[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59130-59131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: Patient Centered Care Collaboration to Improve 
Minority Health, OMB 0990-New, Office of Minority Health.
    Abstract: The Office of Minority Health (OMH) in the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is 
requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
new data collection activities for the Patient Centered Care 
Collaboration to Improve Minority Health project (PCCC). This 
dissemination and adoption initiative funded in 2010, under the ARRA, 
2009, through the Office of Minority Health and the Agency for Health 
Care Quality supports dissemination and adoption priorities as outlined 
in the HHS Report to Congress on Comparative Effectiveness Research. 
The PCCC evaluation will assess whether disseminating a diabetes 
education intervention in a community based health clinic and offering 
a medication management and adherence intervention through home visits 
to seniors, improves the health and well being of racial and ethnic 
minority program participants; if the approach taken through the 
implementation of proven PCOR findings such as using community health 
workers and educators, and pharmacists to deliver the interventions 
improves the likelihood of patients changing their behaviors to improve 
their health status; and to determine if participants learned new 
information and skills that would help them to manage their health 
conditions and improve their health status.
    Primary data for the evaluation will come from two waves of in 
person data collection from patients in a community health center in 
Chicago, Illinois and patients living in public housing in Houston, 
Texas. Data will be collected through a baseline survey at beginning of 
intervention, and a follow up survey at approximately three months 
post-baseline in the two sites. Data collection for the entire 
evaluation is expected to last 6 months, from the time the first 
participant is enrolled until the last 4 month follow up survey is 
administered.
    The funding for this request is derived from American Reinvestment 
and Recovery Act of 2009 with hard and non-negotiable deadlines for 
expenditures and completion. The end date for completion of all 
activities funded under this initiative is June 12, 2012. Thus, a rapid 
approval of OMB is requested, or the benefits of this initiative cannot 
be evaluated and HHS would not be able to report the benefits and 
outcome to the Congress as required.

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                        Number of      Average burden
                   Forms                             Type of  respondent              Number of       responses per    (in hours) per     Total burden
                                                                                     respondents       respondent         response            hours
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                                                                         Chicago
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Screening Questionnaire....................  Individuals........................               165                 1              5/60                14
Intake Questionnaire.......................  Individuals........................                50                 1             40/60                33
Post Questionnaire.........................  Individuals........................                40                 1             40/60                27
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    Sub-Total..............................  ...................................               255                 1  ................                74
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                                                                         Houston
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Eligibility Screening Form: Hypertension     Individual.........................               200                 1             15/60                50
 and Diabetes.
First Home Visit Forms: Hypertension,        Individual.........................               200                 1             40/60               133
 Diabetes, or Hypertension and Diabetes.
Telephone Follow-up: Being Active and        Individual.........................               180                 1             20/60                60
 Managing Stress.
Telephone Follow-up: Healthy Eating........  Individual.........................               180                 1             20/60                60
Post Intervention Follow-up Form:            Individual.........................               180                 1             20/60                60
 Hypertension, Diabetes, or Hypertension
 and Diabetes.
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    Sub-total..............................  ...................................               940  ................  ................               363
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        Total..............................  Individual.........................              1195  ................  ................               437
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Keith Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24442 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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