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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–460, CMS–R–70,
CMS–R–209, CMS–R–245, CMS–10178]
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: 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
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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
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: Reporting, Other—when
starting a new business; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Individuals
or Households; Number of Respondents:
6000; Total Annual Responses: 6000;
Total Annual Hours: 1500.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements in HSQ–110,
Acquisition, Protection and Disclosure
of Peer review Organization Information
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
480.104, 480.105, 480.116, and 480.134;
Use: The Peer Review Improvement Act
of 1982 authorizes quality improvement
organizations (QIOs), formally known as
peer review organizations (PROs), to
acquire information necessary to fulfill
their duties and functions and places
limits on disclosure of the information.
The QIOs are required to provide
notices to the affected parties when
disclosing information about them.
These requirements serve to protect the
rights of the affected parties. The
information provided in these notices is
used by the patients, practitioners and
providers to: Obtain access to the data
maintained and collected on them by
the QIOs; add additional data or make
changes to existing QIO data; and reflect
in the QIO’s record the reasons for the
QIO’s disagreeing with an individual’s
or provider’s request for amendment;
Form Number: CMS–R–70 (OMB#:
0938–0426); Frequency: Reporting—On
occasion; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, Individuals or
Households, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal government, and State, Local or
Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 362; Total Annual
Responses: 3729; Total Annual Hours:
60,919.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs: Reporting OASIS
Data as Part of the Conditions of
Participation for Home Health Agencies
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
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484.11 and 484.20; Use: This request is
for OMB approval to continue to require
home health agencies (HHAs) to
electronically report the Outcome and
Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
data to CMS. OASIS is a requirement of
one of the Conditions of Participation
(CoP) that HHAs must meet in order to
participate in the Medicare program.
Specifically, the aforementioned
regulation sections provide guidelines
for HHAs for the electronic transmission
of the OASIS data as well as
responsibilities of the State agency or
OASIS contractor in collecting and
transmitting this information to CMS.
These requirements are necessary to
achieve broad-based, measurable
improvement, in the quality of care
furnished through Federal programs,
and to establish a prospective payment
system for HHAs; Form Number: CMS–
R–209 (OMB#: 0938–761); Frequency:
Reporting—Monthly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Not-forprofit institutions, Federal government,
State, Local, or Tribal governments;
Number of Respondents: 8,277; Total
Annual Responses: 102,203; Total
Annual Hours: 1,374,051.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection
Requirements as Part of the Conditions
of Participation for Home Health
Agencies and Supporting Regulations in
42 CFR 484.55, 484.205, 484.245,
484.250; Use: The Medicare and
Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection
Requirements as Part of the Conditions
of Participation for Home Health
Agencies (HHAs) information collection
requires HHAs to use a standard core
assessment data set, the Outcome and
Assessment Information Set (OASIS), to
collect information and to evaluate
adult non-maternity patients. In
addition, data from the OASIS will be
used for purposes of case mix adjusting
patients under the home health
prospective payment system and will
facilitate the production of necessary
case mix information at relevant time
points in the patient’s home health stay;
Form Number: CMS–R–245 (OMB#:
0938–760); Frequency: Recordkeeping
and Reporting—Other, upon patient
assessment; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal government, State,
Local, or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 8,277; Total Annual
Responses: 11,087,565; Total Annual
Hours: 9,339,184.
5. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of
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Medicaid and State Children’s Health
Insurance (SCHIP) Managed Care Claims
and Related Information; Use: The
Improper Payments Information Act
(IPIA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–300)
requires CMS to produce national error
rates in the Medicaid program and the
State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP). To comply with the
IPIA, CMS will engage a Federal
contractor to produce error rates in
Medicaid managed care and SCHIP
managed care. Beginning in 2007, CMS
will use a rotational approach to review
up to 18 States for each program, for a
total 36 States each year. CMS has
completed the State selection process
for the Medicaid improper payments
measurement. States have not yet been
selected for the measurement of
improper payments in SCHIP. CMS
expects to select the SCHIP States in the
fall of 2006; Form Number: CMS–10178
(OMB#: 0938–NEW); Frequency:
Reporting—On occasion, Quarterly;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents:
36; Total Annual Responses: 23,400;
Total Annual Hours: 23,400.
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/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email 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
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer:
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503. Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: April 4, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, 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–R–05, CMS–R–
72, CMS–10175, CMS 10050, CMS–1957,
CMS–1515 & 1572]
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
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: Physician
Certifications/Recertifications in Skilled
Nursing Facilities (SNFs) Manual
Instructions and Supporting Regulations
in 42 CFR 424.20; Use: Regulations at 42
CFR 424.20 require SNFs to keep record
of physician certifications and
recertifications of information such as
the need for care and services, estimated
duration of the SNF stay, and plan for
home care. As a condition for Medicare
Part A payment for post-hospital skilled
nursing facility (SNF) services, the
Medicare program requires that a
physician certify and periodically
recertify that a beneficiary requires an
SNF level of care. The physician
certification and recertification is
intended to ensure that the beneficiary’s
need for services has been established
and then reviewed and updated at
appropriate intervals; Form Number:
CMS–R–05 (OMB#: 0938–0454);
Frequency: Recordkeeping and
Reporting—On occasion; Affected
Public: State, Local or Tribal
governments, Individuals or
Households, Business or other for-profit
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-460, CMS-R-70, CMS-R-209, CMS-R-245, CMS-
10178]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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: 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 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: Reporting, Other--
when starting a new business; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 6000; Total
Annual Responses: 6000; Total Annual Hours: 1500.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements in HSQ-110, Acquisition, Protection and
Disclosure of Peer review Organization Information and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 480.104, 480.105, 480.116, and 480.134; Use: The
Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 authorizes quality improvement
organizations (QIOs), formally known as peer review organizations
(PROs), to acquire information necessary to fulfill their duties and
functions and places limits on disclosure of the information. The QIOs
are required to provide notices to the affected parties when disclosing
information about them. These requirements serve to protect the rights
of the affected parties. The information provided in these notices is
used by the patients, practitioners and providers to: Obtain access to
the data maintained and collected on them by the QIOs; add additional
data or make changes to existing QIO data; and reflect in the QIO's
record the reasons for the QIO's disagreeing with an individual's or
provider's request for amendment; Form Number: CMS-R-70 (OMB:
0938-0426); Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Individuals or Households, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal government, and State, Local or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents: 362; Total Annual Responses: 3729;
Total Annual Hours: 60,919.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs: Reporting OASIS Data as Part of the Conditions of
Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting Regulations in 42
CFR
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484.11 and 484.20; Use: This request is for OMB approval to continue to
require home health agencies (HHAs) to electronically report the
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data to CMS. OASIS is a
requirement of one of the Conditions of Participation (CoP) that HHAs
must meet in order to participate in the Medicare program.
Specifically, the aforementioned regulation sections provide guidelines
for HHAs for the electronic transmission of the OASIS data as well as
responsibilities of the State agency or OASIS contractor in collecting
and transmitting this information to CMS. These requirements are
necessary to achieve broad-based, measurable improvement, in the
quality of care furnished through Federal programs, and to establish a
prospective payment system for HHAs; Form Number: CMS-R-209
(OMB: 0938-761); Frequency: Reporting--Monthly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal government, State, Local, or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 8,277; Total Annual Responses: 102,203; Total Annual
Hours: 1,374,051.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as Part of the
Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 484.55, 484.205, 484.245, 484.250; Use: The
Medicare and Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as Part of
the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
information collection requires HHAs to use a standard core assessment
data set, the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), to
collect information and to evaluate adult non-maternity patients. In
addition, data from the OASIS will be used for purposes of case mix
adjusting patients under the home health prospective payment system and
will facilitate the production of necessary case mix information at
relevant time points in the patient's home health stay; Form Number:
CMS-R-245 (OMB: 0938-760); Frequency: Recordkeeping and
Reporting--Other, upon patient assessment; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal government,
State, Local, or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 8,277;
Total Annual Responses: 11,087,565; Total Annual Hours: 9,339,184.
5. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of Medicaid and State Children's
Health Insurance (SCHIP) Managed Care Claims and Related Information;
Use: The Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
300) requires CMS to produce national error rates in the Medicaid
program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). To
comply with the IPIA, CMS will engage a Federal contractor to produce
error rates in Medicaid managed care and SCHIP managed care. Beginning
in 2007, CMS will use a rotational approach to review up to 18 States
for each program, for a total 36 States each year. CMS has completed
the State selection process for the Medicaid improper payments
measurement. States have not yet been selected for the measurement of
improper payments in SCHIP. CMS expects to select the SCHIP States in
the fall of 2006; Form Number: CMS-10178 (OMB: 0938-NEW);
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion, Quarterly; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 36; Total Annual
Responses: 23,400; Total Annual Hours: 23,400.
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/ PaperworkReductionActof1995, 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 or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer:
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Fax
Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: April 4, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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