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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 21, 2021 / Notices
Systems CAHPS Survey for Meritbased Incentive Payment Systems MIPS; Use: CMS is submitting updates to one information collection request associated with the CAHPS for MIPS
survey. The CAHPS for MIPS survey is used in the Quality Payment Program QPP to collect data on fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries experiences of care with eligible clinicians participating in MIPS and is designed to gather only the necessary data that CMS
needs for assessing physician quality performance, and related public reporting on physician performance, and should complement other data collection efforts. The survey consists of the core Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ CAHPS Clinician &
Group Survey, version 3.0, plus additional survey questions to meet CMSs information and program needs.
The survey information is used for quality reporting, the Care Compare website, and annual statistical experience reports describing MIPS data for all MIPS eligible clinicians.
This 2021 information collection request addresses changes to the CAHPS
for MIPS Survey associated with the CY
2021 Physician Fee Schedule PFS final rule. In order to address the increased use of telehealth care due to the Public Health Emergency PHE for COVID19, an additional question is added to the CAHPS for MIPS survey to integrate one telehealth item to assess the patientreported usage of telehealth services. In addition, the cover page of the CAHPS
for MIPS Survey is revised to include a reference to care in telehealth settings.
The CAHPS for MIPS survey results in burden to three different types of entities: Groups and virtual groups, vendors, and beneficiaries associated with administering the survey. Virtual groups are subject to the same requirements as groups; therefore, we will refer only to groups as an inclusive term for both unless otherwise noted.
The estimated time to administer the 2021 CAHPS for MIPS survey has increased from 12.9 minutes to 13.1
minutes; however, there was an overall decrease in burden as the number of respondents decreased. Form Number:
CMS10450 OMB control number:
09381222; Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions and Individuals and Households;
Number of Respondents: 30,249; Total
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Annual Responses: 30,249; Total Annual Hours: 6,902 For policy questions regarding this collection contact Alesia Hovatter at 410786
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Dated: July 16, 2021.
William N. Parham, III, Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Survey of Early Care and Education COVID19 Follow-Up OMB 09700391
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:

The Administration for Children and Families ACF, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services HHS, plans to request from the Office of Management and Budget OMB an extension to complete data collection for a two-wave COVID19
Follow-up data collection currently underway as part of the National Survey of Early Care and Education NSECE.
The objective of the NSECE COVID19
Follow-up is to document the nations current supply of early care and education services that is, home-based providers, center-based providers, and the center-based provider workforce.
There are no changes proposed.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, SUMMARY:

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and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: In the context of the COVID19 pandemic, the NSECE
COVID19 Follow-up will deepen our understanding of the state of ECE
supply and the ECE workforce following the initial period of crisis, including changes in supply or departures from and re-entries to the workforce. The NSECE COVID19 Follow-up will collect information from center-based ECE providers to children birth through age 5 years, not yet in kindergarten, home-based ECE providers that serve children under age 13, as well as the ECE workforce providing these services.
The collection consists of three coordinated nationally representative surveys:
1. A two-wave survey of individuals who provided paid care for children under the age of 13 in a residential setting as of 2019 and participated in the 2019 NSECE Home-based Provider Interview, 2. a two-wave survey of providers of care to children ages 0 through 5 years of age not yet in kindergarten in a nonresidential setting Center-based Provider Interview as of 2019 and that participated in the 2019 NSECE, and 3. a two-wave survey conducted with individuals employed in center-based child care programs working directly with children in classrooms Centerbased Classroom Staff Workforce Interview as of 2019 and who participated in the 2019 NSECE.
Respondents: Home-based providers as of 2019 serving children under 13
years listed and unlisted paid regardless of their status serving children in 20202022, center-based child care providers as of 2019 serving children ages 0 through 5 years of age not yet in kindergartenregardless of their status serving children in 2020
2022, and classroom-assigned instructional staff members working with children ages 0 through 5 years of age not yet in kindergarten in centerbased child care providers as of 2019, regardless of their employment status in 20202022.
Annual Burden Estimates: This request is for an extension through spring 2022.

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