Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 166 / Friday, August 26, 2011 / Notices 53475 

issuers of major medical health 

insurance hereon referred to as issuers, 

it will be processed for display at http:// 

www.healthcare.gov. The information 

that is provided will help the general 

public make educated decisions about 

private health care insurance options. In 

the event that an issuer has enhanced or 

modified its existing plans, created new 

plans, or deactivated plans, the 

organization would be required to 

update the information in the Web 

portal. States are high risk pool 

administrators are asked to update 

information annually. Form Number: 

CMS–10320 (OMB#: 0938–1086); 

Frequency: Reporting—Annually/ 

Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits and States; Number of 

Respondents: 700; Total Annual 

Responses: 13,050; Total Annual Hours: 

86,100. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Beth Liu at 301– 

492–4268. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

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 

E-mail 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. 

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 September 26, 2011. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 

Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 

6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: August 23, 2011. 

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 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10404] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

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) 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 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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: National 

Balancing Indicators Project (NBIP) 

Direct Service Workforce Data 

Collection Effort; Use: The overall 

purpose of this project is to assist CMS 

State Profiling Tool (SPT) grantees to 

collect core direct service workforce 

data elements by population and setting 

and build the infrastructure needed to 

track these workforce indicators over 

time; Form Number: CMS–10404 (OMB 

0938–New); Frequency: Once; Affected 

Public: Private Sector: Business or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions, 

and Individuals; Number of 

Respondents: 68,160; Total Annual 

Responses: 68,160 (one-time); Total 

Annual Hours: 57,038. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Jean Accius at 410–786–3270. 

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

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 October 25, 2011: 

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—CMS– 

10404, Room C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244– 

1850. 

Dated: August 23, 2011. 

Michelle Shortt, 

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–3252–N] 

Medicare Program; Meeting of the 

Medicare Evidence Development and 

Coverage Advisory Committee— 

November 9, 2011 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that a 

public meeting of the Medicare 

Evidence Development & Coverage 

Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) 

(‘‘Committee’’) will be held on 

Wednesday, November 9, 2011. The 

Committee generally provides advice 

and recommendations concerning the 

adequacy of scientific evidence needed 

to determine whether certain medical 

items and services can be covered under 

the Medicare statute. This meeting will 

focus on the use of electrocardiogram 

(ECG) based signal analysis technologies 

to detect myocardial ischemia or 

coronary artery disease. This meeting is 

open to the public in accordance with 


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