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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 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 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 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; David 

W. Roberts, Vice-President, Healthcare 

Information and Management System 

Society; Julie Bode ̈n Schmidt, Associate 

Vice President, National Association of 

Community Health Centers; Alan 

Spielman, President & Chief Executive 

Officer, URAC; Winston Wong, Medical 

Director, Community Benefit Director, 

Kaiser Permanente and Darlene YeeMelichar, Professor & Coordinator, San 

Francisco State University. 

The agenda for the May 2, 2012 

meeting will include the following: 

• Welcome and Listening Session with 

CMS Leadership 

• Recap of the Previous (February 7, 

2012) 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: March 13, 2012. 

Marilyn Tavenner, 

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6609 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: Mother and Infant Home 

Visiting Program Evaluation: Baseline 

survey data collection. 

OMB No.: 0970–0402. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) and Health 

Resources and Services Administration 

(HRSA) within the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) have 

launched a national evaluation called 

the Mother and Infant Home Visiting 

Program Evaluation (MIHOPE, formerly 

called the Maternal, Infant, and Early 

Childhood Home Visiting Evaluation). 

This evaluation, mandated by the 

Affordable Care Act, will inform the 

federal government about the 

effectiveness of the newly established 

MIECHV program in its first few years 

of operation, and provide information to 

help states develop and strengthen 

home visiting programs in the future. By 

systematically estimating the effects of 

home visiting programs across a wide 

range of outcomes and studying the 

variation in how programs are 

implemented, MIHOPE will provide 

valuable information on the effects of 

these programs on parents and children. 

This includes investigating the effects of 

home visiting on maternal and child 

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different home visiting approaches, and 

how variations in program design and 

implementation influence program 

fidelity and impacts. 

MIHOPE includes two phases: Phase 

1 includes site recruitment, baseline 

data collection for families, and 

collection of data on program 

implementation; Phase 2 includes 

follow up data collection for families. 

The purpose of the current document is 

to request approval of data collection 

efforts needed for Phase 1 of MIHOPE 

and to request a waiver for subsequent 

60 day notices for Phase 2. Phase I will 

include data collected on state plans for 

MIECHV funds, data on families when 

they enter the study, and data on 

program implementation. For site 

recruitment, information will come from 

discussions with MIECHV state 

administrators, and program managers 

of local MIECHV programs. Activities 

related to site recruitment have begun 

under emergency clearance 

authorization (0970–0402). For baseline 

data on families and program 

implementation, those data collection 

efforts include the following: (1) 

Surveys of parents when they enter the 

study, (2) annual semi-structured 

interviews with state MIECHV 

administrators, (3) annual surveys of 

home visiting program site managers, (4) 

annual surveys of home visiting 

program site supervisors, (5) annual 

surveys of program site home visitors, 

(6) annual surveys of administrators of 

community resources that provide 

services relevant to home visited 

families; (7) logs maintained by 

supervisors on supervisory activities, (8) 

logs maintained by home visitors on 

service delivery, and (9) qualitative 

interviews and focus groups with staff at 

participating program sites in each state. 

These data will be used to measure 

characteristics of participating families 

at the time of enrollment into the study; 

characteristics of program staff; factors 

for service delivery; and program 

implementation, fidelity, and costs. 

Phase 2 will collect information on 

family outcomes around the time of the 

child’s first birthday. This notice does 

not seek comment on these follow-up 

data collection activities. The baseline 

family survey will be used to collect 

information on background and 

experiences when families enter the 

study. The remaining data collection 

will be used to collect information on 

organizational and individual-level 

factors that influence how home visiting 

services are delivered. 

Respondents: Enrolled parents; state 

MIECHV administrators; home visiting 

program managers, supervisors, and 

home visitors; and administrators of 

community resources. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

resopnses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

respondent 

Total 

annual 

burden hours 

Telephone contact with state administrators ................................................. 49 1 1 49 

First round visits with state administrators .................................................... 18 1 1 .5 27 

Second round visits with state administrators ............................................... 15 1 1 .5 23 

Visits and calls with local program directors ................................................. 120 1 3 360 

Family baseline survey .................................................................................. 1700 1 1 1700 

Baseline state administrator interview ........................................................... 8 1 2 16 

12-month state administrator interview ......................................................... 8 1 2 16 

Baseline survey of program managers, part 1 .............................................. 29 1 0 .5 15 

Baseline survey of program managers, part 2 .............................................. 29 1 1 29 

Baseline survey of program managers, part 3 .............................................. 29 1 1 29 

12-month survey of program managers ........................................................ 29 1 2 58 

Baseline supervisor survey ............................................................................ 33 1 1 .25 42 

12-month supervisor survey .......................................................................... 33 1 1 .25 42 

Baseline home visitor survey ......................................................................... 170 1 1 .25 213 

12-month home visitor survey ....................................................................... 170 1 1 .25 213 

Community service providers survey ............................................................. 510 1 0 .1 51 

Other home visiting programs survey ............................................................ 142 1 0 .1 15 

Supervisor logs .............................................................................................. 33 60 0 .2 396 

Home visitor logs ........................................................................................... 170 16 0 .2 2040 

Program manager group interview ................................................................ 29 1 1 .5 44 

Supervisor group interview ............................................................................ 33 1 1 .5 50 

Home visitor group interview ......................................................................... 85 1 1 .5 128 

Home visitor individual interview ................................................................... 85 1 1 .5 128 

Interview participant questionnaire ................................................................ 232 1 0 .05 12 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,696. 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.E0P.GOV, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Steven M. Hanmer, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6977 Filed 3–22–12; 8:45 am] 

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