Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 91 / Friday, May 11, 2007 / Notices 26819 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: June 15, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. [Eastern time]. 

ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building (200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20201), 

Conference Room 705A (please bring 

photo ID for entry to a Federal building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

population/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Workgroup will continue its discussion 

on how to facilitate the flow of reliable 

health information among population 

health and clinical care systems 

necessary to protect and improve the 

public’s health. This meeting will focus 

on countermeasure allocation, 

distribution and administration, as well 

as automated integration with response 

registries. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast. For additional information, go to: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ 

population/pop_instruct.html. 

Dated: May 3, 2007. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–855] 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

Enrollment Application; Form Number: 

CMS–855 (OMB#: 0938–0685); Use: The 

primary function of the Medicare 

enrollment application is to gather 

information from a provider or supplier 

that tells us who it is, whether it meets 

certain qualifications to be a health care 

provider or supplier, where it practices 

or renders its services, the identity of 

the owners of the enrolling entity, and 

information necessary to establish the 

correct claims payment. The goal of 

evaluating and revising the Medicare 

enrollment applications is to simplify 

and clarify the information collection 

without jeopardizing our need to collect 

specific information. 

We are proposing revisions to the 

CMS–855B to incorporate changes 

adopted in CMS–1321–FC (71 FR 

69624), ‘‘Revisions to Payment Policies 

and Five-Year Review of Relative Value 

Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule 

for CY 2007 and Other Changes to 

Payment Under Part B; Revisions to 

Ambulance Fee Schedule; Ambulatory 

Inflation Factor Update for CY 2007.’’

Specifically, CMS is revising the CMS–

855B to: 

• Add instructions to Attachment 2 

that explain the independent diagnostic 

testing facility (IDTF) liability insurance 

requirements in 42 CFR 410.33(g)(6). 

• Require that an IDTF submit copies 

of its comprehensive liability insurance 

policy in Section 17. 

• List all of the new IDTF standards 

on a separate page in Attachment 2. 

• Remove the supplier type 

‘‘Voluntary Health/Charitable Agency’’

from Section 2A. 

In addition, we are trying to enhance 

our ability to identify whether a hospital 

qualifies as a ‘‘specialty hospital.’’ To 

this end, we propose to revise the CMS–

855A to include a specific box that 

specialty hospitals must check when 

completing the application. Instructions 

explaining the definition of a ‘‘specialty 

hospital’’ will also be added to the form. 

We also provide clarification of the term 

‘‘primary practice location’’ in the 

instructions in Section 4 of the CMS–

855A. This clarification does not change 

any data elements on the form. We are 

also removing the data element 

‘‘Medicare Year-End Cost Report Date’’

in Section 2 of the CMS–855A, as this 

information is no longer needed. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping and 

Reporting—On occasion; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profit and 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 400,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 400,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 1,001,503.33. 

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/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, 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 at the address below, no 

later than 5 p.m. on July 10, 2007. 

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations 

and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 

Regulations Development—C, Attention: 

Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4–26–05, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: May 3, 2007. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Current List of Laboratories Which 

Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in 

Urine Drug Testing for Federal 

Agencies 

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal 

agencies of the laboratories currently 

certified to meet the standards of 

Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines 

for Federal Workplace Drug Testing 

Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The 

Mandatory Guidelines were first 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 1988 (53 FR 11970), and 

subsequently revised in the Federal 

Register on June 9, 1994 (59 FR 29908), 

on September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51118), 

and on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19644). 


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