Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 35254-35255 [05-11722]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 116 / Friday, June 17, 2005 / Notices
The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting
that a paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
package for a new CMS Real-Time
Eligibility Agreement and Access
Request form be processed under the
emergency clearance process. The
approval of this data collection process
is essential in order to support the
necessary national database and
infrastructure to process Health
Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
compliant health care eligibility
inquiries (270) and responses (271) in a
real-time basis.
CMS is requiring that trading partners
who wish to conduct the eligibility
transaction on a real-time basis to access
Medicare beneficiary information
provide certain assurances as a
condition of receiving access to the
Medicare database for the purpose of
conducting eligibility verification.
Health care providers, clearinghouses,
and health plans that wish to access the
Medicare database are required to
complete the access request form. The
information will be used to assure that
those entities that access the Medicare
database are aware of applicable
provisions and penalties.
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of this collection by July 1,
2005, with a 180-day approval period.
Written comments and recommendation
will be accepted from the public if
received by the individuals designated
below by June 28, 2005.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
regulations/pra or e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and CMS document
identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov,
or call the Reports Clearance Office on
(410) 786–1326.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden or any
other aspect of these collections of
information requirements. However, as
noted above, comments on these
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements must be
mailed and/or faxed to the designees
referenced below by June 28, 2005:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Room C5–13–27, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–
1850. Fax Number: (410) 786–0262,
Attn: William N. Parham, III, CMS–
10157; and
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Christopher
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Martin, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington,
DC 20503.
Dated: June 3, 2005.
Jim L. Wickliffe,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Regulations
Development Group, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–250–254]
Emergency Clearance: Public
Information Collection Requirements
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB)
Center for Medicare and
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 and Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health
and Human Services, 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
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.
We are, however, requesting an
emergency review of the information
collection referenced below. In
compliance with the requirement of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we have
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) the following
requirements for emergency review. We
are requesting an emergency review
because the collection of this
information is needed before the
expiration of the normal time limits
under OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR part
1320. This is necessary to ensure
compliance with an initiative of the
Administration. We cannot reasonably
comply with the normal clearance
procedures the use of normal clearance
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procedures is reasonably likely to cause
a statutory deadline to be missed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is seeking approval to
collect information from beneficiaries,
providers, physicians, or suppliers on
health insurance coverage that is
primary to Medicare. Collecting this
information allows CMS to identify
those Medicare beneficiaries who have
other group health insurance that would
pay before Medicare, safeguarding the
Medicare Trust Fund. The annual
savings from the Medicare Secondary
Payer (MSP) program for Parts A and B
are more than $4.5 billion per year.
With the impending implementation of
Medicare Part D under the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Modernization and
Improvement Act of 2003 (MMA), a new
approval is needed in order to include
prescription drug-related questions on
the already-approved MSP collections
and increase the savings to the Medicare
Trust Fund.
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of this collection by July 15,
2005, with a 180-day approval period.
Written comments and recommendation
will be accepted from the public if
received by the individuals designated
below by June 11, 2005.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
regulations/pra or e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and CMS document
identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov,
or call the Reports Clearance Office on
(410) 786–1326.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden or any
other aspect of these collections of
information requirements. However, as
noted above, comments on these
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements must be
mailed and/or faxed to the designees
referenced below by July 11, 2005:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Room C5–13–27, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–
1850. Fax Number: (410) 786–0262.
Attn: William N. Parham, III, CMS–
250–254; and
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Christopher
Martin, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington,
DC 20503.
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 116 / Friday, June 17, 2005 / Notices
Dated: June 3, 2005.
Jim L. Wickliffe,
CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Reports
Clearance Officer, Regulations Development
Group, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10143, CMS–
10140, CMS–460, CMS–R–65]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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), Department of Health
and Human Services, 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
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(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: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Monthly State
File of Medicaid/Medicare Dual Eligible
Enrollees and Supporting Regulations in
42 CFR 423.900 through 423.910; Use:
The monthly file of dual eligible
enrollees will be used to determine
those duals with drug benefits for the
phased-down State contribution process
required by the Medicare Modernization
Act of 2003 (MMA). Section 103(a)(2) of
the MMA addresses the phased-down
state contribution (PDSC) process for the
Medicare program. The reporting of the
Medicare/Medicaid dual eligibles on a
monthly basis is necessary to implement
those provisions, and to Support Part D
subsidy determinations and autoassignment of individuals to Part D
plans. The PDSC is a partial recoupment
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from the States of ongoing Medicaid
drug costs for dual eligibles assumed by
Medicare under MMA, which absent the
MMA would have been paid for by the
States; Form Number: CMS–10143
(OMB# 0938–NEW); Frequency:
Recordkeeping and Monthly reporting;
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government; Number of Respondents:
51; Total Annual Responses: 612; Total
Annual hours: 10,710.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Claims Error
Rate Testing (CERT)/Electronic Medical
Records Exploratory Survey; Form No.:
CMS–10140 (OMB# 0938–NEW); Use:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) is using a private vendor
to conduct market research to assess the
value of electronic patient medical
records relative to the Claims Error Rate
Testing (CERT) program and determine
what actions CMS can take to encourage
the use of electronic records for the
purpose of lowering the CERT error rate.
The proposed effort will test the
hypothesis that increased functionality
of electronic records (meaning, greater
connectivity and features), is associated
with lower CERT error rates related to
coding, non-response and incomplete
documentation. The project is expected
to assist CMS in identifying a strategy to
improve the CERT claims error rate by
developing an approach that would both
facilitate and encourage the use of
electronic patient medical records in the
health care setting. This research
focuses on physician practices,
outpatient hospitals, durable medical
equipment (DME) providers and skilled
nursing facilities (SNFs) that have been
randomly sampled as part of the CERT
process.; Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 1600;
Total Annual Responses: 1600; Total
Annual Hours: 454.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Participating Physician or Supplier
Agreement; Form No.: CMS–460 (OMB#
0938–0373); Use: Form number CMS–
460 is completed by nonparticipating
physicians and suppliers if they choose
to participate in Medicare Part B. By
signing the agreement, the physician or
supplier agrees to take assignment on all
Medicare claims. To take assignment
means to accept the Medicare allowed
amount as payment in full for the
services they furnish and to charge the
beneficiary no more than the deductible
and coinsurance for the covered service.
In exchange for signing the agreement,
the physician or supplier receives a
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significant number of program benefits
not available to nonparticipating
suppliers. The information associated
with this collection is needed to identify
the recipients of the program benefits;
Frequency: Other—when starting a new
business; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 6000; Total Annual
Responses: 6000; Total Annual Hours:
1500.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements in Final Peer
Review Organization Regulations, 42
CFR sections 1004.40, 1004.50, 1004.60,
1004.70; Form No.: CMS–R–65 (OMB#
0938–0444); Use: This final rule updates
the procedures governing the imposition
and adjudication of program sanctions
predicated on the recommendations of
Peer Review Organizations (PROs).
These changes are being made as a
result of statutory revisions designed to
address health care fraud and abuse
issues in the OIG sanction process. The
Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982
amended Title XI of the Social Security
Act, creating the Utilization and Quality
Control Peer Review Organization
program. Section 1156 of the Social
Security Act imposes obligations on
health care practitioners and other
persons who furnish or order services or
items under Medicare. This section also
provides for sanction actions, if the
Secretary determines that the
obligations as stated by this section are
not met. Quality Improvement
Organizations (QIOs) are responsible for
identifying violations. QIOs may allow
practitioners or other persons,
opportunities to submit relevant
information before determining that a
violation has occurred. These
requirements are used by the QIOs to
collect the information necessary to
make their determinations; Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 53; Total Annual
Responses: 1060; Total Annual Hours:
22,684.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
regulations/pra/, or e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and CMS document
identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov,
or call the Reports Clearance Office on
(410) 786–1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-250-254]
Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements
Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
AGENCY: Center for Medicare and 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 and Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, 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 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.
We are, however, requesting an emergency review of the information
collection referenced below. In compliance with the requirement of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we have
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
requirements for emergency review. We are requesting an emergency
review because the collection of this information is needed before the
expiration of the normal time limits under OMB's regulations at 5 CFR
part 1320. This is necessary to ensure compliance with an initiative of
the Administration. We cannot reasonably comply with the normal
clearance procedures the use of normal clearance procedures is
reasonably likely to cause a statutory deadline to be missed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking
approval to collect information from beneficiaries, providers,
physicians, or suppliers on health insurance coverage that is primary
to Medicare. Collecting this information allows CMS to identify those
Medicare beneficiaries who have other group health insurance that would
pay before Medicare, safeguarding the Medicare Trust Fund. The annual
savings from the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program for Parts A and
B are more than $4.5 billion per year. With the impending
implementation of Medicare Part D under the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Modernization and Improvement Act of 2003 (MMA), a new approval is
needed in order to include prescription drug-related questions on the
already-approved MSP collections and increase the savings to the
Medicare Trust Fund.
CMS is requesting OMB review and approval of this collection by
July 15, 2005, with a 180-day approval period. Written comments and
recommendation will be accepted from the public if received by the
individuals designated below by June 11, 2005.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'
Web site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra or e-mail
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS
document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the
burden or any other aspect of these collections of information
requirements. However, as noted above, comments on these information
collection and recordkeeping requirements must be mailed and/or faxed
to the designees referenced below by July 11, 2005:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Room C5-13-27, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. Fax Number: (410) 786-0262. Attn:
William N. Parham, III, CMS-250-254; and
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Christopher Martin,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
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Dated: June 3, 2005.
Jim L. Wickliffe,
CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Regulations
Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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