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3898 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 12 / Thursday, January 17, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition 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 concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Mound Plant, in Miamisburg, Ohio, as 

an addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

December 7, 2012, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of 

HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

at the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, 

from September 1, 1972, through December 

31, 1972, or from January 1, 1975, through 

December 31, 1976, for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

January 6, 2013, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on January 6, 2013, members 

of this class of employees, defined as 

reported in this notice, became members 

of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition 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 concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from Oak 

Ridge National Laboratory (X–10), in 

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to 

the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On December 7, 

2012, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

in any area at the Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory (X–10) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 

from June 17, 1943, through July 31, 1955, for 

a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days, occurring either solely under 

this employment, or in combination with 

work days within the parameters established 

for one or more other classes of employees 

in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

January 6, 2013, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, 

beginning on January 6, 2013, members 

of this class of employees, defined as 

reported in this notice, became members 

of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C– 

46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10142 and CMS– 

R–262] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; 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), 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. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool 

(BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA) 

Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: Under the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), and 

implementing regulations at 42 CFR, 

Medicare Advantage organizations 

(MAO) and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP) are required to submit an 

actuarial pricing ‘‘bid’’ for each plan 

offered to Medicare beneficiaries for 

approval by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS). 

Title I of the MMA established a 

program to offer prescription drug 

benefits to Medicare enrollees through 

Prescription Drug Plans. MMA Title II 

revised several aspects of the 

Medicare+Choice program (renamed 

Medicare Advantage), including the 

payment methodology and the 

introduction of ‘‘Regional’’ MA plans. 

CMS payments to PDPs and MA plans 

will be on a market-based competitive 

approach. 

MAOs and PDPs use the Bid Pricing 

Tool (BPT) software to develop their 

actuarial pricing bid. The information 

provided in the BPT is the basis for the 

plan’s enrollee premiums and CMS 

payments for each contract year. The 

tool collects data such as medical 

expense development (from claims data 

and/or manual rating), administrative 

expenses, profit levels, and projected 

plan enrollment information. By statute, 

completed BPTs are due to CMS by the 

first Monday of June each year. 

CMS reviews and analyzes the 

information provided on the Bid Pricing 

Tool. Ultimately, CMS decides whether 

to approve the plan pricing (i.e., 

payment and premium) proposed by 

each organization. CMS is requesting to