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qualitative dimensions of cancer 

prevention and control messages 

including, but not limited to, cancer 

knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behavioral 

intentions, information needs and 

sources, clinical practices (among 

healthcare providers), and compliance 

with recommended cancer screening. 

Insights gained from the focus groups 

will assist in the development and/or 

refinement of future campaign messages 

and materials. Respondents will include 

healthcare providers as well as members 

of the general public. Communication 

campaigns and messages will vary 

according to the type of cancer, the 

qualitative dimensions of the message 

described above, and the type of 

respondents. 

DCPC plans to conduct or sponsor up 

to 80 focus groups per year over a threeyear period. An average of 10 

respondents will participate in each 

focus group discussion. DCPC has 

developed a set of example questions 

that can be used to develop a discussion 

guide for each focus group activity. The 

average burden for response for each 

focus group will be two hours. DCPC 

has also developed a set of example 

questions that can be tailored to screen 

for targeted groups of respondents. The 

average burden per response for 

screening and recruitment is three 

minutes. A separate information 

collection request will be submitted to 

OMB for approval of each focus group 

activity. The request will describe the 

purpose of the activity and include the 

customized information collection 

instruments. 

OMB approval is requested for three 

years. There are no changes to 

information collection purpose or 

methodology. Annual estimated Burden 

Hours are 1,680. Participation is 

voluntary and there are no costs to 

respondents except their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hr) 

General Public ................................................ Screening Form .............................................. 960 1 3/60 

General Public ................................................ Focus Group Guide ........................................ 480 1 2 

Health Care Professionals .............................. Screening Form .............................................. 640 1 3/60 

Health Care Professionals .............................. Focus Group Guide ........................................ 320 1 2 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7051–N] 

Medicare & Medicaid Programs, and 

Other Program Initiatives, and 

Priorities; Meeting of the Advisory 

Panel on Outreach and Education 

(APOE), September 26, 2018 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

next 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 the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) and 

the Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on 

opportunities to enhance the 

effectiveness of consumer education 

strategies concerning CMS programs, 

initiatives and priorities. This meeting 

is open to the public. 

DATES:

Meeting Date: Wednesday, September 

26, 2018 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. eastern 

daylight time (e.d.t). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations, Special Accommodations 

and Comments: Wednesday, September 

12, 2018, 5 p.m., e.d.t. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting Location: U.S. Department of 

Health & Human Services, Hubert H. 

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 

Avenue SW, Room 502A, Conference 

Room, Washington, DC 20201. 

Presentations and Written Comments: 

Presentations and written comments 

should be submitted to: Lynne Johnson, 

Acting Designated Federal Official 

(DFO), Office of Communications, 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Mailstop S1–05–06, Baltimore, MD 

21244–1850 or via email at 

Lynne.Johnson@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 

website https://www.regonline.com/ 

apoe2018sept26meeting/ or by 

contacting the Acting DFO 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 

Acting 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: 

Lynne Johnson, Acting Designated 

Federal Official, Office of 

Communications, CMS, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Mail Stop S1–05–06, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850, 410–786– 

0090, email Lynne.Johnson@

cms.hhs.gov. 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: 

I. Background 

The Advisory Panel for Outreach and 

Education (APOE) (the Panel) is 

governed by the provisions of Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. 

L. 92–463), as amended (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2), which sets forth standards 

for the formation and use of federal 

advisory committees. The Panel is 

authorized by section 1114(f) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1314(f)) 

and section 222 of the Public Health 

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

The Secretary of the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) 

(the Secretary) signed the charter 

establishing the Citizen’s Advisory 


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1We note that the Citizen’s Advisory Panel on 

Medicare Education is also referred to as the 

Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (65 FR 

4617). The name was updated in the Second 

Amended Charter approved on July 24, 2000. 

Panel on Medicare Education 1 (the 

predecessor to the APOE) on January 21, 

1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) to 

advise and make recommendations to 

the Secretary and the Administrator of 

the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) on the effective 

implementation of national Medicare 

education programs, including with 

respect to the Medicare+Choice (M+C) 

program added by the Balanced Budget 

Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33). 

The Medicare Modernization Act of 

2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108–173) 

expanded the existing health plan 

options and benefits available under the 

M+C program and renamed it the 

Medicare Advantage (MA) program. We 

have had substantial responsibilities to 

provide information to Medicare 

beneficiaries about the range of health 

plan options available and better tools 

to evaluate these options. The 

successful MA program implementation 

required CMS to consider the views and 

policy input from a variety of private 

sector constituents and to develop a 

broad range of public-private 

partnerships. 

In addition, Title I of the MMA 

authorized the Secretary and the 

Administrator of CMS (by delegation) to 

establish the Medicare prescription drug 

benefit. The drug benefit allows 

beneficiaries to obtain qualified 

prescription drug coverage. In order to 

effectively administer the MA program 

and the Medicare prescription drug 

benefit, we have substantial 

responsibilities to provide information 

to Medicare beneficiaries about the 

range of health plan options and 

benefits available, and to develop better 

tools to evaluate these plans and 

benefits. 

The Affordable Care Act (Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act, 

Pub. L. 111–148, and Health Care and 

Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 

Pub. L. 111–152) expanded the 

availability of other options for health 

care coverage and enacted a number of 

changes to Medicare as well as to 

Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). Qualified 

individuals and qualified employers are 

now able to purchase private health 

insurance coverage through a 

competitive marketplace, called an 

Affordable Insurance Exchange (also 

called Health Insurance Marketplace SM, 

or Marketplace SM). In order to 

effectively implement and administer 

these changes, we must provide 

information to consumers, providers, 

and other stakeholders through 

education and outreach programs 

regarding how existing programs will 

change and the expanded range of 

health coverage options available, 

including private health insurance 

coverage through the MarketplaceSM. 

The APOE (the Panel) allows us to 

consider a broad range of views and 

information from interested audiences 

in connection with this effort and to 

identify opportunities to enhance the 

effectiveness of education strategies 

concerning the Affordable Care Act. 

The scope of this Panel also includes 

advising on issues pertaining to the 

education of providers and stakeholders 

with respect to the Affordable Care Act 

and certain provisions of the Health 

Information Technology for Economic 

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 

enacted as part of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(ARRA). 

On January 21, 2011, the Panel’s 

charter was renewed and the Panel was 

renamed the Advisory Panel for 

Outreach and Education. The Panel’s 

charter was most recently renewed on 

January 19, 2017, and will terminate on 

January 19, 2019 unless renewed by 

appropriate action. 

Under the current charter, the APOE 

will advise the Secretary and the 

Administrator on optimal strategies for 

the following: 

• Developing and implementing 

education and outreach programs for 

individuals enrolled in, or eligible for, 

Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP; or 

coverage available through the Health 

Insurance MarketplaceSM, and other 

CMS programs. 

• Enhancing the federal government’s 

effectiveness in informing Health 

Insurance Marketplace SM, Medicare, 

Medicaid, and CHIP consumers, issuers, 

providers, and stakeholders, through 

education and outreach programs, on 

issues regarding these programs, 

including the appropriate use of publicprivate 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 Health Insurance 

MarketplaceSM, Medicare, Medicaid, 

and CHIP education programs, and 

other CMS programs. 

• Assembling and sharing an 

information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for 

helping consumers evaluate health 

coverage 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 the Affordable Care 

Act. 

The current members of the Panel are: 

Kellan Baker, Associate Director, Center 

for American Progress; Robert Blancato, 

President, National Association of 

Nutrition and Aging Services Programs; 

Deborah Britt, Executive Director of 

Community & Public Relations, 

Piedmont Fayette Hospital; Deena 

Chisolm, Associate Professor of 

Pediatrics & Public Health, The Ohio 

State University, Nationwide Children’s 

Hospital; Robert Espinoza, Vice 

President of Policy, Paraprofessional 

Healthcare Institute; Louise Scherer 

Knight, Director, The Sidney Kimmel 

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns 

Hopkins; Roanne Osborne-Gaskin, M.D., 

Senior Medical Director, MDWise, Inc.; 

Cathy Phan, Outreach and Education 

Coordinator, Asian American Health 

Coalition DBA HOPE Clinic; Kamilah 

Pickett, Litigation Support, Independent 

Contractor; Alvia Siddiqi, Medicaid 

Managed Care Community Network 

(MCCN) Medical Director, Advocate 

Physician Partners, Carla Smith, 

Executive Vice President, Healthcare 

Information and Management Systems 

Society (HIMSS); Tobin Van Ostern, 

Vice President and Co-Founder, Young 

Invincibles Advisors; and Paula 

Villescaz, Senior Consultant, Assembly 

Health Committee, California State 

Legislature. 

II. Provisions of This Notice 

In accordance with section 10(a) of 

the FACA, this notice announces a 

meeting of the APOE. The agenda for 

the September 26, 2018 meeting will 

include the following: 

• Welcome and listening session with 

CMS leadership 

• Recap of the previous (March 21, 2018 

and September 13, 2017) meetings 

• CMS programs, initiatives, and 

priorities 

• 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


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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 an oral 

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. 

III. Security, Building, and Parking 

Guidelines 

The meeting is open to the public, but 

attendance is limited to the space 

available. Persons wishing to attend this 

meeting must register by contacting the 

DFO at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice or by 

telephone at the number listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice by the date 

specified in the DATES section of this 

notice. This meeting will be held in a 

federal government building, the Hubert 

H. Humphrey (HHH) Building; 

therefore, federal security measures are 

applicable. 

The REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 

109–13) establishes minimum standards 

for the issuance of state-issued driver’s 

licenses and identification (ID) cards. It 

prohibits federal agencies from 

accepting an official driver’s license or 

ID card from a state for any official 

purpose unless the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

determines that the state meets these 

standards. Beginning October 2015, 

photo IDs (such as a valid driver’s 

license) issued by a state or territory not 

in compliance with the Real ID Act will 

not be accepted as identification to enter 

federal buildings. Visitors from these 

states/territories will need to provide 

alternative proof of identification (such 

as a valid passport) to gain entrance into 

federal buildings. The current list of 

states from which a federal agency may 

accept driver’s licenses for an official 

purpose is found at http://www.dhs.gov/ 

real-id-enforcement-brief. 

We recommend that confirmed 

registrants arrive reasonably early, but 

no earlier than 45 minutes prior to the 

start of the meeting, to allow additional 

time to clear security. Security measures 

include the following: 

• Presentation of a government-issued 

photographic identification to the 

Federal Protective Service or Guard 

Service personnel. 

• Inspection, via metal detector or 

other applicable means, of all persons 

entering the building. We note that all 

items brought into HHH Building, 

whether personal or for the purpose of 

presentation or to support a 

presentation, are subject to inspection. 

We cannot assume responsibility for 

coordinating the receipt, transfer, 

transport, storage, set up, safety, or 

timely arrival of any personal 

belongings or items used for 

presentation or to support a 

presentation. 

Note: Individuals who are not 

registered in advance will not be 

permitted to enter the building and will 

be unable to attend the meeting. 

IV. Collection of Information 

This document does not impose 

information collection requirements, 

that is, reporting, recordkeeping or 

third-party disclosure requirements. 

Consequently, there is no need for 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Seema Verma, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18961 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of a proposed 

collection for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov 

or (202) 795–7714. When submitting 

comments or requesting information, 

please include the document identifier 

4040–0003–30D and project title for 

reference. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

Title of the Collection: Application for 

Federal Domestic Assistance—Short 

Organizational. 

Type of Collection: Extension. 

OMB No.: 4040–0003. 

Abstract: Application for Federal 

Domestic Assistance—Short 

Organizational is an OMB-approved 

collection (4040–0003). This 

information collection is used by grant 

applicants. This IC expires on January 

31, 2019. We are requesting a three-year 

clearance of this collection. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Grant Applicant ................................................................................................ 936 1 1 936 

Total .......................................................................................................... 936 ........................ ........................ 936 


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