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and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey Mode 

Experiment 

CMS 10543 Emergency Department 

Patient Experience of Care (EDPEC) 

Survey Mode Experiment 

CMS 209 Laboratory Personnel Report 

(CLIA) and Supporting Regulations 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Information Collection1. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Hospital 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) 

Survey Mode Experiment; Use: 

Hospital-level scores derived from 

national implementation of Hospital 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) 

Survey are publicly reported quality 

data on CMS’ Hospital Compare Web 

site. Our HCAHPS initiative allows 

vendors to select one mode of survey 

administration from four approved 

administration protocols (mail only, 

telephone only, mail-telephone mixed 

mode, and touch-tone IVR only). Before 

public reporting, HCAHPS scores are 

adjusted for the selected mode of 

administration, using mail 

administration as the comparison mode, 

to correct for any inflation or deflation 

of scores that are a result of mode. The 

current mode adjustments employed for 

HCAHPS are the product of two 

separate mode experiments conducted 

using different versions of the survey 

and different sample. The purpose of 

the planned HCAHPS mode experiment 

is to conduct a mode experiment of 

sufficient sample and scale to determine 

if the mode adjustments currently 

employed for the 32-item HCAHPS core 

survey need revision. An additional goal 

is to collect empirical evidence on the 

effect of the number of additional 

supplemental items on survey response 

rate and patterns of response to the 

HCAHPS core demographic items 

(known as ‘‘About You’’ items). Form 

Number: CMS–10542 (OMB control 

number 0938–New); Frequency: Once; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households; Number of Respondents: 

8,160; Total Annual Responses: 8,160; 

Total Annual Hours: 1,322. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche at 

410–786–1718). 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Emergency 

Department Patient Experience of Care 

(EDPEC) Survey Mode Experiment; Use: 

This survey supports the six national 

priorities for improving care from the 

National Quality Strategy developed by 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services that was called for under the 

Affordable Care Act to create national 

aims and priorities to guide local, state, 

and national efforts to improve the 

quality of health care. The six priorities 

include: making care safer by reducing 

harm caused by the delivery of care; 

ensuring that each person and family 

are engaged as partners in their care; 

promoting effective communication and 

coordination of care; promoting the 

most effective prevention and treatment 

practices for the leading causes of 

mortality, starting with cardiovascular 

disease; working with communities to 

promote wide use of best practices to 

enable healthy living; and making 

quality care more affordable for 

individuals, families, employers, and 

governments by developing and 

spreading new health care delivery 

models. In 2012, we launched the 

development of the Emergency 

Department Patient Experience of Care 

Survey (EDPEC) to measure the 

experiences of patients (18 and older) 

with emergency department care. This 

survey will provide patient experience 

with care data that enables comparisons 

of emergency department and support 

for improving the quality of patient 

experience in the emergency 

department. Form Number: CMS–10543 

(OMB control number 0938–New); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Individuals and households; Number of 

Respondents: 4,951; Total Annual 

Responses: 4,951; Total Annual Hours: 

923. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Elizabeth FlowDelwiche at 410–786–1718). 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension without change of a 

currently approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Laboratory 

Personnel Report (CLIA) and Supporting 

Regulations; Use: The information 

collected on this survey form is used in 

the administrative pursuit of the 

Congressionally-mandated program 

with regard to regulation of laboratories 

participating in CLIA. The surveyor will 

provide the laboratory with the CMS– 

209 form. While the surveyor performs 

other aspects of the survey, the 

laboratory will complete the CMS–209 

by recording the personnel data needed 

to support their compliance with the 

personnel requirements of CLIA. The 

surveyor will then use this information 

in choosing a sample of personnel to 

verify compliance with the personnel 

requirements. Information on personnel 

qualifications of all technical personnel 

is needed to ensure the sample is 

representative of the entire laboratory; 

Form Number: CMS–209 (OMB control 

number 0938–0151); Frequency: 

Biennially; Affected Public: Private 

Sector—State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; and Federal Government; 

Number of Respondents: 19,051; Total 

Annual Responses: 9,526; Total Annual 

Hours: 4,763. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Kathleen Todd at 410–786–3385.) 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

Martique Jones, 

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–7034–N] 

Health Insurance Marketplace, 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education (APOE), December 15, 2014 

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 the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services on 

opportunities to enhance the 

effectiveness of consumer education 

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Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, 

Medicaid, and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting 

is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Monday, 

December 15, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. eastern standard time (e.s.t.). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations and Comments: Monday, 

December 1, 2014, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Monday, December 1, 

2014, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

738 G, Conference Room, Washington, 

DC 20201. 

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 

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 https://www.regonline.com/

apoedec2014meeting 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-andGuidance/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 the U.S. Department 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 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 December 

18, 2012 (78 FR 32661, May, 31, 2013). 

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) enacted a number of 

changes to Medicare as well as to 

Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP), and also 

expanded the availability of other 

options for health care coverage. In 

order to effectively implement and 

administer these changes, we must 

provide information to Medicare, 

Medicaid, and CHIP consumers, 

providers and other stakeholders 

pursuant to education and outreach 

programs regarding how these programs 

will change and the expanded range of 

health coverage options available. The 

Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education 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. 

This Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) group also advises on issues 

pertaining to education of providers and 

stakeholders with respect to health care 

reform 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). 

Pursuant to the amended charter, the 

Panel advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 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; Kellan Baker, Senior 

Fellow, Center for American Progress; 

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, 

Chief Strategy Officer, W. K. Kellogg 

Foundation; 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; Louise Knight, Director, The 

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer 

Center at Johns Hopkins; Miriam 

Mobley-Smith, Dean, Chicago State 

University, College of Pharmacy; Ana 

Natale-Pereira, Associate Professor of 

Medicine, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical 

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

Associate Medical Director, 

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Island; Megan Padden, Vice President, 

Sentara Health Plans; Jeanne Ryer, 

Director, New Hampshire Citizens 

Health Initiative, University of New 

Hampshire; Carla Smith, Executive Vice 

President, Healthcare Information and 

Management Systems Society (HIMSS); 

Winston Wong, Medical Director, 

Community Benefit Director, Kaiser 

Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, 

Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco 

State University. 

The agenda for the December 15, 2014 

meeting will include the following: 

• Welcome and listening session with 

CMS leadership 

• Recap of the previous (May 22, 2014) 

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 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. 

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). 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Marilyn Tavenner, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Notice of Allotment Percentages to 

States for Child Welfare Services State 

Grants 

AGENCY: Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families, Administration for 

Children and Families, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Biennial publication of 

allotment percentages for States under 

the Title IV–B subpart 1, Child Welfare 

Services State Grants Program (CFDA 

No. 93.645). 

SUMMARY: As required by section 423(c) 

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

623(c)), the Department is publishing 

the allotment percentage for each State 

under the Title IV–B Subpart 1, Child 

Welfare Services State Grants Program. 

Under section 423(a), the allotment 

percentages are one of the factors used 

in the computation of the Federal grants 

awarded under the Program. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The allotment 

percentages shall be effective for Fiscal 

Years 2016 and 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Bell, Grants Fiscal Management 

Specialist, Office of Grants 

Management, Office of Administration, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, telephone (202) 401–4611. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

allotment percentage for each State is 

determined on the basis of paragraphs 

(b) and (c) of section 423 of the Act. 

These figures are available on the ACF 

homepage on the internet: http://

www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/. The 

allotment percentage for each State is as 

follows: 

State Allotment 

percentage 

Alabama .................................... 59.09 

Alaska ....................................... 43.55 

Arizona ...................................... 58.45 

Arkansas ................................... 59.17 

California ................................... 46.42 

Colorado ................................... 47.68 

Connecticut ............................... 32.05 

Delaware ................................... 49.91 

District of Columbia .................. 14.17 

Florida ....................................... 53.25 

Georgia ..................................... 57.54 

Hawaii ....................................... 49.44 

Idaho ......................................... 60.03 

Illinois ........................................ 47.77 

Indiana ...................................... 56.92 

Iowa .......................................... 49.95 

Kansas ...................................... 50.53 

Kentucky ................................... 59.39 

Louisiana .................................. 54.18 

Maine ........................................ 54.46 

Maryland ................................... 39.19 

Massachusetts .......................... 35.95 

Michigan ................................... 56.28 

Minnesota ................................. 46.65 

Mississippi ................................ 62.12 

Missouri .................................... 54.83 

Montana .................................... 56.05 

Nebraska .................................. 47.91 

Nevada ..................................... 55.86 

New Hampshire ........................ 43.36 

New Jersey ............................... 37.68 

New Mexico .............................. 59.43 

New York .................................. 38.88 

North Carolina .......................... 56.69 

North Dakota ............................ 40.07 

Ohio .......................................... 54.34 

Oklahoma ................................. 53.45 

Oregon ...................................... 55.52 

Pennsylvania ............................ 48.37 

Rhode Island ............................ 47.52 

South Carolina .......................... 59.92 

State Allotment 

percentage 

South Dakota ............................ 48.15 

Tennessee ................................ 55.94 

Texas ........................................ 51.20 

Utah .......................................... 59.34 

Vermont .................................... 49.39 

Virginia ...................................... 44.92 

Washington ............................... 46.94 

West Virginia ............................ 60.16 

Wisconsin ................................. 51.83 

Wyoming ................................... 41.14 

American Samoa ...................... 70.00 

Guam ........................................ 70.00 

N. Mariana Islands ................... 70.00 

Puerto Rico ............................... 70.00 

Virgin Islands ............................ 70.00 

Christopher Beach, 

Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of 

Grants Policy, Office of Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–N–0987] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Quantitative Data 

on Tobacco Products and 

Communications 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that a proposed collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by December 

29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 

202–395–7285, or emailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All 

comments should be identified with the 

OMB control number 0910–NEW and 

title ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Quantitative Data on 

Tobacco Products and 

Communications.’’ Also include the 

FDA docket number found in brackets 

in the heading of this document. 


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