[Federal Register: September 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 183)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-03-116]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090.
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 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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: 2003 Connecticut Partners Project: Health Plan
Member Survey on Smoking Cessation--New--National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Tobacco use is a leading cause of death and disability in the
United States. It is also a considerable expense for managed care
organizations in the form of tobacco related disease. In Connecticut,
the smoking prevalence is
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22.8% and tobacco use results in $1,273,000,000 in excess health care
expenditures or $389 per capita.
The Connecticut Partners Project will be developed by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Association of
Health Plans (AAHP), and four health plans in Connecticut. The four
health plans are Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, ConnectiCare, Health
Net of the Northeast, Inc., and the Oxford Health Plan.
The objectives of the Project are as follows:
[sbull] Determine the feasibility of providing tobacco cessation
counseling through case management programs within managed care.
[sbull] Assess the feasibility and costs of delivering cessation
counseling in a local setting that allows evaluation.
[sbull] Determine whether counselor training through a standardized
web based initiative impacts the quality of counseling.
[sbull] Evaluate the delivery and impact of the interventions as
well as their cost.
The Project will provide an opportunity to assess the value and
cost of providing tobacco cessation counseling through health plan case
management strategies. At present there are only a handful of health
plans that provide comprehensive tobacco control interventions. The
proposed project will determine if there is a value to a smaller
targeted approach with high-risk individuals. This could improve the
reach of tobacco control efforts within managed care for a smaller, but
important target population.
A major component of this project will be a survey of health plan
members. The goal of the member survey will be to evaluate the success
and relative effectiveness of the smoking cessation interventions
implemented within each of the health plan's disease management
programs. The survey will contain approximately 35 questions and will
include questions that assess patients' smoking status, readiness to
quit, knowledge of adverse health effects of smoking, and use of
smoking cessation resources. The survey will be sent to members
identified as smokers in the commercial population within the health
plans' disease management programs. The survey will be conducted on
approximately 300 participants per health plan, for a total of 1,200
participants.
An independent evaluation vendor will be hired to field the survey.
To achieve the highest possible response rate, the survey will be
implemented in a mixed mode design, using both a self-administered mail
survey followed by a telephone interview of non-respondents. Aggregated
data will be reported to CDC and the health plans participating in the
study. In addition, the reported results will be blinded as to the
plans, but each plan will have access to its own data. There is no cost
to respondents.
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) (in hours)
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Anthem.......................................... 300 1 20/60 100
ConnectiCare.................................... 300 1 20/60 100
Health Net...................................... 300 1 20/60 100
Oxford.......................................... 300 1 20/60 100
Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 400
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Dated: September 15, 2003.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-24076 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm]
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