[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59131-59132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24444]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
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: Multi-Payor Claims Database (New--XXXXXXX).
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 
(ASPE)--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded Comparative 
Effectiveness Research Program.

Abstract

    The Multi-Payor Claims Database (MPCD) project is one of a number 
of initiatives related to comparative effectiveness research (CER) 
funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Act 
provided $1.1 billion to build the necessary infrastructure and 
capacity to support CER. Approximately 25% of the $400 million 
allocated to the Office of the Secretary for Health and Human Services 
went towards data infrastructure projects such as the MPCD. Within HHS, 
ASPE was tasked with managing the MPCD project in partnership with the 
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
    The project represents a private/public partnership with the goal 
of consolidating access to longitudinal data on health services 
financed by both public and private payers to help facilitate CER. 
Inclusion of data from multiple sources should allow for adequate 
coverage of priority patient populations, less common medical 
conditions, health care interventions, and geographic areas. As the 
title of the project suggests, the MPCD will initially include claims 
data, since these data are most readily available. Over time, data with 
additional clinical detail from other sources, such as EHRs, may be 
incorporated into the database.
    The contract to develop the MPCD is a 3-year contract between 
Ingenix Public Sector Solutions (as the primary contractor) and ASPE. 
We envision several types of respondents, accessing data at different 
tiers within the MPCD, as shown in the table below. The respondents 
will not be accessing data on any regular frequency, but rather on an 
ad hoc basis. The affected public will be individual researchers, 
health policy analysts and researchers at affiliated with MPCD data 
contributors as well as key stakeholder staff and analysts within HHS.

                                                            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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Tiers 1, 2 and 3...............................  Principal Investigators, Project Data               293               3           35/60             513
                                                  Analysts and Project Directors.
Tiers 1 and 2..................................  Healthcare Organization administrators              125               3           20/60             125
                                                  and analysts.
Tier 1.........................................  Patients and consumers.................              50               4            5/60              17
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    Total......................................  .......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             655
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Keith Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24444 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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