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personnel actions including liaison with
CGH and CDC’s human resource office;
(4) develops and promotes partnerships
with other organizations to support
global immunization activities; (5)
liaises and coordinates with other CDC
offices engaged in global immunization
activities; (6) provides coordination and
oversight of division research and
scientific publications, and liaison with
other CDC offices involved in scientific
oversight; (7) provides coordination of
the division communications activities
including liaison with other CDC
communications offices and those of our
partner agencies; (8) represents CDC,
CGH, and the division at global and
national meetings and other fora for
global immunization activities; and (9)
provides oversight for all Embassy/
International Cooperative
Administrative Supportive Services
costs for the division’s field staff.
Vaccine Preventable Disease
Eradication and Elimination Branch
(CWKB). (1) Plans, coordinates, and
directs, in collaboration with partners,
technical and programmatic activities to
eradicate or eliminate/control targeted
VPDS; (2) participates in developing
and implements improvements to
immunization services, surveillance,
monitoring, evaluation, and data
management program elements for
targeted diseases; (3) manages teams
that coordinate regional activities and
provide guidance and support to the
Vaccine Preventable Disease Eradication
and Elimination Branch (VPDEEB) staff
assigned in the European Region,
Eastern Mediterranean Region, African
Region, South East Asia Region, and
Western Pacific Region WHO regions;
(4) participates in multilateral
collaborations with an extensive array of
CDC and external partners engaged in
VPD eradication and elimination
including: participating countries, other
CDC organizations, other U.S.
Government organizations, international
organizations including WHO, the
United Nations Foundation, UNICEF,
and the World Bank; nongovernmental,
private sector organizations and vaccine
producers, and international advisory
committees; (5) provides subject-matter
expertise, short- and long-term
consultations, and coordinates
epidemiology, surveillance, and
laboratory activities for programs to
eradicate and eliminate VPDs; (6)
participates in operation research,
monitoring and evaluation projects and
studies to improve VPD eradication and
control programs and prepares articles
based on findings for publication in
international professional journals and
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conferences; (7) assists with outbreak
investigations and emergency response
activities; (8) provides technical
management for grants and cooperatives
agreements for vaccine procurement and
for provision of technical,
programmatic, and laboratory support.
Strengthening Immunization Systems
Branch (CWKC). (1) Develops and brings
to routine operational level, in
collaboration with partners, programs to
deliver established, newly available, or
under-utilized vaccines for diseases of
global importance; (2) assesses the
impact of immunization service delivery
through surveillance, monitoring of
vaccine coverage, and operations
research; (3) develops, evaluates, and
recommends improvements to
strengthen routine immunization
programs, including those related to
laboratory-based and integrated
surveillance systems; immunization
coverage, economic evaluations and
post-introduction evaluations; (4)
provides subject-matter expertise and
short- and long-term consultations; (5)
participates in multilateral
collaborations with an extensive array of
CDC and external partners engaged in
delivery of routine services,
surveillance, and coverage monitoring
of VPDs including: participating
countries, other CDC organizations,
other U.S. Government organizations,
international organizations including
WHO, the United Nations Foundation,
UNICEF, and the World Bank; nongovernmental, private sector
organizations and vaccine producers,
and international advisory committees;
(6) assists partner countries to build
capacity in the areas of service delivery,
surveillance, health information
systems, data management, laboratory
services and surveillance, and decisionmaking to achieve effective, efficient,
and sustainable immunization
programs; (7) manages and provides
guidance and support for the GID PAHO
team that coordinates PAHO regional
activities; (8) evaluates, in collaboration
with partners, projects that integrate
non-vaccine interventions with routine
immunization programs; (9) designs and
participates in research, monitoring and
evaluation projects and studies to
improve existing and newly developing
VPD control and eradication programs
and prepares articles based on findings
for publication in international
professional journals and presentation
at international conferences; (10) assists
with outbreak investigations and
emergency response activities.
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Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases (CVG).
Dated: August 3, 2011.
Carlton Duncan,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–5502–N2]
Medicare Program; Accountable Care
Organization Accelerated Development
Learning Sessions; Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Innovation,
September 15th and 16th, 2011
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
date and location of the second in a
series of public educational sessions
hosted by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). This two-day
training session is the second
Accelerated Development Learning
Session (ADLS) hosted by CMS to help
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
deliver better care and reduce costs. We
invite all new or existing ACO entities
to register a team of senior executives to
attend the in-person ADLS. The ADLS
will provide executives with the
opportunity to learn about core
functions of an ACO and ways to build
their organization’s capacity to succeed
as an ACO.
DATES: Meeting Date: Thursday,
September 15, 2011, 8 a.m to 5 pm.,
pacific daylight time (p.d.t): Friday,
September 16, 2011, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(p.d.t).
Deadline for Meeting Registration:
Registration for the second ADLS will
remain open until capacity has been
reached for the September 15 through
16 in-person meeting. Space is limited
and participants are encouraged to
register as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The
second ADLS will be held at the Hyatt
Regency San Francisco Airport at 1333
Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA
94010. Participants are responsible for
their own travel, parking, meals, and
overnight stay expenses. More
information about the venue and
accommodations can be found at
https://acoregister.rti.org/. Potential
participants are also strongly
SUMMARY:
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encouraged to complete the
comprehensive planning tool discussed
in section II of this notice before
arriving to the meeting.
Meeting Registration, Presentations,
and Written Comments: Registration
information and documents can be
accessed online at https://
acoregister.rti.org/.
Registration: Eligible organizations
interested in registering for the ADLS
should visit https://acoregister.rti.org/
for information about registration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information is available on
the registration Web site at https://
acoregister.rti.org/. Click on ‘‘contact
us’’ to send questions or comments via
e-mail. Press inquiries are handled
through the CMS Press Office at (202)
690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 1115A of the Social Security
Act (the Act), as added by section 3021
of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Pub. L. 111–148), as amended
by the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
152) (collectively, the Affordable Care
Act), established the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
(Innovation Center) for the purpose of
examining new ways of delivering
health care and paying health care
providers in ways that can save money
for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP while
improving the quality of care for our
beneficiaries. Through Accelerated
Development Learning Sessions (ADLS),
the Innovation Center will test whether
intensive shared learning activities will
expand and improve the capabilities of
provider organizations to coordinate the
care of a population of Medicare
beneficiaries more effectively than
organizations that do not participate in
the ADLS. Well coordinated care can
improve beneficiaries’ quality outcomes
and reduce the growth of Medicare
expenditures.
Completion of the ADLS will not be
a factor for selection or participation in
a CMS ACO program. It is intended to
provide ACOs with the opportunity to
learn from their peers about essential
ACO functions and various ways to
build capacity needed to achieve better
care for individuals, better population
health, and lower growth in health care
expenditures.
The ACO ADLSs were first
announced in the May 19, 2011 Federal
Register (76 FR 28988).
Each participating team should
consist of two to four senior-level
leaders (including at least one executive
with financial/management
responsibility and one with clinical
responsibility). Participants are also
asked to attend future Web based
seminars and complete a full ACO
implementation plan as part of the
broader ADLS initiative to facilitate ongoing learning and evaluation.
Information for all future ADLS will
be posted online at https://
acoregister.rti.org as it becomes
available.
II. Completion of Planning Tool and
Session Registration Information
Registrants need to complete the
registration form in order to participate
in an ACO ADLS. Potential participants
are also strongly encouraged to
complete a comprehensive planning
tool, which will allow them to take full
advantage of the hands-on learning
activities during the ADLS. The
registration form and comprehensive
planning tool are available on the ACO
ADLS Web site at https://
acoregister.rti.org.
Authority: Section 1115A of the Social
Security Act.
Dated: August 3, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Parents and Children
Together—Discussion Guide.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACE), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services is proposing an information
collection activity as part of an
evaluation of healthy marriage and
responsible fatherhood grant programs.
The evaluation study title is: Parents
and Children Together (PACT). This
phase of information collection will
involve discussion of a range of topics
with key informants in grantee and
partner organizations such as their
organizational structure, program
services, populations served and
specific approaches for the grant
programs.
The information will be used by ACF
for the identification and selection of
grantee programs to be included in the
evaluation.
Respondents: Semi-structured
discussions will be held with
administrators and managers of healthy
marriage and responsible fatherhood
grants and, where appropriate,
administrators and managers of key
partner agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual number of respondents
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 150.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
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comments may be forwarded 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. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
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respondent
Total annual
burden hours
150
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-5502-N2]
Medicare Program; Accountable Care Organization Accelerated
Development Learning Sessions; Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Innovation, September 15th and 16th, 2011
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the date and location of the second in a
series of public educational sessions hosted by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This two-day training session is
the second Accelerated Development Learning Session (ADLS) hosted by
CMS to help Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) deliver better care
and reduce costs. We invite all new or existing ACO entities to
register a team of senior executives to attend the in-person ADLS. The
ADLS will provide executives with the opportunity to learn about core
functions of an ACO and ways to build their organization's capacity to
succeed as an ACO.
DATES: Meeting Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 8 a.m to 5 pm.,
pacific daylight time (p.d.t): Friday, September 16, 2011, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. (p.d.t).
Deadline for Meeting Registration: Registration for the second ADLS
will remain open until capacity has been reached for the September 15
through 16 in-person meeting. Space is limited and participants are
encouraged to register as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The second ADLS will be held at the Hyatt
Regency San Francisco Airport at 1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA
94010. Participants are responsible for their own travel, parking,
meals, and overnight stay expenses. More information about the venue
and accommodations can be found at https://acoregister.rti.org/.
Potential participants are also strongly
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encouraged to complete the comprehensive planning tool discussed in
section II of this notice before arriving to the meeting.
Meeting Registration, Presentations, and Written Comments:
Registration information and documents can be accessed online at
https://acoregister.rti.org/.
Registration: Eligible organizations interested in registering for
the ADLS should visit https://acoregister.rti.org/ for information
about registration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information is available on
the registration Web site at https://acoregister.rti.org/. Click on
``contact us'' to send questions or comments via e-mail. Press
inquiries are handled through the CMS Press Office at (202) 690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 1115A of the Social Security Act (the Act), as added by
section 3021 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L.
111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152) (collectively, the Affordable Care Act),
established the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation
Center) for the purpose of examining new ways of delivering health care
and paying health care providers in ways that can save money for
Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP while improving the quality of care for our
beneficiaries. Through Accelerated Development Learning Sessions
(ADLS), the Innovation Center will test whether intensive shared
learning activities will expand and improve the capabilities of
provider organizations to coordinate the care of a population of
Medicare beneficiaries more effectively than organizations that do not
participate in the ADLS. Well coordinated care can improve
beneficiaries' quality outcomes and reduce the growth of Medicare
expenditures.
Completion of the ADLS will not be a factor for selection or
participation in a CMS ACO program. It is intended to provide ACOs with
the opportunity to learn from their peers about essential ACO functions
and various ways to build capacity needed to achieve better care for
individuals, better population health, and lower growth in health care
expenditures.
The ACO ADLSs were first announced in the May 19, 2011 Federal
Register (76 FR 28988).
Each participating team should consist of two to four senior-level
leaders (including at least one executive with financial/management
responsibility and one with clinical responsibility). Participants are
also asked to attend future Web based seminars and complete a full ACO
implementation plan as part of the broader ADLS initiative to
facilitate on-going learning and evaluation.
Information for all future ADLS will be posted online at https://acoregister.rti.org as it becomes available.
II. Completion of Planning Tool and Session Registration Information
Registrants need to complete the registration form in order to
participate in an ACO ADLS. Potential participants are also strongly
encouraged to complete a comprehensive planning tool, which will allow
them to take full advantage of the hands-on learning activities during
the ADLS. The registration form and comprehensive planning tool are
available on the ACO ADLS Web site at https://acoregister.rti.org.
Authority: Section 1115A of the Social Security Act.
Dated: August 3, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-20543 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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