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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–138, CMS–
10147, CMS–10146 and CMS–10064]
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: Medicare
Geographic Classification Review Board
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(MGCRB) Procedures and Criteria and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
412.256 & 412.230; Use: Section
1886(d)(10) of the Social Security Act
established the MGCRB, an entity that
has the authority to accept short-term
hospital inpatient prospective payment
system (IPPS) hospital applications
requesting geographic reclassification
for wage index or standardized payment
amounts and to issue decisions on these
requests. Since it is important to ensure
the accuracy of the MGCRB decisions
and remain apprised of potential
payment impacts, the regulations note
that CMS should also receive a copy of
any hospital’s application to the
MGCRB. The information submitted by
the hospitals is used by CMS staff to
determine the validity of the hospitals’
requests and the discretion used by the
MGCRB in reviewing and making
decisions regarding hospitals’ requests
for geographic reclassification. Since
CMS wrote the guidelines for the
MGCRB, it is essential that CMS staff
monitor this process. Form Number:
CMS–R–138 (OMB# 0938–0573);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 300; Total Annual
Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours:
300.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Prescription Drug Coverage and Your
Rights; Use: Section 42 CFR 423.562,
requires each Part D plan sponsor to
arrange with its network pharmacies to
post or distribute the Medicare
Prescription Drug Coverage and Your
Rights notice to Part D plan enrollees at
each pharmacy visit when the enrollee
disagrees with the information provided
by the pharmacist. The purpose of this
notice is to provide enrollees with
information about how to contact their
Part D plans to request a coverage
determination, including a request for
an exception to the Part D plan’s
formulary. Form Number: CMS 10147
(OMB# 0938–0975); Frequency: Daily;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Number of Respondents: 40,000;
Total Annual Responses: 30,000,000;
Total Annual Hours: 500,000.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Notice of Denial
of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage;
Use: Section 1860D–4(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act, requires Part D plan
sponsors that deny prescription drug
coverage to provide a written notice of
the denial to the enrollee. The written
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notice must include a statement, in clear
language, of the reasons for the denial
and a description of the appeals process.
Form Number: CMS 10146 (OMB#
0938–0976); Frequency: Daily; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 758; Total
Annual Responses: 290,344; Total
Annual Hours: 145,172.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Minimum Data
Set (MDS) for Swing Bed Hospitals and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.114(a)(2) and 413.343(a); Use:
Exercising CMS’ authority under section
1888(e)(7) of the Social Security Act to
determine the most appropriate manner
in which to implement the Skilled
Nursing Facility Prospective Payment
System (SNF PPS) for swing bed
hospitals, CMS designed a 2-page MDS
instrument for use by swing bed
hospitals that includes all resident
assessment data needed to reimburse
swing bed hospitals for SNF-level care
furnished to Medicare beneficiaries and
to provide CMS with the basic
demographic and utilization data for
future planning and analysis. Form
Number: CMS–10064 (OMB# 0938–
0872); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits, not-for-profit institutions and
State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 481; Total
Annual Responses: 50,505; Total
Annual Hours: 328,283.
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.
In commenting on the proposed
information collections please reference
the document identifier or OMB control
number. To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations must
be submitted in one of the following
ways by July 22, 2008:
1. Electronically. You may submit
your comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
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Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number llll, Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: May 15, 2008.
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–211, CMS–
10258, CMS–209, CMS–10259, CMS–R–266,
and CMS–R–306]
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: Model
Application Template for State Child
Health Plan Under Title XXI of the
Social Security Act, State Children’s
Health Insurance Program, Instructions
for Model Application Template; Use:
States are required to submit Title XXI
plans and amendments for approval by
the Secretary pursuant to section 2102
of the Social Security Act in order to
receive funds for initiating and
expanding health insurance coverage for
uninsured children. The model
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application template is used to assist
States in submitting a State Child Health
Plan and amendments to that plan.
Form Number: CMS–R–211 (OMB#
0938–0707); Frequency: Yearly and
occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 40; Total Annual Hours:
3,200.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Survey of State
Medicaid Agencies: Innovative
Approaches to Collecting Citizenship
Documentation; Use: The purpose of the
survey is to collect information from
State Medicaid agencies on innovative
approaches used to collect citizenship
documentation from Medicaid
applicants and recipients. Prior to the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA),
Medicaid applicants could self-attest to
citizenship. As of July 1, 2006,
applicants and recipients are required to
provide original documentation of
citizenship. For some states, this new
requirement is challenging because
there has been a general movement
towards virtual applications by phone,
mail, or online submission. CMS is
using this survey to identify innovative
ways that states have taken advantage of
existing information within the state
system such as matching data, forming
unique partnerships, or holding training
sessions to facilitate effective and
efficient collection of citizenship
documentation. CMS will use the
information collected with the survey to
compile a snapshot of the innovative
and unique approaches states are
employing to meet the citizenship
documentation requirements of the
DRA. The results will be incorporated
into a final comprehensive report that
will be used as an outreach tool that
will then be distributed to states. Form
Number: CMS–10258 (OMB# 0938–
NEW); Frequency: Once; Affected
Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
100; Total Annual Responses: 100; Total
Annual Hours: 25.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Laboratory
Personnel Report (CLIA) and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1—493.2001;
Use: This form is used by the State
agency to determine a laboratory’s
compliance with personnel
qualifications under CLIA. This
information is needed for a laboratory’s
CLIA certification and recertification.
Form Number: CMS–209 (OMB# 0938–
0151); Frequency: Biennially; Affected
Public: Private Sector: Business or other
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-138, CMS-10147, CMS-10146 and CMS-10064]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare
Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB) Procedures and Criteria
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 412.256 & 412.230; Use: Section
1886(d)(10) of the Social Security Act established the MGCRB, an entity
that has the authority to accept short-term hospital inpatient
prospective payment system (IPPS) hospital applications requesting
geographic reclassification for wage index or standardized payment
amounts and to issue decisions on these requests. Since it is important
to ensure the accuracy of the MGCRB decisions and remain apprised of
potential payment impacts, the regulations note that CMS should also
receive a copy of any hospital's application to the MGCRB. The
information submitted by the hospitals is used by CMS staff to
determine the validity of the hospitals' requests and the discretion
used by the MGCRB in reviewing and making decisions regarding
hospitals' requests for geographic reclassification. Since CMS wrote
the guidelines for the MGCRB, it is essential that CMS staff monitor
this process. Form Number: CMS-R-138 (OMB 0938-0573);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and
not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual
Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 300.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare
Prescription Drug Coverage and Your Rights; Use: Section 42 CFR
423.562, requires each Part D plan sponsor to arrange with its network
pharmacies to post or distribute the Medicare Prescription Drug
Coverage and Your Rights notice to Part D plan enrollees at each
pharmacy visit when the enrollee disagrees with the information
provided by the pharmacist. The purpose of this notice is to provide
enrollees with information about how to contact their Part D plans to
request a coverage determination, including a request for an exception
to the Part D plan's formulary. Form Number: CMS 10147 (OMB
0938-0975); Frequency: Daily; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profits; Number of Respondents: 40,000; Total Annual Responses:
30,000,000; Total Annual Hours: 500,000.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Notice of Denial
of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; Use: Section 1860D-4(g)(1) of
the Social Security Act, requires Part D plan sponsors that deny
prescription drug coverage to provide a written notice of the denial to
the enrollee. The written
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notice must include a statement, in clear language, of the reasons for
the denial and a description of the appeals process. Form Number: CMS
10146 (OMB 0938-0976); Frequency: Daily; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 758; Total Annual
Responses: 290,344; Total Annual Hours: 145,172.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Minimum Data Set
(MDS) for Swing Bed Hospitals and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.114(a)(2) and 413.343(a); Use: Exercising CMS' authority under
section 1888(e)(7) of the Social Security Act to determine the most
appropriate manner in which to implement the Skilled Nursing Facility
Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for swing bed hospitals, CMS
designed a 2-page MDS instrument for use by swing bed hospitals that
includes all resident assessment data needed to reimburse swing bed
hospitals for SNF-level care furnished to Medicare beneficiaries and to
provide CMS with the basic demographic and utilization data for future
planning and analysis. Form Number: CMS-10064 (OMB 0938-0872);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profits, not-for-profit institutions and State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents: 481; Total Annual Responses:
50,505; Total Annual Hours: 328,283.
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.
In commenting on the proposed information collections please
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of
the following ways by July 22, 2008:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number --------, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: May 15, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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