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the organization, the duration of each
type and category of accreditation and a
statement identifying the types and
categories that would serve as a basis for
accreditation if CMS approves the
accreditation organization.
• A list of all currently accredited MA
organizations and the type, category,
and expiration date of the accreditation
held by each of them.
• A list of all full and partial
accreditation surveys scheduled to be
performed by the accreditation
organization.
• The name and address of each
person with an ownership or control
interest in the accreditation
organization.
• CMS’s analysis of NCQA’s past
performance in the deeming program
and the results of recent deeming
validation reviews, or look-behind
audits conducted as part of continuing
federal oversight of the deeming
program under § 422.157(d).
In accordance with section
1865(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the March 25,
2014 proposed notice (79 FR 16338) also
solicited public comments regarding
whether NCQA’s requirements met or
exceeded the Medicare conditions of
participation as an accrediting
organization for MA HMOs and PPOs.
We received no public comments in
response to our proposed notice.
IV. Provisions of the Final Notice
A. Differences Between NCQA’s
Standards and Requirements for
Accreditation and Medicare’s
Conditions and Survey Requirements
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We compared the standards and
survey process contained in NCQA’s
application with the Medicare
conditions for accreditation. Our review
and evaluation of NCQA’s application
for continued CMS-approval were
conducted as described in section III of
this final notice, and yielded the
following:
• To meet the requirements at
§ 422.158(a)(1), NCQA provided CMS
with documentation listing its types of
MA plans that it would review as part
of its accreditation process. In addition,
AO provided clarification and
documentation to demonstrate how it
distinguishes its CMS-recognized
deemed status accreditation program
from its other accreditation programs
that are not recognized by CMS.
• AO revised its ‘‘Grounds of
Revocation’’ policy to meet the
requirements at § 422.158(a)(3)(iii)(C) by
revising its requirements to include
non-compliance with ‘‘State, Federal, or
other duly authorized regulatory or
judicial action restricts or limits the
organization’s operations.’’
• To comply with the requirements at
§ 422.158(a)(6), AO revised its processes
for responding to and investigating
complaints against accredited
organizations by requiring the reporting
of any serious problems identified with
an MA plan to the designated CMS MA
deeming representative.
B. Term of Approval
Based on the review and observations
described in section III of this final
notice, we have determined that
NCQA’s accreditation program
requirements continue to meet or
exceed our requirements. Therefore, we
renew NCQA as a national accreditation
organization with deeming authority for
MA HMOs and PPOs, effective October
19, 2014 through October 18, 2020.
V. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose any
new or revised information collection or
recordkeeping requirements.
Consequently, it need not be reviewed
by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Dated: August 15, 2014.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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Instrument
Implementation Survey Interview Topic Guide: State-level
Respondents ....................................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Personal Responsibility
Education Program (PREP) MultiComponent Evaluation—Data Collection
Related to the Design and
Implementation Study.
OMB No.: 0970–0398.
Description: The Office of Data
Analysis, Research, and Evaluation
(HHS/ACF/ACYF/ODARE) in the
Administration for Children, Youth and
Families (ACYF) and the Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(HHS/ACF/OPRE) in the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF)
propose a data collection activity as part
of the Personal Responsibility Education
Program (PREP) Multi-Component
Evaluation.
The goals of the PREP MultiComponent Evaluation are to document
how PREP programs are designed and
implemented in the field, collect
performance measure data for PREP
programs, and assess the effectiveness of
selected PREP-funded programs.
The PREP Multi-Component
Evaluation contains three components:
The ‘‘Design and Implementation
Study,’’ the ‘‘Performance Analysis
Study,’’ and the ‘‘Impact and In-Depth
Implementation Study.’’ This notice is
specific to data collection activities for
the implementation portion of the
Design and Implementation Study.
The goals of this portion of the study
are to document how States and subawardees actually implemented their
PREP programs, given their program
designs. In order to meet this goal, both
State PREP Administrators and a
selection of sub-awardee program
providers will be interviewed. The
interviews will be used to understand
important aspects of implementation,
such as training, technical assistance
and program fidelity monitoring.
Respondents: State grantee staff; State
training and technical assistance staff;
State program evaluator staff program
providers.
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total annual
burden hours
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports, Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
Title: Innovative Strategies for
Increasing Self-Sufficiency: Follow-Up
Data Collections.
OMB No.: 0970–0397.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the
Innovative Strategies for Increasing SelfSufficiency (ISIS) evaluation. ISIS is an
evaluation of 9 promising career
pathways strategies to promote
education, employment, and selfsufficiency. The major goal of ISIS is to
increase the empirical knowledge about
the effectiveness of programs for lowincome individuals and families to
achieve educational credentials, attain
employment and advance to positions
that enable self-sufficiency.
ISIS is one project within the broader
portfolio of research that OPRE is
utilizing to assess the success of the
career pathways programs and models.
In addition to ISIS, this strategy
includes a multi-pronged research and
evaluation approach for the Health
Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG)
Program to better understand and assess
the activities conducted and their
results. In order to maximize learning
across this portfolio, survey
development for the HPOG and ISIS
baseline and follow up surveys is being
coordinated, and the majority of the
data elements collected in these surveys
are similar.
Two data collection efforts have been
approved for ISIS, including one for
baseline data collection (approved
November 2011), a second for data
collection activities to document
program implementation, data
collection activities for an initial followup survey of participants to be
administered approximately 15 months
after random assignment, and data
collection through in-depth interviews
for a small sample of study participants
(approved August 2013). Additionally,
three related data collection efforts for
HPOG research were approved by OMB
under OMB #0970–0394. These include
approval of a Performance Reporting
System (PRS) (approved September
2011), for collection of additional
baseline data for the HPOG-Impact
study (approved October 2012), and for
collection of data for the National
Implementation Evaluation (approved
August 2013). Additionally, a new
request is being submitted at the same
time as this request.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on a
proposed new information collection
activity for ISIS—a second follow-up
survey for ISIS participants
approximately 36 months after program
enrollment. The purpose of the survey
is to follow-up with study participants
to document their education and
training experiences, employment
experiences, and parenting practices
and child outcomes for participants
with children.
Data collection activities to submit in
a future information collection request
include a third follow-up survey for ISIS
study participants approximately 60
months after study enrollment.
Previously approved collection
activities under 0970–0397 will
continue under this new request,
including additional data collection
using the following previously approved
instruments: The Basic Information
Form; the Self-Administered
Questionnaire; 15-Month Follow-Up
Survey; 15-Month Follow-Up Survey
Tracking Letters; Study Participant Indepth Interview Guide; and Study
Participant Check-in Call. The estimated
number of study participants for the 15Month Survey and in-depth interviews
is reduced from the previous OMB
submission. Total sample size targets
were reduced at a number of ISIS
program sites to reflect actual study
enrollment experiences. The number of
in-depth interviews projected was also
reduced to incorporate experiences to
date recruiting participants.
Respondents: Individuals enrolled in
the ISIS study.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
[This information collection request is for a three-year period]
Total
number of
respondents
Instrument
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden hours
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Previously Approved Instruments
Baseline data collection: Basic Information Form ...............
Baseline data collection: Self-administered Questionnaire
15 Month Follow-up Survey .................................................
Study Participant In-depth Interview Guide .........................
Study Participant Check-in Call ...........................................
24
24
2,900
144
144
8
8
967
48
48
1
1
1
1
1
.25
.33
0.833
1
.16
2
3
805
48
8
2,462
1
1
2,462
Current Request for Approval
36-Month Follow-up Survey .................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-
Component Evaluation--Data Collection Related to the Design and
Implementation Study.
OMB No.: 0970-0398.
Description: The Office of Data Analysis, Research, and Evaluation
(HHS/ACF/ACYF/ODARE) in the Administration for Children, Youth and
Families (ACYF) and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(HHS/ACF/OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
propose a data collection activity as part of the Personal
Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation.
The goals of the PREP Multi-Component Evaluation are to document
how PREP programs are designed and implemented in the field, collect
performance measure data for PREP programs, and assess the
effectiveness of selected PREP-funded programs.
The PREP Multi-Component Evaluation contains three components: The
``Design and Implementation Study,'' the ``Performance Analysis
Study,'' and the ``Impact and In-Depth Implementation Study.'' This
notice is specific to data collection activities for the implementation
portion of the Design and Implementation Study.
The goals of this portion of the study are to document how States
and sub-awardees actually implemented their PREP programs, given their
program designs. In order to meet this goal, both State PREP
Administrators and a selection of sub-awardee program providers will be
interviewed. The interviews will be used to understand important
aspects of implementation, such as training, technical assistance and
program fidelity monitoring.
Respondents: State grantee staff; State training and technical
assistance staff; State program evaluator staff program providers.
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Total annual
of respondents of respondents respondent response burden hours
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Implementation Survey Interview 16 6 1 1 6
Topic Guide: State-level
Respondents....................
Implementation Survey Interview 16 6 1 1 6
Topic Guide: Provider-level
Respondents....................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
OIRASUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports, Clearance Officer.
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