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Final Rule Setting the Designated 

Reserve Ratio. 

Proposed 2011 Corporate Operating 

Budget. 

The meeting will be held in the Board 

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC 

Building located at 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

This Board meeting will be Webcast 

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Dated: December 7, 2010. 

Valerie J. Best, 

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Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; Health 

Information Technology; Request for 

Information Regarding the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST) Report Entitled 

‘‘Realizing the Full Potential of Health 

Information Technology To Improve 

Healthcare for Americans: The Path 

Forward’’ 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This document is a request for 

comments regarding the recently 

released PCAST report and its 

implications for the nation’s health 

information technology (HIT) agenda 

and ONC’s implementation of the 

Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health Act 

(HITECH Act). 

DATES: Comment Date: To be assured 

consideration, comments must be 

received at one of the addresses 

provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on 

January 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Because of staff and 

resource limitations, we cannot accept 

comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods (please do not submit 

duplicate comments). 

• Electronically: You may submit 

electronic comments on this request for 

information at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

Attachments should be in Microsoft 

Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF. 

• Regular, Express, or Overnight Mail: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Attention: Steven Posnack, 

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Suite 

729D, 200 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. Please submit 

one original and two copies. Please also 

allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology, Attention: 

Steven Posnack, Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, Suite 729D, 200 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Please submit one original and two 

copies. (Because access to the interior of 

the Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not 

readily available to persons without 

Federal government identification, 

commenters are encouraged to leave 

their comments in the mail drop slots 

located in the main lobby of the 

building.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Posnack, Director, Federal Policy 

Division, Office of Policy and Planning, 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology, 202– 

690–7151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

I. Background 

On December 8, 2010, the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST) released an 

important new report entitled ‘‘Realizing 

the Full Potential of Health Information 

Technology To Improve Healthcare for 

Americans: The Path Forward’’ (the 

PCAST Report). (The full report is 

available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/ostp/pcast and also 

available on ONC’s Web site http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov). PCAST is an advisory 

group of the nation’s leading scientists 

and engineers who directly advise the 

President and the Executive Office of 

the President. PCAST makes policy 

recommendations in the many areas 

where understanding of science, 

technology, and innovation is key to 

strengthening our economy and forming 

policy that works for the American 

people. PCAST is administered by the 

Office of Science and Technology Policy 

(OSTP). PCAST’s report and its 

recommendations have significant 

implications for the nation’s HIT agenda 

and the implementation of the HITECH 

Act, passed as part of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111–5). ONC 

seeks public comment on the PCAST 

report’s vision and recommendations 

and how they may be best addressed. 

II. Solicitation of Comments 

ONC seeks comment on the questions 

below. Comments on other aspects of 

the PCAST report are also welcome. 

1. What standards, implementation 

specifications, certification criteria, and 

certification processes for electronic 

health record (EHR) technology and 

other HIT would be required to 

implement the following specific 

recommendations from the PCAST 

report: 

a. That ONC establish minimal 

standards for the metadata associated 

with tagged data elements; 

b. That ONC facilitate the rapid 

mapping of existing semantic 

taxonomies into tagged data elements; 

c. That certification of EHR 

technology and other HIT should focus 

on interoperability with reference 

implementations developed by ONC. 

2. What processes and approaches 

would facilitate the rapid development 

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and use of these standards, 

implementation specifications, 

certification criteria and certification 

processes? 

3. Given currently implemented 

information technology (IT) 

architectures and enterprises, what 

challenges will the industry face with 

respect to transitioning to the approach 

discussed in the PCAST report? 

a. Given currently implemented 

provider workflows, what are some 

challenges to populating the metadata 

that may be necessary to implement the 

approach discussed in the PCAST 

report? 

b. Alternatively, what are proposed 

solutions, or best practices from other 

industries, that could be leveraged to 

expedite these transitions? 

4. What technological developments 

and policy actions would be required to 

assure the privacy and security of health 

data in a national infrastructure for HIT 

that embodies the PCAST vision and 

recommendations? 

5. How might a system of Data 

Element Access Services (DEAS), as 

described in the report, be established, 

and what role should the Federal 

government assume in the oversight 

and/or governance of such a system? 

6. How might ONC best integrate the 

changes envisioned by the PCAST 

report into its work in preparation for 

Stage 2 of Meaningful Use? 

7. What are the implications of the 

PCAST report on HIT programs and 

activities, specifically, health 

information exchange and Federal 

agency activities, and how could ONC 

address those implications? 

8. Are there lessons learned regarding 

metadata tagging in other industries that 

ONC should be aware of? 

9. Are there lessons learned from 

initiatives to establish informationsharing languages (‘‘universal 

languages’’) in other sectors? 

Dated: December 7, 2010. 

David Blumenthal, 

National Coordinator, Office of the National 

Coordinator for HIT. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Epidemiologic 

and Ecologic Determinants of 

Monkeypox in a Disease-Endemic 

Setting, Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA) CK11–003, Initial 

Review 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the aforementioned meeting: 

Time and Date: 12 p.m.–2 p.m., February 

1, 2011 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters to Be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the initial review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to ‘‘Epidemiologic and Ecologic 

Determinants of Monkeypox in a Diseaseendemic Setting, Funding Opportunity 

Announcement FOA CK11–003.’’ 

Contact Person for More Information: Amy 

Yang, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, CDC, 

1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E60, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 

498–2733. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: December 2, 2010. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–1500(08–05)] 

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: Reinstatement of a previously 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Health 

Insurance Common Claims Form and 

Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR part 

424, Subpart C; Form Number: CMS– 

1500(08–05), CMS–1490–S (OMB#: 

0938–0999); Use: The Form CMS–1500 

answers the needs of many health 

insurers. It is the basic form prescribed 

by CMS for the Medicare program for 

claims from physicians and suppliers. 

The Medicaid State Agencies, 

CHAMPUS/TriCare, Blue Cross/Blue 

Shield Plans, the Federal Employees 

Health Benefit Plan, and several private 

health plans also use it; it is the de facto 

standard ‘‘professional’’ claim form. 

Medicare carriers use the data 

collected on the CMS–1500 and the 

CMS–1490S to determine the proper 

amount of reimbursement for Part B 

medical and other health services (as 

listed in section 1861(s) of the Social 

Security Act) provided by physicians 

and suppliers to beneficiaries. The 

CMS–1500 is submitted by physicians/ 

suppliers for all Part B Medicare. 

Serving as a common claim form, the 

CMS–1500 can be used by other thirdparty payers (commercial and nonprofit 

health insurers) and other Federal 

programs (e.g., CHAMPUS/TriCare, 

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), and 

Medicaid). 

However, as the CMS–1500 displays 

data items required for other third-party 

payers in addition to Medicare, the form 

is considered too complex for use by 

beneficiaries when they file their own 

claims. Therefore, the CMS–1490S 

(Patient’s Request for Medicare 

Payment) was explicitly developed for 

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