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[Document Identifier: CMS–10102, CMS–
2088–92, CMS–10054, and CMS–10343]
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
AGENCY:
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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: National
Implementation of Hospital Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (HCAHPS); Use: The HCAHPS
(Hospital Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems)
survey is the first national,
standardized, publicly reported survey
of patients’ perspectives of hospital
care. Also known as the CAHPS ®
Hospital Survey, it is a survey
instrument and data collection
methodology for measuring patients’
perceptions of their hospital experience.
While many hospitals have collected
information on patient satisfaction for
their own internal use, until HCAHPS
there was no national standard for
collecting and publicly reporting
information about patient experience of
care that allowed valid comparisons to
be made across hospitals locally,
regionally and nationally.
Publicly reported HCAHPS results are
based on four consecutive quarters of
patient surveys. CMS publishes
participating hospitals’ HCAHPS results
on the Hospital Compare Web site four
times a year, with the oldest quarter of
patient surveys rolling off as the most
recent quarter rolls on. Three broad
goals have shaped HCAHPS. First, the
survey is designed to produce
comparable data on the patient’s
perspective on care that allows objective
and meaningful comparisons between
hospitals on domains that are important
to consumers. Second, public reporting
of the survey results is designed to
create incentives for hospitals to
improve their quality of care. Third,
public reporting serves to enhance
public accountability in health care by
increasing the transparency of the
quality of hospital care provided in
return for the public investment. With
these goals in mind, the HCAHPS
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project has taken substantial steps to
assure that the survey is credible,
useful, and practical. This methodology
and the information it generates are
made available to the public. Form
Number: CMS–10102 (OMB#: 0938–
0981); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business
or other for-profits and Not-for-profit
institutions; and Individuals or
households; Number of Respondents:
2,483,775; Total Annual Responses:
2,480,000; Total Annual Hours: 289,342.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection, contact William Lehman at
410–786–1037. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Outpatient
Rehabilitation Provider Cost Report
utilized by Community Mental Health
Centers; Use: In accordance with
sections 1815, 1833 and 1861 of the
Social Security Act, providers of service
in the Medicare program are required to
submit annual information to achieve
reimbursement for health care services
rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. In
addition, 42 CFR 413.20(b) requires that
cost reports will be required from
providers on an annual basis. Such cost
reports are required to be filed with the
provider’s Fiscal Intermediary (FI)/
Medicare Administrative Contractor
(MAC).
The FI/MAC uses the cost report not
only to make settlement with the
provider for the fiscal period covered by
the cost report, but also in deciding
whether to audit the records of the
provider. Form Number: CMS–2088–92
(OMB#: 0938–0037); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business
or other for-profits and Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
596; Total Annual Responses: 596; Total
Annual Hours: 59,600. (For policy
questions regarding this collection,
contact Jill Keplinger at 410–786–4550.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Recognition of
Payment for New Technology
Ambulatory Payment Classification
(APC) Groups under the Outpatient
Prospective Payment System and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Part
419; Use: In the April 7, 2000 final rule
first implementing the hospital
outpatient prospective payment system
(OPPS), we created a set of New
Technology ambulatory payment
classifications (APCs) to pay for certain
new technology services under the
OPPS. These APCs are intended to pay
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for new technology services that were
not covered by the transitional passthrough payments provisions authorized
by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act
(BBRA) of 1999. Both the New
Technology APC provision and the
transitional pass-through provisions
provide ways for ensuring appropriate
payment for new technologies for which
the use and costs are not adequately
represented in the base year claims data
on which the outpatient PPS is
constructed.
CMS needs to keep pace with
emerging new technologies and make
them accessible to Medicare
beneficiaries in a timely manner. It is
necessary that we continue to collect
appropriate information from interested
parties such as hospitals, medical
device manufacturers, pharmaceutical
companies and others that bring to our
attention specific services that they
wish us to evaluate for New Technology
APC payment. We are making no
changes to the information that we
collect. The information that we seek to
continue to collect is necessary to
determine whether certain new services
are eligible for payment in New
Technology APCs, to determine
appropriate coding and to set an
appropriate payment rate for the new
technology service. The intent of these
provisions is to ensure timely
beneficiary access to new and
appropriate technologies. Form Number:
CMS–10054 (OMB#: 0938–0860);
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:
Private sector business or other forprofits; Number of Respondents: 15;
Total Annual Responses: 15; Total
Annual Hours: 180. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Christina Smith Ritter at 410–
786–4636. For all other issues call 410–
786–1326.)
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Plan
Preprint for Medicaid Recovery Audit
Contractors (RACs); Use: Under section
1902(a)(42)(B)(i) of the Social Security
Act, States are required to establish
programs to contract with one or more
Medicaid RACs for the purpose of
identifying underpayments and
recouping overpayments under the State
plan and any waiver of the State plan
with respect to all services for which
payment is made to any entity under
such plan or waiver. Further, the statute
requires States to establish programs to
contract with Medicaid RACs in a
manner consistent with State law, and
generally in the same manner as the
Secretary contracts with Medicare
RACs. State programs contracted with
Medicaid RACs are not required to be
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fully operational until after December
31, 2010. States may submit, to CMS, a
State Plan Amendment (SPA) attesting
that they will establish a Medicaid RAC
program. States have broad discretion
regarding the Medicaid RAC program
design and the number of entities with
which they elect to contract. Many
States already have experience utilizing
contingency-fee-based Third Party
Liability recovery contractors; Form
Number: CMS–10343 (OMB#: 0938–
NEW); Frequency: Once; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
56; Total Annual Responses: 56; Total
Annual Hours: 56. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Mary Jo
Cook at 410–786–3231 or Eva Tetteyfio
at 410–786–3653. 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 February 14, 2011. OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development DivisionB, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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[Document Identifier: CMS–R–268 and
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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
AGENCY:
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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: CMS Survey
Tool for https://www.cms.gov and
https://www.medicare.gov; Use: The
purpose of this submission is to
continue to collect information from
Internet users as they exit from the Web
sites Medicare.gov and CMS.gov. To
ensure that we gather information about
user reactions to the Web sites, we have
developed a survey tool that users can
complete when they exit either site or
by accessing a link on the bottom bar on
the page. The responses on this survey
tool will help CMS to make appropriate
changes to the Web sites in the future.
The survey tool contains questions
about the information that visitors are
seeking from the sites, the degree to
which either site was useful to them, the
improvements that they would like to
see in the sites, and their general
comments. Form Number: CMS–R–268
(OMB# 0938–0756); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, Private sector—Business or
other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual
Responses: 9,100; Total Annual Hours:
1,167. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Matthew Aiken at
410–786–1029. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of currently approved
collection; Title of Information
Collection: Medicare Self-Referral
Disclosure Protocol; Use: Section 6409
of the ACA requires the Secretary to
establish and post information on the
CMS’ public Internet Web site
concerning a self-referral disclosure
protocol (SRDP) that sets forth a process
for providers of services and suppliers
to self-disclose actual or potential
violations of section 1877 of the Act. In
addition, section 6409(b) of the ACA
gives the Secretary authority to reduce
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10102, CMS-2088-92, CMS-10054, and CMS-10343]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: National
Implementation of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers
and Systems (HCAHPS); Use: The HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of
Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey is the first national,
standardized, publicly reported survey of patients' perspectives of
hospital care. Also known as the CAHPS [supreg] Hospital Survey, it is
a survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring
patients' perceptions of their hospital experience. While many
hospitals have collected information on patient satisfaction for their
own internal use, until HCAHPS there was no national standard for
collecting and publicly reporting information about patient experience
of care that allowed valid comparisons to be made across hospitals
locally, regionally and nationally.
Publicly reported HCAHPS results are based on four consecutive
quarters of patient surveys. CMS publishes participating hospitals'
HCAHPS results on the Hospital Compare Web site four times a year, with
the oldest quarter of patient surveys rolling off as the most recent
quarter rolls on. Three broad goals have shaped HCAHPS. First, the
survey is designed to produce comparable data on the patient's
perspective on care that allows objective and meaningful comparisons
between hospitals on domains that are important to consumers. Second,
public reporting of the survey results is designed to create incentives
for hospitals to improve their quality of care. Third, public reporting
serves to enhance public accountability in health care by increasing
the transparency of the quality of hospital care provided in return for
the public investment. With these goals in mind, the HCAHPS project has
taken substantial steps to assure that the survey is credible, useful,
and practical. This methodology and the information it generates are
made available to the public. Form Number: CMS-10102 (OMB:
0938-0981); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector:
Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; and
Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 2,483,775; Total
Annual Responses: 2,480,000; Total Annual Hours: 289,342. (For policy
questions regarding this collection, contact William Lehman at 410-786-
1037. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Outpatient
Rehabilitation Provider Cost Report utilized by Community Mental Health
Centers; Use: In accordance with sections 1815, 1833 and 1861 of the
Social Security Act, providers of service in the Medicare program are
required to submit annual information to achieve reimbursement for
health care services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. In addition,
42 CFR 413.20(b) requires that cost reports will be required from
providers on an annual basis. Such cost reports are required to be
filed with the provider's Fiscal Intermediary (FI)/Medicare
Administrative Contractor (MAC).
The FI/MAC uses the cost report not only to make settlement with
the provider for the fiscal period covered by the cost report, but also
in deciding whether to audit the records of the provider. Form Number:
CMS-2088-92 (OMB: 0938-0037); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits and Not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 596; Total Annual
Responses: 596; Total Annual Hours: 59,600. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Jill Keplinger at 410-786-4550. For
all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension without change
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Recognition of Payment for New Technology Ambulatory Payment
Classification (APC) Groups under the Outpatient Prospective Payment
System and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Part 419; Use: In the
April 7, 2000 final rule first implementing the hospital outpatient
prospective payment system (OPPS), we created a set of New Technology
ambulatory payment classifications (APCs) to pay for certain new
technology services under the OPPS. These APCs are intended to pay
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for new technology services that were not covered by the transitional
pass-through payments provisions authorized by the Balanced Budget
Refinement Act (BBRA) of 1999. Both the New Technology APC provision
and the transitional pass-through provisions provide ways for ensuring
appropriate payment for new technologies for which the use and costs
are not adequately represented in the base year claims data on which
the outpatient PPS is constructed.
CMS needs to keep pace with emerging new technologies and make them
accessible to Medicare beneficiaries in a timely manner. It is
necessary that we continue to collect appropriate information from
interested parties such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers,
pharmaceutical companies and others that bring to our attention
specific services that they wish us to evaluate for New Technology APC
payment. We are making no changes to the information that we collect.
The information that we seek to continue to collect is necessary to
determine whether certain new services are eligible for payment in New
Technology APCs, to determine appropriate coding and to set an
appropriate payment rate for the new technology service. The intent of
these provisions is to ensure timely beneficiary access to new and
appropriate technologies. Form Number: CMS-10054 (OMB: 0938-
0860); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Private sector business or
other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 15; Total Annual Responses:
15; Total Annual Hours: 180. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Christina Smith Ritter at 410-786-4636. For all
other issues call 410-786-1326.)
4. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Plan Preprint for Medicaid Recovery Audit
Contractors (RACs); Use: Under section 1902(a)(42)(B)(i) of the Social
Security Act, States are required to establish programs to contract
with one or more Medicaid RACs for the purpose of identifying
underpayments and recouping overpayments under the State plan and any
waiver of the State plan with respect to all services for which payment
is made to any entity under such plan or waiver. Further, the statute
requires States to establish programs to contract with Medicaid RACs in
a manner consistent with State law, and generally in the same manner as
the Secretary contracts with Medicare RACs. State programs contracted
with Medicaid RACs are not required to be fully operational until after
December 31, 2010. States may submit, to CMS, a State Plan Amendment
(SPA) attesting that they will establish a Medicaid RAC program. States
have broad discretion regarding the Medicaid RAC program design and the
number of entities with which they elect to contract. Many States
already have experience utilizing contingency-fee-based Third Party
Liability recovery contractors; Form Number: CMS-10343 (OMB:
0938-NEW); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 56;
Total Annual Hours: 56. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Mary Jo Cook at 410-786-3231 or Eva Tetteyfio at 410-786-3653.
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 February 14,
2011. OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Division-B, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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