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(5) The ability of the interested party
to arrange for the funding of the
development and implementation of the
training summit. The requester’s
description of financial management to
include the discussion of experience in
developing an annual budget and
collecting and managing monies from
organizations and/or individuals;
(6) Requester’s proposed plan for
managing the training program,
including such financial aspects as cost
of venue, materials, promotion,
distribution and program management.
Other Information
Prior to the selection of the
cosponsors, HHS staff will meet
separately with those interested parties
who best meet the evaluation criteria.
Moreover, other federal agencies may be
involved in the cosponsorship process.
As a general rule, restrictions will apply
to the use of any HHS logos, so as to
avoid suggestions that HHS, or any
other department or agency of the
Federal Government, endorses any of
the products involved in the training
summit. Once details of the program
have been mutually agreed upon,
cosponsors will be required to enter into
a cosponsorship agreement with the
Department of Health and Human
Services setting forth the rights and
responsibilities of the cosponsor(s) and
HHS, especially the right of HHS to
approve training messages.
Dated: December 8, 2008.
Craig Vanderwagon,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–339 and CMS–
R–144/CMS–368]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
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estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Provider Cost Report Reimbursement
Questionnaire; Use: Form CMS–339
must be completed by all providers that
submit full cost reports to the Medicare
intermediary under Title XVIII of the
Social Security Act. It is designed to
answer pertinent questions about key
reimbursement concepts found in the
cost report and to gather information
necessary to support certain financial
and statistical entries on the cost report.
The questionnaire is used by the
Medicare intermediaries as a tool to
help them arrive at a prompt and
equitable settlement of all of the various
types of provider cost reports (hospitals,
skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home
health agencies (HHAs), etc.) and
sometimes preclude the need for a
comprehensive on-site audit. Form
Number: CMS–339 (OMB# 0938–0301);
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit and Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 38,429; Total Annual
Responses: 38,429; Total Annual Hours:
431,148.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Medicaid
Drug Rebate; Use: Section 1927 of the
Social Security Act requires each State
Medicaid agency to report quarterly
prescription drug utilization
information to drug manufacturers and
to CMS. As part of this information, the
State Medicaid agencies are required to
report the total Medicaid rebate amount
they claim they are owed by each drug
manufacturer for each covered
prescription drug product each quarter.
Form Number: CMS–R–144 and CMS–
368 (OMB# 0938–0582); Frequency:
Quarterly; Affected Public: State, Local
or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 51; Total Annual
Responses: 204; Total Annual Hours:
9,389.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
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proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site
at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
In commenting on the proposed
information collections please reference
the document identifier or OMB control
number. To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations must
be submitted in one of the following
ways by February 17, 2009:
1. Electronically. You may submit
your comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number_, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: December 12, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10175, CMS–
10236, and CMS–179]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
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of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection;
Title of Information Collection:
Certification Statement for Electronic
File Interchange Organizations (EFIOs);
Use: Health care providers can currently
obtain a National Provider Identifier
(NPI) via a paper application or over the
Internet through the National Plan and
Provider Enumeration System (NPPES).
These applications must be submitted
individually, on a per-provider basis.
The Electronic File Interchange (EFI)
process allows provider-designated
electronic file interchange organizations
(EFIOs) to capture multiple providers’
NPI application information on a single
electronic file for submission to NPPES.
This process is also referred to as ‘‘bulk
enumeration.’’ To ensure that the EFIO
has the authority to act on behalf of each
provider and complies with other
Federal requirements, an authorized
official of the EFIO must sign a
certification statement and mail it to the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS–
10175 (OMB# 0938–0984); Frequency:
Once; Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 300; Total Annual
Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours:
300.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosure of
Financial Relationships Report
(‘‘DFRR’’); Use: Section 1877(f) of the
Social Security Act requires that each
entity providing covered items or
services for which payment may be
made shall provide the Secretary with
information concerning the entity’s
ownership and investment interests,
and compensation arrangements, in
such form, manner, and at such times as
the Secretary shall specify. The DFRR
collection instrument will be used by
CMS to (1) identify arrangements that
potentially may not be in compliance
with the physician self-referral statute
and implementing regulations; and (2)
to identify examples and areas of noncompliance that may assist us in any
future rulemaking concerning the
reporting requirements and other
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physician self-referral provisions. Form
Number: CMS–10236 (OMB# 0938–
New); Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Private Sector—Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 400; Total
Annual Responses: 400; Total Annual
Hours: 40,000.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Transmittal and
Notice of Approval of State Plan
Material and Medicaid State Plan—Base
Plan, Attachments and Supplemental
Pages and Supporting Regulations in 42
CFR 430.10–430.20 and 440.167; Use:
The Medicaid State base plan pages and
attachments are documents utilized by
State and territorial agencies which
have the responsibility for
administering the Medicaid program.
The Medicaid State plan is comprised of
‘‘pages’’ and organized by subject matter
which includes Medicaid eligibility
services, payment for services, and
general, financial and personnel
administration. When States seek to
change selected pages of their State
plans, the page(s) are transmitted to
CMS for review and approval by the
CMS Central and Regional Offices prior
to amending its State plan. Form
Number: CMS–179 (OMB# 0938–0193);
Frequency: Once and as needed;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
56; Total Annual Responses: 4,681;
Total Annual Hours: 9,271.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on January 20, 2009.
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington,
DC 20503, Fax Number: (202) 395–
6974.
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Dated: December 12, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–2295–N]
RIN 0938–AP20
Deeming Notice for American Society
for Histocompatibility and
Immunogenetics (ASHI) as an
Accrediting Organization Under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The American Society for
Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
(ASHI) was granted deeming authority
as an accrediting organization for
clinical laboratories under the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments
of 1988 (CLIA) program on March 25,
2005. The deeming authority was
granted for the CLIA specialty of
Histocompatibility and the subspecialty
ABO/Rh. In this notice, we approve and
grant ASHI deeming authority for the
additional CLIA subspecialty of General
Immunology.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is
effective from December 19, 2008 until
March 25, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Penelope Meyers, (410) 786–3366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 31, 1988, the Congress
enacted the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988
(CLIA), Public Law 100–578. CLIA
amended section 353 of the Public
Health Service Act. We issued a final
rule implementing the accreditation
provisions of CLIA on July 31, 1992 (57
FR 33992). Under the CLIA program,
CMS may grant deeming authority to an
accreditation organization that accredits
clinical laboratories if the organization
meets certain requirements. Among
other requirements, an organization’s
requirements for laboratories accredited
under its program must be equal to or
more stringent than the applicable CLIA
program requirements in 42 CFR part
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10175, CMS-10236, and CMS-179]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any
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of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the
Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information
Collection: Certification Statement for Electronic File Interchange
Organizations (EFIOs); Use: Health care providers can currently obtain
a National Provider Identifier (NPI) via a paper application or over
the Internet through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
(NPPES). These applications must be submitted individually, on a per-
provider basis. The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) process allows
provider-designated electronic file interchange organizations (EFIOs)
to capture multiple providers' NPI application information on a single
electronic file for submission to NPPES. This process is also referred
to as ``bulk enumeration.'' To ensure that the EFIO has the authority
to act on behalf of each provider and complies with other Federal
requirements, an authorized official of the EFIO must sign a
certification statement and mail it to the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS-10175 (OMB 0938-
0984); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or
other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual Responses:
300; Total Annual Hours: 300.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report
(``DFRR''); Use: Section 1877(f) of the Social Security Act requires
that each entity providing covered items or services for which payment
may be made shall provide the Secretary with information concerning the
entity's ownership and investment interests, and compensation
arrangements, in such form, manner, and at such times as the Secretary
shall specify. The DFRR collection instrument will be used by CMS to
(1) identify arrangements that potentially may not be in compliance
with the physician self-referral statute and implementing regulations;
and (2) to identify examples and areas of non-compliance that may
assist us in any future rulemaking concerning the reporting
requirements and other physician self-referral provisions. Form Number:
CMS-10236 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Private Sector--Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 400; Total Annual Responses: 400;
Total Annual Hours: 40,000.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Transmittal and
Notice of Approval of State Plan Material and Medicaid State Plan--Base
Plan, Attachments and Supplemental Pages and Supporting Regulations in
42 CFR 430.10-430.20 and 440.167; Use: The Medicaid State base plan
pages and attachments are documents utilized by State and territorial
agencies which have the responsibility for administering the Medicaid
program. The Medicaid State plan is comprised of ``pages'' and
organized by subject matter which includes Medicaid eligibility
services, payment for services, and general, financial and personnel
administration. When States seek to change selected pages of their
State plans, the page(s) are transmitted to CMS for review and approval
by the CMS Central and Regional Offices prior to amending its State
plan. Form Number: CMS-179 (OMB 0938-0193); Frequency: Once
and as needed; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 4,681; Total Annual
Hours: 9,271.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
Site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on January 20, 2009.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: December 12, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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