Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 30, 2011 / Notices 74067 

Dated: November 22, 2011. 

Daniel Holcomb, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30833 Filed 11–29–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day–12–11IY] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an 

email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Written comments should be received 

within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Formative Research to Support the 

Development of Sickle Cell Disease 

Educational Messages and Materials for 

the Division of Blood Disorders—New— 

National Center on Birth Defects and 

Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC seeks to improve the quality of 

life of people living with sickle cell 

disease (SCD). To accomplish this goal, 

CDC aims to address the need for 

educational messages and materials for 

adolescents, young adults, adults, and 

older adults living with SCD. CDC is 

interested in understanding the 

informational needs of these audiences 

related to the adoption of healthy 

behaviors and the prevention of 

complications associated with sickle 

cell disease. To develop valuable 

messages and materials, CDC will 

conduct formative focus groups with 

people with SCD across the country. 

Participants will stem from four urban 

centers as well as more remote, rural 

areas. Based on the findings from the 

formative focus groups, CDC will 

develop and test draft messages. 

A total of 10 focus groups will be 

conducted. Eight focus groups with 

people with SCD would be held in four 

cities: Atlanta, GA; Detroit, MI; 

Oakland, CA; and Philadelphia, PA. 

Two in-person focus groups—one with 

males and one with females—will be 

conducted in each city with each target 

audience: adolescents aged 15–17, 

young adults aged 18–25, adults aged 

26–35, and older adults 36 and over. To 

reach more rural participants, two 

telephone focus groups will be 

conducted: one with female adolescents 

aged 15–17 and a second with male 

older adults aged 36 and older. 

The focus groups will be conducted 

with eight to nine participants in each 

and will last 2 hours. As part of the 

focus group, participants will complete 

an informed consent or adolescent 

assent form before discussion begins. 

The parents of the expected 27 

adolescent participants (three groups of 

9 each) will fill out a permission form 

to provide their consent in advance of 

the groups. The use of trained 

moderators and a structured moderator’s 

guide will ensure that consistent data 

are collected across the groups. In total, 

up to 90 people with SCD will 

participate in the focus group data 

collection. It is estimated that 120 

potential participants will need to be 

screened to reach the target of 90 

participants. The estimated time per 

response for screening and recruitment 

is 12 minutes. 

CDC requests OMB approval to obtain 

clearance for one year. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

The estimated annualized burden hours 

for this data collection activity are 204. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Parents of adolescents (aged 15–17) living with SCD ........... Participant Screener and Recruitment Script.120 1 12/60 

Young adults (aged 18–25) living with SCD.

Adults (aged 26–35) living with SCD.

Older adults (aged 36+) living with SCD.

Adolescents (aged 15–17) living with SCD ............................ Focus Group Moderator’s 

Guide.

90 1 2 

Young adults (aged 18–25) living with SCD.

Adults (aged 26–35) living with SCD.

Older adults (aged 36+) living with SCD.

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

Daniel L. Holcomb, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–5505–N2] 

Medicare Program; Announcement of a 

New Application Deadline for the 

Advance Payment Model 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a new 

application deadline for participation in 

the Advance Payment Model for certain 

accountable care organizations 

participating in the Medicare Shared 

Savings Program scheduled to begin in 

2012. 

DATES: Application Submission 

Deadlines for the Advance Payment 

Model: Applications for the 

performance period beginning on April 


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1, 2012 will be accepted from January 3, 

2012 through February 1, 2012. 

The period during which applications 

will be accepted for the performance 

period beginning on July 1, 2012 will 

remain identical to the period for the 

Medicare Shared Savings Program. More 

information is available on the Advance 

Payment Model Web site at http:// 

www.innovations.cms.gov/initiatives/ 

aco/advance-payment/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Farmer, (410) 786–5497. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is committed to 

achieving the three-part aim of better 

health for populations, better health 

care for individuals, and lower growth 

in expenditures through continuous 

improvement for Medicare, Medicaid, 

and Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) beneficiaries. One 

potential mechanism for achieving this 

goal is for CMS to partner with groups 

of health care providers of services and 

suppliers that have a mechanism for 

shared governance and have formed an 

Accountable Care Organization (ACO) 

through which they work together to 

coordinate care for a specified group of 

patients. We will pursue such 

partnerships through complementary 

efforts, including the Medicare Shared 

Savings Program and initiatives 

undertaken by the Center for Medicare 

and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation 

Center). 

The Advance Payment Model is an 

Innovation Center initiative designed for 

participants in the Medicare Shared 

Savings Program in need of prepayment 

of expected shared savings to build their 

capacity to provide high quality, 

coordinated care and generate cost 

savings. The Advance Payment Model 

will test whether and how pre-paying a 

portion of future shared savings could 

increase participation in the Medicare 

Shared Savings Program, and whether 

advance payments will enhance the 

ability of ACOs to effectively coordinate 

care and generate Medicare savings, as 

well as the speed at which they attain 

that goal. 

In the November 2, 2011 Federal 

Register (76 FR 68012), we published a 

notice announcing the Advance 

Payment Model. Additional information 

about the Advance Payment Model is 

available on the Advance Payment 

Model Web site at http:// 

www.innovations.cms.gov/initiatives/ 

aco/advance-payment/index.html. 

II. Provisions of the Notice 

This notice announces a new deadline 

for applications to the Advance 

Payment Model for the performance 

period beginning April 1, 2012. We will 

accept applications to the Advance 

Payment Model from January 3, 2012 

through February 1, 2012. The period 

during which applications will be 

accepted for the performance period 

beginning on July 1, 2012 will remain 

identical to the period for the Medicare 

Shared Savings Program. 

Organizations interested in applying 

to the Advance Payment Model must 

also complete an application for the 

Shared Savings Program. This modified 

deadline will provide organizations 

interested in the Advance Payment 

Model with more time to complete the 

additional application needed for the 

Advance Payment Model. Information 

about the application process and 

deadlines for the Shared Savings 

Program is available at http:// 

www.cms.gov/sharedsavingsprogram. 

Additional information about the 

application process for the Advance 

Payment Model is available on the 

Advance Payment Model Web site at 

http://www.innovations.cms.gov/ 

initiatives/aco/advance-payment/ 

index.html. 

Authority: Section 1115A of the Social 

Security Act. 

Dated: November 23, 2011. 

Donald M. Berwick, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2011–1084] 

Guidance on Domestic Implementation 

of International Standards for 

Oceangoing Barges Carrying Noxious 

Liquid Substances 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces a 

public meeting to receive comments on 

new policy under consideration that 

would provide a domestic equivalency 

for international standards with respect 

to U.S. flagged oceangoing barges 

carrying noxious liquid substances 

(NLS). 

DATES: A public meeting will be held on 

Thursday, December 1, 2011 from 2 

p.m. to 4 p.m. to provide an opportunity 

for oral comments. Written comments 

and related material may be submitted 

to Coast Guard personnel specified at 

that meeting. Written comments may 

also be submitted in response to this 

notice. The comment period for this 

notice will close on December 30, 2011. 

All written comments and related 

material submitted before or after the 

meeting must either be submitted to our 

online docket via http:// 

www.regulations.gov on or before 

December 30, 2011 or reach the Docket 

Management Facility by that date. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention 

Center, Room 205, 900 Convention 

Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 

70130, telephone (504) 582–3000. 

You may submit written comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2011–1084 before or after the meeting 

using any one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is (202) 366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. Our online 

docket for this notice is available on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov 

under docket number USCG–2011– 

1084. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning the 

meeting or the new policy under 

consideration, please call or email LT 

Sean Peterson, Commandant (CG–5223), 

Coast Guard; telephone (202) 372–1403, 

email Sean.M.Peterson@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, call Ms. Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The Coast Guard is considering new 

policy that would align Coast Guard 

guidance with the International Code for 

the Construction and Equipment of 

Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in 

Bulk (IBC Code) as it may relate to 

oceangoing barges carrying NLS. 

The new policy under consideration 

by the Coast Guard would provide 

affected parties with an equivalent 


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