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reasonable at one hour to calculate the
data and one hour to enter the data at
www.acquisition.gov. The estimated
burden is prepared taking into
consideration the necessary criteria in
OMB guidance for estimating the
paperwork burden put on the entity
submitting the information. For
example, consideration is given to an
entity reviewing instructions; using
technology to collect, process, and
disclose information; adjusting existing
practices to comply with requirements;
searching data sources; completing and
reviewing the response; and
transmitting or disclosing information.
The estimated burden hours for a
collection are based on an average
between the hours that a simple
disclosure by a very small business
might require and the much higher
numbers that might be required for a
very complex disclosure by a major
corporation. Also, the estimated burden
hours should only include projected
hours for those actions which a
company would not undertake in the
normal course of business. Careful
consideration went into assessing the
estimated burden hours for this
collection, and although, the respondent
indicated the burden is underestimated,
the estimated burden remains
unchanged. At any point, members of
the public may submit comments for
further consideration, and are
encouraged to provide data to support
their request for an adjustment.
C. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 23,845.
Responses/respondent: 1.
Total annual Responses: 23,845.
Preparation hours per response: 2.
Total response burden hours: 47,690.
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. 9000–0179, Service
Contracts Reporting Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: March 8, 2013.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition
Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–13–0017]
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 (404) 639–7570, or send an
email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Application for Training (OMB No.
0920–0017, Expiration 03/31/2013)—
Revision—Scientific Education and
Professional Development Program
Office (SEPDPO), Office of Surveillance,
Epidemiology and Laboratory Services
(OSELS), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC offers public health training
activities to professionals worldwide.
Employees of hospitals, universities,
medical centers, laboratories, state and
federal agencies, and state and local
health departments apply for training to
learn up-to-date public health practices.
CDC’s training activities include
laboratory training, classroom study,
online training, and distance learning.
CDC uses two training application
forms, the Training and Continuing
Education Online New Participant
Registration Form and the National
Laboratory Training Network
Registration Form, to collect
information necessary to manage and
conduct training pertinent to the
agency’s mission.
CDC requests OMB approval to
continue to collect information through
these forms to (1) grant public health
professionals the continuing education
they need to maintain professional
licenses and certifications, (2) create a
transcript or summary of training at the
participant’s request, (3) generate
management reports, and (4) maintain
training statistics; and a revision that
will allow CDC to comply with new
continuing education accreditation
organization requirements for collection
of additional profession-specific data.
Accrediting organizations require a
method of tracking participants who
complete an educational activity;
collecting demographic data allows CDC
to meet this requirement. Several
accrediting organizations require a
permanent record that includes the
participant’s name, address, and phone
number, to facilitate retrieval of
historical information about when a
participant completed a course or
several courses during a time period.
This information provides the basis for
a transcript or for determining whether
a person is enrolled in more than one
course. CDC uses the email address to
verify the participant’s electronic
request for transcripts, verify course
certificates, and send confirmation that
a participant is registered for a course.
Tracking course attendance and
meeting accrediting organizations’
standards for reporting require uniform
and standardized training application
forms. The standardized data these
forms request for laboratory training,
classroom study, online training, and
distance learning are not requested
elsewhere. These forms do not duplicate
requests for information from
participants. Data are collected only
once per course or once per new
registration. The annual burden table
has been updated to reflect an increase
in distance learning to 6,792 burden
hours; that is an average burden of 5
minutes per respondent. There is no
cost to respondents other than their
time.
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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
Form name
Laboratorians ....................
National Laboratory Training Network Registration Form (Attachment 3).
Dated: March 7, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office
of the Associate Director for Science, Office
of the Director, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–484, CMS–10152,
CMS–10449]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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: Reinstatement of a previously
approved collection; Title: Attending
Physician’s Certification of Medical
Necessity for Home Oxygen Therapy
and Supporting Documentation
Requirements; Use: Under Section
1862(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act
(the Act), 42 U.S.C. 1395y(a), the
Secretary may only pay for items and
services that are ‘‘reasonable and
necessary for the diagnosis or treatment
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of illness or injury or to improve the
functioning of a malformed body
member.’’ In order to assure this, CMS
and its contractors develop Medical
policies that specify the circumstances
under which an item or service can be
covered. The certificate of medical
necessity (CMN) provides a mechanism
for suppliers of Durable Medical
Equipment, defined in 42 U.S.C. 1395x
(n), and Medical Equipment and
Supplies defined in 42 U.S.C. 1395j(5),
to demonstrate that the item being
provided meets the criteria for Medicare
coverage. Section 1833(e), 42 U.S.C.
1395l(e), provides that no payment can
be made to any provider of services, or
other person, unless that person has
furnished the information necessary for
Medicare or its contractor to determine
the amounts due to be paid. Certain
individuals can use a CMN to furnish
this information, rather than having to
produce large quantities of medical
records for every claim they submit for
payment. Under Section 1834(j)(2) of
the Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395m(j)(2), suppliers
of DME items are prohibited from
providing medical information to
physicians when a CMN is being
completed to document medical
necessity. The physician who orders the
item is responsible for providing the
information necessary to demonstrate
that the item provided is reasonable and
necessary and the supplier shall also list
on the CMN the fee schedule amount
and the suppliers charge for the medical
equipment or supplies being furnished
prior to distribution of such certificate
to the physician. Any supplier of
medical equipment who knowingly and
willfully distributes a CMN in violation
of this restriction is subject to penalties,
including civil money penalties (42
U.S.C. 1395m(j)(2)(A)(iii)). Under title
42 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
§§ 410.38 and 424.5, Medicare has the
legal authority to collect sufficient
information to determine payment for
oxygen, and oxygen equipment. Oxygen
and oxygen equipment is by far the
largest single total charge of all items
paid under durable medical equipment
coverage authority. Detailed criteria
concerning coverage of home oxygen
therapy are found in Medicare Carriers
Manual Chapter II—Coverage Issues
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Appendix, Section 60–4. For Medicare
to consider any item for coverage and
payment, the information submitted by
the supplier (e.g., claims and CMNs),
including documentation in the
patient’s medical records must
corroborate that the patient meets
Medicare coverage criteria. The patient’s
medical records may include:
physician’s office records; hospital
records; nursing home records; home
health agency records; records from
other healthcare professionals or test
reports. This documentation must be
available to the DME MACs upon
request. Form Number: CMS–484 (OCN:
0938–0534); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business
or other for-profits, Not-for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 8,880; Total
Annual Responses: 1,541,359; Total
Annual Hours: 308,271. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Doris Jackson at 410–786–4459.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement of a previously
approved collection; Title: Data
Collection for Medicare Beneficiaries
Receiving NaF–18 Positron Emission
Tomography (PET) to Identify Bone
Metastasis in Cancer; Use: In Decision
Memorandum #CAG–00065R, issued on
February 26, 2010, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
determined that the evidence is
sufficient to conclude that for Medicare
beneficiaries receiving NaF–18 PET scan
to identify bone metastasis in cancer is
reasonable and necessary only when the
provider is participating in and patients
are enrolled in a clinical study designed
to information at the time of the scan to
assist in initial antitumor treatment
planning or to guide subsequent
treatment strategy by the identification,
location and quantification of bone
metastases in beneficiaries in whom
bone metastases are strongly suspected
based on clinical symptoms or the
results of other diagnostic studies.
Qualifying clinical studies must ensure
that specific hypotheses are addressed;
appropriate data elements are collected;
hospitals and providers are qualified to
provide the PET scan and interpret the
results; participating hospitals and
providers accurately report data on all
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-0017]
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
(404) 639-7570, or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or
by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Application for Training (OMB No. 0920-0017, Expiration 03/31/
2013)--Revision--Scientific Education and Professional Development
Program Office (SEPDPO), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and
Laboratory Services (OSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC offers public health training activities to professionals
worldwide. Employees of hospitals, universities, medical centers,
laboratories, state and federal agencies, and state and local health
departments apply for training to learn up-to-date public health
practices. CDC's training activities include laboratory training,
classroom study, online training, and distance learning. CDC uses two
training application forms, the Training and Continuing Education
Online New Participant Registration Form and the National Laboratory
Training Network Registration Form, to collect information necessary to
manage and conduct training pertinent to the agency's mission.
CDC requests OMB approval to continue to collect information
through these forms to (1) grant public health professionals the
continuing education they need to maintain professional licenses and
certifications, (2) create a transcript or summary of training at the
participant's request, (3) generate management reports, and (4)
maintain training statistics; and a revision that will allow CDC to
comply with new continuing education accreditation organization
requirements for collection of additional profession-specific data.
Accrediting organizations require a method of tracking participants
who complete an educational activity; collecting demographic data
allows CDC to meet this requirement. Several accrediting organizations
require a permanent record that includes the participant's name,
address, and phone number, to facilitate retrieval of historical
information about when a participant completed a course or several
courses during a time period. This information provides the basis for a
transcript or for determining whether a person is enrolled in more than
one course. CDC uses the email address to verify the participant's
electronic request for transcripts, verify course certificates, and
send confirmation that a participant is registered for a course.
Tracking course attendance and meeting accrediting organizations'
standards for reporting require uniform and standardized training
application forms. The standardized data these forms request for
laboratory training, classroom study, online training, and distance
learning are not requested elsewhere. These forms do not duplicate
requests for information from participants. Data are collected only
once per course or once per new registration. The annual burden table
has been updated to reflect an increase in distance learning to 6,792
burden hours; that is an average burden of 5 minutes per respondent.
There is no cost to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response
respondent (hours)
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Health Professionals.................. Training and Continuing 75,000 1 5/60
Education Online New
Participant
Registration Form
(Attachment 4).
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Laboratorians......................... National Laboratory 6,500 1 5/60
Training Network
Registration Form
(Attachment 3).
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Dated: March 7, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-05821 Filed 3-13-13; 8:45 am]
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