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These files contain information received 

from employers containing verified 

instances of employment and GHP 

coverage for Medicare beneficiaries and 

Medicare-eligible spouses identified 

from the IMF, EIF, and MEF extracts. 

CMS will match GHP information 

against the Fiscal Intermediary Shared 

System (FISS) (formerly known as 

Intermediary Medicare Claims Records), 

CMS System No. 09–70–0503, 

published at 71 FR 64961 (November 6, 

2006), maintained at the CMS Data 

Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland. 

This file contains information or records 

needed to properly process and pay 

Medicare benefits to, or on behalf of, 

eligible individuals. CMS accesses this 

file upon receiving a claim for payment. 

CMS will match GHP information 

against the Common Working File 

(CWF), CMS System No. 09–70–0526, 

published at 71 FR 64955 (November 6, 

2006), which is the repository data base 

for all current hospital and medical 

coverage MSP information, maintained 

at the CMS Data Center, located in 

Baltimore, Maryland. These files 

contain information or records needed 

to properly process and pay medical 

insurance benefits to, or on behalf of, 

entitled beneficiaries who have 

submitted claims for Supplementary 

Medical Insurance Benefits (Medicare 

Part B). CMS accesses this file upon 

receiving a claim for payment. 

CMS will match GHP information 

against the National Claims History 

(NCH), which is contained in the 

National Claims History File, CMS 

System No. 09–70–0558, published at 

71 FR 67137 (November 20, 2006), 

maintained at the CMS Data Center, 

located in Baltimore, Maryland. NCH 

contains records needed to facilitate 

obtaining Medicare utilization review 

data that will be useful for studies of the 

operation and effectiveness of the 

Medicare program. 

INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH: 

The Matching Program shall become 

effective 40 days after the report of the 

Matching Program is sent to OMB and 

Congress, or 30 days after publication in 

the Federal Register, which ever is later. 

The matching program will continue for 

18 months from the effective date and 

may be extended for an additional 12 

months thereafter, if certain conditions 

are met. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Advisory Commission on Childhood 

Vaccines; Request for Nominations for 

Voting Members 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) is 

requesting nominations to fill three 

vacancies on the Advisory Commission 

on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). The 

ACCV was established by Title XXI of 

the Public Health Service Act (the Act), 

as enacted by Public Law (Pub. L.) 99– 

660 and as subsequently amended, 

advises the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (the Secretary) on 

issues related to implementation of the 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program (VICP). 

DATES: The agency must receive 

nominations on or before July 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations are to be 

submitted to the Director, Division of 

Vaccine Injury Compensation, 

Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), 

HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 11C– 

26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Andrea Herzog, Principal Staff Liaison, 

Policy Analysis Branch, Division of 

Vaccine Injury Compensation, HSB, 

HRSA at (301) 443–6634 or e-mail: 

aherzog@hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authorities that established the ACCV, 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) and 

section 2119 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

300aa–19, as added by Pub. L. 99–660 

and amended, HRSA is requesting 

nominations for three voting members 

of the ACCV. 

The ACCV advises the Secretary on 

the implementation of the VICP. The 

activities of the ACCV include: 

Recommending changes in the Vaccine 

Injury Table at its own initiative or as 

the result of the filing of a petition; 

advising the Secretary in implementing 

section 2127 regarding the need for 

childhood vaccination products that 

result in fewer or no significant adverse 

reactions; surveying Federal, State, and 

local programs and activities related to 

gathering information on injuries 

associated with the administration of 

childhood vaccines, including the 

adverse reaction reporting requirements 

of section 2125(b); advising the 

Secretary on the methods of obtaining, 

compiling, publishing, and using 

credible data related to the frequency 

and severity of adverse reactions 

associated with childhood vaccines; 

consulting on the development or 

revision of the Vaccine Information 

Statements and recommending to the 

Director of the National Vaccine 

Program that vaccine safety research be 

conducted on various vaccine injuries. 

The ACCV consists of nine voting 

members appointed by the Secretary as 

follows: (1) Three health professionals, 

who are not employees of the United 

States Government and have expertise 

in the health care of children, and the 

epidemiology, etiology, and prevention 

of childhood diseases, and the adverse 

reactions associated with vaccines, at 

least two shall be pediatricians; (2) three 

members from the general public, at 

least two shall be legal representatives 

(parents or guardians) of children who 

have suffered a vaccine-related injury or 

death; and (3) three attorneys, at least 

one shall be an attorney whose specialty 

includes representation of persons who 

have suffered a vaccine-related injury or 

death, and one shall be an attorney 

whose specialty includes representation 

of vaccine manufacturers. In addition, 

the Director of the National Institutes of 

Health, the Assistant Secretary for 

Health, the Director of the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, and the 

Commissioner of the Food and Drug 

Administration (or the designees of such 

officials) serve as nonvoting ex officio 

members. 

Specifically, HRSA is requesting 

nominations for three voting members 

of the ACCV representing: (1) A health 

professional, who has expertise in the 

health care of children; and the 

epidemiology, etiology, and prevention 

of childhood diseases; (2) an attorney 

whose specialty includes representation 

of persons who have suffered a vaccinerelated injury or death; and (3) a 

member of the general public who is the 

legal representative (parents or 

guardians) of a child who has suffered 

a vaccine related injury or death. 

Nominees will be invited to serve a 3- 

year term beginning January 1, 2011, 

and ending December 31, 2014. 

Interested persons may nominate one 

or more qualified persons for 

membership on the ACCV. Nominations 

shall state that the nominee is willing to 

serve as a member of the ACCV and 

appears to have no conflict of interest 

that would preclude ACCV 

membership. Potential candidates will 

be asked to provide detailed information 

concerning consultancies, research 

grants, or contracts to permit evaluation 


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of possible sources of conflicts of 

interest. A curriculum vitae or resume 

should be submitted with the 

nomination. 

The Department of Health and Human 

Services has special interest in assuring 

that women, minority groups, and the 

physically disabled are adequately 

represented on advisory committees; 

and therefore, extends particular 

encouragement to nominations for 

appropriately qualified female, 

minority, or disabled candidates. 

Dated: May 25, 2010. 

Sahira Rafiullah, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Statutorily Mandated Single Source 

Award Program Name: National Indian 

Health Board 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to provide 

supplemental funding to the existing 

cooperative agreement with the National 

Indian Health Board (NIHB), Inc. 

Project Period: Dates: June 15– 

December 31, 2010. 

Amount of Award: Funding amounts 

for each project, per Agency are 

delineated below. All project funding is 

subject to available funds; hence all 

supplemental projects outlined in this 

notice may not be awarded if the 

Agency does not identify funding for 

each activity. 

Indian Health Service (IHS) Funding 

(1) Budget Formulation not to exceed 

$65,000. 

(2) Methamphetamine Abuse and 

Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) not 

to exceed $50,000. 

(3) IHS Medicaid, Medicare Policy 

Committee (MMPC) not to exceed 

$100,000. 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS) Funding 

(1) Study and improve the 

administration and effectiveness of the 

Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 

Indian County not to exceed $450,000. 

(2) Data Analysis, Consultation and 

Training not to exceed $250,000. 

(3) American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Health 

Information Technology (HIT) not to 

exceed $100,000. 

Authority: This program is authorized 

under Public Health Service Act, Section 

301(a). This program is described in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

93.933. 

Application Deadline: June 4, 2010. 

Anticipated Award Date: June 15, 

2010. 

Summary: The IHS announces the 

award of supplemental projects under 

the existing single source cooperative 

agreement award to the NIHB, Inc. The 

Office of Direct Service and Contracting 

Tribes (ODSCT) has designated 

supplemental funds for the single 

source award to the NIHB to further 

health program objectives in the 

American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ 

AN) community with outreach and 

education efforts in the interest of 

improving Indian health care. The NIHB 

is the only national Indian organization 

with expertise on the variety of issues 

related to the provision of health care to 

the Indian population. 

Single Source Justification: The NIHB 

is governed by twelve elected Tribal 

Government Officials who represent 

each of the twelve IHS Areas and the 

HHS regions where federally recognized 

Tribes exist. The NIHB represents all 

564 federally recognized Tribes: 

including Tribal Governments operating 

their own health care delivery systems 

through self-determination agreements 

with the IHS and Tribes that continue 

to receive health care directly from the 

IHS. The NIHB is the only national 

Indian organization with an expertise in 

health policy and health programs, and 

the only national organization with the 

designated authority to represent all AI/ 

AN Tribes and villages. The NIHB has 

a national constituency and clearly 

supports critical services and activities 

within the IHS mission of quality health 

care for AI/AN people. The NIHB can 

provide advice, consultation and health 

care advocacy to IHS and HHS based on 

Tribal input through a broad based 

consumer network. 

The NIHB offers a national network of 

professional services to provide policy 

analysis and development, program 

assessment and development and 

regional and national meeting 

coordination. NIHB also provides 

planning and technical assistance to 

Tribes, Area Health Boards, other Tribal 

organizations, the IHS and HHS, other 

agencies within the Federal 

Government, private grant-making 

foundations, and other organizations. 

Past performance of NIHB under a 

cooperative agreement has been 

exceptional. The NIHB has consistently 

provided education and outreach to 

Tribal leadership regarding the potential 

impact of Health Care Reform 

legislation. Educational materials were 

developed for dissemination to the 

White House, HHS, Tribal Governments 

and other organizations regarding the 

priorities and concerns of Tribes as 

related to health care/insurance reform 

efforts, IHCIA passage and other health 

delivery priorities. Their Web site has 

become a primary source of information 

to Tribal leaders on healthcare policy 

issues and is often quoted by national 

healthcare policy experts. Their 

outreach and education efforts focused 

to assist with increased enrollment of 

AI/AN beneficiaries in Medicaid and 

Medicare programs and their annual 

Consumer Conference is a showplace for 

innovative Tribal practices in healthcare 

administration. Their ability to bring 

together Tribes and Federal agencies in 

an effort to explore new avenues of 

cooperation and problem solving is an 

invaluable resource to everyone 

involved. They were instrumental in 

supporting program initiatives 

associated with diabetes, suicide 

prevention, children’s health insurance 

and H1N1 prevention activities and will 

remain a solid supporter of improved 

healthcare in Indian Country. Hence, 

this all demonstrates the capability and 

substantiates the need for a noncompetitive single source award to be 

approved and continuity sustained. 

Supplemental funds have been added to 

the cooperative agreement and are nonrecurring for purposes that are related to 

the goals of the NIHB and support the 

scope of work of the cooperative 

agreement. The nature of the program 

and this agreement should allow other 

HHS operating divisions to supplement 

the NIHB agreement when those funds 

support the original intent of the 

original agreement. 

This non-competitive single source 

cooperative agreement will assist the 

agency in furthering our health program 

objectives in the AI/AN community; 

failure to approve the agreement will: 

Impede consultation with AI/AN Tribal 

Governments; impede further education 

of health policy and legislation; would 

substantially increase the cost of 

securing these services should the IHS 

be required to secure these services 

through a multitude of Area and 

regional Health Boards; and impede 

targeting of future resources to AI/AN 

communities by IHS and HHS. 

Use of Cooperative Agreement: A 

cooperative agreement has been 

awarded because of anticipated 

substantial programmatic involvement 

by IHS staff in the project. Substantial 

programmatic involvement is as follows: 

The NIHB is responsible for the 

following: 


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