Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Management and Organizational Practices Survey-Hospitals (MOPS-HP)
| Published date | 27 January 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-01264 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Census Bureau |
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www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at the above
email or street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Discuss Community Forum
III. Discuss Report Outline
a. Assign report sections
IV. Public Comment
V. Good of the Order
VI. Adjournment
Dated: January 22, 2020.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2020–01341 Filed 1–24–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Alaska
Advisory Committee
AGENCY
: U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION
: Announcement of meeting.
SUMMARY
: Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) that a meeting of the Alaska
Advisory Committee (Committee) to the
Commission will be held at 12:00 p.m.
Alaska Time (AKT) on Wednesday,
January 29, 2020. The purpose of the
meeting is for the Committee to discuss
next steps to address letter from USPS
that provides feedback on AK SAC
report on voting rights.
DATES
: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:00
p.m. AKT.
Public Call Information:
Dial: 800–367–2403.
Conference ID: 7504778.
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: Ana
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Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Discussion Regarding Next Steps to
Address USPS Letter Addressed to AK
SAC
a. Vote on Action
III. Public Comment
IV. Adjournment
Dated: January 22, 2020.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2020–01339 Filed 1–24–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Management and
Organizational Practices Survey—
Hospitals (MOPS–HP)
AGENCY
: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on a
proposed new collection called the
Management and Organizational
Practices Survey—Hospitals (MOPS–
HP) as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES
: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before March 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: Direct all written comments
to Thomas Smith, PRA Liaison, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Room 7K250A, Washington, DC 20233
(or via the internet at PRAcomments@
doc.gov). You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2019–0020, to the Federal
e-Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to http://
www.regulations.gov for public viewing
until after the comment period has
closed. Comments will generally be
posted without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Edward Watkins at
edward.e.watkins.iii@census.gov or
301–763–4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to
conduct the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey-
Hospitals (MOPS–HP) for survey year
2019 as a joint project with Harvard
Business School. The MOPS–HP will
utilize a subset of the Service Annual
Survey mail-out sample and will collect
data on management practices from
Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) at general
medical and surgical hospitals to assist
in identifying determinants of clinical
and financial performance.
Currently, no official statistics on
management practices in hospitals exist.
Past research shows these practices are
related to health care providers’ clinical
and financial outcomes. This suggests
that providing measures on management
practices may potentially help the U.S.
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health care system, which is challenged
by rising health care costs, increased
demand from an aging society, and
quality objectives. These data would
permit users, such as Harvard Business
School, to examine relationships
between management practices and
financial outcomes using Census Bureau
data (e.g., revenues) and relationships
with clinical outcomes using external
data sources. Additionally, these data
would provide hospital administrators
and managers information to evaluate
their practices in comparison to other
hospitals at an aggregate level.
The MOPS–HP content was proposed
by external researchers with past
experience in surveying hospitals on
management practices. Some questions
are adapted from the Management and
Organizational Practices Survey
(MOPS), conducted in the
manufacturing sector, allowing for inter-
sectoral comparisons. Content for the
MOPS–HP includes performance
monitoring, financial and clinical
targets, and incentives. The 39 questions
are grouped into the following sections:
Tenure, Management Practices,
Management Training, Management of
Team Interactions, Staffing and
Allocation of Human Resources,
Standardized Clinical Protocols,
Documentation of Patients’ Medical
Records, and Organizational
Characteristics.
II. Method of Collection
The MOPS–HP sample will consist of
approximately 4,500 hospital locations
for enterprises classified under General
Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS
6221) and sampled in the Service
Annual Survey (SAS). The survey will
be mailed separately from the 2019 SAS
and collected electronically through the
Census Bureau’s Centurion online
reporting system. Respondents will be
sent an initial letter with instructions
detailing how to log into the instrument
and report their information. These
letters will be addressed to the
location’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
Before mailing, the Census Bureau will
attempt to identify the CNO at each
location. In instances where the CNO is
not identifiable, the letter will be
addressed to the hospital’s
administrative office with attention to
the CNO. Collection is scheduled to
begin in September 2020 and end in
April 2021.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX.
Form Number(s): MP–2000.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: General medical and
surgical hospitals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,375.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131 and 182.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection 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
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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RIN 0691–XC094
BE–30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean
Freight Revenues and Foreign
Expenses of U.S. Carriers
AGENCY
: Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of reporting
requirements.
SUMMARY
: By this Notice, the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), Department
of Commerce, is informing the public
that it is conducting the mandatory
survey titled Quarterly Survey of Ocean
Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses
of U.S. Carriers (BE–30). The data
collected on the BE–30 survey are
needed to measure U.S. trade in
transport services and to analyze the
impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and
foreign economies. This survey is
authorized by the International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services
Surveys Branch (BE–50), Balance of
Payments Division, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233; phone (301)
278–9189; or via email at
Christopher.Stein@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Through
this Notice, BEA publishes the reporting
requirements for the BE–30 survey form.
As noted below, all entities required to
respond to this mandatory survey will
be contacted by BEA. Entities must
submit the completed survey forms
within 45 days after the end of each
calendar quarter. This Notice is being
issued in conformance with the rule
BEA issued on April 24, 2012 (77 FR
24373), establishing guidelines for
collecting data on international trade in
services and direct investment through
notices, rather than through rulemaking.
Additional information about BEA’s
collection of data on international trade
in services and direct investment can be
found in the 2012 rule, the International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and
15 CFR part 801. Survey data on
international trade in services and direct
investment that are not collected
pursuant to the 2012 rule are described
separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE–
30 survey form and instructions are
available at www.bea.gov/ssb.
Reporting
Notice of specific reporting
requirements, including who is to
report, the information to be reported,
the manner of reporting, and the time
and place of filing reports, will be
mailed to those required to complete
this survey.
Who Must Report: (a) Reports are
required from U.S. ocean carriers that
had total reportable revenues or total
reportable expenses that were $500,000
or more during the prior year, or are
expected to be $500,000 or more during
the current year.
(b) Entities required to report will be
contacted individually by BEA. Entities
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