[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10055-10056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02941]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2023-HA-0116]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
(OASD(HA)), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information

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under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 
14, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane Purvis, 571-372-0460, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: TRICARE Inpatient 
Satisfaction Survey (TRISS); OMB Control Number: 0720-TRSS.
    Type of Request: New.
    Number of Respondents: 63,600 (60,600 TRISS Adult; 3,000 TRISS 
Child).
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 63,600.
    Average Burden per Response: 7 minutes for TRISS Adult; 15 minutes 
for TRISS Child.
    Annual Burden Hours: 7,820.
    Needs and Uses: The Defense Health Affairs administers the TRISS 
surveys (TRISS Adult and TRISS Child) to understand perceptions of 
inpatient care among Military Health System users. The survey 
instruments adhere to the methodological and analytical protocols and 
questionnaire items mandated by the industry standard Hospital Consumer 
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems protocol. Developed by 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, the program provides valid and 
reliable self-reported experience ratings of inpatient experiences. As 
a result, the TRISS program allows objective and meaningful comparisons 
between hospitals, in areas that are important to consumers. The main 
goals of the TRISS are to:
     Provide comparable data on the patient's perspective on 
care that allows objective and meaningful comparisons between hospitals 
on domains that are important to beneficiaries.
     Establish a uniform measure of user satisfaction with 
received healthcare services.
     Public reporting of the survey results is designed to 
create incentives for Military Treatment Facility (MTFs) to improve 
their quality of care.
    The study population consists of military personnel, their family 
members, and eligible retirees and their family members with a recent 
overnight hospitalization. The survey is administered to patients after 
a recent discharge from either a MTF or a civilian hospital to gather 
information about their experience of the care they received. Data are 
reported quarterly to track trends over time.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Matt Eliseo.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID number, and title for this Federal Register document. 
The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of 
the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on 
the internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Lane Purvis.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Mr. Purvis at [email protected].

    Dated: February 7, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2024-02941 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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