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and Human Services; Telephone (202) 

690–6870, Fax (202) 690–2524. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

of Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds 

report annually on the financial 

condition of the HI and SMI trust funds. 

These reports describe the trust funds’ 

current and projected financial 

condition over the ‘‘short term,’’ or next 

decade, and the ‘‘long term’’ (75+ years). 

The Medicare Board of Trustees has 

requested that the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services (who is one of the 

Trustees) establish a panel of technical 

experts to review the methods used in 

the HI and SMI annual reports. 

The Secretary reestablished the 

Technical Review Panel on the 

Medicare Trustees Reports when she 

signed the charter on July 23, 2010. 

Objectives and Scope of Activities 

The Technical Review Panel on the 

Medicare Trustees Reports shall counsel 

the HHS Secretary regarding the 

Hospital Insurance and Supplementary 

Medical Insurance Trust Fund annual 

reports. The panel’s duties shall 

include, but not be limited to, a review 

of the following topics: the long-term 

rate of growth, future changes in 

utilization of care, and alternate 

projection methodologies. The panel 

may also examine other methodological 

issues identified by panelists. The 

Panel’s final report and its 

recommendations to the Secretary shall 

be only advisory in nature. 

Membership and Designation 

The Secretary is soliciting 

nominations for appointment to the 7- 

member Technical Review Panel from 

among members of the general public 

who are experts in health economics, 

actuarial science, statistics, public 

policy, or other fields that could inform 

and substantively contribute to panel 

deliberations. Each member of the panel 

shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. 

Nominations should be submitted to 

Marian Robinson, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Room 447D, Washington, DC 

20201 no later than August 10, 2010. 

When selecting members for this 

Technical Review Panel, HHS will give 

close attention to equitable geographic 

distribution and to minority and female 

representation so long as the 

effectiveness of the Panel is not 

impaired. Appointments shall be made 

without discrimination on the basis of 

age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual 

orientation, HIV status, disability, and 

cultural, religious, or socioeconomic 

status. 

The Secretary, or her designee, shall 

appoint one of the members to serve as 

the Chair. Members shall be invited to 

serve for the duration of the panel. If 

members are selected from the Federal 

sector, they will be classified as regular 

government employees. Members who 

are selected from the public and/or 

private sector will be classified as 

special government employees. Any 

vacancy on the Technical Review Panel 

shall not affect its powers, but shall be 

filled in the same manner as the original 

appointment was made. An individual 

chosen to fill a vacancy shall be 

appointed for the unexpired term of the 

member that is replaced. 

Administrative Management and 

Support 

HHS will provide funding and 

administrative support for the Technical 

Review Panel to the extent permitted by 

law within existing appropriations. Staff 

will be assigned to support the activities 

of the Panel. Management and oversight 

for support services provided to the 

Panel will be the responsibility of the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation and the Office 

of the Actuary, and the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

All executive departments and agencies 

and all entities within the Executive 

Office of the President shall provide 

information and assistance to the Panel 

as the Chair may request for purposes of 

carrying out the Panel’s functions, to the 

extent permitted by law. 

A copy of the Panel’s charter can be 

obtained from the designated contacts or 

by accessing the FACA database that is 

maintained by the GSA Committee 

Management Secretariat. The Web site 

for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/. 

Dated: July 23, 2010. 

Sherry Glied, 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18697 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4151–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier CMS–10171, CMS–460 

and CMS–10318] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506I(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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Coordination of 

Benefits between Part D Plans and Other 

Prescription Coverage Providers; Use: 

Section 1860D–23 and 1860D–24 of the 

Social Security Act requires the 

Secretary to establish requirements for 

prescription drug plans to ensure the 

effective coordination between Part D 

plans, State pharmaceutical Assistance 

programs and other payers. The 

requirements must relate to the 

following elements: (1) Enrollment file 

sharing; (2) claims processing and 

payment; (3) claims reconciliation 

reports; (4) application of the 

protections against high out-of-pocket 

expenditures by tracking True out-ofpocket (TrOOP) expenditures; and (5) 

other processes that the Secretary 

determines. CMS, via the TrOOP 

facilitation contractor, automated the 

transfer of beneficiary coverage 

information when a beneficiary changes 

Part D plans. This information is 

necessary to assist with coordination of 

prescription drug benefits provided to 

the Medicare beneficiary. Refer to the 

crosswalk document for a list of the 

current changes. Form Number: CMS– 

10171 (OMB#: 0938–0978); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits; Number of 

Respondents: 57,227 Total Annual 

Responses: 248,018; Total Annual 

Hours: 754,788 (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Christine Hinds at 410–786–4578. For 

all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

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Agreement; Form No.: CMS–460 (OMB# 

0938–0373); Use: The CMS–460 is the 

agreement a physician, supplier or their 

authorized official signs to participate in 

Medicare Part B. By signing the 

agreement to participate in Medicare, 

the physician, supplier or their 

authorized official agrees to accept the 

Medicare-determined payment for 

Medicare covered services as payment 

in full and to charge the Medicare Part 

B beneficiary no more than the 

applicable deductible or coinsurance for 

the covered services. For purposes of 

this explanation, the term a supplier 

means any person or entity that may bill 

Medicare for Part B services (e.g. DME 

supplier, nurse practitioner, supplier of 

diagnostic tests) except a Medicare 

provider of services (e.g. hospital), 

which must participate to be paid by 

Medicare for covered care. 

There are additional benefits 

associated with payment for services 

paid under the Medicare fee schedule. 

Payments made under the Medicare fee 

schedule for physician services to 

participating physicians and suppliers 

are based on 100 percent of the 

Medicare fee schedule amount, while 

the Medicare fee schedule payment for 

physician services by nonparticipating 

physicians and suppliers is based on 95 

percent of the fee schedule amount. 

Physicians and suppliers who do not 

participate in Medicare are subject to 

limits on their actual charges for 

unassigned claims for physician 

services. These limits, known as 

limiting charges, cannot exceed 115 

percent of the non-participant fee 

schedule, which is set at 95 percent of 

the full fee schedule amount. In 

addition, if a physician or supplier does 

not accept assignment on a claim for 

Medicare payment, the physician or 

supplier must collect payment from the 

beneficiary. If the physician or supplier 

accepts assignment on the claim, 

Medicare pays its share of the payment 

directly to the physician or supplier, 

resulting in faster and more certain 

payment. Frequency: Reporting, Other— 

when starting a new business; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profit; 

Number of Respondents: 8,000; Total 

Annual Responses: 8,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 2,000. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact April 

Billingsley at 410–786–0410. For all 

other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Survey to 

Inform the Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) National Outreach & 

Education Campaign; Form No.: CMS– 

10318 (OMB# 0938–New); Use The 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA or 

Pub. L. 111–3) reauthorized the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(CHIP) through FY 2013. It will preserve 

coverage for the millions of children 

who rely on CHIP today and provide the 

resources for States to reach millions of 

additional uninsured children. This 

legislation will help ensure the health 

and well-being of our nation’s children. 

To support this legislation and to help 

people who would benefit from CHIP 

make more informed decisions, CMS 

will be conducting outreach. The 

outreach will employ numerous 

communications channels to educate 

people who would benefit from CHIP 

concerning the program benefits, 

eligibility and enrollment requirements, 

utilization, and retention. As part of the 

outreach, CMS will seek to increase 

awareness, enrollment and retention in 

CHIP for the eligible audiences. The 

primary target audience for the outreach 

includes parents and guardians of 

potentially eligible children as well as 

pregnant women. Secondary audiences 

are information intermediaries 

including State, local, and tribal 

governments, educators (including nonparental caregivers) health care 

providers/social workers, national and 

local partners. The challenge is reaching 

the population segments that have 

access barriers to information including 

language, literacy, location, and culture 

to understand health insurance. To 

support the outreach and education, 

CMS needs to conduct survey research 

to be able to effectively reach the target 

audiences. Frequency: Reporting—Once; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; Number of Respondents: 

1,850; Total Annual Responses: 1,850; 

Total Annual Hours: 2,000. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Barbara Allen at 410–786–6716. 

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. 

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 August 30, 2010. OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: July 26, 2010. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18610 Filed 7–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–R–244] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare and 

Medicaid Programs: Programs of AllInclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); 

Use: PACE organizations must 

demonstrate their ability to provide 

quality community-based care for the 

frail elderly who meet their State’s 

nursing home eligibility standards using 

capitated payments from Medicare and 

the state. The model of care includes as 

core services the provision of adult day 

health care and multidisciplinary team 

case management, through which access 

to and allocation of all health services 

is controlled. Physician, therapeutic, 

ancillary, and social support services 

are provided in the participant’s 

residence or on-site at the adult day 

health center. PACE programs must 


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