Development of Computed Tomography (CT) Image Quality and Safety Hospital Measures
| Published date | 05 January 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 306 |
| Record Number | 2020-29169 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services,Health And Human Services Department |
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D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register at 85 FR 66565, on
October 20, 2020. One comment was
received; however, it did not change the
estimate of the burden.
Comment: The commenter requested
the requirement for presolicitation
notices be removed from the FAR. The
commenter does not see their value; and
stated that presolicitation notices
lengthen the acquisition timelines
unnecessarily.
Response: Presolicitation notices are
required by statute; see FAR 5.201. The
primary purposes of the notices are to
improve small business access to
acquisition information and enhance
competition by identifying contracting
and subcontracting opportunities. The
commenter did not express an opinion
on whether the estimated number of
burden hours is accurate; or ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may
obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the GSA
Regulatory Secretariat Division, by
calling 202–501–4755 or emailing
GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000–0037, Presolicitation
Notice and Response.
William F. Clark,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Government-wide Acquisition
Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Government-wide Policy.
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE
Request for State All Payer Claims
Databases Advisory Committee
(SAPCDAC) Nominations
AGENCY
: U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO).
ACTION
: Request for letters of
nomination and resumes.
SUMMARY
: The No Surprises Act,
enacted as part of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 required the
Secretary of Labor to convene an
Advisory Committee of 15 members to
advise on the standardized format for
the voluntary reporting, by group health
plans to State All Payer Claims
Databases, of medical claims, pharmacy
claims, dental claims, and eligibility
and provider files collected from private
and public payers. The Committee shall
also advise the Secretary on the
guidance provided to States on the
process by which States may collect
such data in the standardized reporting
format. This Committee will be
responsible for issuing a report to the
Secretary of Labor and certain
congressional committees within 180
days of the enactment of the Act, which
shall include recommendations on the
standardized format and guidance
described above. The Act provides for
members of this Committee to have
distinguished themselves in fields of
health services research, health
economics, health informatics, data
privacy and security, or the governance
of State All Payer Claims Databases, or
who represent organizations likely to
submit data to or use the database,
including patients, employers,
employee organizations that sponsor
group health plans, health care
providers, health insurance issuers, or
third-party administrators of group
health plans. The Act gave the Secretary
of Labor, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, responsibility for appointing 9
of the 15 members to include eight
representatives of various agencies
within the Departments of Labor and
Health and Human Services, as well as
one representative of a State All Payer
Claims Database. The Act gave the
Comptroller General responsibility for
appointing the remaining 6 of the
committee’s 15 members, including 1
representative of an employer that
sponsors a group health plan; 1
representative of an employee
organization that sponsors a group
health plan; 1 academic researcher with
expertise in health economics or health
services research; 1 consumer advocate;
and 2 additional members. GAO is
accepting nominations of individuals
for Committee appointments that will be
effective in March 2021. Nominations
should be sent to the email address
listed below. Acknowledgement of
submissions will be provided within a
week of submission.
DATES
: Letters of nomination and
resumes should be submitted by January
27, 2021 to ensure adequate opportunity
for review and consideration of
nominees.
ADDRESSES
: Submit letters of
nomination and resumes to
SAPCDACappointments@gao.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Shannon Legeer at (202) 512–3197 or
LegeerS@gao.gov if you do not receive
an acknowledgement or need additional
information. For general information,
contact GAO’s Office of Public Affairs,
(202) 512–4800.
Authority: Section 115(b) of the No
Surprises Act, enacted as part of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, div.
BB, tit. I (2020).
Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Development of Computed
Tomography (CT) Image Quality and
Safety Hospital Measures
AGENCY
: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: Through this notice of
funding opportunity (NOFO), the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Center for Clinical
Standards and Quality, seeks an
application for a single source,
cooperative agreement, to develop a
radiology electronic clinical quality
measure(s) (eCQM) for the following
CMS hospital programs: Hospital
Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
(IQR); Hospital Outpatient Quality
Reporting Program (OQR); and
Promoting Interoperability Program for
Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access
Hospitals—formerly Meaningful Use
(PI). CMS will provide support to the
awardee in their planning, technical
assistance, and reporting needs related
to submission of a fully developed and
tested radiology measures to the 2021
Measures Under Consideration (MUC)
List in May 2021.
DATES
: This notice of funding
opportunity took effect on December 24,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Janis Grady, (410) 786 –7217, for
programmatic questions or concerns.
Monica Anderson, (410) 786–2988, for
administrative and compliance
concerns.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Background
Within the broader context of quality
measure use and development, CMS
engages in extensive ongoing measure
development, quality reporting, and
other measure-related activities. In
particular, CMS works with measure
developers to produce measures for use
in CMS quality reporting and value-
based payment programs. However,
CMS recognizes the benefits of measure
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development by external stakeholders
with quality measure development
expertise such as clinical specialty
societies, clinical professional
organizations, patient advocacy
organizations, educational institutions,
independent research organizations,
health systems, and other entities
engaged in quality measure
development, and is therefore providing
this Notice of Funding Opportunity. The
CMS Meaningful Measurement
framework https://www.cms.gov/
meaningful-measures-20-moving-
measure-reduction-modernization
guides CMS’s quality measures work.
II. Provisions of the Notice
For this NOFO, CMS will accept an
application specifically and only for
development of radiology electronic
clinical quality measures (eCQM) that
fill an existing gap or need and are high
impact. Pending an acceptable
application and budget, the CCSQ/
Quality Measurement & Value-Based
Incentives Group (QMVIG)/Division of
Quality Measurement (DQM) Program
Team recommends awarding a single
source award to Alara Imaging who is
uniquely qualified to complete the work
requested. Alara Imaging has specific
expertise with CMS in development of
radiology measure(s) requested, can
provide the proprietary software needed
to capture imaging data, and has the
ability to transfer those data to CMS. In
addition, Alara would serve as the
measure steward responsible for guiding
the measure through NQF endorsement
and the CMS regulatory process.
III. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or
third-party disclosure requirements.
Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Authority: Programmatic Authority of the
Social Security Act, Titles XI, XVIII, XIX,
XXI.
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Seema Verma, having reviewed and
approved this document, authorizes
Lynette Wilson, who is the Federal
Register Liaison, to electronically sign
this document for purposes of
publication in the Federal Register.
Dated: December 30, 2020.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Liaison, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Interstate Administrative
Subpoena and Notice of Interstate Lien
(OMB #0970–0152)
AGENCY
: Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION
: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY
: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a 3-year extension of the
Interstate Administrative Subpoena and
Notice of Interstate Lien forms (OMB
#0970–0152, expiration 7/31/2021).
There is no change requested to these
forms.
DATES
: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
AFC is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES
: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can
also be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street
SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Description: The Administrative
Subpoena is used by State IV–D
agencies to obtain income and other
financial information regarding
noncustodial parents for purposes of
establishing, enforcing, and modifying
child support orders. The Notice of
Interstate Lien imposes liens in cases
with overdue support and allows a State
IV–D agency to file liens across state
lines, when it is more efficient than
involving the other state’s IV–D agency.
Section 452(a)(11) of the Social Security
Act requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services to promulgate forms for
administrative subpoenas and
imposition of liens used by state child
support enforcement (Title IV–D)
agencies in interstate cases. Section
454(9)(E) of the Social Security Act
requires each state to cooperate with
any other state in using the federal
forms for issuance of administrative
subpoenas and imposition of liens in
interstate child support cases.
Respondents: State, local, or tribal
agencies administering a child support
enforcement program under title IV–D
of the Social Security Act.
A
NNUAL
B
URDEN
E
STIMATES
Instrument Annual
number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Annual
burden
hours
Administrative Subpoena ................................................................................. 27,763 1 .50 13,882
Notice of Lien ................................................................................................... 1,786,988 1 .50 893,494
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 907,376.
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
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