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collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 1, 2020.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2020–09725 Filed 5–6–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Social and Health Experiences SelfAdministered Questionnaire.’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by 60 days after date of
publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at [email protected].
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
SUMMARY:

emails at doris.lefkowitz@
AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project
‘‘Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS) Social and Health Experiences
Self-Administered Questionnaire.’’
The Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey (MEPS) consists of the following
three components and has been
conducted annually since 1996:
• Household Component: A sample of
households participating in the National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in the
prior calendar year are interviewed 5
times over a 2 and one-half (2.5) year
period. These 5 interviews yield two
years of information on use of, and
expenditures for, health care, sources of
payment for that health care, insurance
status, employment, health status and
health care quality.
• Medical Provider Component: The
MEPS–MPC collects information from
medical and financial records
maintained by hospitals, physicians,
pharmacies and home health agencies
named as sources of care by household
respondents.
• Insurance Component (MEPS–IC):
The MEPS–IC collects information on
establishment characteristics, insurance
offerings and premiums from
employers. The MEPS–IC is conducted
by the Census Bureau for AHRQ and is
cleared separately.
This request is for the MEPS–HC only.
The OMB Control Number for the
MEPS–HC and MPC is 0935–0118,
which was last approved by OMB on
November 8, 2019, and will expire on
November 30, 2022.
The purpose of this request is to
integrate the new self-administered
questionnaire (SAQ) entitled, ‘‘Social
and Health Experiences,’’ into the
MEPS. This SAQ will include questions
in a dual mode (web and paper) selfadministered questionnaire about social
and behavioral determinants of health
including questions about housing
affordability and quality, neighborhood
characteristics, food security,
transportation needs, financial strain,
smoking and physical activity, and

experiences with discrimination, social
support, general well-being, personal
safety, and adverse circumstances in
childhood. The information collected
will be used to examine the relationship
between measures of the social
determinants of health and measures of
health status, and the use and expense
of health care services. The goal of this
survey is to help understand the
relationship between social
determinants of health and health care
need in order to ultimately improve
health care and health.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractors, Westat
and RTI International, pursuant to
AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct
and support research on healthcare and
on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the
cost and use of health care services and
with respect to health statistics and
surveys. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(3) and (8); 42
U.S.C. 299b–2.
Method of Collection
Data collection will be for adults
(aged 18 and over). AHRQ proposes a
mixed-mode (web and paper) primarily
to further protect respondents’ privacy
due to the sensitive nature of some of
the items. Web completion will be the
main mode with paper offered to those
with barriers to internet access.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for
respondents’ time to participate in this
research. The Social and Health
Experiences SAQ will be completed
during Round 1, Panel 26, Round 3,
Panel 25, and Round 5, Panel 24, by
each person in the Reporting Unit (RU)
that is 18 years old and older, an
estimated 27,059 persons, and takes
about 7 minutes to complete. The total
annualized burden is estimated to be
3,157 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
respondents’ time to participate in this
research. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $81,198 annually.

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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Activity

Number of
responses per
respondent

Hours
per response

Total burden
hours

Social and Health Experiences SAQ; Adult SAQ—Year 2021 .......................

27,059

1

7/60

3,157

Total ..........................................................................................................

27,059

n/a

n/a

3,157

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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents

Activity

Total burden
hours

Average
hourly
wage rate *

Total
cost burden

Social and Health Experiences SAQ (SDOH); Adult SAQ—Year 2021 .........

27,059

3,157

$25.72

$81,198

Total ..........................................................................................................

27,059

3,157

n/a

81,198

* Mean hourly wage for All Occupations (00–0000).
Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United States, U.S. Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000.

Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ’s health care
research and health care information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 1, 2020.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2020–09724 Filed 5–6–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Notice of Meeting
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:

In accordance with section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, announcement is made
of an Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) Special Emphasis
Panel (SEP) meeting on AHRQ–HS–20–
001, ‘‘Improving Management of
Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

SUMMARY:

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in Older Adults (R18).’’ This SEP
meeting will be closed to the public.
DATES:

May 29, 2020.

Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (Virtual Review),
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20850.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of
members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting
should contact: Jenny Griffith, Acting
Committee Management Officer, Office
of Extramural Research, Education and
Priority Populations, AHRQ, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20850, Telephone: (301) 427–1557.
Agenda items for this meeting are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
A Special
Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in
fields related to health care research
who are invited by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to
conduct on an as needed basis,
scientific reviews of applications for
AHRQ support. Individual members of
the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for
fixed terms or a long period of time.
Rather, they are asked to participate in
particular review meetings which
require their type of expertise.
The SEP meeting referenced above
will be closed to the public in
accordance with the provisions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d), 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(6). Grant applications for the
AHRQ–HS–20–001, ‘‘Improving
Management of Opioids and Opioid Use
Disorder (OUD) in Older Adults (R18)’’
is to be reviewed and discussed at this
meeting. The grant applications and the
discussions could disclose confidential
trade secrets or commercial property
such as patentable material, and
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Dated: May 1, 2020.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–2744 and CMS–
10652]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, and to allow
a second opportunity for public
comment on the notice. Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by June 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: When commenting on the
proposed information collections,
SUMMARY:

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