3898 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 12 / Thursday, January 17, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Mound Plant, in Miamisburg, Ohio, as 

an addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

December 7, 2012, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of 

HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

at the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, 

from September 1, 1972, through December 

31, 1972, or from January 1, 1975, through 

December 31, 1976, for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

January 6, 2013, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on January 6, 2013, members 

of this class of employees, defined as 

reported in this notice, became members 

of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from Oak 

Ridge National Laboratory (X–10), in 

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to 

the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On December 7, 

2012, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

in any area at the Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory (X–10) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 

from June 17, 1943, through July 31, 1955, for 

a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days, occurring either solely under 

this employment, or in combination with 

work days within the parameters established 

for one or more other classes of employees 

in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

January 6, 2013, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on January 6, 2013, members 

of this class of employees, defined as 

reported in this notice, became members 

of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10142 and CMS– 

R–262] 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool 

(BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA) 

Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: Under the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), and 

implementing regulations at 42 CFR, 

Medicare Advantage organizations 

(MAO) and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP) are required to submit an 

actuarial pricing ‘‘bid’’ for each plan 

offered to Medicare beneficiaries for 

approval by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS). 

Title I of the MMA established a 

program to offer prescription drug 

benefits to Medicare enrollees through 

Prescription Drug Plans. MMA Title II 

revised several aspects of the 

Medicare+Choice program (renamed 

Medicare Advantage), including the 

payment methodology and the 

introduction of ‘‘Regional’’ MA plans. 

CMS payments to PDPs and MA plans 

will be on a market-based competitive 

approach. 

MAOs and PDPs use the Bid Pricing 

Tool (BPT) software to develop their 

actuarial pricing bid. The information 

provided in the BPT is the basis for the 

plan’s enrollee premiums and CMS 

payments for each contract year. The 

tool collects data such as medical 

expense development (from claims data 

and/or manual rating), administrative 

expenses, profit levels, and projected 

plan enrollment information. By statute, 

completed BPTs are due to CMS by the 

first Monday of June each year. 

CMS reviews and analyzes the 

information provided on the Bid Pricing 

Tool. Ultimately, CMS decides whether 

to approve the plan pricing (i.e., 

payment and premium) proposed by 

each organization. CMS is requesting to 


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continue its use of the BPT for the 

collection of information for CY2014 

through CY2016. Form Number: CMS– 

10142 (OCN: 0938–0944); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 555; Total Annual 

Responses: 4,995; Total Annual Hours: 

149,850. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Diane Spitalnic at 

410–786–5745. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Plan Benefit 

Package (PBP) and Formulary 

Submission for Medicare Advantage 

(MA) Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: Under the Medicare 

Modernization Act (MMA), Medicare 

Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug 

Plan (PDP) organizations are required to 

submit plan benefit packages for all 

Medicare beneficiaries residing in their 

service area. The plan benefit package 

submission consists of the Plan Benefit 

Package (PBP) software, formulary file, 

and supporting documentation, as 

necessary. MA and PDP organizations 

use the PBP software to describe their 

organization’s plan benefit packages, 

including information on premiums, 

cost sharing, authorization rules, and 

supplemental benefits. They also 

generate a formulary to describe their 

list of drugs, including information on 

prior authorization, step therapy, 

tiering, and quantity limits. 

Additionally, CMS uses the PBP and 

formulary data to review and approve 

the plan benefit packages proposed by 

each MA and PDP organization. 

After receiving OMB clearance in 

spring 2000, CMS implemented the PBP 

as part of the Contract Year (CY) 2001 

Adjusted Community Rate Proposal 

(ACRP) process. In addition, 

information collected via the PBP and 

formulary has been used to support the 

marketing material review process, the 

National Medicare Education Program, 

and other program oversight and 

development activities. For instance, the 

PBP software automatically generates 

the standardized sentences for the 

Summary of Benefits (SB) by using the 

plan benefit package data entered into 

the PBP software by the organization’s 

user. These standardized sentences are 

used by the MA organizations in their 

SB marketing materials and by CMS to 

generate plan benefits data for display 

in the Medicare & You handbook and on 

the www.medicare.gov Web site. 

CMS is requesting to continue its use 

of the PBP software and formulary 

submission for the collection of benefits 

and related information for CY 2014 

through CY 2016. CMS estimates that 

578 MA organizations and 63 PDP 

organizations will be required to submit 

the plan benefit package information in 

CY 2014. Based on operational changes 

and policy clarifications to the Medicare 

program and continued input and 

feedback by the industry, CMS has 

made the necessary changes to the plan 

benefit package submission. Form 

Number: CMS–R–262 (OCN: 0938– 

0763); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: Private Sector—Business or 

other for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

641; Total Annual Responses: 6,169; 

Total Annual Hours: 56,708. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Kristy Holtje at 410–786–2209. 

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.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html, 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 February 19, 2013. OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974, Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: January 11, 2013. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10437] 

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: Generic Social 

Marketing & Consumer Testing 

Research; Use: The purpose of this 

submission is to request an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) generic 

clearance for a program of consumer 

research aimed at a broad audience of 

those affected by CMS programs 

including Medicare, Medicaid, 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(CHIP), and health insurance exchanges. 

This program extends strategic efforts to 

reach and tailor communications to 

beneficiaries, caregivers, providers, 

stakeholders, and any other audiences 

that would support the Agency in 

improving the functioning of the health 

care system, improve patient care and 

outcomes, and reduce costs without 

sacrificing quality of care. With the 

clearance, CMS will create a fast track, 

streamlined, proactive process for 

collection of data and utilizing the 

feedback on service delivery for 

continuous improvement of 

communication activities aimed at 

diverse CMS audiences. 

The generic clearance will allow rapid 

response to inform CMS initiatives 

using a mixture of qualitative and 

quantitative consumer research 

strategies (including formative research 

studies and methodological tests) to 

improve communication with key CMS 

audiences. As new information 

resources and persuasive technologies 

are developed, they can be tested and 

evaluated for beneficiary response to the 

materials and delivery channels. Results 

will inform communication 

development and information 

architecture as well as allow for 

continuous quality improvement. The 

overall goal is to maximize the extent to 

which consumers have access to useful 

sources of CMS program information in 


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