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Dated: October 1, 2008.
Antonia T. Harris,
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Resources,Department of Health and Human
Services.
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Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel: Occupational Safety
and Health Training Projects Grants,
Request for Applications (RFA) 06–
484; Occupational Safety and Health
Educational Research Centers, RFA
06–485
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal AdvisoryCommittee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for
DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC)
announces the aforementioned meeting:
Times and Dates:8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.,
December 11, 2008 (Closed).8:30 a.m.–5
p.m., December 12, 2008 (Closed).
Place: Harbour View Inn, 2 Vendue
Range, Charleston, South Carolina
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provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4)
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Determination of the Director,
Management Analysis and Services
Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–
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will include the review, discussion, and
evaluation of ‘‘Occupational Safety and
Health Training Projects Grants, RFA
06–484; Occupational Safety and Health
Educational Research Centers, RFA 06–
485.’’
There will be a site visit at the
University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), on November 11–13, 2008; to
advise and make recommendations to
the Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control SEP:
Occupational Safety and Health
Training Projects Grants, RFA 06–484;
Occupational Safety and Health
Educational Research Centers, RFA 06–
485.
Times, Dates, and Place of site visit:
Times and Dates:7 a.m.–9 p.m.,
November 11, 2008.8 a.m.–6:30 p.m.,
November 12, 2008.8 a.m.–5 p.m.,
November 13, 2008.
Place: UCLA Guest House, 330
Charles E. Young Drive East, Los
Angeles, California 90095.
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Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–262, CMS–
10142, CMS–10175 and CMS–R–218]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: CY 2010 Plan
Benefit Package (PBP) and Formulary
Submission for Medicare Advantage
(MA) Plans and Prescription Drug Plans
(PDP) Use: Under the Medicare
Modernization Act (MMA), Medicare
Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug
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Plan (PDP) organizations are required to
submit plan benefit packages for all
Medicare beneficiaries residing in their
service area. The plan benefit package
submission consists of the formulary
file, Plan Benefit Package (PBP)
software, and supporting documentation
as necessary. MA and PDP organizations
will generate a formulary to illustrate
their list of drugs, including information
on prior authorization, step therapy,
tiering, and quantity limits.
Additionally, the PBP software will be
used to describe their organization’s
plan benefit packages, including
information on premiums, cost sharing,
authorization rules, and supplemental
benefits. CMS uses the formulary and
PBP data to review and approve the
plan benefit packages proposed by each
MA and PDP organization.
CMS requires that MA and PDP
organizations submit a completed
formulary and PBP as part of the annual
bidding process. During this process,
organizations prepare their proposed
plan benefit packages for the upcoming
contract year and submit them to CMS
for review and approval. Based on
operational changes and policy
clarifications to the Medicare program
and continued input and feedback by
the industry, CMS has made the
necessary changes to the plan benefit
package submission. Form Number:
CMS–R–262 (OMB# 0938–0763);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits b. Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 475; Total Annual
Responses: 4987.5; Total Annual Hours:
12112.5.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: CY 2010 Bid
Pricing Tool (BPT) for Medicare
Advantage (MA) Plans and Prescription
Drug Plans (PDP). Use: Under the
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA), and implementing
regulations at 42 CFR, Medicare
Advantage organizations (MAO) and
Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) are
required to submit an actuarial pricing
‘‘bid’’ for each plan offered to Medicare
beneficiaries for approval by CMS.
MAOs and PDPs use the Bid Pricing
Tool (BPT) software to develop their
actuarial pricing bid. The information
provided in the BPT is the basis for the
plan’s enrollee premiums and CMS
payments for each contract year. The
tool collects data such as medical
expense development (from claims data
and/or manual rating), administrative
expenses, profit levels, and projected
plan enrollment information. By statute,
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completed BPTs are due to CMS by the
first Monday of June each year. CMS
reviews and analyzes the information
provided on the Bid Pricing Tool.
Ultimately, CMS decides whether to
approve the plan pricing (i.e., payment
and premium) proposed by each
organization. Form Number: CMS–
10142 (OMB# 0938–0944); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profits b. Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
550; Total Annual Responses: 6050;
Total Annual Hours: 42,350.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection;
Title of Information Collection:
Certification Statement for Electronic
File Interchange Organizations (EFIOs)
Use: Health care providers can currently
obtain a National Provider Identifier
(NPI) via a paper application or over the
Internet through the National Plan and
Provider Enumeration System (NPPES).
These applications must be submitted
individually, on a per-provider basis.
The Electronic File Interchange (EFI)
process allows provider-designated
electronic file interchange organizations
(EFIOs) to capture multiple providers’
NPI application information on a single
electronic file for submission to NPPES.
This process is also referred to as ‘‘bulk
enumeration.’’ To ensure that the EFIO
has the authority to act on behalf of each
provider and complies with other
Federal requirements, an authorized
official of the EFIO must sign a
certification statement and mail it to the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS–
10175 (OMB# 0938–0984); Frequency:
Once; Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 300; Total Annual
Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours:
300.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements contained in
45 CFR Part 162; HIPAA Standards for
Electronic Transactions. Use: We are
revising the currently approved
information collection request to
include the information collection
requirements contained in CMS–0009–P
(73 FR 49742). In the aforementioned
regulation, we update the adopted
standards for electronic transactions and
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propose the adoption of a new standard
transaction for Medicaid subrogation for
retail pharmacy claims. The use of these
updated and additional standards
would improve the Medicare and
Medicaid programs and other Federal
health programs as well as private
health programs, and the effectiveness
and efficiency of the health care
industry in general, by simplifying the
administration of the system and
fostering and increase in EDI for
exchanging healthcare information.
Increased advances in technology and
improvements in healthcare business
processes have fostered development of
updated EDI standards to facilitate
efficient and effective flow of
administrative operations. Adopting an
updated version of the standards and a
new standard for Medicaid subrogation
would greatly improve EDI
standardization for healthcare
transactions. Form Number: CMS–R–
218 (OMB# 0938–0866); Frequency:
Once; Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 696,026; Total Annual
Responses: 696,026; Total Annual
Hours: 6,960,260.
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 9, 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
PO 00000
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Control Number llll, Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Annual Report / ACF 204 (State
MOE)—1 collection.
OMB No.: 0970–0248.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a three-year extension of the
ACF–204 (Annual MOE Report). The
report is used to collect descriptive
program characteristics information on
the programs operated by States and
Territories in association with their
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) programs. All State
and Territory expenditures claimed
toward States and Territories MOE
requirements must be appropriate, i.e.,
meet all applicable MOE requirements.
The Annual MOE Report provides the
ability to learn about and to monitor the
nature of State and Territory
expenditures used to meet States and
Territories MOE requirements, and it is
an important source of information
about the different ways that States and
Territories are using their resources to
help families attain and maintain selfsufficiency. In addition, the report is
used to obtain State and Territory
program characteristics for ACFs annual
report to Congress, and the report serves
as a useful resource to use in
Congressional hearings about how
TANF programs are evolving, in
assessing State the Territory MOE
expenditures, and in assessing the need
for legislative changes.
Respondents: The 50 States of the
United States, the District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-262, CMS-10142, CMS-10175 and CMS-R-218]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: CY 2010 Plan
Benefit Package (PBP) and Formulary Submission for Medicare Advantage
(MA) Plans and Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) Use: Under the Medicare
Modernization Act (MMA), Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug
Plan (PDP) organizations are required to submit plan benefit packages
for all Medicare beneficiaries residing in their service area. The plan
benefit package submission consists of the formulary file, Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) software, and supporting documentation as necessary. MA
and PDP organizations will generate a formulary to illustrate their
list of drugs, including information on prior authorization, step
therapy, tiering, and quantity limits. Additionally, the PBP software
will be used to describe their organization's plan benefit packages,
including information on premiums, cost sharing, authorization rules,
and supplemental benefits. CMS uses the formulary and PBP data to
review and approve the plan benefit packages proposed by each MA and
PDP organization.
CMS requires that MA and PDP organizations submit a completed
formulary and PBP as part of the annual bidding process. During this
process, organizations prepare their proposed plan benefit packages for
the upcoming contract year and submit them to CMS for review and
approval. Based on operational changes and policy clarifications to the
Medicare program and continued input and feedback by the industry, CMS
has made the necessary changes to the plan benefit package submission.
Form Number: CMS-R-262 (OMB 0938-0763); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits b. Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 475; Total Annual Responses:
4987.5; Total Annual Hours: 12112.5.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: CY 2010 Bid
Pricing Tool (BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans and Prescription
Drug Plans (PDP). Use: Under the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), and implementing
regulations at 42 CFR, Medicare Advantage organizations (MAO) and
Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) are required to submit an actuarial
pricing ``bid'' for each plan offered to Medicare beneficiaries for
approval by CMS. MAOs and PDPs use the Bid Pricing Tool (BPT) software
to develop their actuarial pricing bid. The information provided in the
BPT is the basis for the plan's enrollee premiums and CMS payments for
each contract year. The tool collects data such as medical expense
development (from claims data and/or manual rating), administrative
expenses, profit levels, and projected plan enrollment information. By
statute,
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completed BPTs are due to CMS by the first Monday of June each year.
CMS reviews and analyzes the information provided on the Bid Pricing
Tool. Ultimately, CMS decides whether to approve the plan pricing
(i.e., payment and premium) proposed by each organization. Form Number:
CMS-10142 (OMB 0938-0944); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits b. Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 550; Total Annual Responses: 6050; Total Annual Hours:
42,350.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information
Collection: Certification Statement for Electronic File Interchange
Organizations (EFIOs) Use: Health care providers can currently obtain a
National Provider Identifier (NPI) via a paper application or over the
Internet through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System
(NPPES). These applications must be submitted individually, on a per-
provider basis. The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) process allows
provider-designated electronic file interchange organizations (EFIOs)
to capture multiple providers' NPI application information on a single
electronic file for submission to NPPES. This process is also referred
to as ``bulk enumeration.'' To ensure that the EFIO has the authority
to act on behalf of each provider and complies with other Federal
requirements, an authorized official of the EFIO must sign a
certification statement and mail it to the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS-10175 (OMB 0938-
0984); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or
other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual Responses:
300; Total Annual Hours: 300.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements contained in 45 CFR Part 162; HIPAA Standards
for Electronic Transactions. Use: We are revising the currently
approved information collection request to include the information
collection requirements contained in CMS-0009-P (73 FR 49742). In the
aforementioned regulation, we update the adopted standards for
electronic transactions and propose the adoption of a new standard
transaction for Medicaid subrogation for retail pharmacy claims. The
use of these updated and additional standards would improve the
Medicare and Medicaid programs and other Federal health programs as
well as private health programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency
of the health care industry in general, by simplifying the
administration of the system and fostering and increase in EDI for
exchanging healthcare information. Increased advances in technology and
improvements in healthcare business processes have fostered development
of updated EDI standards to facilitate efficient and effective flow of
administrative operations. Adopting an updated version of the standards
and a new standard for Medicaid subrogation would greatly improve EDI
standardization for healthcare transactions. Form Number: CMS-R-218
(OMB 0938-0866); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private
Sector--Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 696,026; Total Annual Responses: 696,026; Total
Annual Hours: 6,960,260.
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 9, 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: October 2, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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