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ordered to do so by Puerto Rico’s Office
of the Health Advocate.
ASES ultimately agreed to
Respondents’ demand for higher
reimbursement rates. ASES believed it
had no choice but to acquiesce to
Respondents’ demands because of its
concerns over access to nephrology
services for Mi Salud patients. On June
13, 2012, ASES abandoned the new
reimbursement formula and reinstated
the 20 percent COB. The requirement
that payers reimburse providers the full
20 percent COB, retroactive to March
16, 2012, is estimated to cost ASES and
the Mi Salud program an additional $4
million to $6 million annually. Thus,
the denial of nephrology services and
the demands for higher reimbursement
rates caused substantial harm to the
consumers of Puerto Rico.
Finally, the proposed complaint
alleges that Respondents’ actions were a
naked agreement to fix prices and a
collective refusal to deal, not related to
any efficiency-enhancing justification or
any efforts at clinical or financial
integration. Respondents, at all times
relevant to the proposed complaint,
maintained separate, independent
nephrology practices and made no
attempt to share the financial risk in the
provision of nephrology services or to
clinically integrate the delivery of care
to patients, which might justify the
otherwise illegal joint activity.
The Proposed Consent Order
The proposed consent order is
designed to prevent the continuance
and recurrence of the illegal conduct
alleged in the proposed complaint,
while not prohibiting the Respondents
to engage in legitimate joint conduct in
the future, if they so choose.
Paragraph II of the proposed consent
order prevents Respondents from
continuing the challenged conduct. In
particular, Paragraph II.A prevents
Respondents from entering into or
participating in agreements: (1) To
negotiate on behalf of another physician
with any payer, (2) to refuse to deal, or
threaten to refuse to deal with any
payer, or (3) regarding any term,
condition, or requirement upon which
another physician deals, or is willing to
deal, with any payer, including, but not
limited to, price terms.
The other parts of Paragraph II
reinforce these general prohibitions.
Paragraph II.B prohibits Respondents
from exchanging information with
another physician concerning whether
and on what terms that other physician
is willing to contract with a payer.
Paragraph II.C prevents Respondents
from entering into agreements to
withhold services from any person.
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Paragraph II.D bars Respondents from
exchanging information among
physicians concerning any physician’s
willingness to offer or withhold services
from any person. Paragraph II.E
prohibits attempts to engage in the
actions precluded by Paragraphs II.A,
II.B, II.C, or II.D. Paragraph II.F
proscribes encouraging or attempting to
induce any action that would be
prohibited by Paragraph II. Nothing in
Paragraph II prohibits any agreement or
conduct among Respondents that is
reasonably necessary to a Qualified
Arrangement.
Paragraph III requires Respondents to
provide the Commission with notice
and certain information before entering
into a Qualified Arrangement. Paragraph
III.A requires Respondents to notify the
Commission 60 days prior to entering
into any Qualified Arrangement.
Paragraph III.B requires Respondents to
provide information about the nature
and effects of the proposed agreement as
part of the Paragraph III.A notification.
Paragraph III.C allows the Commission
to make a written request for additional
information within 60 days, which then
prevents the participating Respondents
from entering into the proposed
agreement until 30 days after
substantially complying with the
request for additional information.
Paragraphs III.D through F state that
certain actions with respect to a
proposed Qualified Arrangement should
not be construed as a determination by
the Commission that the action violates
the law, is approved, or violates this
order.
Paragraph IV is similarly designed to
prevent the challenged conduct from
recurring by requiring Respondents to
send copies of the complaint and
consent order to those impacted by its
terms. Paragraph IV.A requires each
Respondent to send a copy of the
complaint and consent order to every
physician, officer, manager, and staff
member in each Respondent’s medical
practice group at any time since January
1, 2010. Paragraph IV.A also requires
each Respondent to send a copy of the
complaint and consent order to every
payer whom Respondent had contacted
regarding contracting for physician
services at any time since January 1,
2010. Paragraph IV.B carries the
provisions in Paragraph IV.A forward
for three years from the date of the
order.
Paragraphs V, VI, and VII impose
various obligations on Respondents to
report or to provide access to
information to the Commission to
facilitate Respondents’ compliance with
the consent order. Finally, Paragraph
VIII provides that the proposed consent
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order will expire 20 years from the date
it is issued.
By direction of the Commission.,
Chairman Leibowitz not participating.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090–0278; Docket 2012–
0001; Sequence 19]
National Contact Center; Information
Collection; National Contact Center
Customer Evaluation Survey
Contact Center Services,
Federal Citizen Information Center,
Office of Citizen Services and
Innovative Technologies, General
Services Administration.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding an extension to an existing
OMB clearance.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the General
Services Administration will be
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve an extension of a
previously approved information
collection requirement regarding the
National Contact Center customer
evaluation surveys. In this request, the
previously approved surveys have been
supplemented with surveys that will
temporarily replace those existing
surveys for one period of several
months. These temporary surveys will
allow the National Contact Center to
compare its customer service levels to
those of private industry contact
centers.
Submit comments on or before:
May 6, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tonya Beres, Federal Information
Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and
Communications, at telephone (202)
501–1803 or via email to
tonya.beres@gsa.gov.
DATES:
Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
3090–0278, National Contact Center
Evaluation Survey, by any of the
following methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
searching the OMB control number.
Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’
that corresponds with ‘‘Information
Collection 3090–0278, National Contract
ADDRESSES:
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Center Evaluation Survey’’. Follow the
instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 3090–0278,
National Contract Center Evaluation
Survey’’ on your attached document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 3090–0278, National
Contract Center Evaluation Survey.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
3090–0278, National Contract Center
Evaluation Survey, 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
This information collection will be
used to assess the public’s satisfaction
with the National Contact Center
service, to assist in increasing the
efficiency in responding to the public’s
need for Federal information, and to
assess the effectiveness of marketing
efforts.
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Temporary Telephone survey (One
year only):
Respondents: 300.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 300.
Hours per Response: 0.116.
Total Burden Hours: 35.
permanent Telephone Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 900.
Respondents (subsequent years):
1000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 900.
Annual Responses (subsequent years):
1000.
Hours per Response: 0.033.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 30.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent
years): 33.33.
Temporary Email survey (One year
only):
Respondents: 600.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 600.
Hours per Response: 0.0833.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
permanent Email Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 960.
Respondents (subsequent years):
1560.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 960.
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Annual Responses (subsequent years):
1560.
Hours per Response: 0.05.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 48.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent
years): 78.
Temporary Web Chat survey (One
year only):
Respondents: 400.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 400.
Hours per Response: 0.0833.
Total Burden Hours: 33.33.
permanent Web Chat Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 440.
Respondents (subsequent years): 840.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 440.
Annual Responses (subsequent years):
840.
Hours per Response: 0.05.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 22.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent
years): 42.
Total Annual Respondents (year one):
3600.
Total Annual Respondents (year one)
Total Burden Hours (Combined, Year
One): 218.
Total Burden Hours (Combined,
Subsequent Years): 153.33.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417,
telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite
OMB Control No. 3090–0278, National
Contact Center Customer Evaluation
Survey, in all correspondence.
Dated: February 25, 2013.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: HHS–EGOV–16500–
60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
AGENCY:
Electronic Government Office,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Electronic
Government Office (EGOV), Department
of Health and Human Services,
announces plans to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR),
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described below, to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The
ICR is to reinstate the use of the
previously approved information
collection assigned OMB control
number 4040–0004, which expired on
03/31/2012. The ICR also requests
categorizing the form as a common
form, meaning HHS will only request
approval for its own use of the form
rather than aggregating the burden
estimate across all Federal Agencies as
was done for previous actions on this
OMB control number. Prior to
submitting that ICR to OMB, EGOV
seeks comments from the public
regarding the burden estimate, below, or
any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before May 6, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.Collection
Clearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–EGOV–
16500–60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
SF–424 Application for Federal
Assistance.
OMB No.: 4040–0004.
Abstract: The SF–424 Application for
Federal Assistance is a common form
used by all Federal grant-making
agencies for applicants to apply for
Federal financial assistance.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The SF–424 Application
for Federal Assistance is used by the
public to apply for Federal financial
assistance in the form of grants. These
forms are submitted to the Federal
grant-making agencies for evaluation
and review.
Likely Respondents: Organizations
and institutions seeking grants.
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
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0278; Docket 2012-0001; Sequence 19]
National Contact Center; Information Collection; National Contact
Center Customer Evaluation Survey
AGENCY: Contact Center Services, Federal Citizen Information Center,
Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, General
Services Administration.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement
regarding the National Contact Center customer evaluation surveys. In
this request, the previously approved surveys have been supplemented
with surveys that will temporarily replace those existing surveys for
one period of several months. These temporary surveys will allow the
National Contact Center to compare its customer service levels to those
of private industry contact centers.
DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 6, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tonya Beres, Federal Information
Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, at telephone
(202) 501-1803 or via email to tonya.beres@gsa.gov.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0278, National Contact Center Evaluation Survey, by any of the
following methods:
Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 3090-0278, National Contract
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Center Evaluation Survey''. Follow the instructions provided at the
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if
any), and ``Information Collection 3090-0278, National Contract Center
Evaluation Survey'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN:
Hada Flowers/IC 3090-0278, National Contract Center Evaluation Survey.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 3090-0278, National Contract Center Evaluation Survey, 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
This information collection will be used to assess the public's
satisfaction with the National Contact Center service, to assist in
increasing the efficiency in responding to the public's need for
Federal information, and to assess the effectiveness of marketing
efforts.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Temporary Telephone survey (One year only):
Respondents: 300.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 300.
Hours per Response: 0.116.
Total Burden Hours: 35.
permanent Telephone Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 900.
Respondents (subsequent years): 1000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 900.
Annual Responses (subsequent years): 1000.
Hours per Response: 0.033.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 30.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent years): 33.33.
Temporary Email survey (One year only):
Respondents: 600.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 600.
Hours per Response: 0.0833.
Total Burden Hours: 50.
permanent Email Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 960.
Respondents (subsequent years): 1560.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 960.
Annual Responses (subsequent years): 1560.
Hours per Response: 0.05.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 48.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent years): 78.
Temporary Web Chat survey (One year only):
Respondents: 400.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 400.
Hours per Response: 0.0833.
Total Burden Hours: 33.33.
permanent Web Chat Survey:
Respondents (Year one): 440.
Respondents (subsequent years): 840.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses (year one): 440.
Annual Responses (subsequent years): 840.
Hours per Response: 0.05.
Total Burden Hours (year one): 22.
Total Burden Hours (subsequent years): 42.
Total Annual Respondents (year one): 3600.
Total Annual Respondents (year one)
Total Burden Hours (Combined, Year One): 218.
Total Burden Hours (Combined, Subsequent Years): 153.33.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control
No. 3090-0278, National Contact Center Customer Evaluation Survey, in
all correspondence.
Dated: February 25, 2013.
Casey Coleman,
Chief Information Officer.
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