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HIP QDRP—Hospital Inpatient Quality Data Reporting Program. 

Health Homes Core—CMS Health Homes Core Measures. 

MU1—Meaningful Use Stage 1 of the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. 

PQRS—Physician Quality Reporting Program Group Practice Reporting Option. 

Shared Savings Program—Medicare Shared Savings Program. 

VHA—Veterans Health Administration. 

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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): Initial Review 

The meeting announced below 

concerns National HIV Behavioral 

Surveillance For Young Men Who Have 

Sex With Men, Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA), PS11– 

0010201SUPP12, initial review. 

Correction: The notice was published 

in the Federal Register on November 18, 

2011, Volume 76, Number 223, Page 

71568. The time and date should read 

as follows: 

Time and Date: 1 p.m.–5 p.m., 

February 29, 2012 (Closed). 

Contact Person For More Information: 

Amy Yang, Ph.D., Scientific Review 

Officer, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., 

Mailstop E60, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 

Telephone: (404) 718–8836. 

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 20, 2011. 

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 Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review 

The meeting announced below 

concerns Formative Research on Use of 

Mobile Applications (‘‘app’’) to Increase 

HIV Testing Behavior and HIV 

Prevention with Positive Persons, 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

(FOA), PS12–001, 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: 8 a.m.–5 p.m., 

February 28, 2012 (Closed). 

Place: Sheraton Gateway Hotel 

Atlanta Airport, 1900 Sullivan Road, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30337, Telephone: 

(770) 997–1100. 

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 

‘‘Formative Research on Use of Mobile 

Applications (‘‘app’’) to Increase HIV 

Testing Behavior and HIV Prevention 

with Positive Persons, FOA PS12–001.’’ 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Gregory Anderson, M.S., M.P.H., 

Scientific Review Officer, CDC, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E60, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 718– 

8833. 

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 20, 2011. 

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–R–74 and CMS– 

10338] 

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 without change of a 

currently approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Income and 

Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) 

Reporting and Supporting Regulations 

Contained in 42 CFR 431.17, 431.306, 

435.910, 435.920, and 435.940–960; 

Use: The information collected is used 

to verify the income and eligibility of 

Medicaid applicants and recipients, as 

required by Section 1137 of the Social 

Security Act. Final regulations to 

implement Section 1137 of the Act were 

published February 28, 1986. 

Subsequent final amendments to the 

regulations were published on February 

27, 1987; March 2, 1989; October 7, 

1992; and January 31, 1994. These 

regulations provide the standards States 

use to determine which recipient and 

applicant records to match, the 

frequency of the match, due process 

protections for individuals whose 

records are matched, and those 


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circumstances which permit exceptions 

from conducting verifications; Form 

Number: CMS–R–74 (OCN 0938–0467); 

Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 50; Total 

Annual Responses: 8,520,000; Total 

Annual Hours: 124,054. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Barbara Washington at (410) 

786–9964. For all other issues call (410) 

786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Affordable Care 

Act Internal Claims and Appeals and 

External Review Procedures for Nongrandfathered Group Health Plans and 

Issuers and Individual Market Issuers; 

Use: The Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111– 

148, (the Affordable Care Act) was 

enacted on March 23, 2010. As part of 

the Act, Congress added PHS Act 

section 2719, which provides rules 

relating to internal claims and appeals 

and external review processes. On July 

23, 2010 (75 FR 43330), interim final 

regulations (IFR) set forth rules 

implementing PHS Act section 2719 for 

internal claims and appeals and external 

review processes. With respect to 

internal claims and appeals processes 

for group health coverage, PHS Act 

section 2719 and our regulations 

provide that group health plans and 

health insurance issuers offering group 

health insurance coverage must comply 

with the internal claims and appeals 

processes set forth in 29 CFR 2560.503– 

1 (the DOL claims procedure regulation) 

and update such processes in 

accordance with standards established 

by the Secretary of Labor. The DOL 

claims procedure regulation requires an 

employee benefit plan to provide thirdparty notices and disclosures 

participants and beneficiaries of the 

plan. In addition, our regulations add an 

additional requirement that nongrandfathered group health plans and 

issuers of non-grandfathered health 

policies provide to the claimant, free of 

charge, any new or additional evidence 

considered, or generated by the plan or 

issuer in connection with the claim. 

The IFR also requires issuers offering 

coverage in the individual health 

insurance market to also generally 

comply with the DOL claims procedure 

regulation as updated by the Secretary 

of HHS in the IFR for their internal 

claims and appeals processes. 

Furthermore, PHS Act section 2719 

and the IFR provide that nongrandfathered group health plans, 

issuers offering group health insurance 

coverage, and self-insured nonfederal 

governmental plans (through the IFR 

amendment dated June 24, 2011) must 

comply either with a State external 

review process or a Federal review 

process. The IFR provides a basis for 

determining when such plans and 

issuers must comply with an applicable 

State external review process and when 

they must comply with the Federal 

external review process. Plans and 

issuers that are required to participate in 

the Federal external review process 

must electronically elect either the 

HHS-administered process or the 

private accredited IRO process by 

January 1, 2012. The election 

requirements associated with this ICR 

are articulated through guidance 

published June 22, 2011 at http:// 

cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/ 

hhs_srg_elections_06222011.pdf. The 

election requirements are necessary for 

the Federal external review process to 

provide an independent external review 

as requested by claimants. Form 

Number: CMS–10338 (OCN: 0938– 

1099); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal 

Governments; Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 46,773; 

Number of Responses: 218,657,161; 

Total Annual Hours: 930,267. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection, contact Colin McVeigh at 

(301) 492–4263. 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.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. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by March 5, 2012: 

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. 

Dated: December 23, 2011. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, 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–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). 


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