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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10198 and CMS–
10203]
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: Creditable
Coverage Disclosure To CMS
Instructions contained in 42 CFR
423.56; Use: Section 1860D–13 of the
Medicare Modernization Act requires
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certain entities that provide prescription
drug coverage to Medicare Part D
eligible individuals to disclose to CMS
whether such coverage meets the
actuarial requirements specified in the
guidelines provided by CMS. The
actuarial determination measures
whether the expected amount of paid
claims under the entity’s prescription
drug coverage is at least as much as the
expected amount of paid claims under
the standard Medicare prescription drug
benefit. This information will be used
for research, program evaluation and to
verify whether or not beneficiaries are
subject to a late enrollment penalty;
Form Number: CMS–10198 (OMB#:
0938—New); Frequency: Recordkeeping,
third party disclosure and reporting—
On occasion and Annually; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit, notfor-profit institutions and Federal, State,
local or tribal government; Number of
Respondents: 446,160; Total Annual
Responses: 450,660; Total Annual
Hours: 37,555.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Health
Outcome Survey (HOS) and supporting
regulations at 42 CFR 422.152; Use: The
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 mandates the collection, analysis
and reporting of health outcomes
information. The collection of Medicare
health outcomes information is
necessary to hold Medicare managed
care contractors accountable for the
quality of care they are delivering. This
reporting requirement allows CMS to
obtain the information necessary for the
proper oversight of the program. Form
Number: CMS–10203 (OMB#: 0938—
New); Frequency: Recordkeeping,
reporting: Annually; Affected Public:
Individuals or households, business or
other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
320,040; Total Annual Responses:
320,040; Total Annual Hours: 105,613.
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,
PO 00000
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Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503. Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: October 19, 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–204, CMS–
10208, and CMS–301]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Data Collection
for the Second Generation Social Health
Maintenance Organization
Demonstration; Use: The purpose of the
Second Generation Social Health
Maintenance Organization
Demonstration (S/HMO–II) is to refine
the targeting and financing
methodologies, and benefit design of the
Social Health Maintenance Organization
Demonstration model. Four primary
components of the S/HMO–II
demonstration are: (1) A geriatric care
approach that will be applied across the
entire spectrum of S/HMO–II enrollees;
(2) expanded community care
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10198 and CMS-10203]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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: Creditable Coverage Disclosure To CMS
Instructions contained in 42 CFR 423.56; Use: Section 1860D-13 of the
Medicare Modernization Act requires certain entities that provide
prescription drug coverage to Medicare Part D eligible individuals to
disclose to CMS whether such coverage meets the actuarial requirements
specified in the guidelines provided by CMS. The actuarial
determination measures whether the expected amount of paid claims under
the entity's prescription drug coverage is at least as much as the
expected amount of paid claims under the standard Medicare prescription
drug benefit. This information will be used for research, program
evaluation and to verify whether or not beneficiaries are subject to a
late enrollment penalty; Form Number: CMS-10198 (OMB: 0938--
New); Frequency: Recordkeeping, third party disclosure and reporting--
On occasion and Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, not-for-profit institutions and Federal, State, local or tribal
government; Number of Respondents: 446,160; Total Annual Responses:
450,660; Total Annual Hours: 37,555.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS) and
supporting regulations at 42 CFR 422.152; Use: The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 mandates
the collection, analysis and reporting of health outcomes information.
The collection of Medicare health outcomes information is necessary to
hold Medicare managed care contractors accountable for the quality of
care they are delivering. This reporting requirement allows CMS to
obtain the information necessary for the proper oversight of the
program. Form Number: CMS-10203 (OMB: 0938--New); Frequency:
Recordkeeping, reporting: Annually; Affected Public: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 320,040; Total Annual Responses:
320,040; Total Annual Hours: 105,613.
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: October 19, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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