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ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010–1231 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Policy Committee’s Workgroup
Meetings; Notice of Meetings

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AGENCY: Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.

This notice announces forthcoming
subcommittee meetings of a federal
advisory committee of the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The
meetings will be open to the public via
dial-in access only.
Name of Committees: HIT Policy
Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful
Use, Privacy & Security Policy, Strategic
Plan, Adoption/Certification, and
Nationwide Health Information
Infrastructure (NHIN) workgroups.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide recommendations to the
National Coordinator on a policy
framework for the development and
adoption of a nationwide health
information technology infrastructure
that permits the electronic exchange and
use of health information as is
consistent with the Federal Health IT
Strategic Plan and that includes
recommendations on the areas in which
standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria
are needed.
Date and Time: The HIT Policy
Committee Workgroups will hold the
following public meetings during
February 2010: February 3rd Privacy &
Security Policy Workgroup, 3 to 4:30
p.m./Eastern Time; February 9th
Strategic Plan Workgroup, 9 to 12 p.m./
Eastern Time; February 11th Adoption/
Certification Workgroup, 2 to 5 p.m./
Eastern Time; February 12th Meaningful
Use Workgroup, 11 to 1 p.m./Eastern

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Time; February 16th NHIN Workgroup,
10 to 2 p.m./Eastern Time; February
19th Privacy & Security Policy
Workgroup, 2 to 4 p.m./Eastern Time;
and February 26th Strategic Plan
Workgroup, 9 to 12 p.m./Eastern Time.
Location: All workgroup meetings
will be available via Webcast; for
instructions on how to listen via
telephone or Web visit http://
healthit.hhs.gov. Please check the ONC
Web site for additional information as it
becomes available.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office
of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201,
202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. Please call
the contact person for up-to-date
information on these meetings. A notice
in the Federal Register about lastminute modifications that impact a
previously announced advisory
committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide
timely notice.
Agenda: The workgroups will be
discussing issues related to their
specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful
use, the NHIN, privacy and security
policy, adoption/certification, or
strategic planning. If background
materials are associated with the
workgroup meetings, they will be
posted on ONC’s Web site prior to the
meeting at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the workgroups. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before two days prior to
the workgroups’ meeting date. Oral
comments from the pubic will be
scheduled at the conclusion of each
workgroup meeting. Time allotted for
each presentation will be limited to
three minutes. If the number of speakers
requesting to comment is greater than
can be reasonably accommodated
during the scheduled open public
session, ONC will take written
comments after the meeting until close
of business on that day.
If you require special
accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Judy Sparrow at least
seven (7) days in advance of the
meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

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Dated: January 15, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010–1235 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service Customer
Satisfaction Survey
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
project was previously published in the
Federal Register (74 FR 46201) on
September 8, 2009 and allowed 60 days
for public comment. No public
comment was received in response to
the notice. The purpose of this notice is
to allow 30 days for public comment to
be submitted directly to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
NEW, ‘‘Indian Health Service Customer
Satisfaction Survey.’’ Type of
Information Collection Request: Three
year approval of this new information
collection, 0917–NEW, ‘‘Indian Health
Service Customer Satisfaction Survey.’’
Form(s): Tribal Homeowner Survey,
Tribal Partner Survey, Annual Operator
Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
Survey, and Post Construction O&M
Survey. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS goal is to raise the
health status of the American Indian
and Alaska Native people to the highest
possible level by providing
comprehensive health care and
preventive health services. To support
the IHS mission, the Sanitation
Facilities Construction Program (SFCP)
provides technical and financial
assistance to American Indian Tribes
and Alaska Native villages for
cooperative development and continued
operation of safe water, wastewater, and
solid waste systems and related support
facilities.
The IHS Office of Environmental
Health and Engineering (OEHE), SFCP

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‘‘Customer Satisfaction Surveys,’’ will
provide the information needed to
complete these goals. With the
information collected from Tribal
homeowners, Tribal leaders, and Tribal
operation and maintenance operators,
the Sanitation facilities programs will
make improvements that will result in
improved quality of services.
Voluntary customer satisfaction
surveys will be conducted through
phone calls, mail, and the Internet. The

information gathered will be used by
agency management and staff to identify
strengths and weaknesses in current
service provision, to plan and redirect
resources, to make improvements that
are practical and feasible, and to
provide vital feedback to partner
agencies, Tribal leaders, system
operators, health boards, and
community members regarding
customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction
with the SFCP.
Number
of
respondents

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Data collection instrument(s)

Responses
per
respondent

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of
Respondents: Tribal homeowners,
Tribal leaders, and Tribal operation and
maintenance operators.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Annual
number of responses, Average burden
minutes per response, and Total annual
burden hour(s).
Total
annual
response

Burden
minutes per
response

Annual
burden
hours

Tribal Homeowner Survey ...................................................
Tribal Partner Survey ...........................................................
Annual Operator O&M Survey .............................................
Post Construction O&M Survey ...........................................

1,300
175
125
200

1
1
1
1

1,300
175
125
200

10
10
10
10

217
29
21
33

Total ..............................................................................

1,800

........................

........................

........................

300

There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your
written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information
collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated
public burden and associated response
time to: Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for IHS, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503.
Send Comments and Requests for
Further Information: To request more
information on the proposed collection
or to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and/or instruction(s)
contact: Ms. Betty Gould, Reports
Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson
Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD

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20852–1627; call non-toll free (301)
443–7899; send via facsimile to (301)
443–9879; or send your e-mail requests,
comments, and return address to:
Betty.Gould@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: January 14, 2010.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10066, CMS–R–
193, CMS–10295 and CMS–10234]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
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) 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

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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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Detailed Notice
of Discharge (DND); Use: A beneficiary/
enrollee who wishes to appeal a
determination by a Medicare health
plan or hospital that inpatient care is no
longer necessary, may request Quality
Improvement Organization (QIO) review
of the determination. On the date the
QIO receives the beneficiary’s/enrollee’s
request, it must notify the plan and
hospital that the beneficiary/enrollee
has filed a request for an expedited
determination. The plan (for a managed
care enrollee) or hospital (for an original
Medicare beneficiary), in turn, must
deliver a detailed notice to the enrollee/
beneficiary. Form Number: CMS–10066
(OMB#: 0938–1019); Frequency:
Reporting—Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 6163; Total Annual
Responses: 13,218; Total Annual Hours:
13,218. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Evelyn Blaemire
at 410–786–1803. For all other issues
call 410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Important

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