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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10260 and CMS–
10256]
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: Medicare
Advantage (MA) Disclosure
Requirements; Use: The information
collection requirements are mandated
by 42 CFR 422.111 and 422.80. MA
organizations will be required to notify
plan members of the coming year’s
changes using a combined standardized
document. MA organizations and
potential MA organizations (applicants)
will use the information to comply with
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the eligibility requirements and the MA
contract requirements. CMS will use
this information to ensure that correct
information is disclosed to Medicare
beneficiaries, both potential enrollees
and enrollees. Form Number: CMS–
10260 (OMB# 0938–New); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 670; Total Annual
Responses: 670; Total Annual Hours:
8040.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Care
Management performance (MCMP)
Demonstration; Use: Section 649 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) requires the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services to establish a pay-forperformance (P4P) demonstration
program with physicians to meet the
needs of eligible beneficiaries through
the adoption and use of health
information technology (HIT) and
evidence-based outcome measures. The
Medicare Care Management
Performance Demonstration was
established in response to the MMA.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. is
conducting an evaluation of the MCMP
on behalf of CMS. The goals of the
three-year demonstration are to improve
quality of care to eligible fee-for-service
Medicare beneficiaries and encourage
the implementation and use of HIT. The
specific objectives are to promote
continuity of care, help stabilize
medical conditions, prevent or
minimize acute exacerbations of chronic
conditions, and reduce adverse health
outcomes. The MMA authorizes a total
of four sites in both urban and rural
areas. The demonstration sites are in
Arkansas, California, Massachusetts,
and Utah. The MCMP demonstration
will target practices serving at least 50
traditional fee-for-service Medicare
beneficiaries with congestive heart
failure, coronary heart disease, and
diabetes for whom they provide primary
care.
An impact analysis using a
comparison group design will be
conducted as part of the evaluation.
Physician practices in selected nondemonstration States that match most
closely those in demonstration States on
key factors will make up the comparison
group. The impact analysis will use data
from four data sources: (1) A beneficiary
survey, (2) a physician survey, (3)
Medicare claims and eligibility data,
and (4) practice-specific data. This
request relates to the two surveys. Form
Number: CMS–10256 (OMB# 0938–
New); Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
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Business or other for-profits, and
Individual and households; Number of
Respondents: 6,400; Total Annual
Responses: 6,400; Total Annual Hours:
1,472.
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 by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on September 15, 2008. OMB Human
Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: OMB Desk Officer, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
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–4040 and
4040SP, CMS–R–10, CMS–10130A and
10130B, and CMS–R–257]
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,
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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: Request for
Enrollment in Supplementary Medical
Insurance; Use: Section 1836 of the
Social Security Act and 42 CFR 407.10
provide the eligibility requirements for
enrollment in Supplementary Medical
Insurance (Part B) for individuals age 65
and older who are not entitled to
premium-free Hospital Insurance (Part
A). The form CMS–4040 is used to
establish entitlement to Part B by
individuals ineligible for Part A under
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Form Number: CMS–4040 and 4040SP
(OMB# 0938–0245); Frequency: Once;
Affected Public: Individuals and
households; Number of Respondents:
10,000; Total Annual Responses:
10,000; Total Annual Hours: 2,500.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: BPD–718:
Advance Directives (Medicare and
Medicaid); Use: Steps have been taken
at both the Federal and State level to
afford greater opportunity for the
individual to participate in decisions
made concerning the medical treatment
to be received by an adult patient in the
event that the patient is unable to
communicate to others a preference
about medical treatment. The individual
may make his preference known
through the use of an advance directive,
which is a written instruction prepared
in advance, such as a living will or
durable power of attorney. This
information is documented in a
prominent part of the individual’s
medical record. Advance directives as
described in the Patient SelfDetermination Act have increased the
individual’s control over decisions
concerning medical treatment. The
advance directives requirement was
enacted because Congress wanted
individuals to know that they have a
right to make health care decisions and
to refuse treatment even when they are
unable to communicate. Sections 4206
of OBRA ’90 defined an advance
directive as a written instruction
recognized under State law relating to
the provision of health care when an
individual is incapacitated (those
persons unable to communicate their
wishes regarding medical treatment).
All states have enacted legislation
defining a patient’s right to make
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decisions regarding medical care,
including the right to accept or refuse
medical or surgical treatment and the
right to formulate advance directives.
Participating hospitals, skilled nursing
facilities/nursing facilities, home health
agencies, providers of home health care,
hospices, religious nonmedical health
care institutions, and prepaid or eligible
organizations (including Health Care
Prepayment Plans (HCPPs) and
Medicare Advantage Organizations
(MAOs) such as Coordinated Care Plans,
Demonstration Projects, Chronic Care
Demonstration Projects, Program of All
Inclusive Care for the Elderly, Private
Fee for Service, and Medical Savings
Accounts must provide written
information, at explicit time frames, to
all adult individuals about: (a) The right
to accept or refuse medical or surgical
treatments; (b) the right to formulate an
advance directive; (c) a description of
applicable State law (provided by the
State); and (d) the provider’s or
organization’s policies and procedures
for implementing an advance directive.
Form Number: CMS–R–10 (OMB#
0938–0610); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 35,484; Total
Annual Responses: 19,870,000; Total
Annual Hours: 927,550.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Federal
Reimbursement of Emergency Health
Services Furnished to Undocumented
Aliens, Section 1011 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA):
‘‘Section 1011 Provider Payment
Determination’’ and ‘‘Request for
Section 1011 Hospital On-Call Payments
to Physicians’’ Forms; Use: Section 1011
of the MMA requires that the Secretary
establish a process under which eligible
providers (certain hospitals, physicians
and ambulance providers) may request
payment for (claim) their otherwise unreimbursed costs of providing eligible
services. The Secretary must make
quarterly payments directly to such
providers. The Secretary must also
implement measures to ensure that
inappropriate, excessive, or fraudulent
payments are not made under Section
1011, including certification by
providers of the accuracy of their
requests for payment. The Section 1011
Provider Payment Determination and
the Request for Section 1011 Hospital
On-Call Payments to Physicians forms
have been established to address the
statutory requirements. Form Number:
CMS–10130A and 10130B (OMB# 0938–
0952); Frequency: Daily, Weekly,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10260 and CMS-10256]
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: Medicare Advantage (MA) Disclosure
Requirements; Use: The information collection requirements are mandated
by 42 CFR 422.111 and 422.80. MA organizations will be required to
notify plan members of the coming year's changes using a combined
standardized document. MA organizations and potential MA organizations
(applicants) will use the information to comply with the eligibility
requirements and the MA contract requirements. CMS will use this
information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare
beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees. Form Number:
CMS-10260 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 670; Total Annual
Responses: 670; Total Annual Hours: 8040.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Care Management performance (MCMP)
Demonstration; Use: Section 649 of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) requires the Secretary
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pay-
for-performance (P4P) demonstration program with physicians to meet the
needs of eligible beneficiaries through the adoption and use of health
information technology (HIT) and evidence-based outcome measures. The
Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration was established in
response to the MMA. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. is conducting an
evaluation of the MCMP on behalf of CMS. The goals of the three-year
demonstration are to improve quality of care to eligible fee-for-
service Medicare beneficiaries and encourage the implementation and use
of HIT. The specific objectives are to promote continuity of care, help
stabilize medical conditions, prevent or minimize acute exacerbations
of chronic conditions, and reduce adverse health outcomes. The MMA
authorizes a total of four sites in both urban and rural areas. The
demonstration sites are in Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, and
Utah. The MCMP demonstration will target practices serving at least 50
traditional fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with congestive
heart failure, coronary heart disease, and diabetes for whom they
provide primary care.
An impact analysis using a comparison group design will be
conducted as part of the evaluation. Physician practices in selected
non-demonstration States that match most closely those in demonstration
States on key factors will make up the comparison group. The impact
analysis will use data from four data sources: (1) A beneficiary
survey, (2) a physician survey, (3) Medicare claims and eligibility
data, and (4) practice-specific data. This request relates to the two
surveys. Form Number: CMS-10256 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency:
Once; Affected Public:
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Business or other for-profits, and Individual and households; Number of
Respondents: 6,400; Total Annual Responses: 6,400; Total Annual Hours:
1,472.
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 by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on September 15,
2008. OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: OMB Desk
Officer, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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