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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Commission To Review the 

Effectiveness of the National Energy 

Laboratories 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Commission to 

Review the Effectiveness of the National 

Energy Laboratories (Commission). The 

Commission was created pursuant 

section 319 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014, Public Law 

113–76, and in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2. This notice is provided 

in accordance with the Act. 

DATES: Thursday, May 22, 2015—9:00 

a.m.–2:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Stanford Linear Accelerator 

Laboratory (SLAC), Kavli Auditorium, 

Building 51 (Kavli Building), 2575 Sand 

Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025–7015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Gibson, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–3787; email crenel@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Commission was 

established to provide advice to the 

Secretary on the Department’s national 

laboratories. The Commission will 

review the DOE national laboratories for 

alignment with the Department’s 

strategic priorities, clear and balanced 

missions, unique capabilities to meet 

current energy and national security 

challenges, appropriate size to meet the 

Department’s energy and national 

security missions, and support of other 

Federal agencies. The Commission will 

also look for opportunities to more 

effectively and efficiently use the 

capabilities of the national laboratories 

and review the use of laboratory 

directed research and development 

(LDRD) to meet the Department’s 

science, energy, and national security 

goals. 

Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting 

is the ninth meeting of the Commission. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting will 

start at 9:00 a.m. on May 22. The 

tentative meeting agenda include the 

impact of the National Laboratories on 

economic development and technology 

transfer, partnerships within the Bay 

Area, and the appropriate level of DOE 

oversight for its M&O contractor 

laboratories. Key presenters will address 

and discuss these topics with comments 

from the public. The meeting will 

conclude at 2:00 p.m. The agenda along 

with possible schedule adjustments will 

be posted when finalized and in 

advance of the meeting on the Lab 

Commission Web site (http://

energy.gov/labcommission/commissionreview-effectiveness-national-energylaboratories). 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals who 

would like to attend must RSVP to 

Karen Gibson no later than 5:00 p.m. 

EDT on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at email: 

crenel@hq.doe.gov. Please provide your 

name, citizenship, organization, and 

contact information. Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so at the end of the 

meeting. Approximately 30 minutes will 

be reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but will not 

exceed 5 minutes. The Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Those wishing to speak 

should register to do so beginning at 

9:00 a.m. on May 22. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

or who have insufficient time to address 

the committee are invited to send a 

written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585, or to email: crenel@

hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available on the Commission 

Web site at: http://energy.gov/

labcommission. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10083 Filed 4–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3316–PN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Application by the American Diabetes 

Association for Continued Deeming 

Authority for Diabetes SelfManagement Training 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Proposed notice. 

SUMMARY: This proposed notice 

announces the receipt of an application 

from the American Diabetes Association 

for continued recognition as a national 

accreditation program for accrediting 

entities that wish to furnish outpatient 

diabetes self-management training to 

Medicare beneficiaries. 

DATES: To be assured consideration, 

comments must be received at one of 

the addresses provided below, no later 

than 5 p.m. on June 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, refer to file 

code CMS–3316–PN. Because of staff 

and resource limitations, we cannot 

accept comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

You may submit comments in one of 

four ways (please choose only one of the 

ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Attention: CMS–3316– 

PN, P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 

21244–8010. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address ONLY: 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Attention: CMS–3316– 

PN, Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

4. By hand or courier. Alternatively, 

you may deliver (by hand or courier) 

your written ONLY to the following 

addresses: 

a. For delivery in Washington, DC— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert 

H. Humphrey Building, 200 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

(Because access to the interior of the Hubert 

H. Humphrey Building is not readily 

available to persons without Federal 

government identification, commenters are 

encouraged to leave their comments in the 

CMS drop slots located in the main lobby of 

the building. A stamp-in clock is available for 

persons wishing to retain a proof of filing by 

stamping in and retaining an extra copy of 

the comments being filed.) 

b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD— 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

If you intend to deliver your 

comments to the Baltimore address, call 

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telephone number (410) 786–9994 in 

advance to schedule your arrival with 

one of our staff members. 

Comments erroneously mailed to the 

addresses indicated as appropriate for 

hand or courier delivery may be delayed 

and received after the comment period. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristin Shifflett, (410) 786–4133. 

Jacqueline Leach, (410) 786–4282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post all comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period on the following Web 

site as soon as possible after they have 

been received: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that Web site to view 

public comments. 

Comments received timely will also 

be available for public inspection as 

they are received, generally beginning 

approximately 3 weeks after publication 

of a document, at the headquarters of 

the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244, Monday 

through Friday of each week from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an 

appointment to view public comments, 

phone 1–800–743–3951. 

I. Background 

Under the Medicare program, eligible 

beneficiaries may receive outpatient 

Diabetes Self-Management Training 

(DSMT) when ordered by the physician 

(or qualified non-physician practitioner) 

treating the beneficiary’s diabetes, 

provided certain requirements are met. 

Pursuant to our regulations at 42 CFR 

410.141(e)(3), we use national 

accrediting organizations to assess 

whether provider entities meet 

Medicare requirements when providing 

services for which Medicare payment is 

made. If a provider entity is accredited 

by an approved accrediting 

organization, it is ‘‘deemed’’ to meet 

applicable Medicare requirements. 

Under section 1865(a)(1)(B) of the 

Social Security Act (the Act), a national 

accrediting organization must have an 

agreement in effect with the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (the Secretary) and meet the 

standards and requirements specified by 

the Secretary in 42 CFR part 410, 

subpart H, to qualify for deeming 

authority. The regulations pertaining to 

application procedures for the national 

accreditation organizations for DSMT 

are specified at § 410.142 (CMS process 

for approving national accreditation 

organizations). 

A national accreditation organization 

applying for deeming authority must 

provide us with reasonable assurance 

that the accrediting organization 

requires accredited entities to meet 

requirements that are at least as 

stringent as our requirements. 

We may approve and recognize a 

nonprofit organization with 

demonstrated experience in 

representing the interests of individuals 

with diabetes to accredit entities to 

furnish training. The accreditation 

organization, after being approved and 

recognized by us, may accredit an entity 

to meet one of the sets of quality 

standards in § 410.144 (Quality 

standards for deemed entities). 

II. Approval of Deeming Organizations 

Section 1865(a)(2) of the Act further 

requires that we review the applying 

accreditation organization’s 

requirements for accreditation, as 

follows: 

• Survey procedures; 

• Ability to provide adequate 

resources for conducting required 

surveys; 

• Ability to supply information for 

use in enforcement activities; 

• Monitoring procedures for 

providers found out of compliance with 

the conditions or requirements; and 

• Ability to provide us with necessary 

data for validation. 

We then examine the national 

accreditation organization’s 

accreditation requirements to determine 

if they meet or exceed the Medicare 

conditions as we would have applied 

them. Section 1865(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

requires that we publish a notice 

identifying the national accreditation 

organization that is making the request 

for approval or renewal within 60 days 

of receipt of a completed application. 

The notice must describe the nature of 

the request and provide at least a 30-day 

public comment period. We have 210 

days from receipt of the request to 

publish a finding of approval or denial 

of the application. If CMS recognizes an 

accreditation organization in this 

manner, any entity accredited by the 

national accreditation organization’s 

program for that service will be 

‘‘deemed’’ to meet the Medicare 

conditions for coverage. 

III. Evaluation of Deeming Authority 

Request 

The purpose of this notice is to notify 

the public of the American Diabetes 

Association (ADA) request for the 

Secretary’s approval of its accreditation 

program for outpatient DSMT services. 

The ADA submitted all the necessary 

materials to enable us to make a 

determination concerning its request for 

re-approval as a deeming organization 

for DSMTs. ADA was initially 

accredited on October 27, 2009 for a 

period of 6 years. This application was 

determined to be complete on March 13, 

2015. This notice also solicits public 

comments on the ability of the ADA to 

continue to develop standards that meet 

or exceed the Medicare conditions for 

coverage, and apply them to entities 

furnishing outpatient services. 

The regulations specifying the 

Medicare conditions for coverage for 

outpatient diabetes self-management 

training services are located in 42 CFR 

parts 410, subpart H. These conditions 

implement section 1861(qq) of the Act, 

which provides for Medicare Part B 

coverage of outpatient DSMT services 

specified by the Secretary. 

Under section 1865(a)(2) of the Act 

and our regulations at § 410.142 (CMS 

process for approving accreditation 

organizations) and § 410.143 

(Requirements for approved 

accreditation organizations), we review 

and evaluate a national accreditation 

organization based on (but not 

necessarily limited to) the criteria set 

forth in § 410.142(b). 

We may conduct on-site inspections 

of a national accreditation 

organization’s operations and office to 

verify information in the organization’s 

application and assess the 

organization’s compliance with its own 

policies and procedures. The on-site 

inspection may include, but is not 

limited to, reviewing documents, 

auditing documentation of meetings 

concerning the accreditation process, 

evaluating accreditation results or the 

accreditation status decision making 

process, and interviewing the 

organization’s staff. 

IV. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

This document does not impose 

information collection requirements, 

that is, reporting, recordkeeping or 

third-party disclosure requirements. 

Consequently, there is no need for 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

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V. Response to Comments 

Because of the large number of public 

comments we normally receive on 

Federal Register documents, we are not 

able to acknowledge or respond to them 

individually. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date and 

time specified in the ‘‘DATES’’ section 

of this preamble, and, when we proceed 

with a subsequent document, we will 

respond to the comments in the 

preamble to that document. Upon 

completion of our evaluation, including 

evaluation of comments received as a 

result of this notice, we will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the result of our evaluation. 

Dated: April 21, 2015. 

Andrew M. Slavitt, 

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10171 Filed 4–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10336] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the 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. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by June 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

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

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies 

to publish a 30-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 that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of the currently 

approved collection; Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection; Title of Information 

Collection: Medicare and Medicaid 

Programs: Electronic Health Record 

Incentive Program; Use: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111–5) was 

enacted on February 17, 2009. The 

Recovery Act includes many measures 

to modernize our nation’s infrastructure, 

and improve affordable health care. 

Expanded use of health information 

technology (HIT) and certified 

electronic health record (EHR) 

technology will improve the quality and 

value of America’s health care. Title IV 

of Division B of the Recovery Act 

amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) by 

establishing incentive payments to 

eligible professionals (EPs), eligible 

hospitals and critical access hospitals 

(CAHs), and Medicare Advantage (MA) 

organizations participating in the 

Medicare and Medicaid programs that 

adopt and successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. These Recovery Act 

provisions, together with Title XIII of 

Division A of the Recovery Act, may be 

cited as the ‘‘Health Information 

Technology for Economic and Clinical 

Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act.’’ 

The HITECH Act creates incentive 

programs for EPs and eligible hospitals, 

including CAHs, in the Medicare Feefor-Service (FFS), MA, and Medicaid 

programs that successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. In their first payment year, 

Medicaid EPs and eligible hospitals may 

adopt, implement or upgrade to certified 

EHR technology. It also, provides for 

payment adjustments in the Medicare 

FFS and MA programs starting in FY 

2015 for EPs and eligible hospitals 

participating in Medicare that are not 

meaningful users of certified EHR 

technology. These payment adjustments 

do not pertain to Medicaid providers. 

The first final rule for the Medicare 

and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on July 28, 2010 (CMS–0033– 

F), specified the initial criteria EPs, 

eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA 

organizations must meet in order to 

qualify for incentive payments; 

calculation of incentive payment 

amounts; payment adjustments under 

Medicare for covered professional 

services and inpatient hospital services 

provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and 

CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful 

use of certified EHR technology 

beginning in 2015; and other program 

participation requirements. On the same 

date, the Office of the National 

Coordinator of Health Information 

Technology (ONC) issued a closely 

related final rule (45 CFR part 170, RIN 

0991–AB58) that specified the initial set 

of standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

for certified EHR technology. ONC has 

also issued a separate final rule on the 

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