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devoted to ongoing Working Group
business. Topics to be addressed are
expected to include: an update on
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Dated: December 30, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
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[Document Identifier: CMS–R–250]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
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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: Skilled Nursing
Facility Resident Assessment MDS Data
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.337, 413.343, 424.32, and 483.20;
Form Number: CMS–R–250 (OMB#:
0938–0739); Use: Skilled Nursing
Facilities (SNFs) are required to submit
the resident assessment data as
described at 42 CFR 483.20 in the
manner necessary to administer the
payment rate methodology described in
42 CFR 413.337. Pursuant to sections
4204(b) and 4214(d) of Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1987, the
current requirements related to the
submission and retention of resident
assessment data for the 5th, 30th, 60th
and 90th days following admission,
necessary to administer the payment
rate methodology described in 42 CFR
413.337, are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The burden associated
with information collection is the sum
of the SNF staff time required to
complete the Minimum Data Set (MDS),
SNF staff time to encode the data, and
SNF staff time spent in transmitting the
data.; Frequency: Reporting—Other, 5th,
14th, 30th, 60th, and 90th days of stay;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 15,352; Total
Annual Responses: 4,719,118; Total
Annual Hours: 3,284,247.
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.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received at the address below, no
later than 5 p.m. on March 7, 2006.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development—B, Attention:
William N. Parham, III, Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
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Dated: December 28, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10165 and CMS–
10149]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Application for
Participation in the Medicare Care
Management Performance
Demonstration; Form Number: CMS–
10165 (OMB#: 0938–0965); Use: The
Medicare Care Management
Performance (MCMP) Demonstration
and its corresponding Report to
Congress are mandated by the section
649 of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA). Section 649 of the MMA
provides for the implementation of a
‘‘pay for performance’’ demonstration
under which Medicare would pay
incentive payments to physicians who
(1) adopt and use health information
technology; and (2) meet established
standards on clinical performance
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measures. This demonstration will be
held in four States, Arkansas, California,
Massachusetts, and Utah. Providers that
are enrolled in the Doctors’ Office
Quality—Information Technology
(DOQ–IT) project are eligible to
participate in the demonstration. To
enroll in the MCMP Demonstration, a
physician/provider must submit an
application form. The information
collected will be used to assess
eligibility for the demonstration;
Frequency: Reporting—One-time only;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 800;
Total Annual Responses: 800; Total
Annual Hours: 133.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Health
Insurance Reform: Security Standards
Final Rule; Form Number: CMS–10149
(OMB#: 0938–0949); Use: The
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) Medicare Program, other
Federal agencies operating health plans
or providing health care, State Medicaid
agencies, private health plans, health
care providers, and health care
clearinghouses must assure their
customers (for example, patients,
insured individuals, providers, and
health plans) that the integrity,
confidentiality, and availability of
electronic protected health information
they collect, maintain, use, or transmit
is protected. The confidentiality of
health information is threatened not
only by the risk of improper access to
stored information, but also by the risk
of interception during electronic
transmission of the information. The use
of the security standards will improve
the Medicare and Medicaid programs,
other Federal health programs, and
private health programs; in addition, it
will improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of the health care industry in
general by establishing a level of
protection for certain electronic health
information.; Frequency: Recordkeeping
and Reporting—On occasion; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit, Notfor-profit institutions, Federal
Government, and State, Local or Tribal
Government; Number of Respondents:
4,000,000; Total Annual Responses:
4,000,000; Total Annual Hours:
64,539,263.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for
these paperwork collections referenced
above, access CMS Web site address at
https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-250]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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 information collection for
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated
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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: Skilled Nursing
Facility Resident Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42
CFR 413.337, 413.343, 424.32, and 483.20; Form Number: CMS-R-250
(OMB: 0938-0739); Use: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) are
required to submit the resident assessment data as described at 42 CFR
483.20 in the manner necessary to administer the payment rate
methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337. Pursuant to sections 4204(b)
and 4214(d) of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1987, the
current requirements related to the submission and retention of
resident assessment data for the 5th, 30th, 60th and 90th days
following admission, necessary to administer the payment rate
methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337, are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The burden associated with information collection is the
sum of the SNF staff time required to complete the Minimum Data Set
(MDS), SNF staff time to encode the data, and SNF staff time spent in
transmitting the data.; Frequency: Reporting--Other, 5th, 14th, 30th,
60th, and 90th days of stay; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 15,352;
Total Annual Responses: 4,719,118; Total Annual Hours: 3,284,247.
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.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received at the address below,
no later than 5 p.m. on March 7, 2006.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham,
III, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-
1850.
Dated: December 28, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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