Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 71177-71178 [E6-20666]
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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 implementation of
Public Law No: 109–171 Deficit
Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. CMS does
not have sufficient time to complete the
normal PRA clearance process.
We request this Paperwork Reduction
Act clearance under an emergency
approval process to allow States to
implement the following DRA
provisions: 6036, 6041, 6042, 6043,
6044, and 6083. This emergency request
is to ensure that statutory effective dates
of the provisions are not missed.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Alternative
Benefits State Plan Amendment Health
Opportunity Accounts (HOA)
Demonstration Program; Use: The DRA
provides States with numerous
flexibilities in operating their State
Medicaid programs. For example,
Section 6082 of the DRA allows up to
10 States to operate Medicaid
demonstrations to test alternative
systems for delivering their Medicaid
benefits. Under these demonstrations,
States would have the flexibility to
deliver their Medicaid benefits to
volunteer beneficiaries through a
program that is comprised of an HOA
and a High Deductible Health Plan
(HDHP). Under the DRA, States can
submit a State Plan Pre-print to CMS to
effectuate this change to their Medicaid
programs. CMS will provide a State
Medicaid Director letter providing
guidance on this provision and the
implementation of the DRA and the
associated State Plan Amendment
template for use by States to modify
their Medicaid State Plans if they
choose to implement this flexibility;
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Form Number: CMS–10216 (OMB#:
0938–New); Frequency: Reporting: Onetime; Affected Public: State, Local or
Tribal Government; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 10; Total Annual Hours: 10.
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of these collections by
December 22, 2006, with a 180-day
approval period. Written comments and
recommendations will be considered
from the public if received by the
individuals designated below by
December 18, 2006.
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.
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
received by the designees referenced
below by December 18, 2006:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Room C4–26–05, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–
1850, Attn: Melissa Musotto (CMS–
10216) and,
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Katherine Astrich,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: November 30, 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 and Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10117, 10118,
10119, 10135, 10136 and 10214]
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 because the use of normal
clearance procedures is reasonably
likely to cause a statutory deadline to be
missed.
The Social Security Act requires that
applicant organizations, offering Part C
benefits for January 2008 be contracted
with CMS for their approved service
area with open enrollment beginning on
November 15, 2007. Further, the Act
requires the submission of Part C benefit
bids from applicant organizations by the
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first Monday in June of 2007. In order
to meet the Medicare Prescription Drug
Improvement and Modernization Act
requirements, key preceding events
must occur. If these events do not occur
according to the statutorily mandated
timeline, other statutory requirements
will not be met.
For the 2008 contract year, CMS is
implementing several steps to reduce
the person-hours necessary to complete
the Part C solicitations. These steps
include automating substantial portions
of the Part C Plan solicitations within
CMS’ Health Plan Management System
(HPMS) and streamlining key
information previously requested by
attachments.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection;
Medicare Advantage Applications:
Medicare Advantage (MA) Application
Coordinated Care Plans (CMS–10117);
Medicare Advantage (MA) Application
Private Fee-For-Service Plans (CMS–
10118); Medicare Advantage (MA)
Application Regional PPO Plans (CMS–
10119); Medicare Advantage (MA)
Application Service Area Expansion
(SAE) for Coordinated Care Plans:
Private Fee Service Plans (CMS–10135);
Medical Savings Account Plans (CMS–
10136); and Employer Group Waiver
Plans (CMS–10214).
Form Number: CMS–10117, 10118,
10119, 10135, 10136 and 10214 (OMB#:
0938–0935).
Use: An entity seeking a contract as
an MA organization must be able to
provide Medicare’s basic benefits plus
meet the organizational requirements set
out under the regulations at 42 CFR Part
422. An applicant must demonstrate
that it can meet the benefit and other
requirements within the specific
geographic area it is requesting. The
application forms are designed to give
CMS the information needed to
determine a health plan’s compliance
with the regulations at 42 CFR Part 422.
The MA application forms will be used
by CMS to determine whether an entity
is eligible to enter into a contract to
provide services to Medicare
beneficiaries.
Frequency: Reporting—Once.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 220.
Total Annual Responses: 220.
Total Annual Hours: 5580.
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of this collection by January 5,
2007, with a 180-day approval period.
Written comments and recommendation
will be considered from the public if
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received by the individuals designated
below by December 22, 2006.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’s 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.
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 December 22, 2006:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: Bonnie L. Harkless, Room C4–
26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244–1850, and,
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett,
New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503. Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974.
Dated: November 30, 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–10215 and CMS–
10148]
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
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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: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of
Physician Administered Drug National
Drug Code (NDC) Numbers on State
Medicaid Claims and Supporting
Regulations at 42 CFR 447.520. Use:
Section 6002 of the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 (DRA) added provisions
under Section 1927 of the Social
Security Act to require physicians in
their offices and hospital outpatient
settings or other entities (e.g., non-profit
facilities) to collect and submit the drug
NDC numbers on Medicaid claims to
their State within specified timeframes.
We estimate that there are 20,000
physician offices, hospital outpatient
settings or other entities concentrating
in the specialties of oncology,
rheumatology and urology that will be
required by their State Medicaid
Programs to collect and submit ‘‘J’’ drug
code data match with NDC numbers.
Form Number: CMS–10215 (OMB#:
0938–NEW); Frequency: Reporting—
weekly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
20,000; Total Annual Responses:
3,910,000; Total Annual Hours: 15,836.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: HIPAA
Administrative Simplification
Enforcement Non-Privacy Enforcement;
Use: The Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became
law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). Subtitle
F of Title II of HIPAA, entitled
‘‘Administrative Simplification,’’
requires the Secretary of HHS to adopt
national standards for certain
information-related activities of the
health care industry. The HIPAA
provisions, by statute, apply only to
‘‘covered entities’’ referred to in section
1320d–2(a)(1) of this title.
Responsibility for administering and
enforcing the HIPAA Administrative
Simplification Transactions, Code Sets,
Identifiers and Security rules has been
delegated to CMS. The initial
information collected to enforce these
rules will be used to initiate
enforcement actions. This information
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10117, 10118, 10119, 10135, 10136 and 10214]
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 because the use of normal clearance procedures is
reasonably likely to cause a statutory deadline to be missed.
The Social Security Act requires that applicant organizations,
offering Part C benefits for January 2008 be contracted with CMS for
their approved service area with open enrollment beginning on November
15, 2007. Further, the Act requires the submission of Part C benefit
bids from applicant organizations by the
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first Monday in June of 2007. In order to meet the Medicare
Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act requirements, key
preceding events must occur. If these events do not occur according to
the statutorily mandated timeline, other statutory requirements will
not be met.
For the 2008 contract year, CMS is implementing several steps to
reduce the person-hours necessary to complete the Part C solicitations.
These steps include automating substantial portions of the Part C Plan
solicitations within CMS' Health Plan Management System (HPMS) and
streamlining key information previously requested by attachments.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection; Medicare Advantage Applications:
Medicare Advantage (MA) Application Coordinated Care Plans (CMS-10117);
Medicare Advantage (MA) Application Private Fee-For-Service Plans (CMS-
10118); Medicare Advantage (MA) Application Regional PPO Plans (CMS-
10119); Medicare Advantage (MA) Application Service Area Expansion
(SAE) for Coordinated Care Plans: Private Fee Service Plans (CMS-
10135); Medical Savings Account Plans (CMS-10136); and Employer Group
Waiver Plans (CMS-10214).
Form Number: CMS-10117, 10118, 10119, 10135, 10136 and 10214
(OMB: 0938-0935).
Use: An entity seeking a contract as an MA organization must be
able to provide Medicare's basic benefits plus meet the organizational
requirements set out under the regulations at 42 CFR Part 422. An
applicant must demonstrate that it can meet the benefit and other
requirements within the specific geographic area it is requesting. The
application forms are designed to give CMS the information needed to
determine a health plan's compliance with the regulations at 42 CFR
Part 422. The MA application forms will be used by CMS to determine
whether an entity is eligible to enter into a contract to provide
services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Frequency: Reporting--Once.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 220.
Total Annual Responses: 220.
Total Annual Hours: 5580.
CMS is requesting OMB review and approval of this collection by
January 5, 2007, with a 180-day approval period. Written comments and
recommendation will be considered from the public if received by the
individuals designated below by December 22, 2006.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's
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.
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 December 22, 2006:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Bonnie L. Harkless, Room C4-
26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, and,
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Fax
Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: November 30, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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