Notice2025-23094
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
December 17, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Abstract
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 reinstatement without change of the previously approved information collection project "Online Submission Form for Supplemental Evidence and Data for Systematic Reviews for the Evidence-based Practice Center Program." (OMB No. 0935-0231). This information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2025, and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ did not receive any comments. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58562-58564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23094]
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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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 reinstatement without change of
the previously approved information collection project ``Online
Submission Form for Supplemental Evidence and Data for Systematic
Reviews for the Evidence-based Practice Center Program.'' (OMB No.
0935-0231). This information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register on September 19, 2025, and allowed 60 days for public
comment. AHRQ did not receive any comments. The purpose of this notice
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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: Margie Shofer, AHRQ Reports Clearance
Officer, 301-427-1696 or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86d4c3d6c9d4d2d5c5cac3c7d4c7c8c5c3c9c0c0cfc5c3d4c6e7eef4f7a8eeeef5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="015344514e535552424d444053404f42444e47474842445341606973702f6969722f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Online Submission Form for Supplemental Evidence and Data for
Systematic Reviews for the Evidence-Based Practice
AHRQ's EPC Program develops evidence reports on topics relevant to
clinical and other health care organization and delivery issues--
specifically those that are common, expensive, and/or significant for
the Medicare and Medicaid populations. For example, recent reviews have
focused on clinical conditions, such as ``Cervical Degenerative Disease
Treatment: A Systematic Review''; health delivery topics such as
``Postpartum Care up to 1 Year After Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis''; and specific technologies such as ``Blood-Based Tests
for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review.'' These evidence
reports include systematic reviews, technical briefs, and rapid
reviews, and provide an essential foundation from which to understand
what we know from existing research and what critical research gaps
remain. These reports and reviews are based on rigorous, comprehensive
syntheses and analyses of the scientific literature on topics. EPC
reports and assessments emphasize explicit and detailed documentation
of methods, rationale, and assumptions. EPC reports are conducted in
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accordance with an established policy on financial and nonfinancial
interests. These scientific syntheses may include meta-analyses.
The EPC Program supports AHRQ's mission by synthesizing and
disseminating the available research as a ``science partner'' with
private and public organizations in their efforts to improve the
quality, effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care. The EPC
Program is a trusted source of rigorous, comprehensive, and unbiased
evidence reviews for stakeholders. The resulting evidence reports are
used by Federal and State agencies, private-sector professional
societies, health delivery systems, providers, payers, and others
committed to evidence-based health care. These end-users may use EPC
Program evidence reports to inform policy decisions, clinical practice
guidelines, and other healthcare decisions.
AHRQ requests that OMB approve the renewal, without change, of the
``Online Submission Form for Supplemental Evidence and Data for
Systematic Reviews for the Evidence-based Practice'' (OMB No. 0935-
0231, last approved on November 22, 2022).
This activity, Online Submission Form for Supplemental Evidence and
Data for Systematic Reviews for the Evidence-based Practice Center
Program, seeks to answer the following research question:
1. Are there research studies or other information that can promote
the comprehensiveness of AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program
evidence reviews?
This research has the following goals:
1. Use research methods to gather knowledge on the effectiveness
and harms of certain treatments and healthcare delivery processes and
models for medical conditions, both published and unpublished, to
evaluate the quality of research studies and the evidence from these
studies.
2. Promote the use of evidence in healthcare decision making to
improve healthcare and health.
3. Identify research gaps to inform future research investments.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Portland VA Research Foundation, with website assistance from another
contractor, Riva Solutions, 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
quality, effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and value of
healthcare services and with respect to quality measurement and
improvement [42 U.S.C 299a(a)(1) and (2)].
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collection
will be implemented:
<bullet> Online Submission Form. This information is collected for
the purposes of providing supplemental evidence and data for systematic
reviews (SEADS). The online submission form (OSF) collects data from
respondents on their name, organization name, description of the
submission, medical condition, intervention, and email address. For the
purposes of meta-analyses, trial summary data from missing and
unidentified studies are sought. For the purposes of constructing
evidence tables and quality ratings (e.g., on public reporting of cost
measures or health information exchange), data can vary (e.g., URLs,
study designs, and consumer-mediated exchange forms). Information on
both completed and ongoing studies are requested. Submitters may
alternatively email their submission to the AHRQ EPC mailbox at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4c1d4c7e4c5ccd6d58accccd78ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b7a2b192b3baa0a3fcbabaa1fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>.
The EPC Program currently uses broad-based email announcement to
stakeholders and through AHRQ listservs, and in some cases an
additional Federal Register notice to allow the public to know about
each topic, and the opportunity to submit scientific information. AHRQ
plans to conduct one SEADS collection per topic. Up to twenty-four
topics per year with SEADS portals are anticipated; over the past 3
years the number of SEADS portals has ranged from 10-19; with an
average range of 0-11 potential respondents per topic. The EPC Program
does not anticipate more than 40 topics per year with SEADS portals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 presents estimates of the reporting burden hours for the
data collection efforts. Time estimates are based on pilot testing of
materials and what can reasonably be requested of respondents. The
number of respondents listed in ``Number of respondents'' of Exhibit 1
reflects a projected upper range response rate per SEADS portal
multiplied by the anticipated upper limit of number of SEADS portals
per year, based on historical information over the past 3 years. The
total burden is estimated to be 50 hours.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Online Submission Form (OSF)................... 200 1 15/60 50
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Total...................................... 200 1 15/60 50
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Exhibit 2 shows the annualized cost burden to submit the Online
Submission Form. The cost burden is estimated to be $7,449.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Adjusted
Form name Total burden Average hourly hourly wage Total cost
hours wage rate * rate ** burden
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OSF............................................. 50 $74.49 $148.98 $7,449
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Total....................................... 50 N/A N/A 7,449
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* Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2024 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United
States, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Based on the mean wages for Public Relations and
Fundraising Managers, 11-2030, the occupational group most likely tasked with completing the OSF. <a href="http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000">http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000</a>.
** The Adjusted Hourly Rate was estimated at 200% of the hourly wage.
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: December 8, 2025.
Jeffrey Toven,
Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-23094 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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