Announcement of the Award of a Noncompetitive Single Source Replacement Grant to the Larimer County (CO) Department of Human Services in Fort Collins, CO, 65391-65392 [2012-26349]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10451]
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
Information Collection: Evaluation and
Development of Outcome Measures for
Quality Assessment in Medicare
Advantage and Special Needs Plans;
Use: Quality improvement is a major
initiative for the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS). With the
passing of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act in March 2010,
there is a focused interest in providing
quality and value-based healthcare for
Medicare beneficiaries. In addition, it is
critical to develop criteria not only for
quality improvement but also as a
means for beneficiaries to compare
healthcare plans to make the choice that
is right for them.
It is critical to the CMS mission to
expand its quality improvement efforts
from collection of structure and process
measures to include outcome measures.
However, the development of outcome
measures appropriate for the programs
serving older and/or disabled patients
has been somewhat limited. The
development and subsequent
implementation of outcome measures as
part of the overall quality improvement
program for CMS is crucial to ensuring
that beneficiaries obtain high quality
healthcare. In addition, process of care
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measures are needed that focus on the
care needs of Medicare beneficiaries,
such as factors affecting continuity of
care and transitions.
This request is for data collection to
test the use of new tools available to
CMS to measure care pertinent to
vulnerable beneficiaries where quality
of care provided by Medicare Advantage
Organizations (MAOs) should be closely
monitored. The measures to be
evaluated and developed upon approval
of this request relate to (1) Continuity of
information and care from hospital
discharge to the outpatient setting, (2)
continuity between mental health
provider and primary care provider
(PCP), and (3) items that may be added
to the Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems
(CAHPS) survey addressing languagecentered care, cultural competence,
physical activity, healthy eating, and
caregiver strain. Form Number: CMS–
10451 (OCN: 0938-New); Frequency:
Yearly, occasionally; Affected Public:
Individuals or Households, Private
sector—Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 2,012; Total
Annual Responses: 2,360; Total Annual
Hours: 4,630. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Susan
Radke at 410–786–4450. 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.
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 December 26, 2012:
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 lll Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
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Dated: October 23, 2012.
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
Administration For Children And
Families
[CFDA Number: 93.605]
Announcement of the Award of a
Noncompetitive Single Source
Replacement Grant to the Larimer
County (CO) Department of Human
Services in Fort Collins, CO
Children’s Bureau, ACF, HHS.
Announcement of the award of
a noncompetitive single source
replacement grant to the Larimer County
(CO) Department of Human Services in
Fort Collins, CO.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Administration for
Children and Families, Administration
on Children, Youth and Families,
Children’s Bureau (CB) awarded a 36month demonstration grant to the
American Humane Association (AHA)
on September 29, 2011. On April 27,
2012, AHA submitted a letter requesting
a relinquishment, effective June 30,
2012. The Larimer County Department
of Human Services, an eligible
organization, submitted its letter, along
with its grant application, requesting
approval to complete all of the
remaining grant activities from July 1,
2012, through September 29, 2014. The
Larimer County Department of Human
Services will continue to provide all
program activities. No changes to the
grant activities will occur. All existing
key personnel for the grant will remain
to ensure continuity in accomplishing
all of the program activities, as
described in the original proposal. For
the remainder of the project period
listed below, this organization has been
awarded funds in the amount of
$1,189,750 as the permanent
replacement grantee.
DATES: July 1, 2012, through September
29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Overbagh, Child Welfare Program
Specialist, Division of Program
Innovation, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20024. Telephone: 202–205–7273;
Email: cathy.overbagh@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Family Connection Grant Program was
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established for the purpose of helping
children who are in, or at risk of
entering, foster care reconnect with
family members through the
implementation of programs of kinship
navigator programs, programs using
intensive family finding efforts,
programs using family group decisionmaking meetings, and residential family
treatment programs. In September 2011,
the Children’s Bureau awarded a cluster
of 36-month demonstration grants,
including the grant relinquished by
AHA, to focus on using family group
decision-making meetings to build
protective factors for children and
families.
Statutory Authority: Section 427 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 620–
629) as amended by the Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–351,
Section 102(a)).
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title
44, United States Code, as amended by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
SUMMARY:
Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and draft instruments, email
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443–
1984.
HRSA requests comments on: (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.
Information Collection Request Title:
Drug Pricing Program Reporting
Requirements (OMB No. 0915–0176)—
[Extension]
Abstract: Section 602 of Public Law
102–585, the Veterans Health Care Act
of 1992, enacted section 340B of the
Public Health Service Act (PHS Act),
‘‘Limitation on Prices of Drugs
Purchased by Covered Entities.’’ Section
340B provides that a manufacturer who
participates in Medicaid must sign a
Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement with
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services in which the manufacturer
agrees to charge enrolled covered
entities a price for covered outpatient
drugs that will not exceed an amount
determined under a statutory formula.
Covered entities which choose to
participate in the section 340B Drug
Pricing Program must comply with the
requirements of 340B(a)(5) of the PHS
Number of
respondents
Reporting/notification requirement
Responses
per
respondent
Act. Section 340B(a)(5)(A) prohibits a
covered entity from accepting a
discount for a drug that would also
generate a Medicaid rebate. Further,
section 340B(a)(5)(B) prohibits a
covered entity from reselling or
otherwise transferring a discounted drug
to a person who is not a patient of the
entity.
In response to the statutory mandate
of section 340B(a)(5)(C) to permit the
Secretary or manufacturers to conduct
audits of covered entities and because of
the potential for disputes involving
covered entities and participating drug
manufacturers, the HRSA Office of
Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) developed a
dispute resolution process for
manufacturers and covered entities, as
well as manufacturer guidelines for
audit of covered entities (Federal
Register Final Notice, December 12,
1996 (Vol. 61, No. 240, pp. 65406–
65413)).
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions, to
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information, to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information, and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
The annual estimate of burden is as
follows:
Total
responses
Hours/
response
Total burden
hours
AUDITS
Audit Notification to Entity 1 .................................................
Audit Workplan 1 ..................................................................
Audit Report 1 .......................................................................
Entity Response ...................................................................
10
8
6
6
1
1
1
1
10
8
6
6
4
8
8
8
40
64
48
48
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Mediation Request ...............................................................
Rebuttal ................................................................................
10
10
4
1
40
10
10
16
400
160
Total ..............................................................................
50
........................
80
........................
760
1 Prepared
by the manufacturer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration For Children And Families
[CFDA Number: 93.605]
Announcement of the Award of a Noncompetitive Single Source
Replacement Grant to the Larimer County (CO) Department of Human
Services in Fort Collins, CO
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Announcement of the award of a noncompetitive single source
replacement grant to the Larimer County (CO) Department of Human
Services in Fort Collins, CO.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families, Administration
on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau (CB) awarded a 36-
month demonstration grant to the American Humane Association (AHA) on
September 29, 2011. On April 27, 2012, AHA submitted a letter
requesting a relinquishment, effective June 30, 2012. The Larimer
County Department of Human Services, an eligible organization,
submitted its letter, along with its grant application, requesting
approval to complete all of the remaining grant activities from July 1,
2012, through September 29, 2014. The Larimer County Department of
Human Services will continue to provide all program activities. No
changes to the grant activities will occur. All existing key personnel
for the grant will remain to ensure continuity in accomplishing all of
the program activities, as described in the original proposal. For the
remainder of the project period listed below, this organization has
been awarded funds in the amount of $1,189,750 as the permanent
replacement grantee.
DATES: July 1, 2012, through September 29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Overbagh, Child Welfare Program
Specialist, Division of Program Innovation, Children's Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-7273;
Email: cathy.overbagh@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Family Connection Grant Program was
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established for the purpose of helping children who are in, or at risk
of entering, foster care reconnect with family members through the
implementation of programs of kinship navigator programs, programs
using intensive family finding efforts, programs using family group
decision-making meetings, and residential family treatment programs. In
September 2011, the Children's Bureau awarded a cluster of 36-month
demonstration grants, including the grant relinquished by AHA, to focus
on using family group decision-making meetings to build protective
factors for children and families.
Statutory Authority: Section 427 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. Sections 620-629) as amended by the Fostering Connections to
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351,
Section 102(a)).
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-26349 Filed 10-25-12; 8:45 am]
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