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include any ‘‘trade secret or any
commercial or financial information
which . . . is privileged or
confidential’’—as provided by Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—
including in particular competitively
sensitive information such as costs,
sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Information collection notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the revision of
the currently approved information
collection project ‘‘Online Application
Order Form for Products from the
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
(HCUP),’’ OMB # 0935–0206.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at
REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@
ahrq.hhs.gov.
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SUMMARY:

Proposed Project
Online Application Order Form for
Products From the Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project (HCUP)
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project is a vital resource helping AHRQ

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achieve its research agenda, thereby
furthering its goal of improving the
delivery of health care in the United
States. HCUP is a family of health care
databases developed through a FederalState-Industry partnership and
sponsored by AHRQ. HCUP includes
the largest collection of longitudinal
hospital care data in the United States,
with all-payer, encounter-level
information beginning in 1988. The
HCUP databases are annual files that
contain anonymous information from
hospital discharge records for inpatient
care and certain components of
outpatient care, such as emergency care
and ambulatory surgeries.
The project currently creates eight
types of restricted access public release
databases and related files that are
released to authorized users under the
terms of the HCUP Data Use Agreement
(DUA). These HCUP databases and files
are used by researchers for a broad range
of health issues, including cost and
quality of health services, medical
practice patterns, access to health care
programs, and outcomes of treatments at
the national, State, and local market
levels.
This project has the following goal:
• Allow restricted access public
release and tracking of the eight HCUP
databases.
To achieve this goal the following
data collections and activities are
required:
1. HCUP DUA Training Course—All
purchasers and users of HCUP data
must complete this training prior to
signing the DUA. This Web-based
training course outlines important terms
of the DUA. The purpose of the course
is to emphasize the importance of data
protection, reduce the risk of
inadvertent violations, and describe an
individual’s responsibility when using
HCUP data. After completing the
training course, an HCUP DUA Training
Course certification code is received.
This code is required to purchase or
gain access to HCUP data.
2. HCUP DUA for the Nationwide
Databases—The HCUP Nationwide
databases include the National
(Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS),
Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID),
Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery
Sample (NASS), Nationwide Emergency
Department Sample (NEDS), and
Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD). Any person seeking permission
from AHRQ to access HCUP Nationwide
Databases must sign and submit this
Agreement to AHRQ.
3. HCUP DUA for the State
Databases—The HCUP State databases
include the State Inpatient Databases
(SID), State Ambulatory Surgery and

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Services Databases (SASD), and State
Emergency Department Databases
(SEDD). Any person seeking permission
from AHRQ to access HCUP State
Databases must sign and submit this
Agreement to AHRQ.
4. Online Application Form—The
application form collects relevant
applicant information, shipping and
billing address, and the payment
method.
This project is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractors, National
Opinion Research Center and
TurningPoint-DS Federal J.V., L.L.C.,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
health care and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to the outcomes,
cost, cost-effectiveness, and use of
health care services and access to such
services. 42 U.S.C 299a(a)(3).
Proposed Revisions:
Revisions include a redesigned HCUP
application form and reducing the
number of DUAs to one state and one
nationwide version. The current
expiration date for 0935–0206 is 5/31/
2025 and AHRQ is requesting a new
expiration date, 3 years from approval of
this information collection request.
Method of Collection
Information collected in the HCUP
Online Application Form process will
be used for two purposes only:
1. Business Transaction: In order to
deliver the HCUP databases to the
applicants, contact information is
necessary for shipping the data on disk
(or any other media used in the future)
and payment collection.
2. Enforcement of the HCUP Data Use
Agreement (DUA): The HCUP DUA
contains several restrictions on use of
the data. Most of these restrictions have
been put in place to safeguard the
privacy of individuals and
establishments represented in the data.
For example, data users can only use the
data for research, analysis, and aggregate
statistical reporting and are prohibited
from attempting to identify any persons
in the data. Contact information on
HCUP DUAs is retained in the event
that a violation of the HCUP DUA takes
place requiring legal remedy.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden associated with the
applicants’ time to order any of the
HCUP databases. An estimated 1,800
persons will order HCUP data annually.
To complete the ordering process, each
of these persons will complete the
HCUP DUA Training Course, review
and sign both DUAs, and complete the

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HCUP Data Purchase Ordering Form.
The total burden to complete these four

steps to purchase HCUP data is
estimated to be 1,050 hours annually.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with

the applicants’ time to purchase HCUP
data. The total cost burden is estimated
to be $78,252 annually.

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Form name
1.
2.
3.
4.

HCUP
HCUP
HCUP
HCUP

DUA
DUA
DUA
Data

Number of
responses per
respondent

Hours per
response

Total burden
hours

Training Course ...................................................................
for the Nationwide Databases .............................................
for the State Databases ......................................................
Purchase Ordering Form .....................................................

1,800
1,800
1,800
1,800

1
1
1
1

15/60
5/60
5/60
10/60

450
150
150
300

Total ......................................................................................................

7,200

NA

NA

1,050

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Total burden
hours
1.
2.
3.
4.

HCUP
HCUP
HCUP
HCUP

DUA
DUA
DUA
Data

Average
hourly wage
rate *

Total cost
burden

Training Course ...................................................................................................
for the Nationwide Databases .............................................................................
for the State Databases ......................................................................................
Purchase Ordering Form .....................................................................................

450
150
150
300

$48.81
48.81
48.81
48.81

$21,965
7,322
7,322
41,643

Total ......................................................................................................................................

1,050

NA

78,252

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* Based upon the mean of the average wages for Life Scientists, All Other (19–1099), National Compensation Survey: Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United States, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191099.htm.

Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
comments on AHRQ’s information
collection are requested with regard to
any of the following: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ’s health care research and health
care information dissemination
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of
burden (including hours and costs) of
the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: April 24, 2025.
Jeffrey P. Toven,
Executive Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment
Request; National Cancer Institute
(NCI) Generic Clearance for
Application Information From Fellows,
Interns, and Trainees
AGENCY:

National Institutes of Health,

HHS.
ACTION:

Notice.

In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 to provide an
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
National Cancer Institute (NCI) will
publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
DATES: Comments regarding this
information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 60 days of the date of this
publication.
SUMMARY:

To
obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, submit
comments in writing, or request more
information on the proposed project,
contact Melissa Park, PRA Liaison,

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Office of Management Policy and
Compliance, National Cancer Institute,
9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
2E196, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 or
call non-toll-free number (240) 276–
5717 or email your request, including
your address to: melissa.park@nih.gov.
Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in
writing.
Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
to address one or more of the following
points: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
function of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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