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and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is being amended at
Chapter AM, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Financial Resources
(ASFR), as last amended at 75 FR 369–
370, dated January 5, 2010, 74 FR
57679–57682, dated November 9, 2009,
74 FR 39325–39327, dated August 6,
2009, 74 FR 18238–18238, dated April
21, 2009, 73 FR 31486–31487, dated
June 2, 2008, 72 FR 56074–75, dated
October 2, 2007, 72 FR 2282–2283,
dated January 18, 2007, and 71 FR
38884–88, dated July 10, 2006, as
follows:
1. Under Chapter AMS, Office of
Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions,
Paragraph 3, Office of Program
Management and Systems Policy
(AMS2), retitle all references to the
‘‘Division of Systems Policy, Payment
Integrity and Audit Resolution
(AMS22)’’ as the ‘‘Division of Systems
Policy and Audit Resolution (AMS22).’’
2. Under Chapter AMS, Office of
Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions,
Paragraph 3, Office of Program
Management and Systems Policy
(AMS2), Section b, Division of Systems
Policy and Audit Resolution (AMS22),
delete Section ‘‘(2)’’ and all associated
subsections (i.e., section (a) thru section
(c)) in their entirety.
3. Under Chapter AMS, Office of
Finance, Section AMS.10 Organization,
insert the following new office after the
Office of Program Management and
Systems Policy, ‘‘Office of Program
Integrity Coordination (AMS3).’’
4. Under Chapter AMS, Office of
Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions,
insert the following after Paragraph 3:
4. Office of Program Integrity
Coordination (AMS3). The Office of
Program Integrity Coordination serves as
the central point for coordinating
program integrity issues across the
Department. The Office coordinates
program integrity related activities and
projects and supports Department-wide
communication and exchange of
program integrity information. The
office is responsible for overseeing:
program integrity assessments,
including development of strategies and
implementation plans to increase
program integrity; establishment of
metrics; ongoing program integrity
monitoring; reviews of particular
programs with program integrity
concerns and payment accuracy
improvement activities.
The Office of Program Integrity
Coordination (OPIC) consists of the
following components:
• Division of Program Integrity
Assessment and Improvement (AMS31).
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• Division of Outreach,
Communications, and Training
(AMS32).
• Division of Payment Accuracy
Improvement (AMS33).
a. Division of Program Integrity
Assessment and Improvement (AMS31):
The Division’s responsibilities include:
Developing tools and guidance
regarding program integrity; Providing
technical assistance and direction to
Operating and Staff Divisions on
implementing program integrity
improvements; Identifying and utilizing
innovative tools that increase program
integrity across the Department; and
other activities that advance program
integrity.
b. Division of Outreach,
Communications, and Training
(AMS32): The Division’s responsibilities
include: Providing support for the
Secretary’s Council on Program
Integrity, the Program Integrity
Coordinating Council, Program Integrity
response teams, and other program
integrity groups; Coordinating program
integrity related communications
internally and working closely with
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
and Divisions on the preparation of
public statements and communications
related to program integrity; Developing
and/or providing program integrity
related training materials; and other
activities that advance the
communication, training and public
relations aspects of program integrity.
c. Division of Payment Accuracy
Improvement (AMS33): The Division’s
responsibilities include: Implementing
the Improper Payment Elimination and
Recovery Act of 2010 and related
executive order and improper payment
guidance across the Department;
Providing analyses of high risk
programs and coordinating error rate
measurements and improvements for
high risk programs; and other activities
that support improving payment
accuracy.
5. Delegation of Authority. Pending
further redelegation, directives or orders
made by the Secretary or ASFR, all
delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and
employees of affected organizational
components will continue in them or
their successors pending further
redelegations, provided they are
consistent with this reorganization.
Dated: March 30, 2011.
E.J. Holland, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10185, CMS–
10261, and CMS–R–268]
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements and Supporting
Regulations; Use: 42 CFR part 423,
§ 423.514, requires each part D Sponsor
to have an effective procedure to
provide statistics indicating: the cost of
its operations, the patterns of utilization
of its services, the availability,
accessibility, and acceptability of its
services, information demonstrating it
has a fiscally sound operation and other
matters as required by CMS. In addition,
subsection 423.505 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act (MMA), establishes
as a contract provision that Part D
Sponsors must comply with the
reporting requirements for submitting
drug claims and related information to
CMS. Data collected via Medicare Part
D Reporting Requirements will be an
integral resource for oversight,
monitoring, compliance and auditing
activities necessary to ensure quality
provision of the Medicare Prescription
Drug Benefit to beneficiaries. Data will
be validated, analyzed, and utilized for
trend reporting by the Division of
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Clinical and Operational Performance
(DCOP) within the Medicare Drug
Benefit Group. Form Number: CMS–
10185 (OMB#: 0938–0992); Frequency:
Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually;
Affected Public: Private Sector, business
or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 2993; Total Annual
Responses: 48,490; Total Annual Hours:
128,754. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact LaToyia Grant at
410–786–5434. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of currently approved
collection; Title of Information
Collection: Part C Medicare Advantage
(MA) Reporting Requirements and
Supporting Regulations; Use: CMS has
authority to establish reporting
requirements for Medicare Advantage
Organizations (MAO’s) as described in
42 CFR 422.516(a). 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. Data collected via
Medicare Part C Reporting
Requirements will be an integral
resource for oversight, monitoring,
compliance and auditing activities
necessary to ensure quality provision of
the benefits provided by MA plans to
enrollees. Form Number: CMS–10261
(OMB# 0938–1054); Frequency: Yearly,
Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 588; Total Annual
Responses: 1158; Total Annual Hours:
245,528. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Terry Leid at
410–786–8973. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
3. 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
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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.)
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 May 9, 2011: OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer. Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974. E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 1, 2011.
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–10252, CMS–
1856 and CMS–1893]
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
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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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Certificate of
Destruction for Data Acquired from the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services; Use: The Certificate of
Destruction is used by recipients of
CMS data to certify that they have
destroyed the data they have received
through a CMS Data Use Agreement
(DUA). The DUA requires the
destruction of the data at the completion
of the project/expiration of the DUA.
The DUA addresses the conditions
under which CMS will disclose and the
User will maintain CMS data that are
protected by the Privacy Act of 1974,
§ 552a and the Health Insurance
Portability Accountability Act of 1996.
CMS has developed policies and
procedures for such disclosures that are
based on the Privacy Act and the Health
Insurance Portability Act (HIPAA). The
Certificate of Destruction is required to
close out the DUA and to ensure the
data are destroyed and not used for
another purpose. Form Number: CMS–
10252 (OMB# 0938–1046); Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 500; Total Annual
Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours:
84. (For policy questions regarding this
collection, contact Sharon Kavanagh at
(410) 786–5441. For all other issues call
(410) 786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: (CMS–1856)
Request for Certification in the Medicare
and/or Medicaid Program to Provide
Outpatient Physical Therapy and/or
Speech Pathology Services, and (CMS–
1893) Outpatient Physical Therapy—
Speech Pathology Survey Report; Use:
CMS–1856 is used as an application to
be completed by providers of outpatient
physical therapy and/or speech-
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10185, CMS-10261, and CMS-R-268]
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use: 42 CFR part
423, Sec. 423.514, requires each part D Sponsor to have an effective
procedure to provide statistics indicating: the cost of its operations,
the patterns of utilization of its services, the availability,
accessibility, and acceptability of its services, information
demonstrating it has a fiscally sound operation and other matters as
required by CMS. In addition, subsection 423.505 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA),
establishes as a contract provision that Part D Sponsors must comply
with the reporting requirements for submitting drug claims and related
information to CMS. Data collected via Medicare Part D Reporting
Requirements will be an integral resource for oversight, monitoring,
compliance and auditing activities necessary to ensure quality
provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to beneficiaries.
Data will be validated, analyzed, and utilized for trend reporting by
the Division of
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Clinical and Operational Performance (DCOP) within the Medicare Drug
Benefit Group. Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB: 0938-0992);
Frequency: Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually; Affected Public: Private
Sector, business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 2993;
Total Annual Responses: 48,490; Total Annual Hours: 128,754. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact LaToyia Grant at
410-786-5434. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Part C Medicare
Advantage (MA) Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use:
CMS has authority to establish reporting requirements for Medicare
Advantage Organizations (MAO's) as described in 42 CFR 422.516(a). 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. Data collected via Medicare
Part C Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource for
oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary to
ensure quality provision of the benefits provided by MA plans to
enrollees. Form Number: CMS-10261 (OMB 0938-1054); Frequency:
Yearly, Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 588; Total Annual Responses: 1158; Total Annual
Hours: 245,528. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Terry Leid at 410-786-8973. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. 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.)
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 May 9, 2011: OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer. Fax Number: (202) 395-6974. E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 1, 2011.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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