[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70948-70949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28376]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-20987-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 27, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

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 document identifier HHS-OS-20987-60D 
for reference. Information Collection Request Title: Pre-Test of 
Instruments of Psychosocial Care for the Treatment of Adults with PTSD.
    Abstract: ASPE is requesting to pretest a survey that measures 
quality of psychotherapy for adults with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 
(PTSD) in outpatient treatment settings, defined in terms of the 
concordance with evidence-based strategies. Despite enormous 
expenditures and remarkable breakthroughs in treatment, there is a 
clear gap between what is known about effective treatments for 
individuals diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and 
what clinicians actually implement in treatment settings. A quality 
improvement initiative that measures clinicians' use of evidence based 
treatment and promotes feedback to providers from the consumers' 
perspective may enhance the adoption of evidence based services. This 
could ultimately improve the quality of care and consumer health 
outcomes.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Quality measures of the 
treatment of PTSD in concordance with evidence-based methods do not 
currently exist and could be used to reduce this gap. ASPE, in 
partnership with NIMH, has undertaken this project to pretest 3 surveys 
(a clinician, clinical supervisor, and consumer measure) of the 
delivery of evidence based psychotherapies to adults with PTSD. The 
current data collection is scheduled to occur only once, over a 6 month 
time period in summer 2014 through winter 2014 at a total of 6 
behavioral health care sites.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents are clinicians, clinician's 
supervisors and consumers.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Clinician (demographics questionnaire)..........              36               1            5/60               3
Clinician Supervisor (demographics                             6               1            5/60               1
 questionnaire).................................
Clinician (clinician survey)....................              36               3           10/60              18
Clinician Supervisor (survey)...................               6              18           10/60              18
Consumer........................................             108               1           10/60              18
Site Coordinator................................               6               1              96             576
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             634
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    OS specifically requests comments on (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.

Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-28376 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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