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Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control: Notice of Charter
Amendment
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Dated: December 17, 2008.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Dated: December 17, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8–31111 Filed 12–30–08; 8:45 am]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Modified
System of Records
This gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463) of October 6, 1972, that the
statutory requirements of the Advisory
Committee for Injury Prevention and
Control (ACIPC) have been transferred
to the Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (BSC, NCIPC).
The ACIPC was established on
October 18, 1988, in accordance with
Public Law 92–463, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. 2). Section 394(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C.
280b–2(a)), as amended, directed the
Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services, acting through the
Director, CDC, to establish an advisory
committee to provide advice with
respect to the prevention and control of
injuries. On October 28, 1994, ACIPC
was reestablished under statute.
The responsibilities of ACIPC have
been assumed by the BSC, NCIPC. By
assuming the statutorily mandated
responsibilities of ACIPC, the BSC,
NCIPC will thereby become a statutorily
mandated committee, continuing to
serve the purposes set forth by Section
394(a) of the Public Health Service Act.
For information, contact Gwendolyn
Cattledge, Ph.D., Executive Secretary,
Board of Scientific Counselors, National
Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services, 4770 Buford Highway,
Mailstop K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341,
telephone (770) 488–4655 or fax (770)
488–4422.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities, for both the
Centers for Disease Control and
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AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of
Records.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
CMS is proposing to make minor
amendments to an existing system of
records (SOR) titled, ‘‘Performance
Measurement and Reporting System
(PMRS),’’ System No. 09–70–0584,
published at 72 FR 52133 (September
12, 2007). PMRS serves as a master
system of records to assist in projects
that provide transparency in health care
on a broad scale enabling consumers to
compare the quality and price of health
care services so that they can make
informed choices among individual
physicians, practitioners, and other
providers of services. We are making
minor amendments to PMRS to include
two additional legal authorities: The
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) (Pub.
L. 110–173) and the Medicare
Improvements for Patients and
Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) (Pub. L.
110–275). Section 101(b) of the MMSEA
amended section 1848(k)(2)(B) of the
Social Security Act (the Act) (42 U.S.C.
1395w–4) and section 101(c) of division
B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act
of 2006 to extend the Physician Quality
Reporting Initiative (PQRI). MIPPA,
effective July 15, 2008, extended the
PQRI for 2010 and subsequent years and
authorized a new incentive program for
successful electronic prescribers under
section 1848(m)(2) of the Act. In
addition, the MIPPA requires the
Secretary to post on the CMS Web site
the names of eligible professionals or
group practices who satisfactorily
submit data on quality measures
through PQRI and the names of those
eligible professionals or group practices
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who are successful electronic
prescribers. This requirement is codified
at section 1848(m)(5)(G) of the Act.
Accordingly, CMS is adding §§ 131 and
132 of MIPPA, § 101 of MMSEA,
§ 1848(k) of the Act, and § 1848(m) of
the Act to the PMRS’ legal authority
section.
In addition, we are clarifying in this
notice that the term, ‘‘performance
measurement results’’ used in the PMRS
includes, but is not limited to,
submission of data on measures, eprescribing usage, frequency of
reporting or performance, as well as
rates or scores based on application of
specific measures. We consider all of
these types of information to be valid
indicators of a physician’s,
practitioner’s, or other provider’s
commitment to and delivery of high
quality, high value health care.
The primary purpose of this system is
to support the collection, maintenance,
and processing of information to
promote the delivery of high quality,
efficient, effective, and economical
health care services, and promoting the
quality and efficiency of services of the
type for which payment may be made
under title XVIII by allowing for the
establishment and implementation of
performance measures, the provision of
feedback to physicians, and public
reporting of performance information.
Information in this system will also be
disclosed to: (1) Support regulatory,
reimbursement, and policy functions
performed for the Agency or by a
contractor, consultant, or a CMS
grantee; (2) assist another Federal and/
or state agency, agency of a state
government, or an agency established by
state law; (3) promote more informed
choices by Medicare beneficiaries
among their Medicare group options by
making physician performance
measurement information available to
Medicare beneficiaries through a Web
site and other forms of data
dissemination; (4) provide CVEs and
data aggregators with information that
will assist in generating single or multipayer performance measurement results
to promote transparency in health care
to members of their community; (5)
assist individual physicians,
practitioners, providers of services,
suppliers, laboratories, and other health
care professionals who are participating
in health care transparency projects; (6)
assist individuals or organizations with
projects that provide transparency in
health care on a broad scale enabling
consumers to compare the quality and
price of health care services; or for
research, evaluation, and
epidemiological projects related to the
prevention of disease or disability;
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control: Notice of Charter Amendment
This gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L.
92-463) of October 6, 1972, that the statutory requirements of the
Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (ACIPC) have been
transferred to the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC).
The ACIPC was established on October 18, 1988, in accordance with
Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2). Section 394(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 280b-2(a)), as amended, directed
the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, acting through
the Director, CDC, to establish an advisory committee to provide advice
with respect to the prevention and control of injuries. On October 28,
1994, ACIPC was reestablished under statute.
The responsibilities of ACIPC have been assumed by the BSC, NCIPC.
By assuming the statutorily mandated responsibilities of ACIPC, the
BSC, NCIPC will thereby become a statutorily mandated committee,
continuing to serve the purposes set forth by Section 394(a) of the
Public Health Service Act.
For information, contact Gwendolyn Cattledge, Ph.D., Executive
Secretary, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services, 4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop
K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone (770) 488-4655 or fax (770) 488-
4422.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 17, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-31111 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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