[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27389-27390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-18280-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for renewal of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0308, scheduled 
to expire on June 30, 2013. Comments submitted during the first public 
review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further 
comments from the public on this ICR during the review and approval 
period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before June 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0308 and 
document identifier HHS-OS-18280-30D.
    Information Collection Request Title: The Effect of Reducing Falls 
on Acute and Long-Term Care Expenses.
    OMB No.: 0990-0308.
    Abstract: ASPE is conducting a demonstration and evaluation of a

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multi-factorial fall prevention program to measure its impact on health 
outcomes for the elderly as well as acute and long-term care use and 
cost. The study is being conducted among a sample of individuals with 
private long-term care insurance who are age 75 and over using a multi-
tiered random experimental research design to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the proposed fall prevention intervention program. The 
project began in Spring 2008 and is expected to be completed in 
December 2014.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The project will provide 
information to advance Departmental goals of reducing injury and 
improving the use of preventive services to positively impact Medicare 
use and spending.
    Likely Respondents: Adults age 75 or older.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
     Forms (if necessary)          Type of         Number of     responses per     hours  per      Total burden
                                  respondent      respondents     respondent        response           hours
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Initial Telephone Screen.....  Active Control              835               1  20 minutes......             278
                                Group (ACG)/
                                Experimental
                                Group (EG).
In-person interview..........  EG.............             435               1  1.25 hours......             544
Jump start phone call........  EG.............             435               1  30 minutes......             218
Quarterly phone calls........  ACG/EG.........             835               4  10 minutes......             556
Final Telephone Screen.......  ACG/EG.........             167               1  20 minutes......              56
Final In-person interview....  EG.............             167               1  1.25 hours......             209
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    Total....................  ...............  ..............  ..............  ................            1861
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-11177 Filed 5-9-13; 8:45 am]
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