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ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; HIT 

Policy Committee’s Workgroup 

Meetings; Notice of Meetings 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

subcommittee meetings of a federal 

advisory committee of the Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology (ONC). The 

meetings will be open to the public via 

dial-in access only. 

Name of Committees: HIT Policy 

Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful 

Use, Privacy & Security Policy, Strategic 

Plan, Adoption/Certification, and 

Nationwide Health Information 

Infrastructure (NHIN) workgroups. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on a policy 

framework for the development and 

adoption of a nationwide health 

information technology infrastructure 

that permits the electronic exchange and 

use of health information as is 

consistent with the Federal Health IT 

Strategic Plan and that includes 

recommendations on the areas in which 

standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

are needed. 

Date and Time: The HIT Policy 

Committee Workgroups will hold the 

following public meetings during 

February 2010: February 3rd Privacy & 

Security Policy Workgroup, 3 to 4:30 

p.m./Eastern Time; February 9th 

Strategic Plan Workgroup, 9 to 12 p.m./ 

Eastern Time; February 11th Adoption/ 

Certification Workgroup, 2 to 5 p.m./ 

Eastern Time; February 12th Meaningful 

Use Workgroup, 11 to 1 p.m./Eastern 

Time; February 16th NHIN Workgroup, 

10 to 2 p.m./Eastern Time; February 

19th Privacy & Security Policy 

Workgroup, 2 to 4 p.m./Eastern Time; 

and February 26th Strategic Plan 

Workgroup, 9 to 12 p.m./Eastern Time. 

Location: All workgroup meetings 

will be available via Webcast; for 

instructions on how to listen via 

telephone or Web visit http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC 

Web site for additional information as it 

becomes available. 

Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office 

of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201, 

202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call 

the contact person for up-to-date 

information on these meetings. A notice 

in the Federal Register about lastminute modifications that impact a 

previously announced advisory 

committee meeting cannot always be 

published quickly enough to provide 

timely notice. 

Agenda: The workgroups will be 

discussing issues related to their 

specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful 

use, the NHIN, privacy and security 

policy, adoption/certification, or 

strategic planning. If background 

materials are associated with the 

workgroup meetings, they will be 

posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the 

meeting at http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the workgroups. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person on or before two days prior to 

the workgroups’ meeting date. Oral 

comments from the pubic will be 

scheduled at the conclusion of each 

workgroup meeting. Time allotted for 

each presentation will be limited to 

three minutes. If the number of speakers 

requesting to comment is greater than 

can be reasonably accommodated 

during the scheduled open public 

session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close 

of business on that day. 

If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Judy Sparrow at least 

seven (7) days in advance of the 

meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 30-Day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service Customer 

Satisfaction Survey 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 

30 days for public comment on 

proposed information collection 

projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) 

has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to review and approve the 

information collection listed below. 

This proposed information collection 

project was previously published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 46201) on 

September 8, 2009 and allowed 60 days 

for public comment. No public 

comment was received in response to 

the notice. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow 30 days for public comment to 

be submitted directly to OMB. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917– 

NEW, ‘‘Indian Health Service Customer 

Satisfaction Survey.’’ Type of 

Information Collection Request: Three 

year approval of this new information 

collection, 0917–NEW, ‘‘Indian Health 

Service Customer Satisfaction Survey.’’ 

Form(s): Tribal Homeowner Survey, 

Tribal Partner Survey, Annual Operator 

Operation and Maintenance (O&M) 

Survey, and Post Construction O&M 

Survey. Need and Use of Information 

Collection: The IHS goal is to raise the 

health status of the American Indian 

and Alaska Native people to the highest 

possible level by providing 

comprehensive health care and 

preventive health services. To support 

the IHS mission, the Sanitation 

Facilities Construction Program (SFCP) 

provides technical and financial 

assistance to American Indian Tribes 

and Alaska Native villages for 

cooperative development and continued 

operation of safe water, wastewater, and 

solid waste systems and related support 

facilities. 

The IHS Office of Environmental 

Health and Engineering (OEHE), SFCP 


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‘‘Customer Satisfaction Surveys,’’ will 

provide the information needed to 

complete these goals. With the 

information collected from Tribal 

homeowners, Tribal leaders, and Tribal 

operation and maintenance operators, 

the Sanitation facilities programs will 

make improvements that will result in 

improved quality of services. 

Voluntary customer satisfaction 

surveys will be conducted through 

phone calls, mail, and the Internet. The 

information gathered will be used by 

agency management and staff to identify 

strengths and weaknesses in current 

service provision, to plan and redirect 

resources, to make improvements that 

are practical and feasible, and to 

provide vital feedback to partner 

agencies, Tribal leaders, system 

operators, health boards, and 

community members regarding 

customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction 

with the SFCP. 

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of 

Respondents: Tribal homeowners, 

Tribal leaders, and Tribal operation and 

maintenance operators. 

The table below provides: Types of 

data collection instruments, Estimated 

number of respondents, Number of 

responses per respondent, Annual 

number of responses, Average burden 

minutes per response, and Total annual 

burden hour(s). 

Data collection instrument(s) 

Number 

of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

annual 

response 

Burden 

minutes per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Tribal Homeowner Survey ................................................... 1,300 1 1,300 10 217 

Tribal Partner Survey ........................................................... 175 1 175 10 29 

Annual Operator O&M Survey ............................................. 125 1 125 10 21 

Post Construction O&M Survey ........................................... 200 1 200 10 33 

Total .............................................................................. 1,800 ........................ ........................ ........................ 300 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

agency processes the information 

collected in a useful and timely fashion; 

(c) the accuracy of the public burden 

estimate (the estimated amount of time 

needed for individual respondents to 

provide the requested information); (d) 

whether the methodology and 

assumptions used to determine the 

estimates are logical; (e) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information being collected; and 

(f) ways to minimize the public burden 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Send your 

written comments and suggestions 

regarding the proposed information 

collection contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time to: Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Send Comments and Requests for 

Further Information: To request more 

information on the proposed collection 

or to obtain a copy of the data collection 

instrument(s) and/or instruction(s) 

contact: Ms. Betty Gould, Reports 

Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 

20852–1627; call non-toll free (301) 

443–7899; send via facsimile to (301) 

443–9879; or send your e-mail requests, 

comments, and return address to: 

Betty.Gould@ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: January 14, 2010. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10066, CMS–R– 

193, CMS–10295 and CMS–10234] 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Detailed Notice 

of Discharge (DND); Use: A beneficiary/ 

enrollee who wishes to appeal a 

determination by a Medicare health 

plan or hospital that inpatient care is no 

longer necessary, may request Quality 

Improvement Organization (QIO) review 

of the determination. On the date the 

QIO receives the beneficiary’s/enrollee’s 

request, it must notify the plan and 

hospital that the beneficiary/enrollee 

has filed a request for an expedited 

determination. The plan (for a managed 

care enrollee) or hospital (for an original 

Medicare beneficiary), in turn, must 

deliver a detailed notice to the enrollee/ 

beneficiary. Form Number: CMS–10066 

(OMB#: 0938–1019); Frequency: 

Reporting—Yearly; Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 6163; Total Annual 

Responses: 13,218; Total Annual Hours: 

13,218. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Evelyn Blaemire 

at 410–786–1803. For all other issues 

call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Important 


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