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(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. 

We are, however, requesting an 

emergency review of the information 

collection referenced below. In 

compliance with the requirement of 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we have 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) the following 

requirements for emergency review. In 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13, we are 

requesting an emergency review to 

ensure compliance with an initiative of 

the Administration. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Evaluation of 

Practice Models for Dual Eligibles and 

Medicare Beneficiaries with Serious 

Chronic Conditions Use: The Affordable 

Care Act (ACA) established the Federal 

Coordinated Health Care Office 

(FCHCO) to more effectively integrate 

benefits under Medicare and Medicaid 

and improve Federal and State 

coordination for dual-eligible 

beneficiaries (duals). Duals are among 

the most vulnerable beneficiaries—most 

face multiple and severe chronic 

conditions that require complex and 

intense care—and because they receive 

both Medicare and Medicaid coverage, 

they must navigate two separate health 

care programs, often leading to 

fragmented, inefficient, and costly care. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) Office of Policy (OP) has 

contracted L&M Policy Research and its 

partner Thomson Reuters to explore 

variations in patterns of care and best 

practices for duals and other Medicare 

beneficiaries with complex health 

needs. 

This project comprises qualitative 

information-gathering through openended, in-person discussions with 

providers, local health care and 

community leaders, patient advocates, 

and professionals involved in 

implementing care coordination 

initiatives. To determine factors 

associated with high quality and cost 

effective care as well as better 

understand the barriers to delivering it, 

the research team will hold in-person 

discussions during visits to 16 hospital 

referral regions (HRRs). In two of these 

HRRs, there will be a particular focus on 

the role of the Program for All-Inclusive 

Care for the Elderly (PACE). Many 

different organizations and types of 

programs will be explored during this 

field work, varying in their approach to 

health care delivery and the extent to 

which they are directly involved in the 

coordination of care for vulnerable 

populations. Lessons learned, to include 

critical challenges and success factors, 

will be used to inform the pressing work 

of the FCHCO to support initiatives and 

policies that improve care coordination 

for duals, as well as other priorities 

outlined in the ACA. Form Number: 

CMS–10356 (OMB#: 0938–New); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households; Number of 

Respondents: 368; Total Annual 

Responses: 368; Total Annual Hours: 

494. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact John Oswald at 202– 

260–0835. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

CMS is requesting OMB review and 

approval of this collection by December 

29, 2010, with a 180-day approval 

period. Written comments and 

recommendations will be considered 

from the public if received by the 

individuals designated below by 

December 20, 2010. 

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/regulations/pra 

or E-mail 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. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding the burden or any 

other aspect of these collections of 

information requirements. However, as 

noted above, comments on these 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements must be 

mailed and/or faxed to the designees 

referenced below by December 20, 2010. 

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, Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

3. By Facsimile or E-mail to OMB. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 

Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974, Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 16, 2010. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group— 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29252 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–11–10ES] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an 

e-mail to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Data Calls for the Laboratory 

Response Network—Existing collection 

in use without an OMB Control Number 

(Generic Clearance)—National Center 

for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 

Diseases, NCEZID, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

This request is for approval of an 

Existing collection in use without an 

OMB Control Number (Generic 

clearance). 

The Laboratory Response Network 

(LRN) was established by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) in accordance 

with Presidential Decision Directive 39, 

which outlined national anti-terrorism 

policies and assigned specific missions 

to federal departments and agencies. 

The LRN’s mission is to maintain an 

integrated national and international 

network of laboratories that can respond 

to acts of biological, chemical, or 

radiological terrorism and other public 

health emergencies. Federal, state and 

local public health laboratories 

voluntarily join the LRN. 


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The LRN Program Office maintains a 

database of information through a 

restricted Web site available only to 

member laboratories that include 

contact information (i.e. phone 

numbers, e-mail address) as well as staff 

and equipment inventories. The 

collection of personal identifiable 

information for the purpose of 

communication with members was 

approved under OMB 0920–0850. 

However, semiannually or during 

emergency response the LRN Program 

Office may conduct a Special Data Call 

to obtain additional information from 

LRN Member Laboratories in regards to 

biological or chemical terrorism 

preparedness. Special Data Calls may be 

conducted via queries that are 

distributed by broadcast e-mails or by 

survey tools (i.e. Survey Monkey). These 

special data calls vary in nature. Some 

requested information may be the 

number of surge staff available to 

support an emerging threat like H1N1. 

As technology changes, LRN may also 

query laboratories to see if they have 

already purchased equipment to support 

this new technology. 

There will be no cost to respondents 

other than their time to respond to the 

data call. The total annualized burden 

for this information collection request is 

400 hours. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Forms Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Public Health Laboratorians .......................................... Special Data Call ............................. 200 4 30/60 

Dated: November 15, 2010. 

Carol Walker, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29240 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10360 and CMS– 

10106] 

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: Consumer 

Research on Public Reporting of 

Hospital Outpatient Measures; Use: One 

of the primary missions of CMS is to 

improve the quality and efficiency of 

care in the Fee-for-Service (FFS) 

program. One of the several vehicles 

used for this mission is the public 

reporting of quality, efficiency and cost 

information about hospital care on the 

Hospital Compare Web site. This 

vehicle also serves to provide Medicare 

beneficiaries and other consumers with 

the type of data needed to make 

informed decisions about which 

providers to use for their care. 

In 2001, the Department of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS) announced the 

Quality Initiative to ensure the quality 

of health care for all Americans through 

accountability and public disclosure. 

The goals of the initiative are to 

empower consumers with quality-ofcare information so they can make more 

informed decisions about their health 

care and to stimulate and support 

providers and clinicians to improve the 

quality of health care. As part of the 

DHHS Transparency Initiative on 

Quality Reporting, CMS plans to add 

new patient safety measures in the areas 

of hospital acquired conditions and 

healthcare associated infections, to the 

Hospital Compare Web site in 2011. 

CMS also intends to begin utilizing 

displays of composite measures 

summarizing both process and outcome 

measures. This information collection 

request covers consumer research on 

displays, labels, and explanatory 

language to insure that the Web site is 

understood by viewers in a manner 

consistent with CMS’s intended 

communication message. Form Number: 

CMS–10360 (OMB#: 0938–New); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households; Number of 

Respondents: 248; Total Annual 

Responses: 248; Total Annual Hours: 

241. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact David Miranda at 

410–786–7819. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of currently approved 

collection; Title of Information 

Collection: Medicare Authorization to 

Disclose Personal Health Information; 

Use: Unless permitted or required by 

law, the Health Insurance Portability 

and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 

prohibits Medicare (a HIPAA covered 

entity) from disclosing an individual’s 

protected health information without a 

valid authorization. In order to be valid, 

an authorization must include specified 

core elements and statements. Medicare 

will make available to Medicare 

beneficiaries a standard, valid 

authorization to enable beneficiaries to 

request the disclosure of their protected 

health information. This standard 

authorization will simplify the process 

of requesting information disclosure for 

beneficiaries and minimize the response 

time for Medicare. The completed 

authorization will allow Medicare to 

disclose an individual’s personal health 

information to a third party at the 

individual’s request. Form Number: 

CMS–10106 (OMB#: 0938–0930); 

Frequency: Reporting—On occasion; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Number of Respondents: 

1,004,000; Total Annual Responses: 

1,004,000; Total Annual Hours: 251,000. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Lindsay Dixon-Brown 

at 410–786–1178. For all other issues 

call 410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 


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