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authorized CDC-recognized
organizations to prepare for enrollment
as MDPP suppliers in order to bill CMS
for these services beginning in 2018;
only organizations in good standing
with the CDC DPRP are eligible as
MDPP suppliers. CDC anticipates an
additional 500 organizations per year
will apply for recognition.
Previously, in 2011, CDC received
OMB approval to collect organizational
and de-identified participant
information needed to administer the
DPRP (OMB No. 0920–0909, expired
11/30/2014). In 2015, CDC renewed

these Standards for three years (OMB
No. 0920–0909, expires 12/31/2017) to
continue collecting information needed
to manage the DPRP. Virtual
organizations were added in the 2015
Standards based on new published
evidence and to reach a broader
audience.
Two levels of CDC recognition have
been provided: Pending recognition for
new applicants that have submitted an
application and meet eligibility criteria
defined by the Standards, and Full
recognition for programs that have
demonstrated effectiveness according to

the Standards. CMS allows for a new
recognition status, Preliminary, in
addition to Pending and Full. MDPP
reimbursement is directly tied to
Preliminary and Full statuses. The
intent of this current Standards’ revision
is to align with the CMS MDPP that will
be finalized in 2017 and is scheduled to
go in effect January 1, 2018, and to
account for new evidence in the type 2
diabetes prevention literature. The
MDPP benefit will scale type 2 diabetes
prevention programs more broadly.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondent

Public sector organizations that deliver type 2 diabetes prevention programs.
Private sector organizations that deliver type 2
diabetes prevention programs.
Total ...............................................................

Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled the National Hospital Ambulatory

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DPRP
DPRP
DPRP

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total burden
(in hours)

Application Form
Evaluation Data
Application Form
Evaluation Data

150
350
350
1,444

1
2
1
2

1
2
1
2

150
1,400
350
5,776

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Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
NHAMCS collects facility and visit
information on ambulatory care services
utilization in non-Federal, short stay
hospitals in the United States.
CDC must receive written
comments on or before January 26,
2018.

DATES:

You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2018–
0101 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Leroy A.
Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia
ADDRESSES:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

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30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email:
omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and

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4. Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Hospital Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) (OMB
Control Number 0920–0278, Expiration
Date 02/28/2018)—Revision—National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on ‘‘utilization of health care’’
in the United States. The National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey (NHAMCS) has conducted
annually since 1992. NCHS is seeking

determining health care work force
needs, and assessing the health status of
the population.
Starting 2018, CDC will implement
the ED component of NHAMCS.
However, between December 2017 and
May 2018, the 2017 survey will run
concurrently with the 2018 survey. This
is typical with any data collection cycle:
It begin in the last month of the
preceding year and ends around the
middle of the following year. For the
2017 data collection, CDC will collect
information on all three settings (ED,
OPD, and ASL). For this three-year
request, CDC does not expect
substantive changes or supplements for
the survey.
Users of NHAMCS data include, but
are not limited to, congressional offices,
Federal agencies, state and local
governments, schools of public health,
colleges and Universities, private
industry, nonprofit foundations,
professional associations, clinicians,
researchers, administrators, and health
planners.
There are no costs to the respondents
other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are
1,806.

OMB approval to extend this survey for
an additional three years.
The target universe of the NHAMCS is
in-person visits made to emergency
departments (EDs) of non-Federal, shortstay hospitals (hospitals with an average
length of stay of less than 30 days) that
have at least six beds for inpatient use,
and with a specialty of general (medical
or surgical) or children’s general.
NHAMCS was initiated to
complement the National Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NAMCS, OMB
Control Number 0920–0234, Expiration
Date 03/31/2019), which provides
similar data concerning patient visits to
physicians’ offices. NAMCS and
NHAMCS are the principal sources of
data on ambulatory care provided in the
United States.
NHAMCS provides a range of baseline
data on the characteristics of the users
and providers of hospital ambulatory
medical care. Data collected include
patients’ demographic characteristics,
reason(s) for visit, providers’ diagnoses,
diagnostic services, medications, and
disposition. These data, together with
trend data, may be used to monitor the
effects of change in the health care
system, for the planning of health
services, improving medical education,

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name

Hospital Chief Executive Officer .......

Ancillary Service Executive—Reabstraction.
Medical Record Clerk—Reabstraction.

Hospital Induction 2017 Data Collection.
Hospital Induction 2018+ Data Collection.
Ambulatory Unit Induction (ED, OPD
and ASL).
Ambulatory Unit Induction (ED only)
Retrieving Patient Records (ED,
OPD and ASL).
Reabstraction Telephone Call (ED,
OPD and ASL).
Pulling and re-filing Patient Records
(ED, OPD and ASL).

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

...........................................................

Hospital Chief Executive Officer .......
Ancillary Service Executive ...............
Ancillary Service Executive ...............
Medical Record Clerk .......................

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340

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810

1

15/60

203

583
396

1
144

15/60
1/60

146
950

29

1

5/60

2

29

10

1/60

5

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collection request titled ZEN Colombia
Study: Zika in Pregnant Women and
Children in Colombia to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on August
30, 2017 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did
not receive comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.

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