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Dated: September 25, 2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10001, CMS–
10009, CMS–10272 and CMS–10242]
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: Health
Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Nondiscrimination Provisions and
Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR
146.121(h) and 121(i)(2)(i); Use: If
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coverage has been denied to any
individual because the sponsor of a selffunded non-Federal governmental plan
had exempt the plan from the
nondiscrimination requirements under
45 CFR 146.180 ‘‘Treatment of NonFederal Governmental Plans’’, and the
plan sponsor subsequently chooses to
bring the plan into compliance, the plan
sponsor must comply with the
requirements under 45 CFR
146.121(i)(2)(i) ‘‘Special Transitional
Rule for Self-Funded Non-Federal
Governmental Plans Exempted under 45
CFR 146.180’’. To bring the plan into
compliance with the requirements, the
plan must notify the individual that the
plan will be coming into compliance,
afford the individual an opportunity to
enroll, specify the effective date of
compliance, and inform the individual
regarding any enrollment restrictions
that may apply under the terms of the
plan once the plan is in compliance.
Form Number: CMS–10001 (OMB#
0938–0827); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
18; Total Annual Responses: 18; Total
Annual Hours: 194.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Health
Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Nondiscrimination Provisions and
Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR
146.121(f)(2)(v)(A); Use: Section 146.121
of the regulations requires Health plans
or issuers to disclose in all plan
materials the terms of certain wellness
programs including the availability of a
reasonable alternative standard. Plan
participants and their dependents need
this information to understand the
rights they have under HIPAA. States
and the Federal government may need
the information supplied by issuers to
properly perform their regulatory
functions. Form Number: CMS–10009
(OMB# 0938–0819); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
2,600; Total Annual Responses: 2,600;
Total Annual Hours: 1,300.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Hospital
Leadership Quality Assessment Tool
(HLQAT); Use: In 2006, the Hospital
Leadership Collaborative (HLC)
launched a public-private partnership to
develop a CMS-endorsed selfassessment tool, ‘‘The Hospital
Leadership and Quality Assessment
Tool’’ (HLQAT) to assist hospitals in the
improvement of quality through
enhanced hospital governance,
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executive, physician, and clinical
engagement. Hospitals leaders will take
the HLQAT instrument via Web-based
technology. This function will be
carried out in conjunction with CMS
and the Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO) 9th Scope of Work
(SOW), to convey the importance of this
effort in relation to Medicare and other
public priorities. This administration of
the HLQAT seeks responses from
approximately a dozen leaders in each
hospital, including physicians (e.g.,
CEO, CMO), board members, directorlevel, and mid-level clinical managers—
these responses can provide a multilevel representation of hospital
leadership showing its commitment to
institutional change. Form Number:
CMS–10272 (OMB# 0938–New);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: Private Sector—Business or
Other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 18,000; Total Annual
Responses: 36,000; Total Annual Hours:
44,820.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Emergency and
Non-Emergency Ambulance Transports
and Beneficiary Signature Requirements
in 42 CFR 424.36(b); Use: In the CY
2008 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final
rule with comment period, we created
an additional exception to the
beneficiary signature requirements in
§ 424.36(b) for emergency ambulance
transports (72 FR 66406). The exception
allows ambulance providers and
suppliers to sign the claim on behalf of
the beneficiary, at the time of transport,
provided that certain documentation
requirements are met. Following
publication of the CY 2008 PFS final
rule with comment period, ambulance
provider and supplier stakeholders
requested that we extend the exception
in § 424.36(b)(6) to non-emergency
ambulance transports, in instances
where the beneficiary is physically or
mentally incapable of signing the claim
form.
The current submission of this
information collection request relates to
the collection of documentation
pertaining to non-emergency ambulance
transports. In addition, we are updating
the collection of information that relates
to the collection of documentation
pertaining to emergency ambulance
transports. Form Number: CMS–10242
(OMB# 0938–1049); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector—Business or Other for-profits
and Not-for-profit institutions; Number
of Respondents: 9,000; Total Annual
Responses: 13,185,835; Total Annual
Hours: 1,098,819.
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To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site
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 December 2, 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 lll, Room C4–26–05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: September 26, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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[Document Identifier: CMS–10261, CMS–
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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
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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: Part C Medicare
Advantage (MA) Reporting
Requirements and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 422.516 (a); Use:
CMS has authority to establish reporting
requirements for Medicare Advantage
Organizations (MAOs) as described in
42 CFR 422.516(a). Under that authority,
each MAO must have an effective
procedure to develop, compile,
evaluate, and report to CMS, to its
enrollees, and to the general public, at
the times and in the manner that CMS
requires, and while safeguarding the
confidentiality of the doctor-patient
relationship, statistics and other
information with respect to the cost of
its operations, patterns of service
utilization, availability, accessibility,
and acceptability of its services,
developments in the health status of its
enrollees, and other matters that CMS
may require.
CMS will not require cost plans to
comply with the following reporting
requirements: Benefit utilization;
procedure frequency; and serious
reportable adverse events. However,
CMS has determined that it is essential
that all beneficiaries understand rules
and requirements of the Medicare plans
which they are being invited to join.
Prospective enrollees in cost plans
should be furnished accurate
information by qualified sales people,
consistent with CMS’ expectation for
prospective enrollees in other play
types. Thus, CMS is requiring reporting
on certain measures CMS’ believes is
critical in monitoring cost plans.
Additionally, CMS believes that section
1876(i)(1)(D) of the Act, and 42 CFR
417.126(a)(6) permits CMS to require
cost plans to report to CMS the data
identified as follows: Provider network
adequacy; grievances; organization
determinations/reconsiderations;
employer group plan sponsor; agent
training and testing; agent commission
structure and plan oversight of agents.
Data collected via Medicare Part C
Reporting Requirements will be an
integral resource for oversight,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10001, CMS-10009, CMS-10272 and CMS-10242]
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: Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Nondiscrimination Provisions
and Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR 146.121(h) and 121(i)(2)(i); Use:
If coverage has been denied to any individual because the sponsor of a
self-funded non-Federal governmental plan had exempt the plan from the
nondiscrimination requirements under 45 CFR 146.180 ``Treatment of Non-
Federal Governmental Plans'', and the plan sponsor subsequently chooses
to bring the plan into compliance, the plan sponsor must comply with
the requirements under 45 CFR 146.121(i)(2)(i) ``Special Transitional
Rule for Self-Funded Non-Federal Governmental Plans Exempted under 45
CFR 146.180''. To bring the plan into compliance with the requirements,
the plan must notify the individual that the plan will be coming into
compliance, afford the individual an opportunity to enroll, specify the
effective date of compliance, and inform the individual regarding any
enrollment restrictions that may apply under the terms of the plan once
the plan is in compliance. Form Number: CMS-10001 (OMB 0938-
0827); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents: 18; Total Annual Responses: 18;
Total Annual Hours: 194.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Nondiscrimination Provisions
and Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR 146.121(f)(2)(v)(A); Use: Section
146.121 of the regulations requires Health plans or issuers to disclose
in all plan materials the terms of certain wellness programs including
the availability of a reasonable alternative standard. Plan
participants and their dependents need this information to understand
the rights they have under HIPAA. States and the Federal government may
need the information supplied by issuers to properly perform their
regulatory functions. Form Number: CMS-10009 (OMB 0938-0819);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents: 2,600; Total Annual Responses:
2,600; Total Annual Hours: 1,300.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Hospital Leadership Quality Assessment Tool
(HLQAT); Use: In 2006, the Hospital Leadership Collaborative (HLC)
launched a public-private partnership to develop a CMS-endorsed self-
assessment tool, ``The Hospital Leadership and Quality Assessment
Tool'' (HLQAT) to assist hospitals in the improvement of quality
through enhanced hospital governance,
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executive, physician, and clinical engagement. Hospitals leaders will
take the HLQAT instrument via Web-based technology. This function will
be carried out in conjunction with CMS and the Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO) 9th Scope of Work (SOW), to convey the importance of
this effort in relation to Medicare and other public priorities. This
administration of the HLQAT seeks responses from approximately a dozen
leaders in each hospital, including physicians (e.g., CEO, CMO), board
members, director-level, and mid-level clinical managers--these
responses can provide a multi-level representation of hospital
leadership showing its commitment to institutional change. Form Number:
CMS-10272 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: Private Sector--Business or Other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 18,000; Total Annual Responses: 36,000; Total Annual
Hours: 44,820.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Emergency and Non-Emergency Ambulance
Transports and Beneficiary Signature Requirements in 42 CFR 424.36(b);
Use: In the CY 2008 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule with
comment period, we created an additional exception to the beneficiary
signature requirements in Sec. 424.36(b) for emergency ambulance
transports (72 FR 66406). The exception allows ambulance providers and
suppliers to sign the claim on behalf of the beneficiary, at the time
of transport, provided that certain documentation requirements are met.
Following publication of the CY 2008 PFS final rule with comment
period, ambulance provider and supplier stakeholders requested that we
extend the exception in Sec. 424.36(b)(6) to non-emergency ambulance
transports, in instances where the beneficiary is physically or
mentally incapable of signing the claim form.
The current submission of this information collection request
relates to the collection of documentation pertaining to non-emergency
ambulance transports. In addition, we are updating the collection of
information that relates to the collection of documentation pertaining
to emergency ambulance transports. Form Number: CMS-10242 (OMB
0938-1049); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector--
Business or Other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number
of Respondents: 9,000; Total Annual Responses: 13,185,835; Total Annual
Hours: 1,098,819.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'
Web Site 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 December 2, 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: September 26, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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