Department of Health and Human Services April 6, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Procurement Organization Reporting and Communication; Transplant Outcome Measures and Documentation Requirements; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs; Payment to Nonexcepted Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program; Establishment of Payment Rates Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Nonexcepted Items and Services Furnished by an Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2017-06903
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
In the November 14, 2016 issue of the Federal Register (81 FR 79562), we published a final rule with comment period entitled ``Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Procurement Organization Reporting and Communication; Transplant Outcome Measures and Documentation Requirements; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs; Payment to Nonexcepted Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program; Establishment of Payment Rates under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Nonexcepted Items and Services Furnished by an Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital'' that made changes to the demonstration of meaningful use criteria under Sec. 495.40. This correcting amendment corrects a technical error in Sec. 495.40 resulting from an error in that final rule with comment period.
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2017-06874
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2017-06873
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2017-06869
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2017-06868
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2017-06867
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on ``Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance (CBLS) and Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES).'' The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is leading a new three-year information collection request (ICR) that covers two CDC information collections, one for childhood blood lead surveillance by NCEH and another for adult blood lead surveillance by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). CDC requests an annual time burden of 1,120 burden hours for both collections.
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2017-06866
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on performance monitoring activities for funding opportunity announcement PS13-1308 ``Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention'', which is intended to gather information from funded partners to monitor their progress towards achieving the goals of DASH's funding opportunity announcement Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance.
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2017-06865
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a revision to the information collection project approved under OMB Control number 0920- 1146 (expiration date 11/30/2019), Survey of Surveillance Records of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from 1960 to Present.
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2017-06864
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on Zika virus persistence in body fluids of patients with Zika virus infection in Puerto Rico (ZIPER Study) to fill gaps in the scientific knowledge base for ZIKV regarding the persistence and transmissibility of ZIKV in body fluids. This information assist ongoing public health response activities, as well as advance the scientific understanding of ZIKV illness and transmission.
Waivers From Requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule
Document Number: 2017-06854
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is publishing three waivers from the requirements of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (the Sanitary Transportation rule). The Agency is taking this action in accord with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-06830
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-06827
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Office of the Director; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2017-06775
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2017-06774
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2017-06773
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2017-06772
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-04-06
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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