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1The Department issued a proposed rule entitled 

‘‘Proposed Establishment of Certification Programs 

for Health Information Technology’’ (75 FR 11328, 

March 10, 2010) that proposed the establishment of 

a temporary certification program and a permanent 

certification program and stated the Department’s 

intentions to issue separate final rules for each 

program. 

1. Creativity (Includes elements such 

as the creativity and coherence of the 

script/story) 

2. Potential Impact (Includes whether 

the video is compelling, inspiring, 

instructive, and share-able.) 

3. Video and Audio Quality (All types 

of videos will be accepted into the 

Challenge. However, effort to show 

quality of the video content, narrative 

and visual appearance will be assessed.) 

4. Video Plays (Includes the number 

of plays on either YouTube or Vimeo— 

whichever service was linked to in the 

submission. The more plays the video 

has the better it will score in this 

category.) 

There will be one Popular Choice 

award for the video that receives the 

most number of verified votes during 

the voting period. 

Additional information 

Submission Rights 

By participating in this Challenge, 

each Contestant grants to the ONC, the 

Administrator and others acting on 

behalf of ONC, an irrevocable, paid-up, 

royalty-free nonexclusive worldwide 

license to post, link to, share, and 

display publicly on the Web. This 

license includes posting or linking to 

the Submission on the official ONC Web 

sites and Web sites of other who have 

agreed to promote the Challenge, 

making it available for use by the 

public. By entering the challenge, 

contestants agree to make the original 

digital file of their Video available to 

ONC and/or the Administrator or others 

acting on behalf of ONC upon request. 

Compliance With Rules and Contacting 

Contest Winners 

Finalists and the Contest Winners 

must comply with all terms and 

conditions of these Official Rules, and 

winning is contingent upon fulfilling all 

requirements herein. The initial finalists 

will be notified by email, telephone, or 

mail after the date of the judging. 

Awards may be subject to Federal 

income taxes, and the Department of 

Health and Human Services will comply 

with the Internal Revenue Service 

withholding and reporting 

requirements, where applicable. 

General Conditions 

Participation in this Contest 

constitutes a contestant’s full and 

unconditional agreement to abide by the 

Contest’s Official Rules found at 

www.Challenge.gov. 

Sponsor of Administrator reserves the 

right to cancel, suspend and/or modify 

the Challenge, or any part of it, for any 

reason, at ONC’s sole discretion. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Dated: October 11, 2012. 

Farzad Mostashari, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Availability: Test Tools and 

Test Procedures Approved for the 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology (ONC) 

HIT Certification Program 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of test tools and test 

procedures approved by the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (the National Coordinator) 

for the testing of EHR technology under 

the ONC HIT Certification Program to 

the 2011 Edition EHR certification 

criteria. The approved test tools and test 

procedures are identified on the ONC 

Web site at: http://www.healthit.gov/

policy-researchers-implementers/2011-

edition-approved-test-methods. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Bean, Director, Office of 

Certification, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, 202–690–7151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 7, 2011, the Department of 

Health and Human Services issued a 

final rule establishing a permanent 

certification program for the purposes of 

testing and certifying health information 

technology (‘‘Establishment of the 

Permanent Certification Program for 

Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 

1262) (Permanent Certification Program 

final rule).1 The permanent certification 

program was renamed the ‘‘ONC HIT 

Certification Program’’ in a final rule 

published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 

54163). The preamble of the Permanent 

Certification Program final rule stated 

that when the National Coordinator had 

approved test tools and/or test 

procedures ONC would publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and identify the approved test tools and 

test procedures on the ONC Web site. As 

discussed in the Permanent Certification 

Program final rule, we anticipated that 

many of the test tools and test 

procedures that were developed by the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) and approved for 

use in the temporary certification 

program would be approved for use in 

performing the testing of EHR 

technology under the ONC HIT 

Certification Program, particularly when 

the adopted certification criteria to 

which the test tools and test procedures 

applied had not been revised. 

The National Coordinator has 

approved for use under the ONC HIT 

Certification Program the test tools and 

test procedures developed by NIST for 

testing EHR technology to the 2011 

Edition EHR certification criteria. These 

approved test tools and test procedures 

are identified on the ONC Web site at: 

http://www.healthit.gov/policyresearchers-implementers/2011-editionapproved-test-methods. 

Dated: October 11, 2012. 

Farzad Mostashari, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10444 and CMS– 

R–284] 

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; 


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(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: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Minimum Data 

Set for Medicaid Incentives for 

Prevention of Chronic Diseases Program 

Grantees; Use: The Medicaid Incentives 

for Prevention of Chronic Diseases 

(MIPCD) demonstration program 

provides grants to states to implement 

programs that provide incentives to 

Medicaid beneficiaries of all ages who 

participate in prevention programs and 

demonstrate changes in health risk and 

outcomes, including the adoption of 

healthy behaviors. The prevention 

programs address at least one of the 

following prevention goals: tobacco 

cessation, controlling or reducing 

weight, lowering cholesterol, lowering 

blood pressure, and avoiding the onset 

of diabetes or in the case of a diabetic, 

improving the management of the 

condition. The programs are also 

comprehensive, widely available, easily 

accessible, and based on relevant 

evidence-based research and resources, 

including: the Guide to Community 

Preventive Services; the Guide to 

Clinical Preventive Services; and the 

National Registry of Evidence-Based 

Programs. 

The proposed information collection, 

the MIPCD Minimum Data Set (MDS), is 

intended to collect data for program 

performance monitoring and evaluation. 

The MDS is a secondary data collection 

that assembles information already 

collected by grantees in the course of 

tracking beneficiary participation and 

outcomes and performing their own 

evaluation activities. Data collected 

through the MDS will be used to report 

on program implementation and 

evaluation to CMS and the Congress. 

Form Number: CMS–10444 (OCN: 

0938–New); Frequency: Quarterly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

10; Total Annual Responses: 40; Total 

Annual Hours: 3,467. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Sherrie Fried at 410–786–6619. 

For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension without change of a 

currently approved collection. Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid 

Statistical Information System (MSIS). 

Use: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 

mandated that states report their 

Medicaid data via MSIS. MSIS is used 

by states and other jurisdictions to 

report fundamental statistical data on 

the operation of their Medicaid 

program. Data provided on eligibles, 

beneficiaries, payments and services are 

vital to those studying and assessing 

Medicaid policies and costs. Medicaid 

statistical data are routinely requested 

by CMS, Department agencies, the 

Congress and their research offices, state 

Medicaid agencies, research 

organizations, social service interest 

groups, universities and colleges, and 

the health care industry. The data 

provides the only national level 

information available on enrollees, 

beneficiaries, and expenditures. It also 

provides the only national level 

information available on Medicaid 

utilization. This information is the basis 

for analyses and for cost savings 

estimates for the Department’s cost 

sharing legislative initiatives to the 

Congress. The data is also crucial to 

CMS and HHS actuarial forecasts. Form 

Number: CMS–R–284 (OCN 0938–0345). 

Frequency: Quarterly. Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 51. Total 

Annual Responses: 204. Total Annual 

Hours: 2,040. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Kay 

Spence at 410–786–1617. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on November 19, 2012. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 

Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 

6974, Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 16, 2012. 

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 

[CMS–3266–FN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Approval of the Community Health 

Accreditation Program for Continued 

Deeming Authority for Hospices 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces our 

decision to approve the Community 

Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) 

for continued recognition as a national 

accrediting organization for hospices 

that wish to participate in the Medicare 

or Medicaid programs. A hospice that 

participates in Medicaid must also meet 

the Medicare conditions of participation 

(CoPs) as referenced in our regulations. 

DATES: Effective Date: This final notice 

is effective November 20, 2012 through 

November 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Williams, (410) 786–8636. 

Cindy Melanson, (410) 786–0310. 

Patricia Chmielewski, (410) 786–6899. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under the Medicare program, eligible 

beneficiaries may receive covered 

services in a hospice, provided certain 

requirements are met. Section 

1861(dd)(1) of the Social Security Act 

(the Act) establishes distinct criteria for 

entities seeking designation as a hospice 

program. Regulations concerning 

provider agreements are at 42 CFR part 

489 and those pertaining to activities 

relating to the survey and certification 

of facilities are at 42 CFR part 488. The 

regulations at 42 CFR part 418 specify 

the conditions that a hospice must meet 

in order to participate in the Medicare 

program, the scope of covered services, 

and the conditions for Medicare 

payment for hospice care. 

Generally, to enter into an agreement, 

a hospice must first be certified by a 

State survey agency as complying with 

conditions or requirements set forth in 

part 418. Thereafter, the hospice is 

subject to regular surveys by a State 

survey agency to determine whether it 

continues to meet these requirements. 

However, there is an alternative to 

surveys by State agencies. 

Section 1865(a)(1) of the Act provides 

that, if a provider entity demonstrates 

through accreditation by an approved 

national accrediting organization that all 

applicable Medicare conditions are met 

or exceeded, we will deem those 

provider entities as having met the 

requirements. Accreditation by an 

accrediting organization is voluntary 

and is not required for Medicare 

participation. 

If an accrediting organization is 

recognized by the Secretary as having 

standards for accreditation that meet or 

exceed Medicare requirements, any 

provider entity accredited by the 

national accrediting body’s approved 

program would be deemed to meet the 


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