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OMB Control No: 0920-0278	ICR Reference No: 202201-0920-017
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202004-0920-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CDC	Agency Tracking No: 0920-22BT
Title: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/11/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/26/2022
Terms of Clearance: Approved consistent with commitment to routinely brief OMB about progress merging with National Hospital Care Survey. COVID-19 related data elements may be added through non-sub changes. Please report to OMB on CDC/NCHS' consideration of the comments from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2023	09/30/2023	09/30/2023
Responses	56,507	0	56,507
Time Burden (Hours)	1,500	0	1,500
Cost Burden (Dollars)	70,597	0	70,597

Abstract: The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) data are widely used by all agencies of the Public Health Service and other government, academic, and private research organizations in tracking changes in hospital-based ambulatory health care. These data complement those from NAMCS (OMB No. 0920-0234, Exp. Date 03/31/2019) to provide a complete description of ambulatory health care utilization in the United States. Questions regarding epidemic-related changes in care have been added. This submission requests OMB approval for the revision of the 2022 NHAMCS Hospital and Ambulatory Unit Induction Interview Questionnaires to include 18 new questions and the removal of eight questions to improve the quality of data collected on hospital emergency service areas; to improve the recruitment process of sampled hospitals; to confirm the status of medical records obtained from a merged or separated hospital respondent; to assess the impact of telehealth utilization in the ED during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to evaluate hospitals’ COVID-19 vaccination efforts for the 2022 data collection, and subsequent data years if such data are still deemed relevant to be collected.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 306 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 4990	01/28/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 21440	04/17/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	56,507	56,507
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,500	1,500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	70,597	70,597

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,457,440

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Odion Clunis 770 488-0045 lta2@cdc.gov

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