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as the TAS, the FAQs provide
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10180, CMS–R–
199, CMS–R–72, CMS–10260 and CMS–
10178]
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human 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), 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,
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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: Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Report
on Payables and Receivables; Use:
Collection of CHIP data and the
calculation of the CHIP Incurred But
Not Reported (IBNR) estimate are
pertinent to CMS’ financial audit. The
CFO auditors have reported the lack of
an estimate for CHIP IBNR payables and
receivables as a reportable condition in
the FY 2005 audit of CMS’s financial
statements. It is essential that CMS
collect the necessary data from State
agencies in FY 2006, so that CMS
continues to receive an unqualified
audit opinion on its financial
statements. Program expenditures for
the CHIP have increased since its
inception; as such, CHIP receivables and
payables may materially impact the
financial statements. The CHIP Report
on Payables and Receivables will
provide the information needed to
calculate the CHIP IBNR.; Form
Number: CMS–10180 (OMB#: 0938–
0988); Frequency: Reporting—Annually;
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents:
56; Total Annual Responses: 56; Total
Annual Hours: 336. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Deborah McLeod at 410–786–
0013. For all other issues call 410–786–
1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid Report
on Payables and Receivables; Use: The
Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of
1990, as amended by the Government
Management Reform Act (GMRA) of
1994, requires government agencies to
produce auditable financial statements.
Because the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) fulfills its
mission through its contractors and the
States; these entities are the primary
source of information for the financial
statements. There are three basic
categories of data: Expenses, payables,
and receivables. The CMS–64 is used to
collect data on Medicaid expenses. The
CMS–R–199 collects Medicaid payable
and receivable accounting data from the
States. Form Number: CMS–R–199
(OMB#: 0938–0697); Frequency:
Reporting—Annually; Affected Public:
State, Local or Tribal governments;
Number of Respondents: 56; Total
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Annual Responses: 56; Total Annual
Hours: 336. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact
Deborah McLeod at 410–786–0013. For
all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection;
Title of Information Collection:
Information Collection Requirements in
42 CFR 478.18, 478.34, 478.36, 478.42,
QIO Reconsiderations and Appeals; Use:
In the event that a beneficiary, provider,
physician, or other practitioner does not
agree with the initial determination of a
Quality Improvement Organization
(QIO) or a QIO subcontractor, it is
within that party’s rights to request
reconsideration. The information
collection requirements 42 CFR 478.18,
478.34, 478.36, and 478.42, contain
procedures for QIOs to use in
reconsideration of initial
determinations. The information
requirements contained in these
regulations are on QIOs to provide
information to parties requesting the
reconsideration. These parties will use
the information as guidelines for appeal
rights in instances where issues are
actively being disputed. Form Number:
CMS–R–72 (OMB#: 0938–0443);
Frequency: Reporting—On occasion;
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households and Business or other forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 2,590; Total Annual
Responses: 5,228; Total Annual Hours:
2,822. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Tom Kessler at
410–786–1991. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Advantage and Prescription Drug
Program: Final Marketing Provisions
CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128 (a)(3)
Use: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans
must provide notice to plan members of
impending changes to plan benefits,
premiums and copays in the coming
year so that members will be in the best
position to make an informed choice on
continued enrollment or disenrollment
from that plan at least 15 days before the
Annual Election Period (AEP).
Beginning 2009, organizations will be
required to notify plan members of the
coming year changes using a combined
standardized document at the time of
enrollment and annually thereafter.
Section 422.111 requires, to the extent
that a MA plan has a Web site, annual
notification through the Web site of
written, hard copy notification sent to
the beneficiaries. Section 423.128
requires that a part D plan have
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mechanisms for providing specific
information on a timely basis to current
and prospective enrollees upon request.
These mechanisms include, Internet
Web site that includes information on
part D plan description. MA
organizations (formerly M+C
organizations) and Prescription Drug
Plan Sponsors use the information to
comply with the eligibility requirements
and the MA and part D 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#: 0938–1051); Frequency:
Reporting—Yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 740; Total Annual
Responses: 740; Total Annual Hours:
8,880. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Camille Brown at
410–786–0274. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
5. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid and
Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP)
Managed Care; Use: The Payment Error
Rate Measurement (PERM) program
measures improper payments for
Medicaid and the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The
program was designed to comply with
the Improper Payments Information Act
(IPIA) of 2002 and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
guidance. Although OMB guidance
requires error rate measurement for
SCHIP, 2009 SCHIP legislation
temporarily suspended PERM
measurement for this program and
changed to Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) effective April 01, 2009.
See Children’s Health Insurance
Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
(CHIPRA) Public Law 111–3 for more
details.
There are two phases of the PERM
program, the measurement phase and
the corrective action phase. PERM
measures improper payments in
Medicaid and CHIP and produces State
and national-level error rates for each
program. The error rates are based on
reviews of Medicaid and CHIP fee-forservice (FFS) and managed care
payments made in the Federal fiscal
year under review. States conduct
eligibility reviews and report eligibility
related payment error rates also used in
the national error rate calculation. CMS
created a 17 State rotation cycle so that
each State will participate in PERM
once every three years.
The information collected from the
selected States will be used by Federal
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contractors to conduct Medicaid and
CHIP managed care data processing
reviews on which State-specific error
rates will be calculated. The quarterly
capitation payments will provide the
contractor with the actual claims to be
sampled. The managed care contracts,
rate schedules, and updates to both, will
be used by the federal contractor when
conducting the managed care claims
reviews. Form Number: CMS–10178
(OMB#: 0938–0994); Frequency:
Reporting—Occasionally; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents:
34; Total Annual Responses: 2,040;
Total Annual Hours: 28,050. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Nicole Perry at 410–786–8786.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
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 October 26, 2009.
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974.
e-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: September 18, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection: Comment
Request; 0MB No. 0925–0601/exp. 2/28/
2010, ‘‘Request for Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Line To Be Approved for Use
in NIH Funded Research’’
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Office of Extramural Research, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
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publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (0MB) for
review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: Request for
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line to be
Approved for Use in NIH Funded
Research. Type of Information
Collection Request: Extension, 0MB
0925–0601, Expiration Date 2/28/2010.
Form Number: 2890. The form is used
by applicants to request that human
embryonic stem cell lines be approved
for use in NIH funded research.
Applicants may submit applications at
any time; this request is a one-time
submission. Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government; and
State, Local or Tribal Government. Type
of Respondents: Adult scientific
professionals. The annual reporting
burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100; Estimated Number of Responses
per Respondent: 1; Average Burden
Hours Per Response: 3; and Estimated
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested:
300. The estimated annualized cost to
respondents is $10,500.
Request for Comments: Written
comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Ms. Mikia Currie,
Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Policy for Extramural Research
Administration, NIH, Rockledge 1
Building, Room 3505, 6705 Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892–7974, or
call non-toll-free number 301–435–
0941, or E-mail your request, including
your address to: [curriem@od.nih.gov].
Comments Due Date: Comments
regarding this information collection are
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10180, CMS-R-199, CMS-R-72, CMS-10260 and
CMS-10178]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human 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), 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: Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) Report on Payables and Receivables; Use:
Collection of CHIP data and the calculation of the CHIP Incurred But
Not Reported (IBNR) estimate are pertinent to CMS' financial audit. The
CFO auditors have reported the lack of an estimate for CHIP IBNR
payables and receivables as a reportable condition in the FY 2005 audit
of CMS's financial statements. It is essential that CMS collect the
necessary data from State agencies in FY 2006, so that CMS continues to
receive an unqualified audit opinion on its financial statements.
Program expenditures for the CHIP have increased since its inception;
as such, CHIP receivables and payables may materially impact the
financial statements. The CHIP Report on Payables and Receivables will
provide the information needed to calculate the CHIP IBNR.; Form
Number: CMS-10180 (OMB: 0938-0988); Frequency: Reporting--
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal governments; Number
of Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 56; Total Annual Hours:
336. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Deborah
McLeod at 410-786-0013. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Report
on Payables and Receivables; Use: The Chief Financial Officers (CFO)
Act of 1990, as amended by the Government Management Reform Act (GMRA)
of 1994, requires government agencies to produce auditable financial
statements. Because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
fulfills its mission through its contractors and the States; these
entities are the primary source of information for the financial
statements. There are three basic categories of data: Expenses,
payables, and receivables. The CMS-64 is used to collect data on
Medicaid expenses. The CMS-R-199 collects Medicaid payable and
receivable accounting data from the States. Form Number: CMS-R-199
(OMB: 0938-0697); Frequency: Reporting--Annually; Affected
Public: State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 56;
Total Annual Responses: 56; Total Annual Hours: 336. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Deborah McLeod at 410-786-
0013. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information
Collection: Information Collection Requirements in 42 CFR 478.18,
478.34, 478.36, 478.42, QIO Reconsiderations and Appeals; Use: In the
event that a beneficiary, provider, physician, or other practitioner
does not agree with the initial determination of a Quality Improvement
Organization (QIO) or a QIO subcontractor, it is within that party's
rights to request reconsideration. The information collection
requirements 42 CFR 478.18, 478.34, 478.36, and 478.42, contain
procedures for QIOs to use in reconsideration of initial
determinations. The information requirements contained in these
regulations are on QIOs to provide information to parties requesting
the reconsideration. These parties will use the information as
guidelines for appeal rights in instances where issues are actively
being disputed. Form Number: CMS-R-72 (OMB: 0938-0443);
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or
Households and Business or other for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 2,590; Total Annual Responses: 5,228; Total Annual Hours:
2,822. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Tom
Kessler at 410-786-1991. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare
Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR
422.111(a)(3) and 423.128 (a)(3) Use: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans
must provide notice to plan members of impending changes to plan
benefits, premiums and copays in the coming year so that members will
be in the best position to make an informed choice on continued
enrollment or disenrollment from that plan at least 15 days before the
Annual Election Period (AEP). Beginning 2009, organizations will be
required to notify plan members of the coming year changes using a
combined standardized document at the time of enrollment and annually
thereafter.
Section 422.111 requires, to the extent that a MA plan has a Web
site, annual notification through the Web site of written, hard copy
notification sent to the beneficiaries. Section 423.128 requires that a
part D plan have
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mechanisms for providing specific information on a timely basis to
current and prospective enrollees upon request. These mechanisms
include, Internet Web site that includes information on part D plan
description. MA organizations (formerly M+C organizations) and
Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with the
eligibility requirements and the MA and part D 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: 0938-1051); Frequency:
Reporting--Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 740; Total Annual Responses: 740; Total Annual
Hours: 8,880. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Camille Brown at 410-786-0274. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
5. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid and
Children's Health Insurance (CHIP) Managed Care; Use: The Payment Error
Rate Measurement (PERM) program measures improper payments for Medicaid
and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The program
was designed to comply with the Improper Payments Information Act
(IPIA) of 2002 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.
Although OMB guidance requires error rate measurement for SCHIP, 2009
SCHIP legislation temporarily suspended PERM measurement for this
program and changed to Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
effective April 01, 2009. See Children's Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Public Law 111-3 for more details.
There are two phases of the PERM program, the measurement phase and
the corrective action phase. PERM measures improper payments in
Medicaid and CHIP and produces State and national-level error rates for
each program. The error rates are based on reviews of Medicaid and CHIP
fee-for-service (FFS) and managed care payments made in the Federal
fiscal year under review. States conduct eligibility reviews and report
eligibility related payment error rates also used in the national error
rate calculation. CMS created a 17 State rotation cycle so that each
State will participate in PERM once every three years.
The information collected from the selected States will be used by
Federal contractors to conduct Medicaid and CHIP managed care data
processing reviews on which State-specific error rates will be
calculated. The quarterly capitation payments will provide the
contractor with the actual claims to be sampled. The managed care
contracts, rate schedules, and updates to both, will be used by the
federal contractor when conducting the managed care claims reviews.
Form Number: CMS-10178 (OMB: 0938-0994); Frequency:
Reporting--Occasionally; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
governments; Number of Respondents: 34; Total Annual Responses: 2,040;
Total Annual Hours: 28,050. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Nicole Perry at 410-786-8786. For all other issues
call 410-786-1326.)
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 October 26, 2009.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974. e-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: September 18, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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