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Science Board, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, 200 Independence 

Ave, SW., Room 638G, Washington, DC 

20201; 202–205–3815; fax: 202–205–

0613; e-mail address: 

leigh.sawyer@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 319M of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) and 

section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), the Department of 

Health and Human Services established 

the National Biodefense Science Board. 

The Board shall provide expert advice 

and guidance to the Secretary on 

scientific, technical, and other matters 

of special interest to the Department of 

Health and Human Services regarding 

current and future chemical, biological, 

nuclear, and radiological agents, 

whether naturally occurring, accidental, 

or deliberate. The Board may also 

provide advice and guidance to the 

Secretary on other matters related to 

public health emergency preparedness 

and response. 

Background: The National Biodefense 

Science Board (NBSB) has been asked to 

provide feedback to the Department of 

Health and Human Services on the 

review of the National Disaster Medical 

System (NDMS) and national medical 

surge capacity as required by the 

Pandemic and All-Hazards 

Preparedness Act of 2006 and as 

specified by Paragraph 28 of Homeland 

Security Presidential Directive 21. To 

accomplish this task, the request for 

review was forward to the Disaster 

Medicine Working Group of the NBSB. 

The Disaster Medicine Working Group 

convened a NDMS Assessment Panel to 

consider these issues. The NDMS 

Assessment Panel is comprised of 

several NBSB members and includes a 

wide range of government, public, and 

private sector subject matter experts on 

the NDMS and surge capacity. 

The purpose of the September 23, 

2008 meeting is for the NBSB to 

consider the final report of the NDMS 

Assessment Panel and to provide 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services. The public meeting will 

include a report from the NDMS 

Assessment Panel. 

Availability of Materials: The draft 

agenda and other materials will be 

posted on the NBSB Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/omsph/nbsb/ 

index.html prior to the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public participation in NBSB meetings 

is encouraged. Interested members of 

the public may attend the meeting in 

person or participate by public 

teleconference. Any member of the 

public wishing to obtain information 

regarding participation by 

teleconference should contact CAPT 

Leigh A. Sawyer. Members of the public 

may submit relevant written or oral 

information for the NBSB to consider. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public NBSB 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

a total of one half hour for all speakers. 

To be placed on the public speaker list, 

interested parties should contact CAPT 

Leigh A. Sawyer, in writing (preferably 

via e-mail), by September 12, 2008. 

Written Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups may file written 

comments with the committee. All 

written comments must be received 

prior to September 12, 2008 and should 

be sent by e-mail with ‘‘NBSB Public 

Comment’’ as the subject line or by 

regular mail to the Contact person listed 

above. Individuals needing special 

assistance should notify the designated 

contact person by September 12, 2008. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

RADM William C. Vanderwagen, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Request for Planning Ideas for 

Development of an AHRQ 

InnovationsResearch Portfolio 

Correction 

In notice document E8–18671 

appearing on page 47952 in the issue of 

Friday, August 15, 2008, make the 

following correction: 

On page 47952, in the first column, 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT:, in the second line, 

‘‘francis.chesley@ahrg.hhs.gov’’ should 

read ‘‘francis.chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov’’. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–381, CMS–1893 

and 1856, CMS–10249, CMS–10264, CMS–

10266, and CMS–855S] 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Identification of Extension Units of 

Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT)/ 

Outpatient Speech Pathology (OSP) 

Providers; 

Use: Medicare requires OPT/OSP 

providers to be surveyed to determine 

compliance with Federal regulations. 

All locations where OPT/OSP providers 

furnish services must meet these 

requirements. The CMS–381 is the form 

used to identify all the OPT/OSP 

locations. 

Form Number: CMS–381 (OMB# 

0938–0273); 

Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 495; 

Total Annual Responses: 495; 

Total Annual Hours: 866. 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Outpatient Physical Therapy Speech 

Pathology Survey Report and 


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Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

485.701–485.729. 

Use: The Medicare program requires 

OPT providers to meet certain health 

and safety requirements. The request for 

certification form is used by State 

agency surveyors to determine if 

minimum Medicare eligibility 

requirements are met. The survey report 

form records the results of the on-site 

survey. 

Form Number: CMS–1856 and 1893 

(OMB# 0938–0065); 

Frequency: Yearly and occasionally; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 495; 

Total Annual Responses: 495; 

Total Annual Hours: 866. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New Collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Administrative Requirements for 

Section 6071 of the Deficit Reduction 

Act of 2005 (DRA); 

Use: CMS will use an Operational 

Protocol Instruction Guide and template 

for the development of Operational 

Protocols for the States selected to 

participate in the Money Follows the 

Person (MFP) Rebalancing 

Demonstration. The guide will provide 

instruction on the required elements of 

the State’s Operational Protocol, which 

must be submitted and approved before 

a State may enroll individuals in the 

State’s demonstration program or begin 

to claim service dollars. Section 

6071(c)(9) of the DRA requires the States 

to provide information and assurances 

that total expenditures under the State 

Medicaid program for home and 

community-based long-term care 

services will not be less for any fiscal 

year during the MFP demonstration 

project than for the greater of such 

expenditures for fiscal year 2005 or any 

succeeding fiscal year before the first of 

the year of the MFP demonstration 

project. Accordingly, States are required 

to submit Maintenance of Effort (MOE) 

forms and MFP Budget forms on an 

annual basis. Additionally, in order to 

receive enhanced FMAP, States are 

required to submit the MFP 

Demonstration Financial Forms on a 

quarterly basis. Section 6071(g) of the 

DRA requires a national evaluation of 

the MFP demonstration project and a 

final report to the President and 

Congress. For the national evaluation, 

States will be required to submit semiannual reports that describe their 

progress in implementing their MFP 

programs and rebalancing their longterm care systems. In addition, States 

will be required to submit on a quarterly 

basis an MFP Finders File, which will 

include eligibility records for all MFP 

participants, and an MFP Services File, 

which will include records for each 

service funded with MFP grant funds. 

(NOTE: This collection package has 

been revised since the 60-day Federal 

Register notice published on August 31, 

2007. The 30-day collection package 

includes two additional instruments: (1) 

MFP Quality of Life (QOL) Survey; and, 

(2) MFP Semi-annual Progress Report. 

The MFP QOL Survey is a collection of 

qualitative data from MFP participants, 

and the MFP Semi-annual Progress 

Report is a mechanism for CMS Project 

Officers to monitor MFP grantees.) 

Form Number: CMS–10249 (OMB#: 

0938–NEW); 

Frequency: Reporting—Yearly, 

Quarterly, Semi-annually and Once; 

Affected Public: States, Local or Tribal 

Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 31; 

Total Annual Responses: 360; 

Total Annual Hours: 9,360. 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Medicare Registration Summary and 

Medication History Personal Health 

Record Evaluation; 

Use: In 2006, the American Health 

Information Community (AHIC) 

Consumer Empowerment Workgroup 

(CEWG) made a recommendation to 

CMS to pilot programs that measure and 

demonstrate the value of Personal 

Health Records (PHRs) for patients with 

chronic diseases and their clinicians. 

For this information collection, CMS 

has proposed to evaluate the uptake, 

use, and perceived value of a 

Registration Summary and Medication 

History PHR tool for Medicare Managed 

Care and/or Part D Drug Plan 

Beneficiaries. Seven commercial health 

plans volunteered to integrate the PHR 

pilot tool within their existing PHRs, 

and these plans are offering the tool to 

member beneficiaries at no cost. CMS 

will examine how the PHRs were used 

by the beneficiaries, caregivers and 

providers and if they were perceived to 

improve the quality of the beneficiary/ 

provider communication; timeliness of 

preventive screenings; and ease of use 

or value of information to individuals 

with chronic conditions. 

Form Number: CMS–10264 (OMB# 

0938–New); 

Frequency: Once; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Private Sector; 

Number of Respondents: 2,167; 

Total Annual Responses: 2,167; 

Total Annual Hours: 1083.5. 

5. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Conditions of Participation: 

Requirements for Approval and 

Reapproval of Transplant Centers to 

Perform Organ Transplants and 

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

482.74, 482.94, 482.100, 482.102, 

488.61; 

Use: The Conditions of Participation 

and accompanying requirements 

specified in the regulations are used by 

our surveyors as a basis for determining 

whether a transplant center qualifies for 

approval or re-approval under Medicare. 

CMS and the healthcare industry 

believe that the availability to the 

facility of the type of records and 

general content of records is standard 

medical practice and is necessary in 

order to ensure the well-being and 

safety of patients and professional 

treatment accountability. 

Form Number: CMS–10266 (OMB# 

0938–New); 

Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 514; 

Total Annual Responses: 3,270; 

Total Annual Hours: 9,334. 

6. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Medicare Enrollment Application—

Durable Medical Equipment, 

Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies 

(DMEPOS) Suppliers and Supporting 

Regulations in 42 CFR 424.57 and 

424.58; 

Use: CMS is revising the CMS–855 

Medicare Enrollment Applications 

Package (OMB No. 0938–0685) to 

remove the CMS–855S application from 

its collection. CMS has found that the 

regulations governing the standards 

required of suppliers of durable medical 

equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and 

supplies (DMEPOS) are revised and 

increased more frequently than the 

other provider types reimbursed by 

Medicare. Consequently, CMS must 

revise the CMS 855S application for 

DMEPOS suppliers more often than the 

CMS 855A, CMS 855B, CMS 855I and 

CMS 855R enrollment applications. The 

ability to revise the CMS 855S 

separately from the other CMS 855 

enrollment applications will lessen the 

burden on both CMS and the public as 

only one subset of suppliers will be 

affected by CMS 855S revisions. CMS 

intends to maintain the continuity of the 

CMS 855 enrollment applications by 

using the same formats and lay-out of 

the current CMS 855 enrollment 

applications, regardless of the 

separation of the CMS 855S from the 

collective enrollment application 

package. The primary function of the 

CMS 855S DMEPOS supplier 

enrollment application is to gather 


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information from a supplier that tells us 

who it is, whether it meets certain 

qualifications to be a health care 

supplier, where it renders its services or 

supplies, the identity of the owners of 

the enrolling entity, and information 

necessary to establish the correct claims 

payment. 

Form Number: CMS–855S (OMB# 

0938–New); 

Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 126,134; 

Total Annual Responses: 126,134; 

Total Annual Hours: 149,234. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

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

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on September 22, 2008. 

OMB Human Resources and Housing 

Branch, Attention: OMB Desk Officer, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–179] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Transmittal and 

Notice of Approval of State Plan 

Material and Medicaid State Plan—Base 

Plan, Attachments and Supplemental 

Pages and Supporting Regulations in 42 

CFR 430.10–430.20 and 440.167; Use: 

The Medicaid State base plan pages and 

attachments are documents utilized by 

State and territorial agencies which 

have the responsibility for 

administering the Medicaid program. 

The Medicaid State plan is comprised of 

‘‘pages’’ and organized by subject matter 

which includes Medicaid eligibility 

services, payment for services, and 

general, financial and personnel 

administration. When States seek to 

change selected pages of their State 

plans, the page(s) are transmitted to 

CMS for review and approval by the 

CMS Central and Regional Offices prior 

to amending its State plan. Form 

Number: CMS–179 (OMB# 0938–0193); 

Frequency: Once and as needed; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

56; Total Annual Responses: 4,681; 

Total Annual Hours: 9,271. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site 

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

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by October 21, 2008: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number llll, Room C4–26–

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1417–NC] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Announcement of Applications From 

Hospitals Requesting Waiver for Organ 

Procurement Service Area 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces three 

hospitals’ requests for a waiver from 

entering into an agreement with their 

designated Organ Procurement 

Organization (OPO), 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 waivers. 

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 

October 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer 

to file code CMS–1417–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 specific issues 

in this regulation to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ and enter the filecode to 

find the document accepting comments. 


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