Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 45051-45052 [E7-15681]

Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45051-45052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-118 and CMS-2088-92]


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: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information 
Collection: Quality Improvement (formerly Peer Review) Organization 
Contracts: Solicitation of Statements of Interest from In-State 
Organizations, General Notice and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, 
475.102, 475.103, 475.104, 475.105, 475.106; Use: The criteria that an 
organization must satisfy in order to be eligible for a Medicare 
Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract are specified by law 
and set forth in Sections 1152 and 1153 of the Social Security Act (the 
Act). In very basic terms, the applicant organization must demonstrate 
that it is either a physician-sponsored or physician-access 
organization. The qualifications for in-State status for an otherwise 
qualified QIO organization are also set forth in Section 1153(i) (3) of 
the Act.
    To comply with Section 1153 of the Act, we must publish the 
solicitation of statements of interest from qualified in-State 
organizations no later than January 31, 2008. We wish to publish notice 
of contract expiration dates and the time periods during which 
interested, qualified organizations may submit

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statements of interest and proposals for these contracts substantially 
sooner than the January 2008 deadline, in order to give maximal notice 
and opportunity to all qualified and potentially interested 
organizations. We are soliciting information in the form of responses 
to our request for statements of interest from qualified in-State 
organizations who may wish to compete for the QIO contracts for their 
respective States. The responses should contain an indication of 
interest and information demonstrating the interested organizations' 
eligibility to qualify as a QIO under the requirements of Sections 1152 
and 1153 of the Act. Form Number: CMS-R-118 (OMB: 0938-0526); 
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 53; Total Annual Responses: 53; 
Total Annual Hours: 1.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension without change 
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: 
Outpatient Rehabilitation Provider Cost Report; Use: In accordance with 
sections 1815(a), 1833(e) and 1861(v)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act, providers of service in the Medicare program are required to 
submit annual information to achieve reimbursement for health care 
services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. Section 42 CFR 413.20(b) 
requires that cost reports be required from providers on an annual 
basis. Such cost reports are required to be filed with the provider's 
fiscal intermediary. The CMS 2088-92 cost report is needed to determine 
the amount of reimbursable cost that is due these providers for 
furnishing medical services to Medicare beneficiaries. Form Number: 
CMS-2088-92 (OMB: 0938-0037); Frequency: Reporting--Yearly; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 623; Total Annual Responses: 623; 
Total Annual Hours: 62,300.
    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 9, 2007.

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: August 2, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-15681 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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