Department of Health and Human Services 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: The National Survey of Physicians Attitudes Regarding the Care of Cancer Survivors (SPARCCS) (NCI)
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 148, p. 44751) and allowed 60-days for public comment. There were no public comments received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Proposed Collection: Title: NIH-Survey of Physicians Attitudes Regarding the Care of Cancer Survivors (SPARCCS). Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study is to identify the beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians and cancer specialists regarding the components described by the IOM. These data will inform the process of standardization of survivorship care practices; augment the data collected in other cancer survivorship studies and monitor the progress being made toward achieving NCI strategic goals of improving the quality of cancer care across the cancer control continuum. This questionnaire adheres to The Public Health Service Act, Section 412 (42 U.S.C. 285a-1) and Section 413 (42 U.S.C. 285a-2), which authorizes the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish and support programs for the detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer; and to collect, identify, analyze and disseminate information on cancer research, diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals and Businesses. Type of Respondents: Primary care and medical oncology physicians practicing in a non- federal facility. The annual reporting burden is estimated at 904 hours as shown in Table 1. The total burden hours is estimated at 1808 hours over the two year field period of the study. There is no capital, operating or maintenance costs to report.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request the Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL)
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Proposed Collection: Title: Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL). Type of Information Collection Request: Revision. OMB 0925-0584, exp. 2/28/2011. Need and Use of Information Collection: The Hispanic Community Health Study (HCHS)/Study of Latinos (SOL) will identify risk factors for cardiovascular and lung disease in Hispanic populations and determine the role of acculturation in the prevalence and development of these diseases. Hispanics, now the largest minority population in the US, are influenced by factors associated with immigration from different cultural settings and environments, including changes in diet, activity, community support, working conditions, and health care access. This project is a multicenter, six-and-a-half year epidemiologic study and will recruit 16,000 Hispanic men and women aged 18-74 in four community-based cohorts in Chicago, Miami, San Diego, and the Bronx. The study will also examine measures of obesity, physical activity, nutritional habits, diabetes, lung and sleep function, cognitive function, hearing, and dental conditions. Closely integrated with the research component will be a community and professional education component, with the goals of bringing the research results back to the community, improving recognition and control of risk factors, and attracting and training Hispanic researchers in epidemiology and population-based research. Frequency of Response: The participants will be contacted annually. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other for profit; Small businesses or organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or households; physicians. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,320; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.238; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.7161; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 48,583. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $753,285, assuming respondents time at the rate of $15 per hour and physician time at the rate of $55 per hour. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.
Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.
Prospective Granting of a Co-Exclusive License
This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is contemplating the granting of a co-exclusive worldwide license to practice the invention embodied in the patent application referred below to Mk-IX Technologies, having a place of business in Huntsville, Alabama. CDC intends to grant rights to practice this invention to no more than one other co-licensee. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. The patent application to be licensed is:
Office of Child Support Enforcement
A sole-source discretionary grant is being awarded to the Office of the Attorney General, Texas, to provide marriage and relationship education, parenting skills training, case management and home-visiting activities to unwed, new or expectant parents in Tom Green and Harris counties, Texas. The project will examine child support outcomes of families in the treatment and control groups from this project and from a previous project. This grant will also enable collection of data on child well-being outcomes, such as number of well-baby health visits, immunizations, home-safety (using a standardized checklist completed by a home visitor), child development (using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, a standardized tool), and quality of the home environment.
Medicaid Program; Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services Program State Plan Option (Cash and Counseling)
This final rule provides guidance to States that want to administer self-directed personal assistance services through their State Plans, as authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The State plan option allows beneficiaries, through an approved self- directed services plan and budget, to purchase personal assistance services. The rule also provides guidance to ensure beneficiary health and welfare and financial accountability of the State Plan option.
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates: Final Fiscal Year 2009 Wage Indices and Payment Rates Including Implementation of Section 124 of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
This notice contains tables listing the final wage indices, hospital reclassifications, payment rates, impacts, and other related tables effective for fiscal year (FY) 2009. The tables and impacts included in this notice reflect the extension of the expiration date for certain geographic reclassifications and special exception wage indices as required by section 124 of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA), Public Law 110-275. These geographic reclassifications and special exception wage indices were previously set to expire on September 30, 2008 and are now extended through September 30, 2009. (Additionally, the final rates, wage indices, budget neutrality factors and tables included in this notice also reflect a correction made to the wage data for one hospital, as discussed in the correction notice for the FY 2009 IPPS final rule published elsewhere within this Federal Register.)
Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payment System; Updates to Certain IPPS-Excluded Hospitals; and Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships Between Hospitals; Correction
This document corrects technical and typographical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2008, entitled ``Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payment System; Updates to Certain IPPS-Excluded Hospitals; and Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships Between Hospitals.''
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``National Study of the Hospital Adverse Event Reporting Follow-Up Survey.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506()(2)(A), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 24th, 2008 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. Changes were made to this 30 day notice to account for the electronic patient records review which were not accounted for in the 60 day notice.
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors (NTP BSC). The NTP BSC is a federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists from the public and private sectors that provides primary scientific oversight to the NTP Director and evaluates the scientific merit of the NTP's intramural and collaborative programs.
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR); Announcement of Plans for Updated Evaluations of Genistein and Soy Formula; Request for Public Comments and Nomination of Expert Panel Members
The CERHR plans to convene an expert panel to conduct updated evaluations of the scientific evidence regarding the potential reproductive and/or developmental toxicity associated with exposure to genistein and soy formula begun in 2006. The expert panel will consist of approximately 10-12 scientists selected for their scientific expertise in various aspects of reproductive and developmental toxicology and other relevant areas of science. CERHR invites the submission of information about ongoing studies or upcoming publications on these substances that might be considered for inclusion in the evaluations and the nomination of scientists to serve on the expert panel (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below). This meeting is tentatively scheduled for spring or summer 2009, although the exact date and location are not yet set. As plans are finalized, they will be announced in the Federal Register and posted on the CERHR Web site (https://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov). CERHR expert panel meetings are open to the public with time scheduled for oral public comment.
Submission for OMB Approval; Comment Request; Extension of Approved Collection; Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for Which Public Health Service Funding Is Sought, 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F and for Responsible Prospective Contractors, 45 CFR Part 94 C
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 135, p. 40354-40355) and allowed 60-days for public comment. There were no public comments received during this time. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Medicare Program; Request for Nominations for the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee for the Competitive Acquisition of Durable Medical Equipment and Other Items
This notice solicits nominations for individuals to serve on the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC) that will advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment and certain other items and services under the Medicare program. Section 1847(c) of the Social Security Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to establish the PAOC. In addition, section 1847(c)(4) exempts the PAOC from the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., appendix 2.
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Correction
This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the August 8, 2008 Federal Register entitled, ``Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009.''
National Biodefense Science Board; Notification of a Public Teleconference
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) will be holding a public teleconference. The meeting is open to the public.
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