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OMB Control No: 0938-1397	ICR Reference No: 202405-0938-010
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202009-0938-002
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No: CCSQ
Title: Generic Clearance for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality IT Product and Support Teams (CMS-10706)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/25/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/09/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2024
Responses	54,750	0	11,476
Time Burden (Hours)	17,850	0	4,957
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,819,183	0	425,509

Abstract: The CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) is responsible for administering appropriate information systems so that the public can submit healthcare-related information. CMS is continually implementing and updating information systems as legislation and requirements change. To support this initiative, CIPST teams must have the capacity for engagement with users in an ongoing variety of research, discovery, and validation activities to create and refine systems that do not place an undue burden on users and instead are efficient, usable, and desirable. The primary CIPST users are not beneficiaries, but rather representatives of healthcare facilities who are responsible for disseminating aggregate healthcare data to CMS. The information collected from voluntary participants by CIPST product team members will help CMS CCSQ inform the design, selection, testing, modification, and expansion of innovative healthcare quality information systems. Because CMS employees, contractors, and partners are responsible for creating and improving human-centered products, services, and policies, by definition, they must engage with and gather regular feedback from the public for whom these products, services, and systems serve. The generic clearance will allow a rapid response to inform CMS initiatives using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative consumer research strategies (including formative research studies and methodological tests) to improve information systems that serve CMS audiences. CMS implements human-centered methods and activities for the improvement of policies, services, and products. As information systems and technologies are developed or improved upon, they can be tested and evaluated for end-user feedback regarding utility, usability, and desirability. The overall goal is to apply a human-centered engagement model to maximize the extent to which CMS CIPST product teams can gather ongoing feedback from consumers. Feedback helps engineers and designers arrive at better solutions, therefore minimizing the burden on consumers and meeting their needs and goals.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	54,750	11,476	43,274
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	17,850	4,957	12,893
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,819,183	425,509	1,393,674

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is an information collection renewal for CMS-10706. Changes reflect updated compensation information for public burden costs and federal employee salaries and expected contractor costs. Increases to proposed survey activities reflect a desire for researchers to gather regular feedback from end users about product and service solutions. Changes to other research activities reflect expected increased responses. CMS is requesting 17,850 burden hours in this extension to its current generic clearance.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $11,805,345

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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. No

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. No

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)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Denise King 410 786-1013 Denise.King@cms.hhs.gov