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D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 85 FR 66565, on 

October 20, 2020. One comment was 

received; however, it did not change the 

estimate of the burden. 

Comment: The commenter requested 

the requirement for presolicitation 

notices be removed from the FAR. The 

commenter does not see their value; and 

stated that presolicitation notices 

lengthen the acquisition timelines 

unnecessarily. 

Response: Presolicitation notices are 

required by statute; see FAR 5.201. The 

primary purposes of the notices are to 

improve small business access to 

acquisition information and enhance 

competition by identifying contracting 

and subcontracting opportunities. The 

commenter did not express an opinion 

on whether the estimated number of 

burden hours is accurate; or ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0037, Presolicitation 

Notice and Response. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Government-wide Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 

of Government-wide Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Request for State All Payer Claims 

Databases Advisory Committee 

(SAPCDAC) Nominations 

AGENCY: U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO). 

ACTION: Request for letters of 

nomination and resumes. 

SUMMARY: The No Surprises Act, 

enacted as part of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 required the 

Secretary of Labor to convene an 

Advisory Committee of 15 members to 

advise on the standardized format for 

the voluntary reporting, by group health 

plans to State All Payer Claims 

Databases, of medical claims, pharmacy 

claims, dental claims, and eligibility 

and provider files collected from private 

and public payers. The Committee shall 

also advise the Secretary on the 

guidance provided to States on the 

process by which States may collect 

such data in the standardized reporting 

format. This Committee will be 

responsible for issuing a report to the 

Secretary of Labor and certain 

congressional committees within 180 

days of the enactment of the Act, which 

shall include recommendations on the 

standardized format and guidance 

described above. The Act provides for 

members of this Committee to have 

distinguished themselves in fields of 

health services research, health 

economics, health informatics, data 

privacy and security, or the governance 

of State All Payer Claims Databases, or 

who represent organizations likely to 

submit data to or use the database, 

including patients, employers, 

employee organizations that sponsor 

group health plans, health care 

providers, health insurance issuers, or 

third-party administrators of group 

health plans. The Act gave the Secretary 

of Labor, in coordination with the 

Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, responsibility for appointing 9 

of the 15 members to include eight 

representatives of various agencies 

within the Departments of Labor and 

Health and Human Services, as well as 

one representative of a State All Payer 

Claims Database. The Act gave the 

Comptroller General responsibility for 

appointing the remaining 6 of the 

committee’s 15 members, including 1 

representative of an employer that 

sponsors a group health plan; 1 

representative of an employee 

organization that sponsors a group 

health plan; 1 academic researcher with 

expertise in health economics or health 

services research; 1 consumer advocate; 

and 2 additional members. GAO is 

accepting nominations of individuals 

for Committee appointments that will be 

effective in March 2021. Nominations 

should be sent to the email address 

listed below. Acknowledgement of 

submissions will be provided within a 

week of submission. 

DATES: Letters of nomination and 

resumes should be submitted by January 

27, 2021 to ensure adequate opportunity 

for review and consideration of 

nominees. 

ADDRESSES: Submit letters of 

nomination and resumes to 

SAPCDACappointments@gao.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Legeer at (202) 512–3197 or 

LegeerS@gao.gov if you do not receive 

an acknowledgement or need additional 

information. For general information, 

contact GAO’s Office of Public Affairs, 

(202) 512–4800. 

Authority: Section 115(b) of the No 

Surprises Act, enacted as part of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, div. 

BB, tit. I (2020). 

Gene L. Dodaro, 

Comptroller General of the United States. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Development of Computed 

Tomography (CT) Image Quality and 

Safety Hospital Measures 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice of 

funding opportunity (NOFO), the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Center for Clinical 

Standards and Quality, seeks an 

application for a single source, 

cooperative agreement, to develop a 

radiology electronic clinical quality 

measure(s) (eCQM) for the following 

CMS hospital programs: Hospital 

Inpatient Quality Reporting Program 

(IQR); Hospital Outpatient Quality 

Reporting Program (OQR); and 

Promoting Interoperability Program for 

Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access 

Hospitals—formerly Meaningful Use 

(PI). CMS will provide support to the 

awardee in their planning, technical 

assistance, and reporting needs related 

to submission of a fully developed and 

tested radiology measures to the 2021 

Measures Under Consideration (MUC) 

List in May 2021. 

DATES: This notice of funding 

opportunity took effect on December 24, 

2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janis Grady, (410) 786 –7217, for 

programmatic questions or concerns. 

Monica Anderson, (410) 786–2988, for 

administrative and compliance 

concerns. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Within the broader context of quality 

measure use and development, CMS 

engages in extensive ongoing measure 

development, quality reporting, and 

other measure-related activities. In 

particular, CMS works with measure 

developers to produce measures for use 

in CMS quality reporting and valuebased payment programs. However, 

CMS recognizes the benefits of measure 


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