NORS Burden Estimates

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Overview

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GS Pay Tables
A-1 sel info by St

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Sheet 1: Calculator

Average Burden Hours Per State		Notes
Closed Cases (FFY 2013)	123,666	See Tab "A-1 sel info by State"
Average Documentation Time (Minutes)	10	Based on average time required by early pilot states to document a case by computer
Documentation Time (Minutes)	1,236,660	Closed Cases X 10 Minutes
Documentation Time (Hours)	20,611	Minutes/60
AoA Report Documentation Time (Hours):	6,870.3	About two-thirds of the information entered for a typical case is for use at the state level and is not required for the AoA report
ORT Input Time (Hours)	832	A fair estimate for an average state is 2 days or 16 hours of staff time. Sixteen hours times 52 states totals 832
Total Hours	7,702.3	AoA Report Documentation Time (Hours) + ORT Input Time (Hours)
Average Burden Per State	148.1	Total Hours/52 (DC and Puerto are counted in addition to our 50 states)
Cost to Respondents		Notes
Average Burden Per State	148.1	Total Hours/52 (DC and Puerto are counted in addition to our 50 states)
Est. Average Local Salary Hourly Rate	$22.32	Based on a 2015 NORC salary survey
Est. Time per Local (Hours)	132.10
State Ombudsmen Hourly Rate	$33.65	Based on a 2015 NORC salary survey
Est. Time Per State (Hours)	16	A fair estimate for an average state is 2 days or 16 hours of staff time.	Benefits & Overhead	Total by state
State Ombudsman Respondent Cost	$538	State Ombudsman Hourly Rate x Est. Time Per State (Hours)	2	$1,076.80
Local Ombudsman Respondent Cost	$2,948.47	Average Burden Per State x Est. Average Local Salary	2	$5,896.94
	$3,486.87	Sum of Local Ombudsman Respondent Cost + State Ombudsman Respondent Cost	Total State	$6,973.74
Est. National Cost (Local)	$153,321	Local Ombudsman RespondentWage Cost x 52
	$153,321	Benefits & overhead	2	$306,641.09
Est. National Cost (State)	$27,996.80	State Ombudsman Wage Respondent Cost x 52	2	$55,993.60
	$27,996.80	Benefits & overhead
Total Annual Costs to All Respondents	$362,634.69	Sum of Local Ombudsman Respondent Cost and State Ombudsman Respondent Cost	Total All	$362,634.69
Annualized Cost to Federal Government
GS Grade/Step*	Quantity	Percent Time	Annual Costs	Notes
GS 15-4	1	2%	$2,777.42	Dropped to 2% from 5%
GS 13-8	1	5%	$5,600.70
GS 13-4	1	10%	$9,990.50	Increased from 5% to 10%
		Contract Cost	$172,500.00
*GS table used relates to DC-Baltimore-NOVA area		Annualized Cost to Federal Government	$190,868.62	Sum of Annualized Costs

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Sheet 2: GS Pay Tables

Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
1	22560	23314	24064	24810	25561	26000	26742	27490	27518	28213
2	25364	25968	26808	27518	27829	28648	29466	30285	31103	31922
3	27675	28598	29521	30444	31367	32290	33213	34136	35059	35982
4	31069	32105	33141	34177	35213	36249	37285	38321	39357	40393
5	34759	35918	37077	38236	39395	40554	41713	42872	44031	45190
6	38747	40039	41330	42622	43914	45206	46498	47790	49082	50374
7	43057	44492	45927	47361	48796	50231	51666	53100	54535	55970
8	47684	49274	50864	52454	54044	55634	57224	58814	60404	61994
9	52668	54423	56178	57934	59689	61444	63199	64955	66710	68465
10	58000	59932	61865	63798	65731	67664	69597	71530	73462	75395
11	63722	65847	67971	70095	72219	74343	76467	78592	80716	82840
12	76378	78924	81471	84017	86564	89110	91657	94203	96750	99296
13	90823	93851	96878	99905	102932	105960	108987	112014	115041	118069
14	107325	110902	114480	118057	121635	125213	128790	132368	135945	139523
15	126245	130453	134662	138871	143079	147288	151496	155705	158700 *	158700 *
URL:	http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/15Tables/html/DCB.aspx

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Sheet 3: A-1 sel info by St

State	Cases opened	Cases Closed/ Complain- ants	Complaints	Licensed Nursing Facilities		Licensed Board & Care & Similar Facilities1				All Facilities		Local Ombuds- man Entities	Paid Pro- gram Staff	Certified Volunteer Ombuds- men	Total Program Expen- ditures	Complain- ants per LTC Facility Bed	Complaints per LTC Facility Bed	Complaints per Com- plainant	Number of LTC Facility Beds per Paid Program Staff (FTEs)	Nursing Facilities Visited at least quarterly 2	Board & Care Facilities Visited at least quarterly 2	LTC Facilities Visited at least quarterly 2	Nursing Facilities Visited at least quarterly 2,3	Board & Care Facilities Visited at least quarterly 2,3
	Number	Number	Number	Number	Beds	Number		Beds		Number	Beds	Programs	( FTE's)	Number	($000's)	Number	Number	Number	(Beds)	Total	Total	Total	Percentage	Percentage	Table of Contents
Total 2013	124,958	123,666	190,592	16,516	1,716,787	53,376		1,272,804		69,892	2,989,591	575	1,233	8,290	$92,502	0.04	0.06	1.54	2,424	11,589	15,710	27,299	70.2%	29.4%
2012	127,896	126,398	193,650	16,528	1,723,433	52,928		1,248,785		69,456	2,972,218	573	1,180	8,712	$90,777	0.04	0.07	1.53	2,518	11,173	13,470	24,643	67.6%	25.4%
2011	134,830	132,387	204,144	16,602	1,733,444	52,550		1,233,786		69,152	2,967,230	575	1,187	9,065	87,577	0.04	0.07	1.54	2,501	11,069	14,482	25,551	66.7%	27.6%
2010	143,062	139,296	211,937	16,639	1,736,645	52,681		1,212,015		69,320	2,948,660	578	1,166	8,813	87,840	0.05	0.07	1.52	2,529	12,231	20,262	32,493	73.5%	38.5%
2009	161,222	157,617	233,025	16,653	1,737,301	52,371		1,163,008		69,024	2,900,309	573	1,203	8,661	84,946	0.05	0.08	1.48	2,411	12,949	23,593	36,542	77.8%	45.0%
2008	184,591	182,506	271,650	16,749	1,740,115	50,116		1,130,863		66,865	2,870,978	572	1,293	8,771	86,867	0.06	0.09	1.49	2,220	13,357	22,957	36,314	79.7%	45.8%
AK	655	713	1,316	17	776	636		3,632		653	4,408	0	5.0	17	$729	0.16	0.30	1.85	882	1	0	1	6%	0%
AL	554	532	1,016	231	27,119	350		10,140		581	37,259	13	20.8	1	$1,568	0.01	0.03	1.91	1,791	231	299	530	100%	85%
AR	1,066	1,066	1,126	238	25,531	139		7,427		377	32,958	8	15.0	338	$942	0.03	0.03	1.06	2,197	238	139	377	100%	100%
AZ	2,260	2,260	3,714	146	16,370	2,086		32,540		2,232	48,910	8	23.0	74	$1,520	0.05	0.08	1.64	2,123	144	268	412	99%	13%
CA	30,592	30,964	39,661	1,271	121,188	7,571		174,814		8,842	296,002	35	112.2	856	$9,642	0.10	0.13	1.28	2,637	853	2,220	3,073	67%	29%
CO	1,961	1,961	3,678	203	20,158	569		17,718		772	37,876	16	31.5	26	$2,234	0.05	0.10	1.88	1,201	203	569	772	100%	100%
CT	1,264	1,317	2,353	234	27,126	189		9,242		423	36,368	9	9.0	31	$1,902	0.04	0.06	1.79	4,041	234	89	323	100%	47%
DC	555	522	1,198	19	2,766	136		1,744		155	4,510	0	9.0	37	$557	0.12	0.27	2.30	501	19	70	89	100%	51%
DE	439	528	630	50	5,135	104		2,228		154	7,363	0	6.0	32	$531	0.07	0.09	1.19	1,227	50	94	144	100%	90%
FL	2,752	2,926	6,480	682	83,342	3,397		86,751		4,079	170,093	17	24.0	366	$2,959	0.02	0.04	2.21	7,087	168	371	539	25%	11%
GA	2,618	2,459	4,271	372	40,866	2,590		33,693		2,962	74,559	13	47.3	7	$2,410	0.03	0.06	1.74	1,575	327	1,501	1,828	88%	58%
HI	62	53	99	50	4,300	1,638		7,774		1,688	12,074	0	2.0	40	$167	0.00	0.01	1.87	6,037	49	20	69	98%	1%
IA	731	711	1,174	447	31,482	408		22,641		855	54,123	8	12.0	6	$1,027	0.013	0.022	1.65	4,510	24	2	26	5%	0%
ID	984	992	1,746	78	5,960	287		9,335		365	15,295	6	17.5	54	$673	0.06	0.11	1.76	877	78	287	365	100%	100%
IL	4,629	4,478	7,085	1,068	105,348	510		31,420		1,578	136,768	16	68.3	149	$4,455	0.03	0.05	1.58	2,002	679	371	1,050	64%	73%
IN	1,025	986	1,345	517	51,596	270		18,404		787	70,000	17	20.1	24	$897	0.01	0.02	1.36	3,476	407	90	497	79%	33%
KS	1,763	1,684	2,099	350	22,170	442		13,216		792	35,386	9	9.5	119	$715	0.05	0.06	1.25	3,725	299	15	314	85%	3%
KY	4,184	3,991	5,947	310	27,687	214		6,313		524	34,000	15	36.3	109	$1,528	0.12	0.17	1.49	938	297	206	503	96%	96%
LA	769	731	998	283	34,905	99		5,188		382	40,093	7	16.5	5	$1,067	0.02	0.02	1.37	2,430	283	99	382	100%	100%
MA	4,360	4,376	6,036	431	48,503	80		2,475		511	50,978	24	38.3	308	$2,844	0.09	0.12	1.38	1,332	431	80	511	100%	100%
MD	1,555	1,578	2,873	233	27,843	1,389		20,427		1,622	48,270	19	36.2	94	$2,514	0.03	0.06	1.82	1,333	233	304	537	100%	22%
ME	753	649	1,211	106	6,977	251		7,126		357	14,103	0	8.2	62	$729	0.05	0.09	1.87	1,714	106	251	357	100%	100%
MI	1,930	1,732	3,566	447	46,870	4,637		49,063		5,084	95,933	14	20.8	58	$2,013	0.02	0.04	2.06	4,603	202	3	205	45%	0%
MN	1,262	1,320	2,693	375	29,871	2,275		101,225		2,650	131,096	16	21.0	49	$2,058	0.01	0.02	2.04	6,243	212	255	467	57%	11%
MO	4,820	4,740	5,545	529	56,073	622		22,254		1,151	78,327	8	17.8	231	$1,054	0.06	0.07	1.17	4,413	485	208	693	92%	33%
MS	1,599	1,402	2,118	211	20,104	190		5,680		401	25,784	10	18.5	5	$1,046	0.05	0.08	1.51	1,394	211	190	401	100%	100%
MT	536	534	1,062	128	7,556	198		5,418		326	12,974	9	16.3	1	$948	0.04	0.08	1.99	796	128	198	326	100%	100%
NC	1,670	1,630	3,058	444	50,335	1,261		41,010		1,705	91,345	16	37.6	1,050	$3,816	0.02	0.03	1.88	2,431	353	903	1,256	80%	72%
ND	634	626	835	118	6,715	141		4,482		259	11,197	6	4.6	50	$264	0.06	0.07	1.33	2,461	118	139	257	100%	99%
NE	530	546	827	226	16,651	287		11,676		513	28,327	6	4.0	54	$230	0.02	0.03	1.51	7,082	129	61	190	57%	21%
NH	323	194	431	82	7,522	154		5,258		236	12,780	0	6.0	23	$477	0.02	0.03	2.22	2,130	14	4	18	17%	3%
NJ	2,265	2,343	5,093	385	51,877	520		25,290		905	77,167	0	26.0	217	$2,755	0.03	0.07	2.17	2,968	267	0	267	69%	0%
NM	2,764	2,715	4,491	73	6,764	220		4,749		293	11,513	5	8.5	85	$700	0.24	0.39	1.65	1,354	73	172	245	100%	78%
NV	748	760	1,586	51	5,837	491		7,741		542	13,578	0	13.3	7	$1,180	0.06	0.12	2.09	1,025	51	360	411	100%	73%
NY	1,569	1,606	2,658	635	115,708	912		44,639		1,547	160,347	34	40.7	920	$2,614	0.01	0.02	1.66	3,938	500	408	908	79%	45%
OH	5,318	5,264	9,004	973	94,915	1,326		51,489		2,299	146,404	12	92.8	319	$7,848	0.04	0.06	1.71	1,577	612	536	1,148	63%	40%
OK	1,371	1,292	2,062	398	33,078	201		10,301		599	43,379	11	27.6	141	$1,942	0.03	0.05	1.60	1,572	128	56	184	32%	28%
OR	2,190	1,974	2,865	139	12,185	2,188		32,262		2,327	44,447	21	9.0	167	$1,154	0.04	0.06	1.45	4,939	72	307	379	52%	14%
PA	998	1,037	2,150	712	88,642	1,818		66,827		2,530	155,469	56	74.1	550	$4,908	0.01	0.01	2.07	2,099	684	1670	2,354	96%	92%
PR	1,447	1,389	3,722	12	716	765		15,970		777	16,686	2	11.0	0	$413	0.08	0.22	2.68	1,517	4	119	123	33%	16%
RI	670	677	862	90	9,152	60		4,228		150	13,380	0	9.4	14	$691	0.05	0.06	1.27	1,431	61	31	92	68%	52%
SC	3,814	3,628	7,908	274	22,848	1,297		19,801		1,571	42,649	10	22.2	26	$1,539	0.09	0.19	2.18	1,919	206	317	523	75%	24%
SD	321	268	351	110	6,933	172		4,229		282	11,162	9	6.0	0	$332	0.02	0.03	1.31	1,860	54	35	89	49%	20%
TN	1,457	1,431	1,780	327	37,349	353		17,776		680	55,125	9	13.0	324	$901	0.03	0.03	1.24	4,240	132	79	211	40%	22%
TX	13,003	12,623	15,460	1,192	135,339	1,794		58,154		2,986	193,493	28	62.0	675	$3,968	0.07	0.08	1.22	3,121	981	184	1,165	82%	10%
UT	907	911	1,290	115	8,605	183		5,932		298	14,537	12	10.9	11	$571	0.06	0.09	1.42	1,331	23	52	75	20%	28%
VA	1,625	1,614	2,370	279	32,072	543		32,448		822	64,520	21	26.7	88	$1,928	0.03	0.04	1.47	2,421	84	61	145	30%	11%
VT	385	422	583	39	3,212	124		3,175		163	6,387	1	5.8	11	$494	0.07	0.09	1.38	1,101	39	124	163	100%	100%
WA	2,991	3,149	4,835	252	23,704	3,286		45,334		3,538	69,038	13	17.6	347	$1,796	0.05	0.07	1.54	3,932	184	1827	2,011	73%	56%
WI	1,015	1,147	3,158	398	35,119	3,396		46,333		3,794	81,452	1	26.0	109	$2,133	0.01	0.04	2.75	3,133	64	0	64	16%	0%
WV	538	521	823	128	10,937	568		4,035		696	14,972	1	11.7	3	$855	0.03	0.05	1.58	1,285	126	27	153	98%	5%
WY	727	694	1,350	38	2,950	39		1,777		77	4,727	4	5.0	0	$265	0.15	0.29	1.95	945	38	39	77	100%	100%
	1 Includes only those covered by the LTCOP															2 Numbers are for facilities (unduplicated) visited on a regular basis; not in response to a complaint."Regular basis" is defined as at least quarterly.
																Numbers are for local projects except for those states in which the state office does more visiting.
																3 Percentages are based on the local numbers reported (see footnote 2) and may slightly underrepresent the actual number of facilities visited for some states.