70444 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 227 / Monday, November 26, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; Health 

Information Technology; HIT Policy 

Committee: Request for Comment 

Regarding the Stage 3 Definition of 

Meaningful Use of Electronic Health 

Records (EHRs) 

AGENCY: Health Information Technology 

(HIT) Policy Committee, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

HIT Policy Committee’s request for 

comments on its draft recommendations 

for meaningful use Stage 3. 

DATES: To be assured consideration, 

electronic comments must be received 

no later than 11:59p.m. ET on January 

14, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Because of staff and 

resource limitations, we are only 

accepting comments electronically 

through http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ 

instructions. Attachments should be in 

Microsoft Word or Excel, WordPerfect, 

or Adobe PDF. Please do not submit 

duplicative comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MacKenzie Robertson, Office of the 

National Coordinator, Patriots Plaza III, 

355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20201, (202) 205–8089, 

mackenzie.robertson@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Request for Comment can be found on 

the ONC Web site at http:// 

www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/. 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period will be available for 

public inspection, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. Please do not include 

anything in your comment submission 

that you do not wish to share with the 

general public. Such information 

includes, but is not limited to: A 

person’s social security number; date of 

birth; driver’s license number; state 

identification number or foreign country 

equivalent; passport number; financial 

account number; credit or debit card 

number; any personal health 

information; or any business 

information that could be considered to 

be proprietary. We will post all 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

Dated: November 14, 2012. 

MacKenzie Robertson, 

FACA Program Lead, Office of Policy and 

Planning, Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10441] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: 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), Department of Health 

and Human Services, 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 function; 

(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: New collection; Title: Medicare 

Plan Finder Experiment; Use: The 

mission of the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is to ensure 

the provision of health care to its 

beneficiaries. Recent legislative 

mandates, including the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003, require CMS 

to provide information to beneficiaries 

about the quality of the Medicare health 

and prescription drug plans. To provide 

that information, all Medicare health 

and prescription drug plans with an 

enrollment of 600 or more are required 

to collect and report data following 

protocols that CMS has established. 

CMS has also contracted with various 

organizations to develop valid and 

reliable quality measures and to 

consider how best to report those 

measures to beneficiaries. 

A primary vehicle for reporting 

quality information to beneficiaries is 

the Medicare Plan Finder, a section of 

the Medicare Web site that is intended 

to help beneficiaries make informed 

choices among health and prescription 

drug plans. The Medicare Plan Finder 

tool contains a great deal of potentially 

useful information, including extensive 

data on the fixed and variable costs 

associated with being enrolled in plans, 

the benefits and coverage that plans 

offer, and the quality of service that 

plans provide, as revealed by member 

experience data, disenrollment 

statistics, and a variety of measures of 

clinical processes and outcomes. 

One of the key challenges that CMS 

has faced is how to engage beneficiaries 

with the quality information provided 

in the Medicare Plan Finder. Among the 

possible reasons that beneficiaries may 

fail to engage with this information are 

first, that several steps are required for 

a user of the Medicare Plan Finder to 

gain access to comparative plan 

information, and second that once the 

user does reach a data display, the 

amount of information presented is 

voluminous, and can seem 

overwhelming. 

This study will use an experimental 

design to assess the effectiveness of two 

potential enhancements to the Medicare 

Plan Finder tool that may help address 

these barriers to engagement and use of 

quality information. The purpose of this 

experiment is to test the effects of two 

prospective enhancements to the 

Medicare Plan Finder (MPF) Web site. 

We refer to these prospective 

enhancements as the ‘‘Quick Links’’ 

home page and the ‘‘enhanced data 

display.’’ Form Number: CMS– 

10441(OCN#: 0938–New); Frequency: 

Reporting—Once; Affected Public: 

individuals or households; Number of 

Respondents: 600; Total Annual 

Responses: 600; Total Annual Hours: 

252. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact David Miranda at 

410–786–7819. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web Site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

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To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on January 10, 2013. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 

Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974, 

Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 19, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10452 and CMS– 

10453] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: 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: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CMS Enterprise 

Identity Management System; Use: The 

Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) 

solution will provide an enterprise-wide 

solution that will also support CMS’ 

senior management goal to improve the 

Provider and Health Information 

Exchange experience by providing an 

enterprise-wide set of credentials and 

single sign-on capability for multiple 

CMS applications. In order to prove the 

identity of an individual requesting 

electronic access to CMS protected 

information or services, CMS will 

collect a core set of attributes about that 

individual. 

These core attributes will be used to: 

1. Provide the identity proofing 

service sufficient data to establish that 

the individual’s identity is provable to 

a NIST assurance level; 

2. Store the approval information 

returned by the identity proofing 

service; 

3. Provide CMS with additional data 

for multi-factor identification (personal 

questions and answers); 

4. Provide the user a single sign-on, 

federated CMS EIDM ID and Password; 

5. Authenticate the user; and 

6. Authorize the user for application 

access. 

The information collected will be 

gathered and used solely by CMS and 

approved contractor(s) and state health 

insurance exchanges. Information 

confidentiality will conform to HIPAA 

and FISMA requirements. Respondents 

may also access CMS Terms of Service 

and CMS Privacy Statement on the Web. 

Form Numbers: CMS–10452 (OCN: 

0938–New); Frequency: Reporting—On 

occasion; Affected Public: Individuals 

and households; Number of Annual 

Respondents: 26 million; Total Annual 

Responses: 26,000,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 8,666,667. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Robert 

Burger at 410–786–2125. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: The Medicare 

Advantage and Prescription Drug 

Program: Part C Explanation of Benefits 

CFR 422.111(b)(12); Use: CMS is 

requesting OMB approval for the 

information collection requirements 

referenced in the April 15, 2011 final 

rule revising the Medicare Advantage 

(MA) and Part D programs for calendar 

year 2012 (77 FR 21432–21577). The 

rule revised the MA disclosure 

requirements in 42 CFR 422.111(b) by 

adding the authority for CMS to require 

MA organizations to furnish a written 

explanation of benefits directly to 

enrollees, in a manner specified by CMS 

and in a form easily understandable to 

enrollees, when benefits are provided 

under Part 422. The collection 

instrument that requires OMB approval 

concerns the disclosure requirements in 

paragraph 42 CFR 422.111(b)(12). This 

information collection request would 

require MA organizations to furnish 

directly to enrollees, in the manner 

specified by CMS and in a form easily 

understandable to such enrollees, a 

written explanation of benefits, when 

benefits are provided under Part 422. 

Form Number: CMS–10453 (OCN: 

0938–New); Frequency: On occasion; 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits. Number of 

Respondents: 564. Number of 

Responses: 2,256. Total Annual Hours: 

101,520. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Chris McClintick 

at 410–786–4682. For all other issues 

call 410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by January 25, 2013: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number lllll, Room C4– 

26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: November 19, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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