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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–13 and CMS–
10088]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
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) 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Conditions of Coverage for Organ
Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
486.301–348.
Use: Organ Procurement
Organizations are required to submit
accurate data to CMS through the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN). The data concerns the
organ procurement activities, as well as
various OPO business activities,
including information on its designated
service area; structure; various policies,
procedures, and protocols; and its
quality assessment and performance
improvement (QAPI) program. This
information is necessary to assure
maximum effectiveness in the
procurement and distribution of organs.
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Form Number: CMS–R–13 (OMB#:
0938–0688.
Frequency: Reporting—Every 4 years
and as needed.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 58.
Total Annual Responses: 58.
Total Annual Hours: 21,427.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Notification of Fiscal Intermediaries
(FIs) and CMS of Co-located Medicare
Providers and Supporting Regulations
in 42 CFR 412.22 and 412.533.
Use: Many long term care hospitals
(LCTHs) are co-located with other
Medicare providers (acute care
hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation
facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and
psychiatric facilities), which leads to
potential gaming of the Medicare system
based on patient shifting. CMS is
requiring LTCHs to notify fiscal
intermediaries (FIs) and CMS of colocated providers. In addition, CMS has
established policies to limit payment
abuse that will be based on FIs tracking
patient movement among these colocated providers.
Form Number: CMS–10088 (OMB#:
0938–0897.
Frequency: Reporting—as needed.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit and Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Total Annual Responses: 200.
Total Annual Hours: 50.
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.
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 October 31, 2006.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development—A,
Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room C4–
26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.
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Dated: August 25, 2006.
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–R–143, CMS–R–
247, CMS–10199, and CMS–10184]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Geographic Practice Expense Index
(GPCI).
Use: This information collection is a
survey of State insurance
commissioners and malpractice insurers
to acquire premium data for use in
computing the malpractice component
of the geographic practice cost index, a
component of the geographic cost index
as set forth in the Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1989. The data
collected in this information collection
request will be used by CMS staff and
outside contractors to update the
Medicare physician fee schedule
geographic practice expense index
(MGPCI), the malpractice relative value
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units (MRVUs), and to supplement the
updating of the malpractice component
of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
The MGPCI is one of the components of
the GPCI, the others being physician
work (net income), employee wages,
office rents, medical equipment and
supplies, and miscellaneous expenses.
The MRVUs are one of the three
components of the fee schedule, the
others being physician work RVUs and
practice expense RVUs. The GPCIs and
fee schedule RVUs also used by other
Federal agencies such as the Veteran’s
Administration and the Department of
Labor. Form Number: CMS–R–143
(OMB#: 0938–0575).
Frequency: Reporting—Every three
years.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
governments, Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Total Annual Responses: 50.
Total Annual Hours: 150.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Expanded Coverage for Diabetes
Outpatient Self-Management Training
Services and Supporting Regulations
Contained in 42 CFR 410.141, 410.142,
410.143, 410.144, 410.145, 410.146,
414.63.
Use: According to the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES), as many as 18.7 percent of
Americans over age 65 are at risk for
developing diabetes. The goals in the
management of diabetes are to achieve
normal metabolic control and reduce
the risk of micro- and macro-vascular
complications. Numerous epidemiologic
and interventional studies point to the
necessity of maintaining good glycemic
control to reduce the risk of the
complications of diabetes. In expanding
the Medicare program to include
diabetes outpatient self-management
training services, the Congress intended
to empower Medicare beneficiaries with
diabetes to better manage and control
their conditions. The Conference Report
indicates that the conferees believed
that ‘‘this provision will provide
significant Medicare savings over time
due to reduced hospitalizations and
complications arising from diabetes.’’
(H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 105–217, at 701
(1997)).
Form Number: CMS–R–247 (OMB#:
0938–818).
Frequency: Recordkeeping and
Reporting—On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 2008.
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Total Annual Responses: 8,032; Total
Annual Hours: 88,519.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection.
Title of Information Collection: Data
Collection for Medicare Facilities
Performing Carotid Artery Stenting with
Embolic Protection in Patients at High
Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy.
Use: CMS provides coverage for
carotid artery stenting (CAS) with
embolic protection for patients at high
risk for carotid endarterectomy and who
also have symptomatic carotid artery
stenosis between 50% and 70% or have
asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis ≥
80% in accordance with the Category B
IDE clinical trials regulation (42 CFR
405.201), a trial under the CMS Clinical
Trial Policy (NCD Manual § 310.1, or in
accordance with the National Coverage
Determination on CAS post approval
studies (Medicare NCD Manual 20.7).
Accordingly, CMS considers coverage
for CAS reasonable and necessary
{section 1862 (A)(1)(a) of the Social
Security Act}. However, evidence for
use of CAS with embolic protection for
patients at high risk for carotid
endarterectomy and who also have
symptomatic carotid artery stenosis ≥
70% who are not enrolled in a study or
trial is less compelling. To encourage
responsible and appropriate use of CAS
with embolic protection, CMS issued a
Decision Memo for Carotid Artery
Stenting on March 17, 2005, indicating
that CAS with embolic protection for
patients at high risk for carotid
endarterectomy and who also have
symptomatic carotid artery stenosis ≥
70% will be covered only if performed
in facilities that have been determined
to be competent. In accordance with this
criteria CMS considers coverage for CAS
reasonable and necessary (section
1862(A)(1)(a) of the Social Security Act).
Form Number: CMS–10199 (OMB#:
0938–NEW).
Frequency: Reporting—On.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Total Annual Responses: 1,000.
Total Annual Hours: 500.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Payment Error Rate Measurement
(PERM) of Eligibility in Medicaid and
the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP).
Use: The Improper Payments
Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 requires
CMS to produce national error rates for
Medicaid and the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). To
comply with the IPIA, CMS will use a
national contracting strategy in part to
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-13 and CMS-10088]
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 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: Conditions of Coverage for Organ
Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
486.301-348.
Use: Organ Procurement Organizations are required to submit
accurate data to CMS through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN). The data concerns the organ procurement activities, as
well as various OPO business activities, including information on its
designated service area; structure; various policies, procedures, and
protocols; and its quality assessment and performance improvement
(QAPI) program. This information is necessary to assure maximum
effectiveness in the procurement and distribution of organs.
Form Number: CMS-R-13 (OMB: 0938-0688.
Frequency: Reporting--Every 4 years and as needed.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 58.
Total Annual Responses: 58.
Total Annual Hours: 21,427.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: Notification of Fiscal
Intermediaries (FIs) and CMS of Co-located Medicare Providers and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 412.22 and 412.533.
Use: Many long term care hospitals (LCTHs) are co-located with
other Medicare providers (acute care hospitals, inpatient
rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and psychiatric
facilities), which leads to potential gaming of the Medicare system
based on patient shifting. CMS is requiring LTCHs to notify fiscal
intermediaries (FIs) and CMS of co-located providers. In addition, CMS
has established policies to limit payment abuse that will be based on
FIs tracking patient movement among these co-located providers.
Form Number: CMS-10088 (OMB: 0938-0897.
Frequency: Reporting--as needed.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit and Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Total Annual Responses: 200.
Total Annual Hours: 50.
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.
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 October 31, 2006. CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations
Development--A, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
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Dated: August 25, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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