[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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