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98 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Technology (the National Coordinator) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES for the testing of EHR technology to the HUMAN SERVICES 

2014 Edition EHR certification criteria 

Determination Concerning a Petition 

To Add a Class of Employees to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice of a 

determination concerning a petition to 

add a class of employees from the 

United Nuclear Corporation in 

Hematite, Missouri, to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384q. On 

December 7, 2012, the Secretary of HHS 

determined that the following class of 

employees does not meet the statutory 

criteria for addition to the SEC as 

authorized under EEOICPA: 

All site employees who worked in any area 

of the United Nuclear Corporation— 

Hematite, Missouri, site from January 1, 

1958, through December 31, 1973, and the 

residual period January 1, 1974, through July 

31, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 1– 

877–222–7570. Information requests can 

also be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31215 Filed 12–31–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Availability: Test Tools and 

Test Procedures Approved by the 

National Coordinator for the ONC HIT 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of test tools and test 

procedures approved by the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

under the ONC HIT Certification 

Program. The approved test tools and 

test procedures are identified on the 

ONC Web site at: http:// 

www.healthit.gov/policy-researchersimplementers/2014-edition-final-testmethod. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Bean, Director, Office of 

Certification, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, 202–690–7151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 7, 2011, the Department of 

Health and Human Services issued a 

final rule establishing a permanent 

certification program for the purposes of 

testing and certifying health information 

technology (‘‘Establishment of the 

Permanent Certification Program for 

Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 

1262) (Permanent Certification Program 

final rule). The permanent certification 

program was renamed the ‘‘ONC HIT 

Certification Program’’ in a final rule 

published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 

54163) (‘‘2014 Edition EHR Certification 

Criteria final rule’’). In the preamble of 

the Permanent Certification Program 

final rule, we stated that when the 

National Coordinator had approved test 

tools and test procedures for 

certification criteria adopted by the 

Secretary ONC would publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and identify the approved test tools and 

test procedures on the ONC Web site. In 

the 2014 Edition EHR Certification 

Criteria final rule the Secretary adopted 

the 2014 Edition EHR certification 

criteria. The National Coordinator has 

approved test tools and test procedures 

for testing EHR technology to the 2014 

Edition EHR certification criteria under 

the ONC HIT Certification Program. 

These approved test tools and test 

procedures are identified on the ONC 

Web site at: http://www.healthit.gov/ 

policy-researchers-implementers/2014-

edition-final-test-method. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. 

Dated: December 19, 2012. 

Farzad Mostashari M.D., 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31484 Filed 12–31–12; 8:45 am] 

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1456–NC] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Announcement of Application From a 

Hospital Requesting Waiver for Organ 

Procurement Service Area 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: A hospital has requested a 

waiver of statutory requirements that 

would otherwise require the hospital to 

enter into an agreement with its 

designated Organ Procurement 

Organization (OPO). The request was 

made in accordance with section 

1138(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (the 

Act). This notice requests comments 

from OPOs and the general public for 

our consideration in determining 

whether we should grant the requested 

waiver. 

DATES: Comment Date: To be assured 

consideration, comments must be 

received at one of the addresses 

provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on 

March 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer 

to file code CMS–1456–NC. 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 instructions under the ‘‘More Search 

Options’’ tab. 

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–1456–NC, P.O. Box 8010, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

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: Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–1456–NC, 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 comments ONLY to the 

following addresses: