65340 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Agency Emergency Information 

Collection Clearance Request for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed information collection request 

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. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be directed 

to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

at the above e-mail address within 30 

days. 

Proposed Project: Healthy Living 

Innovation Awards—OMB No. 0990– 

NEW—Emergency Information 

Collection Clearance Request—Assistant 

Secretary Planning Evaluation (ASPE). 

Abstract: The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

(ASPE) is requesting emergency 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to receive 

applications from public and private 

sector organizations for the Healthy 

Living Innovation Awards. The project 

will provide an opportunity for HHS to 

increase public awareness of creative 

approaches to develop and expand 

innovative health promotion programs 

and duplicate successful strategies in 

various settings. The Healthy Living 

Innovation Awards is a new HHS 

initiative designed to identify and 

acknowledge innovative health 

promotion projects within the last 3 

years that have demonstrated a 

significant impact on the health status 

of a community. As a part of the Awards 

selection process interested private and 

public sector organizations will 

nominate themselves by completing an 

online form that asks several questions 

related to the project and the 

organization as a whole. The responses 

to these questions will be used to 

determine the best-qualified nominees 

for several award categories. An HHS 

expert panel will review nominations 

and make an initial selection of the most 

promising innovations in each category. 

An executive summary of the 

nomination form for the most promising 

innovations will then be posted on the 

HHS Healthy Living Innovation Awards 

Web site for public voting. The 

Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services will make 

final determination of the award 

winners in each category based on 

public votes and recommendations from 

the HHS expert panel. The Secretary 

will present awards to the winners in a 

public recognition ceremony in 

Washington DC. Data collection 

activities will be completed within 6 

months of OMB clearance. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Organizations (Social and Community Service Managers) ................................. 120 1 30/60 60 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26753 Filed 10–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Secretarial Review and Publication of 

the Annual Report to Congress 

Submitted by the Contracted 

Consensus-Based Entity Regarding 

Performance Measurement 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice acknowledges the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ (HHS) receipt and review of 

the annual report submitted to the 

Secretary and Congress by the 

contracted consensus-based entity 

regarding performance measurement as 

mandated by section 183 of the 

Medicare Improvements for Patients and 

Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). The 

statute requires HHS to publish not later 

than six months after receiving the 

annual report to Congress in the Federal 

Register together with any Secretarial 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Goodrich (202) 690–7213. 

I. Background 

Rising health care costs coupled with 

the growing concern over the level and 

variation in quality and efficiency in the 

provision of health care raise important 

challenges for the United States. 

Congress mandated the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to contract with a 

consensus-based entity regarding 

performance measurement to support 

HHS’ efforts to achieve value as a 

purchaser of high-quality, patientcentered, and financially sustainable 

health care. Section 183 of the Medicare 

Improvements for Patients and 

Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) added 

section 1890 to the Social Security Act 

(the Act). The statute mandates that the 

contract shall be competitively awarded 

for a period four years and may be 

renewed under a subsequent 

competitive contracting process. 

In January 2009, a competitive 

contract was awarded by HHS to the 

National Quality Forum (NQF) for a 

four-year period. The contract specified 

that NQF should conduct its business in 

an open and transparent manner, 

provide the opportunity for public 

comment and ensure that membership 

fees do not pose a barrier to 

participation in the scope of HHS’ 

contract activities, if applicable. 

The HHS four-year contract with NQF 

includes the following major tasks: 

Formulation of National Strategy and 

Priorities for Health Care Performance 


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