27042 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 107 / Friday, June 5, 2009 / Notices 

Information Collection: Evaluation of 

the Medicare Care Management 

Performance Demonstration (MCMP) 

and the Electronic Health Records 

Demonstration (EHRD); Use: The MCMP 

demonstration was authorized under 

Section 649 of the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003. This is a 

three year pay for performance 

demonstration with physicians to 

promote the adoption and use of health 

information technology (HIT) to 

improve the quality of care for eligible 

chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries. 

MCMP targets small to medium sized 

primary care practices with up to 10 

physicians. Practices must provide care 

to at least 50 Medicare beneficiaries. 

Physicians will receive payments for 

meeting or exceeding performance 

standards for quality of care. They will 

also receive an additional incentive 

payment for electronic submission of 

performance measures via their 

electronic health record (EHR) system. 

These payments are in addition to their 

normal payments for providing service 

to Medicare beneficiaries. The Office 

System Survey (OSS) will be used to 

assess progress of physician practices in 

implementation and use of EHRs and 

related HIT functionalities. 

The EHR demonstration is authorized 

under Section 402 of the Medicare 

Waiver Authority. The goal of this five 

year pay for performance demonstration 

is to foster the implementation and 

adoption of EHRs and HIT in order to 

improve the quality of care provided by 

physician practices. The EHRD expands 

upon the MCMP Demonstration and 

will test whether performance-based 

financial incentives (1) increase 

physician practices’ adoption and use of 

electronic health records (EHRs), and (2) 

improve the quality of care that 

practices deliver to chronically ill 

patients. The EHRD targets small to 

medium sized primary care practices 

with up to 20 physicians. Practices must 

provide care to at least 50 Medicare 

beneficiaries. Approximately 800 

practices will be enrolled in the 

demonstration across four sites. 

Practices will be randomly assigned to 

a treatment and a control group. The 

OSS will be used to assess progress of 

physician practices in implementation 

and use of EHRs and related HIT 

functionalities, and to determine 

incentive payments for treatment 

practices. In-person and telephone 

discussions with community partners 

and physician practices will be used to 

learn about practices’ experiences and 

strategies in adopting and using EHRs, 

as well as the factors that help or hinder 

their efforts. Refer to the supporting 

document ‘‘High-Level Summary of 

Changes’’ for a list of changes. Form 

Number: CMS–10273 (OMB# 0938– 

New); Frequency: Annually, Biennially 

and Once; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profit; Number of 

Respondents: 4,123; Total Annual 

Responses: 1,659; Total Annual Hours: 

934. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Lorraine Johnson at 

410–786–9457. For all other issues call 

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 July 6, 2009. OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Supporting Healthy Marriage 

(SHM) Demonstration and Evaluation 

Project—Wave 2 Survey 

OMB No.: 0970–0339. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, is conducting a demonstration 

and evaluation called the Supporting 

Healthy Marriage (SHM) Project. SHM is 

a test of marriage education 

demonstration programs in eight sites 

that will enroll about 800 couples per 

site, with half assigned to participate in 

the SHM program and the other half 

assigned to the control group. 

SHM is designed to inform program 

operators and policymakers of the 

effectiveness of programs designed to 

help low-income married couples 

strengthen and maintain healthy 

marriages and improve outcomes for 

adults and children. 

This notice of information collection 

is for two activities. One is a second 

adult survey and new instruments to 

obtain information from children and 

youth about 30 months after study 

entry. The other is for an extension of 

the period of approval for the first 

survey and observation instruments 

used to obtain information from 

research participants about 12 months 

after study entry. 

The proposed second wave of 

information collection will involve: 

• An adult survey instrument to 

assess study participants’ longer term 

marital status and stability, quality of 

relationships, and a range of other 

measures. 

• A survey of focal children of study 

participants in both the program and 

control groups who are over 8 years of 

age (the youth survey). 

• A direct child assessment of focal 

children of study participants in both 

the program and control groups who are 

8 years of age or younger. 

Respondents: Low-income married 

couples and their children in the SHM 

evaluation research sample. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Adult Survey Wave 1 ....................................................................................... 4,267 1 .83 3,542 

Adult-Child Observation Study Wave 1 ........................................................... 2,448 1 .55 1,346 

Total Wave 1 Burden ............................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,888 

Adult Survey Wave 2 ....................................................................................... 4,267 1 .83 3,542 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE—Continued 

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Youth Survey Wave 2 ...................................................................................... 633 1 .50 317 

Child Observation Study Wave 2 .................................................................... 1,329 1 .50 665 

Total Wave 2 Burden ............................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,524 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,412. 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports 

Clearance Officer. All requests should 

be identified by the title of the 

information collection. E-mail address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: OMB is required to 

make a decision concerning the 

collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent directly to the following: Office 

of Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–6974, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Dated: May 27, 2009. 

Seth Chamberlain, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Mental Health; 

Notice of Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel. 

ARRA Eating Disorder Supplement. 

Date: June 22, 2009. 

Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Serena P. Chu, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Institute of 

Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6154, MSC 9609, 

Rockville, MD 20892–9609. 301–443–0004. 

sechu@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel. 

ARRA AIDS Supplement Review Group. 

Date: June 23, 2009. 

Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Enid Light, PhD, Scientific 

Review Officer, Division of Extramural 

Activities, National Institute of Mental 

Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 6001 

Executive Boulevard, Room 6132, MSC 9608, 

Bethesda, MD 20852–9608. 301–443–0322. 

elight@mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel. 

ARRA Competing Revisions. 

Date: June 24, 2009. 

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: David I. Sommers, PhD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Division of 

Extramural Activities, National Institute of 

Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6154, MSC 9606, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–9606. 301–443–7861. 

dsommers@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research 

Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development 

Award, Scientist Development Award for 

Clinicians, and Research Scientist Award; 

93.282, Mental Health National Research 

Service Awards for Research Training; 

93.701, ARRA Related Biomedical Research 

and Research Support Awards, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: May 29, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–13099 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Drug Abuse; 

Notice of Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The contract proposals and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the contract 

proposals, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel, Novel 

Azetidine CB1 Antagonists (8874). 

Date: June 16, 2009. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6101 

Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Lyle Furr, Contract Review 

Specialist, Office of Extramural Affairs, 

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, 

DHHS, Room 220, MSC 8401, 6101 Executive 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892–8401. 

(301) 435–1439. lf33c.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 


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