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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 136 / Friday, July 16, 2010 / Notices respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before September 14, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000–0012 by any of the following methods: • Regulations.gov: https:// www.regulations.gov. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 0012’’ under the heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search’’. Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that corresponds with ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0012’’. Follow the instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0012’’ on your attached document. • Fax: (202) 501–4067. • Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Hada Flowers/IC 9000–0012. Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information Collection 9000–0012, in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose The termination settlement proposal forms (Standard Forms 1435 through 1440) provide a standardized format for listing essential cost and inventory information needed to support the terminated contractor’s negotiation position. Submission of the information assures that a contractor will be fairly reimbursed upon settlement of the terminated contract. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 872. Responses per Respondent: 2.4. Total Responses: 2,092. Hours per Response: 2.4. Total Burden Hours: 5,023. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the proposal from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0012, Termination Settlement Proposal Forms—FAR (SF’s 1435 through 1440), in all correspondence. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:00 Jul 15, 2010 Jkt 220001 Dated: July 12, 2010. Edward Loeb, Director, Acquisition Policy Division. [FR Doc. 2010–17366 Filed 7–15–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–34–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier CMS–10165, CMS– 10003 and CMS–901A and 901D] Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 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), 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 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: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Electronic Health Records Demonstration System (EHRDS)—practice application and profile update system; Use: In 2008, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop a new demonstration initiative using Medicare waiver authority to reward the delivery of high-quality care supported by the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs). This continues to be a critical priority under the current administration. The goal of this demonstration is to foster the implementation and adoption of EHRs and health information technology (HIT) more broadly as effective vehicles to improve the quality of care provided PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41487 and transform the way medicine is practiced and delivered. Adoption of HIT has the potential to provide significant savings to the Medicare program and improve the quality of care rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. The new electronic EHR demonstration system was first developed with the intention of having practices applying to participate in Phase 2 of the demonstration use an online application form, rather than the currently approved paper application form that was used for Phase 1. However, with the cancellation of Phase 2, the system will not be used to collect new applications at this time. Instead, existing data on Phase 1 applications that was collected through the paper form and manually keyed into a PC based Access database will be transferred to the new system. Practices participating in Phase 1 of the demonstration will be requested to use the new system to provide periodic updates to their practice information. The EHR Demonstration system will enable practices to update critical demonstration information online in a secure, web-enabled environment, thereby facilitating timely and more accurate updates and processing of information. Thus, the EHR Demonstration system (EHRDS) does not reflect a request for new or additional data beyond what practices are already providing to CMS and its contractors. Rather it represents an effort to streamline and improve what has been a more ‘ad hoc’ process for providing the same information. Form Number: CMS–10165 (OMB#: 0938– 0965); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 400; Total Annual Responses: 313; Total Annual Hours: 52.3. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Jody Blatt at 410–786–6921. For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (NDMC) and Notice of Denial of Payment (NDP)—42 CFR 422.568; Use: Medicare health plans, including Medicare Advantage plans, cost plans, and Health Care Prepayment Plans (HCPPs), are required to issue the NDMC and NDP when a request for either a medical service or payment is denied in whole or in part. Additionally, the notices inform Medicare enrollees of their right to file an appeal. All Medicare health plans are required to use these standardized notices. Medicare health plans provide E:\FR\FM\16JYN1.SGM 16JYN1 41488 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 136 / Friday, July 16, 2010 / Notices srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES an NDMC to enrollees upon denial, in whole or in part, of an enrollee’s coverage request. This denial may be subject to a series of administrative review levels, involving defined steps and timeframes. The NDMC was developed to ensure Medicare enrollees have access to information needed to navigate the Medicare beneficiary appeals process. The NDMC meets requirements for both Medicare’s standard and expedited appeals processes. Medicare health plans provide an NDP to enrollees upon denial, in whole or in part, of payment for a service or item that the enrollee received. This denial may be subject to a series of administrative review levels, involving defined steps and timeframes. The NDP was developed to ensure Medicare enrollees have access to information needed to navigate the Medicare beneficiary appeals process. The NDP meets requirements for Medicare’s standard appeals process. Form Number: CMS–10003 (OMB#: 0938– 0829); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 740; Total Annual Responses: 1,168,368; Total Annual Hours: 194,728. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Stephanie Simons at 206–615–2420. For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Federal Qualification Application (42 CFR 417.140) and Medicare Health Care Prepayment Plan Application (42 CFR 417.800); Use: The application is the collection form used to obtain information to determine if an applicant meets the regulatory requirements to enter into a contract with CMS as a Federal Qualified health maintenance organization (HMO) or to provide health benefits to Medicare beneficiaries as a Medicare Health Care Prepayment Plan contractor. Form Number: CMS–901A & 901D (OMB#: 0938–0470); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 20; Total Annual Responses: 20; Total Annual Hours: 800. (For policy questions regarding this collection VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:00 Jul 15, 2010 Jkt 220001 contact Heidi Arndt at 410–786–1607. For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 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 August 16, 2010. OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 6974, E-mail: OIRA_submission @omb.eop.gov. Dated: July 9, 2010. Michelle Shortt, Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. 2010–17181 Filed 7–15–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243. Project: Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (OMB No. 0930–0158)— Revision SAMHSA’s Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs will request OMB approval for PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form for Federal agency and federally regulated drug testing programs which must comply with the HHS Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (73 FR 71858) dated November 25, 2008, and for the information provided by laboratories for the National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP). The Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Form (Federal CCF) is used by all Federal agencies and employers regulated by the Department of Transportation to document the collection and chain of custody of urine specimens at the collection site, for laboratories to report results, and for Medical Review Officers to make a determination. The current Federal CCF approved by OMB has a November 30, 2011 expiration date. SAMHSA has resubmitted the Federal CCF with revisions to the form for OMB approval. • The first change is to add a new item in Step 1 of Copy 1, which lists the acronyms for the Federal testing authorities under which the specimen is collected. The new Step 1 (d) would read as follows: ‘‘D. Specify Testing Authority: HHS, NRC, DOT—Specify DOT Agency: FMCSA, FAA, FRA, FTA, PHMSA, USCG’’ with a checkbox beside each agency name. • The second change is to revise the Federal CCF Copy 1 to permit use by Instrumented Initial Test Facility (IITF), in addition to laboratories. • The third change is to add the new drug analytes required by the revised Guidelines to the Primary Specimen Report section in Step 5(a) on Copy 1. The new drug analytes are methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ‘‘ecstasy’’; methyleneamphetamine (MDA), and methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA). MDA and MDEA are both close chemical analogues of MDMA. • The fourth change is to revise the Medical Review Officer (MRO) reporting sections on Copy 2 for primary specimens (Step 6) and for split specimens (Step 7) to facilitate reporting in accordance with the Guidelines. Below is a copy of the revised Federal CCF: BILLING CODE 4162–20–P E:\FR\FM\16JYN1.SGM 16JYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10165, CMS-10003 and CMS-901A and 901D]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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), 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 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Electronic Health 
Records Demonstration System (EHRDS)--practice application and profile 
update system; Use: In 2008, the Secretary of the Department of Health 
and Human Services directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services to develop a new demonstration initiative using Medicare 
waiver authority to reward the delivery of high-quality care supported 
by the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs). This 
continues to be a critical priority under the current administration. 
The goal of this demonstration is to foster the implementation and 
adoption of EHRs and health information technology (HIT) more broadly 
as effective vehicles to improve the quality of care provided and 
transform the way medicine is practiced and delivered. Adoption of HIT 
has the potential to provide significant savings to the Medicare 
program and improve the quality of care rendered to Medicare 
beneficiaries.
    The new electronic EHR demonstration system was first developed 
with the intention of having practices applying to participate in Phase 
2 of the demonstration use an on-line application form, rather than the 
currently approved paper application form that was used for Phase 1. 
However, with the cancellation of Phase 2, the system will not be used 
to collect new applications at this time. Instead, existing data on 
Phase 1 applications that was collected through the paper form and 
manually keyed into a PC based Access database will be transferred to 
the new system. Practices participating in Phase 1 of the demonstration 
will be requested to use the new system to provide periodic updates to 
their practice information. The EHR Demonstration system will enable 
practices to update critical demonstration information online in a 
secure, web-enabled environment, thereby facilitating timely and more 
accurate updates and processing of information. Thus, the EHR 
Demonstration system (EHRDS) does not reflect a request for new or 
additional data beyond what practices are already providing to CMS and 
its contractors. Rather it represents an effort to streamline and 
improve what has been a more `ad hoc' process for providing the same 
information. Form Number: CMS-10165 (OMB: 0938-0965); 
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits 
and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 400; Total 
Annual Responses: 313; Total Annual Hours: 52.3. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Jody Blatt at 410-786-6921. For all 
other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Notice of Denial 
of Medical Coverage (NDMC) and Notice of Denial of Payment (NDP)--42 
CFR 422.568; Use: Medicare health plans, including Medicare Advantage 
plans, cost plans, and Health Care Prepayment Plans (HCPPs), are 
required to issue the NDMC and NDP when a request for either a medical 
service or payment is denied in whole or in part. Additionally, the 
notices inform Medicare enrollees of their right to file an appeal. All 
Medicare health plans are required to use these standardized notices. 
Medicare health plans provide

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an NDMC to enrollees upon denial, in whole or in part, of an enrollee's 
coverage request. This denial may be subject to a series of 
administrative review levels, involving defined steps and timeframes. 
The NDMC was developed to ensure Medicare enrollees have access to 
information needed to navigate the Medicare beneficiary appeals 
process. The NDMC meets requirements for both Medicare's standard and 
expedited appeals processes.
    Medicare health plans provide an NDP to enrollees upon denial, in 
whole or in part, of payment for a service or item that the enrollee 
received. This denial may be subject to a series of administrative 
review levels, involving defined steps and timeframes. The NDP was 
developed to ensure Medicare enrollees have access to information 
needed to navigate the Medicare beneficiary appeals process. The NDP 
meets requirements for Medicare's standard appeals process. Form 
Number: CMS-10003 (OMB: 0938-0829); Frequency: Yearly; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 740; Total Annual Responses: 
1,168,368; Total Annual Hours: 194,728. (For policy questions regarding 
this collection contact Stephanie Simons at 206-615-2420. For all other 
issues call 410-786-1326.)
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Federal 
Qualification Application (42 CFR 417.140) and Medicare Health Care 
Prepayment Plan Application (42 CFR 417.800); Use: The application is 
the collection form used to obtain information to determine if an 
applicant meets the regulatory requirements to enter into a contract 
with CMS as a Federal Qualified health maintenance organization (HMO) 
or to provide health benefits to Medicare beneficiaries as a Medicare 
Health Care Prepayment Plan contractor. Form Number: CMS-901A & 901D 
(OMB: 0938-0470); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Business 
or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 
Respondents: 20; Total Annual Responses: 20; Total Annual Hours: 800. 
(For policy questions regarding this collection contact Heidi Arndt at 
410-786-1607. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    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 August 16, 2010.

OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: OIRA--submission 
@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: July 9, 2010.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-17181 Filed 7-15-10; 8:45 am]
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