Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Radio Frequency Identification Advance Shipment Notices; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 50415-50416 [2019-20844]
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Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Request: Revision and
extension.
Number of Respondents: 34,842.
Responses per Respondent: ∼1.55.
Annual Responses: 122,024.
Average Burden per Response: ∼17.05.
Annual Burden Hours: 2,075,685
(includes 39,075 reporting hours and
2,036,610 recordkeeping hours).
Needs and Uses: The information
collections under OMB Control Number
0704–0441 pertain to all information
that offerors or contractors must submit
related to DFARS contract quality
assurance programs. This renewal
includes the incorporation of OMB
Control Number 0704–0541.
a. 252.246–7003, Notification of
Potential Safety Issues. Contracting
officers require timely notification of
potential safety defects so that (1)
systems and equipment likely affected
by the situation can be readily
identified, and (2) appropriate
engineering investigation and follow-on
actions can be taken to establish and
mitigate risk.
b. 252.246–7005, Notice of Warranty
Tracking of Serialized Items. The
information provided by offerors under
this provision alerts contracting officers
in those cases where the offeror is
proposing to provide a warranty for an
individual contract line item for which
DoD has not specified a warranty in the
solicitation. The warranty notice will
permit the Government to recognize and
utilize any warranty after contract
award.
c. 252.246–7006, Warranty Tracking
of Serialized Items, implements section
818 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2012 (Pub. L. 112–81 as
amended by section 817 of the NDAA
for FY 2015 (Pub. L. 113–291). The
information provided by contractors
allows DoD to track warranties for item
unique item identification (IUID)
required items in the IUID registry to
obtain maximum utility of warranties
provided on contracted items. The
identification and enforcement of
warranties is essential to the
effectiveness and efficiency of DoD’s
material readiness. Providing visibility
and accountability of warranty data
associated with acquired goods, from
the identification of the requirement to
the expiration date of the warranted
item, significantly enhances DoD’s
ability to take full advantage of
warranties, resulting in—
(1) Reduced costs;
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(2) Ability to recognize benefits
included at no additional cost;
(3) Ability to compare performance
against Government-specified
warranties; and
(4) Identification of sufficient
durations for warranties for specific
goods.
d. 252.246–7008, Sources of
Electronic Parts. The notification and
documentation requirements are
necessary to comply with statute. The
contracting officer will use the
information to ensure that the contractor
performs the traceability of parts,
additional inspection, testing, and
authentication required when an
electronic part is not obtained from a
trusted supplier. The Government may
also use this information to more
actively perform acceptance.
Comments and recommendations on
the proposed information collection
should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra,
DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please identify the
proposed information collection by DoD
Desk Officer and the Docket ID number
and title of the information collection
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method: Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela
James. Requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. James at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket Number DARS–2019–0044; OMB
Control Number 0704–0434]
Information Collection Requirement;
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS);
Radio Frequency Identification
Advance Shipment Notices;
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Defense Acquisition
Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following
proposed revision of a collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by October 25, 2019.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title,
Associated Form, and OMB Number:
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS); Radio Frequency
Identification Advance Shipment
Notices; OMB Control Number 0704–
0434.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 5,217.
Responses per Respondent: 3,782.
Annual Responses: 19,732,850.
Average Burden per Response:
Approximately 1.16 seconds.
Annual Burden Hours: 6,358.
Needs and Uses: The clause at DFARS
252.211–7006, Passive Radio Frequency
Identification, requires the contractor to
ensure that the data on each passive
RFID tag are unique and conform to the
requirements that they are readable and
affixed to the appropriate location on
the specific level of packaging in
accordance with MIL–STD–129 tag
placement specifications. The contractor
shall encode an approved RFID tag
using the appropriate instructions at the
time of contract award. Regardless of the
selected encoding scheme, the
contractor is responsible for ensuring
that each tag contains a globally unique
identifier. The contractor shall
electronically submit advance shipment
notices with the RFID tag identification
in advance of the shipment in
accordance with the procedures at
https://wawf.eb.mil/. DoD uses advance
shipment notices for the shipment of
material containing Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) tag data. DoD
receiving personnel use the advance
shipment notice to associate the unique
identification encoded on the RFID tag
with the corresponding shipment. Use
of the RFID technology permits DoD an
automated and sophisticated end-to-end
supply chain that has increased
visibility of assets and permits delivery
of supplies to the warfighter more
quickly.
Comments and recommendations on
the proposed information collection
should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra,
DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please identify the
proposed information collection by DoD
SUMMARY:
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Desk Officer and the Docket ID number
and title of the information collection.
You may also submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by the following method: Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela
James. Requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should
be sent to Ms. James at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical
Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS); Adoption of Medicare’s
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing
(HHVBP) Adjustments for
Reimbursement Under TRICARE’s
Home Health Prospective Payment
System Demonstration
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of TRICARE’s adoption
of Medicare’s Home Health Value-Based
Purchasing Model as a Demonstration.
AGENCY:
This notice describes the
adoption of Medicare’s Home Health
Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP)
adjustments for reimbursement under
TRICARE’s Home Health Prospective
Payment System (HH PPS). In
recognition that the Defense Health
Agency (DHA) strongly supports the
implementation of value-based
incentive programs, in accordance with
Section 705(a) of National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year 2017, the adoption of this model
establishes a new value-based initiative
within the TRICARE program, based on
Medicare’s similar pilot. In the
Medicare HHVBP model, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
determines a payment adjustment up to
the maximum percentage, upward or
downward, based on the Home Health
Agency’s (HHA) Total Performance
Score (TPS). As a result, the model
incentivizes quality improvements and
encourages efficiency. States selected
for participation in the Medicare
HHVBP model include Arizona, Florida,
Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts,
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Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee,
and Washington.
CMS cannot release HHVBP
adjustment factors to TRICARE, so
Home Health Agencies (HHAs) in the
participating states will be required to
send their annual payment adjustment
reports to the applicable TRICARE
contractors prior to January 1 each year.
Failure to submit the required payment
adjustment documentation would result
in full application of the negative
adjustment factor for the calendar year.
This requirement allows TRICARE to
mirror Medicare’s HHVBP payment
adjustments. The TRICARE HHVBP
model will only apply to Medicarecertified HHAs in the nine participating
states. Specialized HHAs that qualify for
corporate services provider status but
are not Medicare-certified will continue
to be reimbursed under the CHAMPUS
Maximum Allowable Charge (CMAC)
system and will not be subject to the
TRICARE HHVBP model.
DATES: This demonstration project will
be effective January 1, 2020, through
December 31, 2022, unless terminated
earlier by Medicare or by TRICARE.
ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency
(DHA), TRICARE, Medical Benefits and
Reimbursement Office, 16401 East
Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011–
9066.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jahanbakhsh Badshah, Medical Benefits
and Reimbursement Section, TRICARE,
telephone (303) 676–3881. Questions
regarding payment of specific claims
should be addressed to the appropriate
TRICARE contractor.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
As authorized by section 1115A of the
Social Security Act and finalized in the
Medicare calendar year (CY) 2016 Home
Health Prospective Payment System
(HH PPS) final rule (80 FR 68624), CMS
began testing the Home Health ValueBased Purchasing (HHVBP) Model in
January 2016. The specific goals of the
Model are to: (1) Provide incentives for
better quality care with greater
efficiency; (2) study new potential
quality and efficiency measures for
appropriateness in the home health
setting; and (3) enhance the current
public reporting process. It is expected
that tying quality to payment through a
system of value-based purchasing for all
Medicare-certified Home Health
Agencies (HHAs) providing services in
the states of Arizona, Florida, Iowa,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Washington will improve the
beneficiaries’ experience and outcomes.
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It is also expected that payment
adjustments that both reward improved
quality and penalize poor performance
will incentivize quality improvement
and encourage efficiency. TRICARE’s
adoption of the HHVBP model will
strengthen the impact of the incentives
included within the model by adding
TRICARE’s market share to Medicare’s.
Adoption of this model by the TRICARE
program will also continue DHA’s
efforts to transition payments to reward
high-quality providers, and leverages
Medicare’s experience to implement the
most effective value-based payment
methodologies.
The distribution of payment
adjustments under this HHVBP Model
are based on quality performance, as
measured by both achievement and
improvement, across a set of quality
measures constructed to minimize the
burden as much as possible and
improve care. The degree of the
payment adjustment is dependent on
the level of quality achieved or
improved from the base year, with the
highest upward performance adjustment
going to competing HHAs with the
highest overall level of performance
based on either achievement or
improvement in quality. The size of a
competing HHA’s payment adjustment
for each year under the Model is
dependent upon the HHA’s performance
with respect to that calendar year
relative to other competing HHAs of
similar size in the same state, and
relative to its own performance during
the baseline year. Medicare utilizes
quarterly performance reports, annual
payment adjustment reports and annual
publicly available performance reports
to align the competitive forces within
the market to deliver care based on
value. The quality performance scores
and relative peer rankings are
determined through the use of a
baseline year and subsequent
performance periods for each HHA. A
payment adjustment report is provided
once a year to each of the HHAs by
CMS. The annual report from CMS
provides the HHA’s payment
adjustment percentage and explains
how the adjustment was determined
relative to its performance scores. This
is the document that the HHAs in the
selected states will be required to
submit to TRICARE contractors prior to
the beginning of each calendar year,
upon adoption of the HHVBP by
TRICARE.
The Medicare model will be
implemented over a total of seven years
that began on January 1, 2016, and ends
December 31, 2022. (However, if
Medicare decides to terminate or
expand the demonstration TRICARE
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[FR Doc No: 2019-20844]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket Number DARS-2019-0044; OMB Control Number 0704-0434]
Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Radio Frequency Identification Advance
Shipment Notices; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to
OMB for clearance, the following proposed revision of a collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October
25, 2019.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number:
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Radio
Frequency Identification Advance Shipment Notices; OMB Control Number
0704-0434.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 5,217.
Responses per Respondent: 3,782.
Annual Responses: 19,732,850.
Average Burden per Response: Approximately 1.16 seconds.
Annual Burden Hours: 6,358.
Needs and Uses: The clause at DFARS 252.211-7006, Passive Radio
Frequency Identification, requires the contractor to ensure that the
data on each passive RFID tag are unique and conform to the
requirements that they are readable and affixed to the appropriate
location on the specific level of packaging in accordance with MIL-STD-
129 tag placement specifications. The contractor shall encode an
approved RFID tag using the appropriate instructions at the time of
contract award. Regardless of the selected encoding scheme, the
contractor is responsible for ensuring that each tag contains a
globally unique identifier. The contractor shall electronically submit
advance shipment notices with the RFID tag identification in advance of
the shipment in accordance with the procedures at https://wawf.eb.mil/.
DoD uses advance shipment notices for the shipment of material
containing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag data. DoD
receiving personnel use the advance shipment notice to associate the
unique identification encoded on the RFID tag with the corresponding
shipment. Use of the RFID technology permits DoD an automated and
sophisticated end-to-end supply chain that has increased visibility of
assets and permits delivery of supplies to the warfighter more quickly.
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection
should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information
collection by DoD
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Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of the information
collection.
You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela James. Requests for copies of the
information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. James at [email protected].
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2019-20844 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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