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on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT; 

Standards Committee’s Workgroup 

Meetings; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

subcommittee meetings of a federal 

advisory committee of the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC). The 

meetings will be open to the public via 

dial-in access only. 

Name of Committees: HIT Standards 

Committee’s Workgroups: Clinical 

Operations Vocabulary, Implementation, and 

Privacy & Security workgroups. 

General Function of the Committee: To 

provide recommendations to the National 

Coordinator on standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria for 

the electronic exchange and use of health 

information for purposes of adoption, 

consistent with the implementation of the 

Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by the 

HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The HIT Standards 

Committee Workgroups will hold the 

following public meetings during December 

2010: December 2nd Implementation 

Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m./ET; and 

Clinical Operations Workgroup and 

Vocabulary Task Force meetings TBD. 

Location: All workgroup meetings will be 

available via Webcast; visit 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for instructions on 

how to listen via telephone or Web. Please 

check the ONC Web site for additional 

information as it becomes available. Contact 

Person: Judy Sparrow, Office of the National 

Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201, 202–205–4528, Fax: 

202–690–6079, e-mail: 

judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call the contact 

person for up-to-date information on these 

meetings. A notice in the Federal Register 

about last minute modifications that affect a 

previously announced advisory committee 

meeting cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The workgroups will be 

discussing issues related to their specific 

subject matter, e.g., clinical operations 

vocabulary standards, implementation 

opportunities and challenges, and privacy 

and security standards activities. If 

background materials are associated with the 

workgroup meetings, they will be posted on 

ONC’s Web site prior to the meeting at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may present 

data, information, or views, orally or in 

writing, on issues pending before the 

workgroups. Written submissions may be 

made to the contact person on or before two 

days prior to the workgroups’ meeting date. 

Oral comments from the public will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for each 

presentation will be limited to three minutes. 

If the number of speakers requesting to 

comment is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled open 

public session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close of 

business on that day. 

If you require special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact Judy Sparrow 

at least seven (7) days in advance of the 

meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly conduct 

of its advisory committee meetings. Please 

visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov 

for procedures on public conduct during 

advisory committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: November 10, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation; Medicare 

Program; Meeting of the Technical 

Advisory Panel on Medicare Trustee 

Reports 

AGENCY: Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Technical 

Advisory Panel on Medicare Trustee 

Reports (Panel). Notice of this meeting 

is given under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 

10(a)(1) and (a)(2)). The Panel will 

discuss the long-term rate of change in 

health spending and may make 

recommendations to the Medicare 

Trustees on how the Trustees might 

more accurately estimate health 

spending in the long run. The Panel’s 

discussion is expected to be very 

technical in nature and will focus on the 

actuarial and economic assumptions 

and methods by which Trustees might 

more accurately measure health 

spending. Although panelists are not 

limited in the topics they may discuss, 

the Panel is not expected to discuss or 

recommend changes in current or future 

Medicare provider payment rates or 

coverage policy. This notice also 

announces the appointment of nine 

individuals to serve as members of the 

Panel. 

Meeting Date: November 23, 2010, 

9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. e.d.t. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

HHS headquarters at 200 Independence 

Ave., SW., 20201, Room 738G. 

Comments: The meeting will allocate 

time on the agenda to hear public 

comments. In lieu of oral comments, 

formal written comments may be 

submitted for the record to Donald T. 

Oellerich, OASPE, 200 Independence 

Ave., SW., 20201, Room 405F. Those 

submitting written comments should 

identify themselves and any relevant 

organizational affiliations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald T. Oellerich (202) 690–8410, 

Don.oellerich@hhs.gov. Note: Although 

the meeting is open to the public, 

procedures governing security 

procedures and the entrance to Federal 

buildings may change without notice. 

Those wishing to attend the meeting 

must call or e-mail Dr. Oellerich by 

Friday November 19, 2010, so that their 

name may be put on a list of expected 

attendees and forwarded to the security 

officers at HHS Headquarters. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

30, 2010, we published a notice 

announcing the establishment and 

requesting nominations for individuals 

to serve on the Panel. This notice also 

announces the appointment of nine 

individuals to serve as members of the 

Panel. They are: Joseph Newhouse, John 

Bertko, Barry Bosworth, Michael 

Chernew, John Cookson, Uwe 

Reinhardt, Geoffrey Sandler, Louise 

Sheiner, and Cori Uccello. 

Topics of the Meeting: The Panel is 

specifically charged with discussing and 

possibly making recommendations to 

the Medicare Trustees on how the 

Trustees might more accurately estimate 

the long term rate of health spending in 

the United States. The discussion is 

expected to focus on highly technical 

aspects of estimation involving 

economics and actuarial science. 

Panelists are not restricted, however, in 

the topics that they choose to discuss. 

Procedure and Agenda: This meeting 

is open to the public. First, the 


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appointees will be sworn in by a Federal 

official. Each Panel member will then be 

given an opportunity to make a self 

introduction. The Panel will likely hear 

presentations from HHS staff 

introducing them to the topic. After any 

presentations, the Commission will 

deliberate openly on the topic. 

Interested persons may observe the 

deliberations, but the Panel will not 

hear public comments during this time. 

The Commission will also allow an 

open public session for any attendee to 

address issues specific to the topic. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a; Section 222 of 

the Public Health Services Act, as amended. 

The panel is governed by provisions of 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for 

the formation and use of advisory 

committees. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Sherry Glied, 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital 

and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Full 

Committee Meeting. 

Time and Date: December 1, 2010, 9 

a.m.–2:30 p.m., December 2, 2010, 9:30 

a.m.–1 p.m. 

Place: Marriott Washington Hotel, 

1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20037, (202) 872–1500. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting the 

Committee will hear presentations and 

hold discussions on several health data 

policy topics. On the morning of the 

first day the Committee will hear 

updates from the Department and the 

Office of the National Coordinator. 

There will also be a report on the 

NCVHS Executive Subcommittee’s 

discussion of the Committee’s review 

and decision-information flow process. 

In the afternoon there will be a 

discussion of a letter to the HHS 

Secretary regarding the quality measures 

roadmap. 

On the morning of the second day 

there will be a review of the final letter 

to the Secretary regarding the quality 

measures roadmap. There will also be 

an update from the Centers for Medicaid 

and Medicare Services (CMS) and an 

update on HHS Data Initiatives from the 

Department. Subcommittees will also 

present their reports. 

The times shown above are for the full 

Committee meeting. Subcommittee 

breakout sessions can be scheduled for 

late in the afternoon of the first day and 

second day and in the morning prior to 

the full Committee meeting on the 

second day. Agendas for these breakout 

sessions will be posted on the NCVHS 

Web site (URL below) when available. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information as 

well as summaries of meetings and a 

roster of committee members may be 

obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 

Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 

Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458– 

4245. Information also is available on 

the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 

site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where 

further information including an agenda 

will be posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity on (301) 458–4EEO (4336) 

as soon as possible. 

Dated: November 15, 2010. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation—Science and Data Policy, Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10207, CMS–R– 

131, CMS–10215, CMS–724, CMS–10227, 

and CMS–10244] 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Physician SelfReferral Exceptions for Electronic 

Prescribing and Electronic Health 

Records; Form Number: CMS–10207 

(OMB#: 0938–1009); Use: Section 101 of 

the Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 (MMA) directed the Secretary to 

create an exception to the physician 

self-referral prohibition in section 1877 

of the Social Security Act for certain 

arrangements in which a physician 

receives compensation in the form of 

items or services (not including cash or 

cash equivalents) (‘‘nonmonetary 

remuneration’’) that is necessary and 

used solely to receive and transmit 

electronic prescription information. 

Also, CMS created a separate regulatory 

exception for certain arrangements 

involving the provision of nonmonetary 

remuneration in the form of electronic 

health records software or information 

technology and training services 

necessary and used predominantly to 

create, maintain, transmit, or receive 

electronic health records. 

The conditions for both exceptions 

require that arrangements for the items 

and services provided must be set forth 

in a written agreement, be signed by the 

parties involved, specify the items or 

services being provided and the cost of 

those items or services, and cover all of 

the electronic prescribing and/or 

electronic health records technology to 

be provided by the donating entity. CMS 

would use the collected information for 

enforcement purposes; specifically, if 

we were investigating the financial 

relationships between the donors and 

the physicians to determine whether the 

provisions in the exceptions were met. 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Private Sector: Business or other 

for-profits and Not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

9,796; Total Annual Responses: 38,959; 

Total Annual Hours: 12,451.5. . (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Kristin Bohl at 410– 


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