Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Senior Medicare Patrol National Resource Center
| Published date | 24 July 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 35679 |
| Record Number | 2019-15694 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Community Living Administration |
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prevention strategies, and policies
related to disability and health; (9)
establishes collaborative partnerships
with public and private organizations of
national and international stature to
promote the health of people with
disabilities; (10) collaborates with
funded non-governmental agencies to
disseminate best practices, identify
areas of need, facilitate development
and distribution of educational
materials, and provide informational
resources to states and affected
populations and their caregivers; and
(11) provides leadership in health
promotion and disease prevention
across the lifespan for individuals with
disabilities.
IV. Delegations of Authority: All
delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and
employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or
their successors pending further
redelegation, provided they are
consistent with this reorganization.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101)
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; Assets
For Independence (AFI) Performance
Progress Report (PPR) (OMB #0970–
0483)
AGENCY
: Office of Community Services;
Administration for Children and
Families; HHS.
ACTION
: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY
: The Office of Community
Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting approval of a three-year
extension of the Assets for
Independence (AFI) Performance
Progress Report (PPR) Long Form and
AFI PPR Short Form (OMB #0970–0483,
expiration 8/31/2019). There are no
changes requested to the forms.
DATES
: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. 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.
ADDRESSES
: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained 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, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Description: The Assets for
Independence (AFI) Act (Title IV of the
Community Opportunities,
Accountability, and Training and
Educational Services Act of 1998, Public
Law 105–285, [42 U.S.C. 604]) requires
that organizations operating AFI
projects submit semi-annual progress
reports.
OCS will continue collecting key
information about projects funded
through the AFI program. The AFI PPR
will continue to collect data on project
activities and attributes, where OCS will
use the data to critically review the
overall design and effectiveness of the
program. OCS will use the data
collected in the AFI PPR to prepare the
annual AFI Report to Congress, to
evaluate and monitor the performance
of the AFI Program overall and of
individual projects, and to inform and
support technical assistance efforts. The
AFI PPR will continue to fulfill AFI Act
reporting requirements and program
purposes.
AFI program grantees are required to
submit Standard Form Performance
Progress Reports (SF–PPR)
semiannually: One time per year using
an abbreviated short form and one time
using a long form. Both data collection
instruments are available for review
online at:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/
afi-ppr-long-form,
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/
afi-ppr-short-form.
Note: This request does not affect financial
reporting requirements for AFI grantees. The
SF–425 will still be required semiannually
throughout the grant project period with a
final report due 90 days after the grant
project period ends.
Respondents: Assets for
Independence (AFI) program grantees.
A
NNUAL
B
URDEN
E
STIMATES
Instrument Total
number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Annual
burden
hours
AFI PPR Short Form ....................................................................................... 145 1 0.5 72.5
AFI PPR Long Form ........................................................................................ 145 1 3.8 551
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 623.5.
Authority: Pub. L. 105–285, [42 U.S.C.
604].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Intent To Award a Single-Source
Supplement for the Senior Medicare
Patrol National Resource Center
ACTION
: Notice.
The Administration for Community
Living (ACL) announces the intent to
award a single-source supplement to the
current cooperative agreement held by
the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on
Aging, Inc. (NEI3A) for the Senior
Medicare Patrol National Resource
Center (SMPRC). The purpose of the
SMPRC is to provide professional
expertise, training, and technical
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support to maximize the effectiveness of
the 54 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
projects in Medicare fraud prevention
outreach and education. The
administrative supplement for FY 2019
will be for $554,532, bringing the total
award for FY 2019 to $1,194,532. With
this supplemental funding, NEI3A will
develop a targeted marketing and
outreach campaign. This includes
development of an SMP national video,
which will seek to increase awareness of
health care fraud and educate the public
on when to contact their SMP to report
health care fraud, errors, or abuse. An
advertisement campaign will be
developed to utilize on a national scale
and reach Top 20 Markets including
Good Morning America and early
evening prime time news broadcasts. In
addition, NEI3A will explore the
possibility of updating one of their
previously developed projects, the
Personal Health Care Journal, including
the possibility of providing a
technologically up-to-date SMP
application (app). This app would
provide beneficiaries with helpful
health care tips, important health care
contact information, and a place to log
their health care appointments for later
comparison with Medicare Summary
Notices (MSNs) and Explanations of
Benefits (EOBs). This tool would be
useful in preventing, detecting, and if
needed, reporting any health care fraud,
errors, or abuse. Lastly, NEI3A will
utilize supplemental funding to expand
existing contracts with SMP Subject
Matter Experts.
Program Name: Senior Medicare
Patrol National Resource Center
(SMPRC).
Recipient: Northeast Iowa Area
Agency on Aging, Inc. (NEI3A).
Period of Performance: The award
will be issued for the current project
period of September 1, 2019 through
August 31, 2020.
Total Award Amount: $1,194,532 in
FY 2019.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
Statutory Authority: Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) of 1996, Public Law 104–191.
Basis for Award: NEI3A is currently
funded to carry out the SMPRC Project
for the period of September 1, 2017
through August 31, 2020. Much work
has already been completed and further
tasks are currently being accomplished.
It would be unnecessarily time
consuming and disruptive to the
SMPRC project and the beneficiaries
being served for ACL to establish a new
grantee at this time when critical
services are presently being provided in
an efficient manner.
NEI3A is uniquely placed to complete
work under the SMPRC grant. Since
2003, NEI3A has effectively operated
the SMPRC. NEI3A has a proven track
record for providing assistance through
successful working relationships with
SMP grantees, is centrally located in a
geographic location that boasts low
costs, and also houses the State Health
Insurance Assistance Program National
Technical Assistance Center (SHIP TA
Center). By housing both Centers,
NEI3A is able to successfully leverage
existing activities to lower overall cost
and therefore expand capability of
serving their target audience.
NEI3A accomplishes its mission by
developing and sharing tools, resources,
best practices, and strategies for
reducing health care fraud, waste, and
abuse via its online library, electronic
and print publications, webinars, and
training and technical assistance.
NEI3A is successfully meeting all
programmatic goals under the current
SMPRC grant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Rebecca Kinney, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for
Community Living, Center for Integrated
Programs, Office of Healthcare
Information and Counseling; telephone
(202) 795–7375; email Rebecca.Kinney@
acl.hhs.gov.
Dated: July 18, 2019.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator,
Administration for Community Living.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2019–N–3406]
Food Safety Modernization Act
Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
User Fee Rate for Fiscal Year 2020
AGENCY
: Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
fiscal year (FY) 2020 annual fee rate for
importers approved to participate in the
Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
(VQIP) that is authorized by the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C
Act), as amended by the FDA Food
Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This
fee is effective August 1, 2019, and will
remain in effect through December 31,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Donald Prater, Office of Food Policy and
Response, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 3202, Silver Spring,
MD 20993, 301–348–3007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Background
Section 302 of FSMA, Voluntary
Qualified Importer Program, amended
the FD&C Act to create a new provision,
section 806, under the same name.
Section 806 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
384b) directs FDA to establish a
program to provide for the expedited
review and importation of food offered
for importation by importers who have
voluntarily agreed to participate in such
program, and a process, consistent with
section 808 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
384d), for the issuance of a facility
certification to accompany a food
offered for importation by importers
participating in the VQIP.
Section 743 of the FD&C Act (21
U.S.C. 379j–31) authorizes FDA to
assess and collect fees from each
importer participating in VQIP to cover
FDA’s costs of administering the
program. Each fiscal year, fees are to be
established based on an estimate of 100
percent of the costs for the year. The fee
rates must be published in a Federal
Register notice not later than 60 days
before the start of each fiscal year
(section 743(b)(1) of the FD&C Act).
After FDA approves a VQIP application,
the user fee must be paid before October
1, the start of the VQIP fiscal year, to
begin receiving benefits for that VQIP
fiscal year.
The FSMA FY 2020 VQIP user fee rate
announced in this notice is effective on
August 1, 2019, and will remain in
effect through December 31, 2019. The
FY 2020 VQIP user fee will support
benefits from October 1, 2019, through
September 30, 2020.
II. Estimating the Average Cost of a
Supported Direct FDA Work Hour for
FY 2020
Each fiscal year, fees are to be
established based on an estimate of 100
percent of the costs for the year. In each
year, the costs of salary (or personnel
compensation) and benefits for FDA
employees account for between 50 and
60 percent of the funds available to, and
used by, FDA. Almost all of the
remaining funds (operating funds)
available to FDA are used to support
FDA employees for paying rent, travel,
utility, information technology, and
other operating costs.
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