83 FR 35669 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 145 (July 27, 2018)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 145 (July 27, 2018)
| Page Range | 35669-35670 | |
| FR Document | 2018-16046 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 35669-35670] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16046] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of information are 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; and (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. Proposed Project: Testing of Electronic Health Records Questions for the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS)--NEW The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), is requesting approval for conducting cognitive testing on the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities in the United States. The final goal of this cognitive testing is to incorporate questions on electronic health records to SAMHSA's National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and the National Mental Health Services Survey (N- MHSS). Currently, there is a lack of national level data that exists on behavioral health care providers' progress toward interoperability. The National Council for Behavioral Health in 2011/2012 conducted a survey to determine health information technology (IT) readiness. This data focused only on the membership of the National Council for Behavioral Health and does not provide national baseline data on the four domains of interoperability that are outlined in the Interoperability Roadmap (finding, sending, receiving and integrating data into EHRs) for behavioral health care providers. Currently, these providers are not eligible to participate in interoperability driving efforts such as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) initiative. However, some behavioral health providers may be eligible in the future to participate in value-based payment initiatives such as the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Measuring and reporting the state of interoperability will help to determine the type of support these providers need and their readiness to [[Page 35670]] participate in delivery system reform efforts in the future. Collaboration between the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and SAMHSA on this data collection effort will provide an efficient manner to track trends in health IT adoption, use, and interoperability among behavioral health care providers. In addition, this collaboration will contribute to the development of strategic efforts to leverage health IT in behavioral health care settings to provide cost effective, high quality and patient-centered care. Results from this testing will allow ONC and SAMHSA to work together to quantitatively assess health IT adoption and interoperability among behavioral health care providers using SAMHSA's current national surveys, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS). The information obtained from these efforts will be used to develop a new set of questions on the use and implementation of EHRs in behavioral health facilities for the N-SSATS and the N-MHSS surveys. Specifically, the information from the testing will be used to reduce respondent burden while simultaneously improving the quality of the data collected in these surveys. Data from this testing will be collected mostly via telephone interviews, and few cases conducted with in-person interviews. Results of this test will not be disseminated or used to inform policy, program, or budget decisions. Findings will be shared between ONC and SAMHSA staff to decide how the tested questions will be incorporated in the surveys. It is estimated that the total burden for this project is 40 hours, based on a maximum of 80 interviews with an average of 30 minutes per interview. The request for OMB seeks approval to conduct this testing of EHR questions during the Fall of 2018 for possible implementation starting in 2020. The total estimated burden for this study is 39.2 hours for the period from September through December 2018. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Responses per Total number of Hours per Total burden Survey respondents respondent responses response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interviews......................................................... 80 1 80 .50 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments should be received by September 25, 2018. 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approval of the information collection information from clients of the Contact submission for an additional three years
listed below. Center (CC) in order to properly plan, to provide ongoing customer service
Proposed Collection: Collection of implement, and evaluate cancer collection of demographic information,
Customer Service, Demographic, and education efforts, including assessing and collection of brief customer
Smoking/Tobacco use Information from the extent by which the CC reaches and satisfaction questions from NCI Contact
the National Cancer Institute’s Contact impacts underserved populations; (2) Center Clients for the purpose of
Center (CC) Clients, 0925–0208 smoking/tobacco use behavior of program planning and evaluation.
Expiration Date 04/30/2019, REVISION, individuals seeking NCI’s smoking OMB approval is requested for 3
National Cancer Institute (NCI), cessation assistance through the CC in years. There are no costs to respondents
National Institutes of Health (NIH). order to provide smoking cessation other than their time. The total
Need and Use of Information services tailored to the individual estimated annualized burden hours are
Collection: The National Cancer client’s needs and track their smoking 1,875.
Institute (NCI) currently collects: (1) behavior at follow up. This is a request
Customer service and demographic for OMB to approve a revised Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
TABLE A. 12–1—ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Average time
Number of Frequency of Annual
Type of respondents Survey instrument per response
respondents responses burden hours
(minutes/hour)
Telephone Clients (Appendix 1A) ..... Customer Service ............................. 31,562 1 1/60 526
Demographic & Customer Satisfac- 13,100 1 2/60 437
tion Questions.
Smoking Cessation Clients ............... Smoking Cessation ‘‘Intake’’ Ques- 3,380 1 6/60 338
tions (Appendix 1C).
Customer Satisfaction Questions 676 1 2/60 23
(Appendix 9).
VA Smoking Cessation Clients ......... Call Backs (Appendix 1D) ................ 1,560 1 4/60 104
VA Follw Up Calls ............................. Call Backs (Appendix 1E) ................ 936 1 4/60 62
LiveHelp Clients ................................ Demographic & Customer Satisfac- 6,236 1 2/60 208
tion Questions (Appendix 1B).
Email Clients ..................................... Email Intake Form (Appendix 2) ...... 1,002 1 10/60 167
Total ........................................... ........................................................... 58,452 58,452 ........................ 1,875
Dated: July 16, 2018. are necessary for the proper Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment
Karla C. Bailey, performance of the functions of the Services (N–SSATS) and the National
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer agency, including whether the Mental Health Services Survey (N–
Institute, National Institutes of Health. information shall have practical utility; MHSS).
[FR Doc. 2018–16048 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Currently, there is a lack of national
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P of the burden of the proposed collection level data that exists on behavioral
of information; (c) ways to enhance the health care providers’ progress toward
quality, utility, and clarity of the interoperability. The National Council
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND information to be collected; and (d) for Behavioral Health in 2011/2012
HUMAN SERVICES ways to minimize the burden of the conducted a survey to determine health
collection of information on information technology (IT) readiness.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health respondents, including through the use This data focused only on the
Services Administration of automated collection techniques or membership of the National Council for
other forms of information technology. Behavioral Health and does not provide
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Proposed Project: Testing of Electronic national baseline data on the four
Comment Request Health Records Questions for the domains of interoperability that are
National Survey of Substance Abuse outlined in the Interoperability
In compliance with Section Treatment Services (N–SSATS) and the Roadmap (finding, sending, receiving
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork National Mental Health Services and integrating data into EHRs) for
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning Survey (N–MHSS)—NEW behavioral health care providers.
opportunity for public comment on Currently, these providers are not
proposed collections of information, the The Substance Abuse and Mental eligible to participate in interoperability
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Health Services Administration driving efforts such as the Medicare
Services Administration (SAMHSA) (SAMHSA), Center for Behavioral Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of
will publish periodic summaries of Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ), 2015 (MACRA) initiative. However,
proposed projects. To request more is requesting approval for conducting some behavioral health providers may
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information on the proposed projects or cognitive testing on the use of electronic be eligible in the future to participate in
to obtain a copy of the information health records (EHRs) by substance value-based payment initiatives such as
collection plans, call the SAMHSA abuse and mental health treatment the Merit-Based Incentive Payment
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– facilities in the United States. The final System (MIPS). Measuring and reporting
1243. goal of this cognitive testing is to the state of interoperability will help to
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether incorporate questions on electronic determine the type of support these
the proposed collections of information health records to SAMHSA’s National providers need and their readiness to
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participate in delivery system reform health care providers using SAMHSA’s with in-person interviews. Results of
efforts in the future. current national surveys, the National this test will not be disseminated or
Collaboration between the Office of Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment used to inform policy, program, or
the National Coordinator for Health Services (N–SSATS) and the National budget decisions. Findings will be
Information Technology (ONC) and Mental Health Services Survey (N– shared between ONC and SAMHSA staff
SAMHSA on this data collection effort MHSS). to decide how the tested questions will
will provide an efficient manner to track The information obtained from these be incorporated in the surveys.
trends in health IT adoption, use, and efforts will be used to develop a new set It is estimated that the total burden for
interoperability among behavioral of questions on the use and this project is 40 hours, based on a
health care providers. In addition, this implementation of EHRs in behavioral maximum of 80 interviews with an
collaboration will contribute to the health facilities for the N–SSATS and average of 30 minutes per interview.
development of strategic efforts to the N–MHSS surveys. Specifically, the
leverage health IT in behavioral health information from the testing will be The request for OMB seeks approval
care settings to provide cost effective, used to reduce respondent burden while to conduct this testing of EHR questions
high quality and patient-centered care. simultaneously improving the quality of during the Fall of 2018 for possible
Results from this testing will allow ONC the data collected in these surveys. implementation starting in 2020.
and SAMHSA to work together to Data from this testing will be The total estimated burden for this
quantitatively assess health IT adoption collected mostly via telephone study is 39.2 hours for the period from
and interoperability among behavioral interviews, and few cases conducted September through December 2018.
Responses
Number of Total number Hours per Total burden
Survey per
respondents of responses response hours
respondent
Interviews ............................................................................. 80 1 80 .50 40
Send comments to Summer King, information shall have practical utility; mental health treatment facilities, the
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate National Mental Health Services Survey
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57–B, of the burden of the proposed collection (N–MHSS). The I–BHS includes all
Rockville, MD 20857 OR email a copy of information; (c) ways to enhance the substance abuse treatment and mental
at summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. quality, utility, and clarity of the health treatment facilities known to
Written comments should be received information to be collected; and (d) SAMHSA. (The N–MHSS data
by September 25, 2018. ways to minimize the burden of the collection is covered under OMB No.
collection of information on 0930–0119.)
Summer King,
respondents, including through the use
Statistician. of automated collection techniques or The information in I–BHS and N–
[FR Doc. 2018–16046 Filed 7–26–18; 8:45 am] other forms of information technology. SSATS is needed to assess the nature
BILLING CODE 4162–20–P and extent of these resources, to identify
Proposed Project: National Survey of gaps in services, and to provide a
Substance Abuse Treatment Services database for treatment referrals. Both I–
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND (N–SSATS) (OMB No. 0930–0106)— BHS and N–SSATS are components of
HUMAN SERVICES Revision the Behavioral Health Services
The Substance Abuse and Mental Information System (BHSIS).
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Health Services Administration
Services Administration The request for OMB approval will
(SAMHSA) is requesting a revision of include a request to update the I–BHS
Agency Information Collection the National Survey of Substance Abuse facility listing on a continuous basis and
Activities: Proposed Collection; Treatment (N–SSATS) data collection to conduct the N–SSATS and the
Comment Request (OMB No. 0930–0106), which expires
between cycle N–SSATS (N–SSATS BC)
on December 31, 2018. N–SSATS
In compliance with Section in 2019, 2020, and 2021. The N–SSATS
provides both national and state-level
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork data on the numbers and types of BC is a procedure for collecting services
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning patients treated and the characteristics data from newly identified facilities
opportunity for public comment on of facilities providing substance abuse between main cycles of the survey and
proposed collections of information, the treatment services. It is conducted will be used to improve the listing of
Substance Abuse and Mental Health under the authority of Section 505 of the treatment facilities in the online
Services Administration (SAMHSA) Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Behavioral Health Treatment Services
will publish periodic summaries of 290aa–4) to meet the specific mandates Locator.
proposed projects. To request more for annual information about public and Planned Changes
information on the proposed projects or private substance abuse treatment
to obtain a copy of the information providers and the clients they serve. I–BHS: Only minor form changes
collection plans, call the SAMHSA This request includes: corresponding with updated technology
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Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276– • Collection of N–SSATS, which is an are planned.
1243. annual survey of substance abuse
N–SSATS: The N–SSATS with client
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether treatment facilities; and
the proposed collections of information • Updating of the Inventory of counts will continue to be conducted in
are necessary for the proper Behavioral Health Services (I–BHS) alternate years, as in the past, and the
performance of the functions of the which is the facility universe for the N– Treatment Locator will be updated
agency, including whether the SSATS as well as the annual survey of monthly.
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