11925]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 
announces the Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting on AHRQ-HS-18-001, 
``Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis 
and Treatment at the Intersection of Design, Systems Engineering, and 
Health Services Research (R18).'' Each SEP meeting will commence in 
open session before closing to the public for the duration of the 
meeting.

DATES: June 13-14, 2018 (Open on June 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 
and closed for the remainder of the meeting).

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20850.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of 
members, agenda or minutes of the non-confidential portions of this 
meeting should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management 
Officer, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority 
Populations, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 
Telephone: (301) 427-1554.
    Agenda items for this meeting are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10 (a)(2) of the

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Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), announcement is made 
of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Special 
Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting on AHRQ-HS-18-001, ``Patient Safety 
Learning Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis and Treatment at 
the Intersection of Design, Systems Engineering, and Health Services 
Research (R18).''
    A Special Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in fields related to 
health care research who are invited by the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to conduct on 
an as needed basis, scientific reviews of applications for AHRQ 
support. Individual members of the Panel do not attend regularly-
scheduled meetings and do not serve for fixed terms or a long period of 
time. Rather, they are asked to participate in particular review 
meetings which require their type of expertise.
    Each SEP meeting will commence in open session before closing to 
the public for the duration of the meeting. The SEP meeting referenced 
above will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions 
set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for the ``AHRQ-HS-18-001'', 
``Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis 
and Treatment at the Intersection of Design, Systems Engineering, and 
Health Services Research (R18)'' is to be reviewed and discussed at 
this meeting. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose 
confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable 
material, and personal information concerning individuals associated 
with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Francis D. Chesley, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-11925 Filed 6-1-18; 8:45 am]
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25670 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices the Common Formats, which is number of respondents is based on the Common Formats. As the network for approximately 100 hours a year. The use feedback that AHRQ has received patient safety databases (NPSD) of the Common Formats by PSOs and during meetings and technical becomes operational, AHRQ will revise other entities is voluntary and is on an assistance calls from PSOs and other the estimate based on actual ongoing basis. This estimate of the entities that have been utilizing the submissions. EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Number of Hours per Total burden Form responses per respondents response hours respondent PSO Certification for Initial Listing Form ......................................................... 16 1 18 288 PSO Certification for Continued Listing Form ................................................. 21 1 8 168 PSO Two Bona Fide Contracts Requirement Form ........................................ 42 1 1 42 PSO Disclosure Statement Form .................................................................... 3 1 3 9 PSO Profile Form ............................................................................................ 70 1 3 210 PSO Change of Listing Information ................................................................. 61 1 05/60 5.08 OCR Patient Safety Confidentiality Complaint Form ....................................... 1 1 20/60 0.33 PSO Voluntary Relinquishment Form .............................................................. 5 1 30/60 2.50 Common Formats ............................................................................................ 1,000 1 100 100,000 Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ NA NA 100,724.91 EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN Average Number of Total burden Form hourly wage Total cost respondents hours rate * PSO Certification for Initial Listing Form ......................................................... 16 288 $38.06 $10,961.28 PSO Certification for Continued Listing Form ................................................. 21 168 38.06 6,394.08 PSO Two Bona Fide Contracts Requirement Form ........................................ 42 42 38.06 1,598.52 PSO Disclosure Statement Form .................................................................... 3 9 38.06 342.54 PSO Profile Form ............................................................................................ 70 210 38.06 7,992.60 PSO Change of Listing Form .......................................................................... 61 5.08 38.06 193.34 OCR Patient Safety Confidentiality Complaint Form ....................................... 1 0.33 38.06 12.55 PSO Voluntary Relinquishment Form .............................................................. 5 2.50 38.06 95.15 Common Formats ............................................................................................ 1,000 100,000 38.06 3,806,000.00 Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,833,590.06 * Based upon the mean of the hourly average wages for health care practitioner and technical occupations, 29–0000, National Compensation Survey, May 2016, ‘‘U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’ https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm. Request for Comments comments will become a matter of Systems Engineering, and Health In accordance with the Paperwork public record. Services Research (R18).’’ Each SEP meeting will commence in open session Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s Francis D. Chesley, Jr., before closing to the public for the information collection are requested Acting Deputy Director. duration of the meeting. with regard to any of the following: (a) [FR Doc. 2018–11926 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] Whether the proposed collection of DATES: June 13–14, 2018 (Open on June BILLING CODE 4160–90–P information is necessary for the proper 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and performance of AHRQ functions, closed for the remainder of the meeting). including whether the information will ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND have practical utility, and; for OCR’s HUMAN SERVICES Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting, enforcement of confidentiality; (b) the 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of burden Agency for Healthcare Research and 20850. (including hours and costs) of the Quality FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposed collection(s) of information; Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility Notice of Meeting members, agenda or minutes of the non- and clarity of the information to be AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research confidential portions of this meeting collected; and (d) ways to minimize the and Quality, HHS. should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, burden of the collection of information ACTION: Notice. Committee Management Officer, Office upon the respondents, including the use of Extramural Research, Education and sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES of automated collection techniques or SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare Priority Populations, AHRQ, 5600 other forms of information technology. Research and Quality (AHRQ) Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland Comments submitted in response to announces the Special Emphasis Panel 20850, Telephone: (301) 427–1554. this notice will be summarized and (SEP) meeting on AHRQ–HS–18–001, Agenda items for this meeting are included in the Agency’s subsequent ‘‘Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: subject to change as priorities dictate. request for OMB approval of the Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In proposed information collection. All Treatment at the Intersection of Design, accordance with section 10 (a)(2) of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices 25671 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 SUMMARY: This notice announces the report for him/herself and for other U.S.C. App. 2), announcement is made intention of the Agency for Healthcare family members. of an Agency for Healthcare Research Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request The MEPS–HC has the following goal: and Quality (AHRQ) Special Emphasis that the Office of Management and D To provide nationally representative Panel (SEP) meeting on AHRQ–HS–18– Budget (OMB) approve the proposed estimates for the U.S. civilian 001, ‘‘Patient Safety Learning information collection project ‘‘Medical noninstitutionalized population for: Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) D health care use, expenditures, sources Diagnosis and Treatment at the Household Component and the MEPS of payment Intersection of Design, Systems Medical Provider Component.’’ D health insurance coverage Engineering, and Health Services DATES: Comments on this notice must be To achieve the goals of the MEPS–HC Research (R18).’’ received by August 3, 2018. the following data collections are A Special Emphasis Panel is a group ADDRESSES: Written comments should implemented: of experts in fields related to health care be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 1. Household Component Core Instrument. research who are invited by the Agency Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by The core instrument collects data about for Healthcare Research and Quality email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. persons in sample households. Topical areas (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to Copies of the proposed collection asked in each round of interviewing include conduct on an as needed basis, plans, data collection instruments, and priority condition enumeration, health status, scientific reviews of applications for health care utilization including prescribed specific details on the estimated burden medicines, expenses and payments, AHRQ support. Individual members of can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports the Panel do not attend regularly- employment, and health insurance. Other Clearance Officer. topical areas that are asked only once a year scheduled meetings and do not serve for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: include access to care, income, assets, fixed terms or a long period of time. satisfaction with providers, and children’s Rather, they are asked to participate in Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by health. While many of the questions are particular review meetings which asked about the entire reporting unit (RU), require their type of expertise. emails at doris.lefkowitz@ which is typically a family, only one person Each SEP meeting will commence in AHRQ.hhs.gov. normally provides this information. All open session before closing to the public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: sections of the current core instrument are for the duration of the meeting. The SEP available on the AHRQ website at http:// Proposed Project meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/ meeting referenced above will be closed to the public in accordance with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey survey_questionnaires.jsp. 2. Adult Self-Administered Questionnaire. provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, (MEPS) Household Component (HC) A brief self-administered questionnaire section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 In accordance with the Paperwork (SAQ) will be used to collect self-reported U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, data (rather than through household proxy) the ‘‘AHRQ–HS–18–001’’, ‘‘Patient AHRQ invites the public to comment on on health opinions and satisfaction with Safety Learning Laboratories: Pursuing this proposed information collection. health care, and information on health status, Safety in Diagnosis and Treatment at the For over thirty years, results from the preventive care and health care quality Intersection of Design, Systems measures for adults 18 and older. This MEPS and its predecessor surveys (the questionnaire is revised from the previous Engineering, and Health Services 1977 National Medical Care Research (R18)’’ is to be reviewed and OMB clearance and received clearance on Expenditure Survey, the 1980 National May 9, 2018. discussed at this meeting. The grant Medical Care Utilization and 3. Veteran SAQ. MEPS includes a new self- applications and the discussions could Expenditure Survey and the 1987 administered questionnaire for spring of 2019 disclose confidential trade secrets or National Medical Expenditure Survey) data collection targeting the veteran commercial property such as patentable have been used by OMB, DHHS, population. The questionnaire asks questions material, and personal information Congress and a wide number of health in the following domains of interest: if a concerning individuals associated with services researchers to analyze health veteran is eligible for VA health care; if a the grant applications, the disclosure of Veteran is enrolled in VA health care; care use, expenses and health policy. coordination of care in and out of the VA which would constitute a clearly Major changes continue to take place unwarranted invasion of personal health care system, services provided to in the health care delivery system. The Veterans in and out of the VA health care privacy. MEPS is needed to provide information system, and VA eligibility priority groups, for Francis D. Chesley, Jr., about the current state of the health care Veterans enrolled in VA health care and for Acting Deputy Director. system as well as to track changes over Veterans eligible for VA health care. To assist time. The MEPS permits annual in the correct identification of priority [FR Doc. 2018–11925 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] estimates of use of health care and groups, the questionnaire may also include BILLING CODE 4160–90–P items assessing the following: presence of expenditures and sources of payment service-connected disability; service- for that health care. It also permits connected disability rating; presence of DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND tracking individual change in presumptive-conditions; timing and era of HUMAN SERVICES employment, income, health insurance active duty; and VA receipt of disability and health status over two years. The compensation benefits. AHRQ worked with Agency for Healthcare Research and use of the NHIS as a sampling frame the Veterans Health Administration to Quality expands the MEPS analytic capacity by develop the questionnaire content. providing another data point for 4. Diabetes Care SAQ. There is no change sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Agency Information Collection comparisons over time. in this instrument. A brief self-administered Activities: Proposed Collection; Households selected for participation paper-and-pencil questionnaire on the Comment Request quality of diabetes care is administered once in the MEPS–HC are interviewed five a year (during rounds 3 and 5) to persons AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research times in person. These rounds of identified as having diabetes. Included are and Quality, HHS. interviewing are spaced about 5 months questions about the number of times the apart. The interview will take place respondent reported having a hemoglobin ACTION: Notice. with a family respondent who will A1c blood test, whether the respondent VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesJune 13-14, 2018 (Open on June 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
ContactAnyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the non-confidential portions of this meeting should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone: (301) 427-1554.
FR Citation83 FR 25670 
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