Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
| Published date | 17 June 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-12636 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality,Health And Human Services Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28056-28057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12636]
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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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Request for Information.
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SUMMARY: AHRQ is re-issuing this Request for Information to extend the
date for receipt of comments. AHRQ invites public comment on its
Request for Information (RFI) to inform potential revisions to the
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Health Plan
Survey 5.0. The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
(CAHPS[supreg]) Health Plan Survey 5.0 is one of the CAHPS family of
surveys that assess patients' experiences with health care providers,
in different settings, and with health plans. The CAHPS surveys cover
topics that are important to patients and that they are best able to
assess, such as the communication with providers and access to health
care services.
This RFI requests public comment regarding (1) the relevance and
validity of the questions on CAHPS Health Plan Survey 5.0 (the Survey),
and (2) any user concerns about revisions to the Survey.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be received no later than June 28,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to
[email protected] with the subject line HP RFI. Non-electronic
responses will also be accepted. Please mail to CAHPS; Westat; 1600
Research Blvd.; RB 1186S; Rockville, MD 20850.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be addressed to Caren
Ginsberg, Director, CAHPS Division, Center for Quality Improvement and
Patient Safety, [email protected], or (301) 427-1894.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The last update of the Survey was in May
2012. AHRQ is considering an update to the Survey to ensure that the
Survey questions continue to be relevant to Survey sponsors, users,
patients, consumers, and other stakeholders. AHRQ is not seeking
information on Survey administration methodology, public reporting, or
Survey length with this request.
AHRQ is seeking information on current uses of the Survey that
reflects organization-specific perspectives, the impact of a potential
Survey revision, and areas of the Survey that should and should not be
modified. Respondents should refer to the questions with details on how
such a Survey revision might affect the organization(s) they represent.
Specific questions of interest to AHRQ include, but are not limited to,
the following:
1. How and why does the respondent's organization use the Survey?
For example, is it used for adults, children, or both? In what
languages is it administered? What supplemental items, if any, are used
(e.g., children with chronic conditions or others)?
2. What is working well/what are the strengths of the Survey?
3. What content areas might be missing from the Survey?
4. What content areas on the Survey are no longer relevant or
useful and why?
5. Are there new topic areas the Survey should address?
6. Should the Survey be revised, what implications or barriers
would there be for the commenter's organization to implement a new
version of the Survey?
7. What information/documentation would be helpful to the
respondent's organization in making a transition to a future version of
the Survey?
AHRQ is interested in all of the questions listed above, but
respondents are welcome to address as many or as few as they choose and
to address additional areas of interest not listed. This RFI is for
planning purposes only and should not be construed as a policy,
solicitation for applications, or as an obligation on the part of the
Government to provide support for any ideas in response to it. AHRQ
will use the information submitted in response to this RFI at its
discretion, and will not provide comments to any respondent's
submission. However, responses to the RFI may be reflected in future
solicitation(s) or policies. Respondents are advised that the
Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the
information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to
any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential or
sensitive information should be included in your response. The
Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical
information in any resultant solicitation(s). The contents of all
submissions will be made available to the public upon request.
Submitted
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materials must be publicly available or able to be made public.
Virginia Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2019-12636 Filed 6-14-19; 8:45 am]
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