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hospitals and critical access hospitals 

(CAHs), and Medicare Advantage (MA) 

organizations participating in the 

Medicare and Medicaid programs that 

adopt and successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. These Recovery Act 

provisions, together with Title XIII of 

Division A of the Recovery Act, may be 

cited as the ‘‘Health Information 

Technology for Economic and Clinical 

Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act.’’ 

The HITECH Act creates incentive 

programs for EPs and eligible hospitals, 

including CAHs, in the Medicare Feefor-Service (FFS), MA, and Medicaid 

programs that successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. In their first payment year, 

Medicaid EPs and eligible hospitals may 

adopt, implement or upgrade to certified 

EHR technology. It also, provides for 

payment adjustments in the Medicare 

FFS and MA programs starting in FY 

2015 for EPs and eligible hospitals 

participating in Medicare that are not 

meaningful users of certified EHR 

technology. These payment adjustments 

do not pertain to Medicaid providers. 

The first final rule for the Medicare 

and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on July 28, 2010 (CMS–0033– 

F), specified the initial criteria EPs, 

eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA 

organizations must meet in order to 

qualify for incentive payments; 

calculation of incentive payment 

amounts; payment adjustments under 

Medicare for covered professional 

services and inpatient hospital services 

provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and 

CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful 

use of certified EHR technology 

beginning in 2015; and other program 

participation requirements. On the same 

date, the Office of the National 

Coordinator of Health Information 

Technology (ONC) issued a closely 

related final rule (45 CFR part 170, RIN 

0991–AB58) that specified the initial set 

of standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

for certified EHR technology. ONC has 

also issued a separate final rule on the 

establishment of certification programs 

for health information technology (HIT) 

(45 CFR part 170, RIN 0991–AB59). The 

functionality of certified EHR 

technology should facilitate the 

implementation of meaningful use. 

Subsequently, final rules have been 

issued by CMS (77 FR 53968) and ONC 

(77 FR 72985) to create a Stage 2 of 

meaningful use criteria and other 

changes to the CMS EHR Incentive 

Programs and the 2014 Edition 

Certification Criteria for EHR 

technology. 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

information collection request are 

needed to implement the HITECH Act. 

In order to avoid duplicate payments, 

all EPs are enumerated through their 

National Provider Identifier (NPI), while 

all eligible hospitals and CAHs are 

enumerated through their CMS 

Certification Number (CCN). State 

Medicaid agencies and CMS use the 

provider’s tax identification number and 

NPI or CCN combination in order to 

make payment, validate payment 

eligibility and detect and prevent 

duplicate payments for EPs, eligible 

hospitals and CAHs. Form Number: 

CMS–10336 (OCN: 0938–1158); 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Private sector; Number of 

Respondents: 214,694; Total Annual 

Responses: 214,694; Total Annual 

Hours: 2,034,740. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Travis 

Broome at 214–767–4450.) 

Dated: August 27, 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 

[CMS–7030–N] 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advisory Panel on 

Outreach and Education (APOE) (the 

Panel) in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The Panel 

advises and makes recommendations to 

the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services and the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services on opportunities to enhance 

the effectiveness of consumer education 

strategies concerning Medicare, 

Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting 

is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Monday, 

September 16, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations and Comments: Monday, 

September 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Monday, September 

9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Sheraton 

Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. 

Presentations and Written Comments: 

Kirsten Knutson, Acting Designated 

Federal Official (DFO), Division of 

Forum and Conference Development, 

Office of Communications, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1–13–05, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or contact 

Ms. Knutson via email at 

mailto:Kirsten.Knutson@cms.hhs.gov. 

Registration: The meeting is open to 

the public, but attendance is limited to 

the space available. Persons wishing to 

attend this meeting must register at the 

Web site http://events.SignUp4.com/

APOESEPT2013MTG or by contacting 

the DFO at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice or by 

telephone at number listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice, by the date listed in the 

DATES section of this notice. Individuals 

requiring sign language interpretation or 

other special accommodations should 

contact the DFO at the address listed in 

the ADDRESSES section of this notice by 

the date listed in the DATES’’ section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kirsten Knutson, (410) 786–5886. 

Additional information about the APOE 

is available on the Internet at: http://

www.cms.gov/Regulations-and 

Guidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html. 

Press inquiries are handled through 

the CMS Press Office at (202) 690–6145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), this notice announces a 

meeting of the Advisory Panel on 

Outreach and Education (APOE) (the 

Panel). Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(the Secretary) to establish an advisory 

panel if the Secretary determines that 

the panel is ‘‘in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed . . . by law.’’ Such duties 

are imposed by section 1804 of the 

Social Security Act (the Act), requiring 

the Secretary to provide informational 

materials to Medicare beneficiaries 

about the Medicare program, and 

section 1851(d) of the Act, requiring the 

Secretary to provide for ‘‘activities . . . 

to broadly disseminate information to 

[M]edicare beneficiaries . . . on the 


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coverage options provided under 

[Medicare Advantage] in order to 

promote an active, informed selection 

among such options.’’ 

The Panel is also authorized by 

section 1114(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a). The 

Secretary signed the charter establishing 

this Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 

7899, February 17, 1999) and approved 

the renewal of the charter on January 21, 

2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3, 2011). 

Pursuant to the amended charter, the 

Panel advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

concerning optimal strategies for the 

following: 

• Developing and implementing 

education and outreach programs for 

individuals enrolled in, or eligible for, 

Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 

• Enhancing the federal government’s 

effectiveness in informing Medicare, 

Medicaid and CHIP consumers, 

providers and stakeholders pursuant to 

education and outreach programs of 

issues regarding these and other health 

coverage programs, including the 

appropriate use of public-private 

partnerships to leverage the resources of 

the private sector in educating 

beneficiaries, providers and 

stakeholders. 

• Expanding outreach to vulnerable 

and underserved communities, 

including racial and ethnic minorities, 

in the context of Medicare, Medicaid 

and CHIP education programs. 

• Assembling and sharing an 

information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for 

helping consumers evaluate health plan 

options. 

• Building and leveraging existing 

community infrastructures for 

information, counseling and assistance. 

• Drawing the program link between 

outreach and education, promoting 

consumer understanding of health care 

coverage choices and facilitating 

consumer selection/enrollment, which 

in turn support the overarching goal of 

improved access to quality care, 

including prevention services, 

envisioned under health care reform. 

The current members of the Panel are: 

Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy 

Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; 

Joseph Baker, President, Medicare 

Rights Center; Philip Bergquist, 

Manager, Health Center Operations, 

CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project 

and Director, Michigan Primary Care 

Association; Marjorie Cadogan, 

Executive Deputy Commissioner, 

Department of Social Services; Jonathan 

Dauphine, Senior Vice President, AARP; 

Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, 

Boston Public Health Commission; 

Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health 

Outreach Associate, Center on Budget & 

Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits 

Counseling & Special Projects 

Coordinator, North Central Texas 

Council of Governments’ Area Agency 

on Aging; Warren Jones, Executive 

Director, Mississippi Institute for 

Improvement of Geographic Minority 

Health; Cathy Kaufmann, Administrator, 

Oregon Health Authority; Sandy 

Markwood, Chief Executive Officer, 

National Association of Area Agencies 

on Aging; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean, 

Chicago State University, College of 

Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira, 

Associate Professor of Medicine, 

University of Medicine & Dentistry of 

New Jersey; Megan Padden, Vice 

President, Sentara Health Plans; 

Winston Wong, Medical Director, 

Community Benefit Director, Kaiser 

Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, 

Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco 

State University. The agenda for the 

September 16, 2013 meeting will 

include the following: 

• Welcome and Listening Session with 

CMS Leadership 

• Recap of the Previous (June 24, 2013) 

Meeting 

• Affordable Care Act Initiatives 

• An Opportunity for Public Comment 

• Meeting Summary, Review of 

Recommendations and Next Steps 

Individuals or organizations that wish 

to make a 5-minute oral presentation on 

an agenda topic should submit a written 

copy of the oral presentation to the DFO 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice by the date listed 

in the DATES section of this notice. The 

number of oral presentations may be 

limited by the time available. 

Individuals not wishing to make a 

presentation may submit written 

comments to the DFO at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice by the date listed in the DATES

section of this notice. 

Authority: Sec. 222 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a) and sec. 10(a) 

of Pub. L. 92–463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a) 

and 41 CFR 102–3). 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.733, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: August 27, 2013. 

Marilyn Tavenner, 

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: U.S. Repatriation Program 

Forms. 

OMB No.: 0970—NEW. 

Description: The United States (U.S.) 

Repatriation Program was established by 

Title XI, Section 1113 of the Social 

Security Act (Assistance for U.S. 

Citizens Returned from Foreign 

Countries) to provide temporary 

assistance to U.S. citizens and their 

dependents who have been identified by 

the Department of State (DOS) as having 

returned, or been brought from a foreign 

country to the U.S. because of 

destitution, illness, war, threat of war, 

or a similar crisis, and are without 

available resources immediately 

accessible to meet their needs. The 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) was 

provided with the authority to 

administer this Program. On or about 

1994, this authority was delegated by 

the HHS Secretary to the Administration 

for Children and Families (ACF) and 

later re-delegated by ACf to the Office of 

Refugee Resettlement. The Repatriation 

Program works with States, Federal 

agencies, and non-governmental 

organizations to provide eligible 

individuals with temporary assistance 

for up to 90-days. This assistance is in 

the form of a loan and must be repaid 

to the Federal Government. 

The Program was later expanded in 

response to legislation enacted by 

Congress to address the particular needs 

of persons with mental illness (24 

U.S.C. 321 through 329). Further 

refinements occurred in response to 

Executive Order (EO) 11490 (as 

amended) where HHS was given the 

responsibility to ‘‘develop plans and 

procedures for assistance at ports of 

entry to U.S. personnel evacuated from 

overseas areas, their onward movement 

to final destination, and follow-up 

assistance after arrival at final 

destination.’’ In addition, under EO 

12656 (53 CFR 47491), ‘‘Assignment of 

emergency preparedness 


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