Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 / Notices 9929 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, email your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–5683. Send written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections within 30 days 

of this notice directly to the OS OMB 

Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 202–395– 

5806. 

Proposed Project: Consumer Survey of 

Attitudes Toward the Privacy and 

Security Aspects of Electronic Health 

Records and Electronic Health 

Information Exchange (New)—OMB No. 

0990–NEW—Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology 

Abstract: The widespread use of 

electronic health records and electronic 

health information exchange promises 

an array of potential benefits for 

individuals and the U.S. health care 

system through improved health care 

quality, safety, and efficiency. At the 

same time, this environment poses new 

challenges and opportunities for 

protecting health information. The 

proposed information collection will 

permit us to better understand 

individuals’ attitudes toward the 

privacy and security aspects of the use 

of electronic health records and 

electronic health information exchange 

as well as inform policy and 

programmatic objectives. The Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC) is 

proposing to conduct a nationwide 

survey which will use computerassisted telephone interviews (CATI) to 

interview a representative sample of the 

general population annually for 5 years 

looking at the percentage of individuals 

who are concerned about the privacy 

and security of electronic health 

records, who report having kept any 

part of their medical history from their 

doctor due to privacy concerns, and 

who are concerned that an unauthorized 

person would see their medical 

information if it is sent electronically, 

among other key measures. ONC will 

assess whether these numbers increase, 

remain steady or decrease from 2012 

(pre-implementation) to 2016 (postimplementation) in support of the ONC 

Coordinated Federal Health IT Strategic 

Plan to engage consumers and inspire 

confidence and trust in health IT. The 

data will be analyzed using statistical 

methods and a draft report will be 

prepared. ONC will hold a Web seminar 

prior to the publication of the final 

report to convey the findings to the 

general public. A final report will be 

posted on http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

ONC expects to interview 100 

individuals for the pretest survey as part 

of the initial implementation year and 

interview 2,000 individuals for the main 

survey administered annually for 5 

years. The estimated annualized 

respondent burden is 842 hours. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Forms Type of respondent Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden (in hours) 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Pretest Survey .................................. General Public .................................. 100 1 25/60 42 

Main Survey ...................................... General Public .................................. 10,000 1 25/60 4167 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... 10,100 1 25/60 4209 

For more information regarding an 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

specifically for cognitive testing please 

refer to OMB Control No: 0990–0376, 

Communications Testing for 

Comprehensive Communication 

Campaign for HITECH Act (expiration 

date 07/31/2014; ICR Reference No: 

201106–0990–005). 

Keith A. Tucker, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3879 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–12–12EF] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 and 

send comments to Kimberly Lane CDC 

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluating the Effectiveness of 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Program Elements in the Wholesale 

Retail Trade Sector—New—National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The mission of the National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is to promote safety and health 

at work for all people through research 

and prevention. Under Public Law 91– 

596, sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22, 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970), NIOSH has the responsibility to 

conduct research to advance the health 

and safety of workers. In this capacity, 

NIOSH proposes to conduct a study to 

assess the effectiveness of occupational 

safety and health (OSH) program 

elements in the wholesale/retail trade 

(WRT) sector. 

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9930 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 / Notices 

Liberty Mutual has estimated direct 

workers compensation costs to industry 

in the United States in 2009 to be $50 

billion. The WRT industry sector 

employs over 21 million workers or 

19% of the workforce in private 

industry. In 2007, the majority of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving 

days away from work in the WRT sector 

involved musculoskeletal disorders 

(MSDs, 29%) or slip/trip/falls (STFs, 

22%). For this reason, major strategic 

NIOSH goals in the WRT sector are to 

reduce MSDs, STFs and other injuries/ 

illnesses in part by assessing the 

effectiveness of occupational safety and 

health (OSH) programs designed to 

prevent these outcomes. There is some 

evidence that OSH prevention programs 

built on key elements (management 

leadership, employee participation, 

hazard identification and control, 

medical management, training, and 

program evaluation) reduce losses. 

However, little evidence exists on the 

relative effectiveness of program 

elements compared to each other. There 

is a need for research to develop reliable 

OSH program metrics and determine 

which elements have the greatest impact 

on injuries, illnesses and work 

disability. A renewed partnership 

between NIOSH and the Ohio Bureau of 

Workers Compensation (OBWC) 

provides a timely opportunity to 

conduct such research in a relevant and 

efficient manner. 

A collaborative study involving 

NIOSH and the OBWC will examine the 

association between survey-assessed 

OSH program elements (organizational 

policies, procedures, practices) and 

workers compensation (WC) injury/ 

illness outcomes in a stratified sample 

of OBWC-insured wholesale/retail trade 

(WRT) firms. Crucial OSH program 

elements with particularly high impact 

on WC losses will be identified in this 

study and disseminated to the WRT 

sector. This study will provide 

important information that is not 

currently available elsewhere on the 

effectiveness of OSH programs for the 

WRT sector. This project fits the 

mission of CDC–NIOSH to conduct 

scientific intervention effectiveness 

research to support the evidenced based 

prevention of occupational injuries and 

illnesses. 

For this study, the target population 

includes United States WRT firms 

(North American Industry Classification 

System codes 42, 44, 45). The sampling 

frame includes OBWC-insured WRT 

firms in Ohio. The study sample 

includes OBWC-insured WRT firms 

who volunteer to participate in the 

OBWC–NIOSH research project. 

The proposed research involves a 

firm-level survey of a series of 

organizational metrics considered to be 

potential predictors of injury and illness 

WC claim rates and duration in a 

stratified sample of OBWC-insured WRT 

firms in Ohio. There are expected to be 

up to 4,404 participants per year; 

surveys will be administered twice to 

the same firms in successive years (e.g. 

from January–December 2012 and again 

from January–December 2013). 

An individual responsible for the 

OSH program at each firm will be asked 

to complete a survey that includes a 

background section related to 

respondent and company demographics 

and a main section where individuals 

will be asked to evaluate organizational 

metrics related to their firm’s OSH 

program. The firm-level survey data will 

be linked to five years of retrospective 

injury and illness WC claims data and 

two years of prospective injury and 

illness WC claims data from OBWC to 

determine which organizational metrics 

are related to firm-level injury and 

illness WC claim rates. A nested study 

will ask multiple respondents at a 

subset of 60 firms to participate by 

completing surveys. A five-minute 

interview will be conducted with a 10% 

sample of non-responders (up to 792 

individuals). 

In order to maximize efficiency and 

reduce burden, a Web-based survey is 

proposed for the majority (95%) of 

survey data collection. Collected 

information will be used to determine 

whether a significant relationship exists 

between self-reported firm OSH 

elements and firm WC outcomes while 

controlling for covariates. Once the 

study is completed, benchmarking 

reports about OSH elements that have 

the highest impact on WC losses in the 

WRT sector will be made available 

through the NIOSH–OBWC Internet 

sites and peer-reviewed publications. 

In summary, this study will determine 

the effectiveness of OSH program 

elements in the WRT sector and enable 

evidence-based prevention practices to 

be shared with the greatest audience 

possible. NIOSH expects to complete 

data collection in 2014. There is no cost 

to respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Safety and Health Managers in ........ Occupational Safety and Health 

Program Survey.

4,404 1 20/60 1,468 

Informed Consent Form ................... 4,404 1 2/60 147 

Non Responder Interview ................ 792 1 5/60 66 

Total Hours ................................ ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,681 

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 / Notices 9931 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Ronald Otten, 

Deputy Chief, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3622 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10418] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Reopening 

of Comment Period 

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; 

(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. Title of Information Collection: 

Medical Loss Ratio Annual Reporting 

Form Number: CMS–10418 (OCN: 

0938–New). For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Carol 

Jimenez at 301–492–4109. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326. 

Reopening of Comment Period 

The Type of Information Collection 

Request, Use, Frequency, Affected 

Public and Total Respondents are 

described in the 60-day notice that 

published on December 16, 2011 (76 FR 

78265) and are not repeated here. 

However, the Total Annual Responses, 

and Total Annual Hours have been 

revised to 331,178 and 1,805,301, 

respectively. In addition, the model 

notices associated with this information 

collection request are now available for 

public viewing and comments. The 

model notices were still under 

development when the 60-day notice 

published. In the interest of ensuring 

that the public is aware of the revised 

supporting materials and has additional 

time to review and comment on those 

materials, we are publishing this notice 

and are reopening the public comment 

period for 15 days. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by March 2, 2012: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number CMS–10418 (OCN 

0938–NEW), Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: February 14, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–9069–N] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Quarterly Listing of Program 

Issuances—October Through 

December 2011 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This quarterly notice lists 

CMS manual instructions, substantive 

and interpretive regulations, and other 

Federal Register notices that were 

published from October through 

December 2011, relating to the Medicare 

and Medicaid programs and other 

programs administered by CMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: It is 

possible that an interested party may 

need specific information and not be 

able to determine from the listed 

information whether the issuance or 

regulation would fulfill that need. 

Consequently, we are providing contact 

persons to answer general questions 

concerning each of the addenda 

published in this notice. 

Addenda Contact Phone No. 

I CMS Manual Instructions ......................................................................................................... Ismael Torres ..................... (410) 786–1864 

II Regulation Documents Published in the Federal Register ................................................... Terri Plumb ......................... (410) 786–4481 

III CMS Rulings .......................................................................................................................... Tiffany Lafferty ................... (410) 786–7548 

IV Medicare National Coverage Determinations ........................................................................ Wanda Belle ....................... (410) 786–7491 

V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs ............................................................................................ John Manlove ..................... (410) 786–6877 

VI Collections of Information ...................................................................................................... Mitch Bryman ..................... (410) 786–5258 

VII Medicare-Approved Carotid Stent Facilities ......................................................................... Sarah J. McClain ................ (410) 786–2294 

VIII American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites .................. JoAnna Baldwin, MS .......... (410) 786–7205 

IX Medicare’s Active Coverage-Related Guidance Documents ................................................ Lori Ashby .......................... (410) 786–6322 

X One-time Notices Regarding National Coverage Provisions ................................................. Lori Ashby .......................... (410) 786–6322 

XI National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry Sites ..................................... Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS .... (410) 786–8564 

XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities .................. JoAnna Baldwin, MS .......... (410) 786–7205 

XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities ......................................... JoAnna Baldwin, MS .......... (410) 786–7205 

XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery Facilities .................................................................. Kate Tillman, RN, MAS ...... (410) 786–9252 

XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Dementia Trials .......................... Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS .... (410) 786–8564 

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