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(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.
We are, however, requesting an
emergency review of the information
collection referenced below. In
compliance with the requirement of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we have
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) the following
requirements for emergency review. In
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13, we are
requesting an emergency review to
ensure compliance with an initiative of
the Administration.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Evaluation of
Practice Models for Dual Eligibles and
Medicare Beneficiaries with Serious
Chronic Conditions Use: The Affordable
Care Act (ACA) established the Federal
Coordinated Health Care Office
(FCHCO) to more effectively integrate
benefits under Medicare and Medicaid
and improve Federal and State
coordination for dual-eligible
beneficiaries (duals). Duals are among
the most vulnerable beneficiaries—most
face multiple and severe chronic
conditions that require complex and
intense care—and because they receive
both Medicare and Medicaid coverage,
they must navigate two separate health
care programs, often leading to
fragmented, inefficient, and costly care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) Office of Policy (OP) has
contracted L&M Policy Research and its
partner Thomson Reuters to explore
variations in patterns of care and best
practices for duals and other Medicare
beneficiaries with complex health
needs.
This project comprises qualitative
information-gathering through openended, in-person discussions with
providers, local health care and
community leaders, patient advocates,
and professionals involved in
implementing care coordination
initiatives. To determine factors
associated with high quality and cost
effective care as well as better
understand the barriers to delivering it,
the research team will hold in-person
discussions during visits to 16 hospital
referral regions (HRRs). In two of these
HRRs, there will be a particular focus on
the role of the Program for All-Inclusive
Care for the Elderly (PACE). Many
different organizations and types of
programs will be explored during this
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field work, varying in their approach to
health care delivery and the extent to
which they are directly involved in the
coordination of care for vulnerable
populations. Lessons learned, to include
critical challenges and success factors,
will be used to inform the pressing work
of the FCHCO to support initiatives and
policies that improve care coordination
for duals, as well as other priorities
outlined in the ACA. Form Number:
CMS–10356 (OMB#: 0938–New);
Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Individuals or Households; Number of
Respondents: 368; Total Annual
Responses: 368; Total Annual Hours:
494. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact John Oswald at 202–
260–0835. For all other issues call 410–
786–1326.)
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of this collection by December
29, 2010, with a 180-day approval
period. Written comments and
recommendations will be considered
from the public if received by the
individuals designated below by
December 20, 2010.
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/regulations/pra
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.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden or any
other aspect of these collections of
information requirements. However, as
noted above, comments on these
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements must be
mailed and/or faxed to the designees
referenced below by December 20, 2010.
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.
3. By Facsimile or E-mail to OMB.
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
PO 00000
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Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974, Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: November 16, 2010.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group—
Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–11–10ES]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an
e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Data Calls for the Laboratory
Response Network—Existing collection
in use without an OMB Control Number
(Generic Clearance)—National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases, NCEZID, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This request is for approval of an
Existing collection in use without an
OMB Control Number (Generic
clearance).
The Laboratory Response Network
(LRN) was established by the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) in accordance
with Presidential Decision Directive 39,
which outlined national anti-terrorism
policies and assigned specific missions
to federal departments and agencies.
The LRN’s mission is to maintain an
integrated national and international
network of laboratories that can respond
to acts of biological, chemical, or
radiological terrorism and other public
health emergencies. Federal, state and
local public health laboratories
voluntarily join the LRN.
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The LRN Program Office maintains a
database of information through a
restricted Web site available only to
member laboratories that include
contact information (i.e. phone
numbers, e-mail address) as well as staff
and equipment inventories. The
collection of personal identifiable
information for the purpose of
communication with members was
approved under OMB 0920–0850.
However, semiannually or during
emergency response the LRN Program
Office may conduct a Special Data Call
to obtain additional information from
LRN Member Laboratories in regards to
biological or chemical terrorism
preparedness. Special Data Calls may be
conducted via queries that are
distributed by broadcast e-mails or by
survey tools (i.e. Survey Monkey). These
special data calls vary in nature. Some
requested information may be the
number of surge staff available to
support an emerging threat like H1N1.
As technology changes, LRN may also
query laboratories to see if they have
already purchased equipment to support
this new technology.
There will be no cost to respondents
other than their time to respond to the
data call. The total annualized burden
for this information collection request is
400 hours.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Type of respondents
Forms
Number of
respondents
Average
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(hours)
Public Health Laboratorians ..........................................
Special Data Call .............................
200
4
30/60
Dated: November 15, 2010.
Carol Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10360 and CMS–
10106]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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
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: New collection; Title of
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Information Collection: Consumer
Research on Public Reporting of
Hospital Outpatient Measures; Use: One
of the primary missions of CMS is to
improve the quality and efficiency of
care in the Fee-for-Service (FFS)
program. One of the several vehicles
used for this mission is the public
reporting of quality, efficiency and cost
information about hospital care on the
Hospital Compare Web site. This
vehicle also serves to provide Medicare
beneficiaries and other consumers with
the type of data needed to make
informed decisions about which
providers to use for their care.
In 2001, the Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS) announced the
Quality Initiative to ensure the quality
of health care for all Americans through
accountability and public disclosure.
The goals of the initiative are to
empower consumers with quality-ofcare information so they can make more
informed decisions about their health
care and to stimulate and support
providers and clinicians to improve the
quality of health care. As part of the
DHHS Transparency Initiative on
Quality Reporting, CMS plans to add
new patient safety measures in the areas
of hospital acquired conditions and
healthcare associated infections, to the
Hospital Compare Web site in 2011.
CMS also intends to begin utilizing
displays of composite measures
summarizing both process and outcome
measures. This information collection
request covers consumer research on
displays, labels, and explanatory
language to insure that the Web site is
understood by viewers in a manner
consistent with CMS’s intended
communication message. Form Number:
CMS–10360 (OMB#: 0938–New);
Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
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Individuals and Households; Number of
Respondents: 248; Total Annual
Responses: 248; Total Annual Hours:
241. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact David Miranda at
410–786–7819. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of currently approved
collection; Title of Information
Collection: Medicare Authorization to
Disclose Personal Health Information;
Use: Unless permitted or required by
law, the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
prohibits Medicare (a HIPAA covered
entity) from disclosing an individual’s
protected health information without a
valid authorization. In order to be valid,
an authorization must include specified
core elements and statements. Medicare
will make available to Medicare
beneficiaries a standard, valid
authorization to enable beneficiaries to
request the disclosure of their protected
health information. This standard
authorization will simplify the process
of requesting information disclosure for
beneficiaries and minimize the response
time for Medicare. The completed
authorization will allow Medicare to
disclose an individual’s personal health
information to a third party at the
individual’s request. Form Number:
CMS–10106 (OMB#: 0938–0930);
Frequency: Reporting—On occasion;
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Number of Respondents:
1,004,000; Total Annual Responses:
1,004,000; Total Annual Hours: 251,000.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Lindsay Dixon-Brown
at 410–786–1178. For all other issues
call 410–786–1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-11-10ES]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Data Calls for the Laboratory Response Network--Existing collection
in use without an OMB Control Number (Generic Clearance)--National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, NCEZID, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
This request is for approval of an Existing collection in use
without an OMB Control Number (Generic clearance).
The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was established by the
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) in accordance with Presidential Decision Directive
39, which outlined national anti-terrorism policies and assigned
specific missions to federal departments and agencies. The LRN's
mission is to maintain an integrated national and international network
of laboratories that can respond to acts of biological, chemical, or
radiological terrorism and other public health emergencies. Federal,
state and local public health laboratories voluntarily join the LRN.
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The LRN Program Office maintains a database of information through
a restricted Web site available only to member laboratories that
include contact information (i.e. phone numbers, e-mail address) as
well as staff and equipment inventories. The collection of personal
identifiable information for the purpose of communication with members
was approved under OMB 0920-0850. However, semiannually or during
emergency response the LRN Program Office may conduct a Special Data
Call to obtain additional information from LRN Member Laboratories in
regards to biological or chemical terrorism preparedness. Special Data
Calls may be conducted via queries that are distributed by broadcast e-
mails or by survey tools (i.e. Survey Monkey). These special data calls
vary in nature. Some requested information may be the number of surge
staff available to support an emerging threat like H1N1. As technology
changes, LRN may also query laboratories to see if they have already
purchased equipment to support this new technology.
There will be no cost to respondents other than their time to
respond to the data call. The total annualized burden for this
information collection request is 400 hours.
Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours
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Average number Average burden
Type of respondents Forms Number of of responses per response
respondents per respondent (hours)
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Public Health Laboratorians......... Special Data Call...... 200 4 30/60
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Dated: November 15, 2010.
Carol Walker,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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