Attachment C - Initial Letter to Respondents

MOPS-HP-L1

(Draft)

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:

We request your participation with the 2020 Management and Organizational Practices Survey-Hospitals. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this survey to better understand current and evolving management and organizational practices in hospitals and to assist in studying their relationship to clinical and financial performance. Census Bureau data are essential for business and government decision making. Information from businesses like yours also provides reliable data for your industry and your community.

Authentication Code:

Due Date:

1. Sign in OR register at https://portal.census.gov

2. Add your authentication code.

3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions to complete the survey.

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. We estimate this survey will take an average of 45 minutes to complete. Additional information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found on the back of this letter.

Please utilize your business expertise in completing the survey.  Due to the nature of the questions asked, you may need to enlist the assistance of other managers. For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our customer help line at 1-866-208-4221, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people and economy.

Sincerely,

Ron S. Jarmin

Acting Director

OMB Number

This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-XXXX and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.

Authority and Confidentiality

Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes this collection. Sections 224 and 225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.

Burden Estimate Statement

We estimate the 2020 Management and Organizational Practices Survey-Hospitals will take an average of 45 minutes to complete, including the time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the survey.