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Below we provide the Department of
Health and Human Services projected
average estimates for the next three
years: 1
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities:
Respondents: 4,158.
Annual responses: 1,386.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average minutes per response: 15.
Burden hours: 347 annually; 1,041
total.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Mary Forbes,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Clearance Officer.
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[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 30-day
notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request: 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval on a new data collection,
consisting of a survey of a national
sample of health insurers to learn about
the effects of various recent insurance
market reforms from the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) on premiums and coverage
for certain benefits. ASPE will use the
results of this survey in conjunction
with other data sources to build a more
complete picture of the effects of the
insurance market reforms that went into
effect in September of 2010. The survey
instrument will be a one-time, selfadministered web survey sent to eight of
the 12 largest insurers in each state plus
the District of Columbia based on total
2009 comprehensive major medical
premiums, yielding a targeted sample of
408 health insurers. Each health insurer
will be asked to provide self-reported
data on the percentage of covered lives
with coverage for various benefits before
and after the insurance market reforms
went into effect, any effect of these
reforms on premiums, and coverage for
select other benefits under
consideration for the essential benefits
package. The survey design and content
have been reviewed by both the ASPE
project officer and other ASPE
personnel, and by several former and
current chief actuaries at health
insurers. Data collection activities will
be completed within 60 days (two
months) of OMB Clearance.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed collection 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.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB
Desk Officer; fax to OMB at 202–395–
5806.
Proposed Project: Effects of Insurance
Market Reforms—OMB No. 0990–New–
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Forms
Type of respondent
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
(in hours)
per response
Total burden
hours
Self-administered web survey ...........
Chief Actuary at health insurance
companies.
408
1
45/60
306
Mary Forbes,
Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer,
Office of the Secretary.
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Annual Responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 30.
Burden Hours: 2,500,000.
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Office Centers for Disease Control and
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[Document Identifier: CMS–10333, CMS–
10384 and CMS–10371]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
AGENCY:
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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: Consumer
Assistance Program Grants; Use: Section
1002 of the Affordable Care Act
provides for the establishment of
consumer assistance (or ombudsman)
programs, starting in FY 2010. Federal
grants will support these programs. For
FY 2010, $30 million is appropriated.
These programs will assist consumers
with filing complaints and appeals,
assist consumers with enrollment into
health coverage, collect data on
consumer inquiries and complaints to
identify problems in the marketplace,
educate consumers on their rights and
responsibilities, and starting in 2014,
resolve problems with premium credits
for Exchange coverage. Importantly,
these programs must provide detailed
reporting on the types of problems and
questions consumers may experience
with health coverage, and how these are
resolved. In order to strengthen
oversight, the law requires programs to
report data to the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) ‘‘As a condition of
receiving a grant under subsection (a),
an office of health insurance consumer
assistance or ombudsman program shall
be required to collect and report data to
the Secretary on the types of problems
and inquiries encountered by
consumers’’ (Sec. 2793 (d)). Form
Number: CMS–10333 (OMB–0938–
1097); Frequency: Quarterly; Affected
Public: Private Sector: State, Local, or
Tribal Governments; Number of
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Respondents: 40; Number of Responses:
200; Total Annual Hours: 4,800. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection, contact Eliza Bangit at (301)
492–4219. For all other issues call (410)
786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Health
Insurance Assistance Database; Use: In
October 2010, the Office of Consumer
Support began to take and respond to
direct consumer inquiries related to the
Affordable Care Act. As of February
15th 2011, CCIIO has received 906
consumer inquiries. Consumer inquiries
continue to come in to CCIIO at a rate
of 30 to 35 inquiries per week. Starting
in January 2011, the HHS Hotline will
begin to refer ACA calls to CCIIO. To
date, the HHS Hotline receives, on
average, 400 calls per month pertaining
to ACA.
Accordingly, a system to collect, track
and store consumer information is
urgently needed in order to accomplish
successful case management to ensure
that the information, coverage, and
health care needs of consumers are
addressed fairly and in a timely fashion.
Further, the Team will provide detailed
reports on these consumer inquiries
with a focus on Affordable Care Act and
PHS Act compliance issues. These
reports will assist the Office of
Oversight in identifying areas where
compliance concerns may arise. Reports
will be stripped of any information in
identifiable form (IIF) and personal
health information when written and
prepared. Authority for maintenance,
collection and disclosures of this
information is given under sections
2719, 2723, and 2761 of the Public
Health Service Act (PHS Act) and
section 1321(c) of the Affordable Care
Act.
Analysis of this data reporting will
help identity patterns of practice in the
insurance marketplaces and uncover
suspected patterns of noncompliance.
HHS may share program data reports
with the Departments of Labor and
Treasury, and State regulators. Program
data also can offer CCIIO one indication
of the effectiveness of State
enforcement, affording opportunities to
provide technical assistance and
support to State insurance regulators
and, in extreme cases, inform the need
to trigger Federal enforcement. Form
Number: CMS–10384 (OCN: 0938–
New); Frequency: Occasionally;
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[FR Doc No: 2011-19211]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-day notice]
Agency Information Collection Request: 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed collection 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.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; fax to OMB at 202-
395-5806.
Proposed Project: Effects of Insurance Market Reforms--OMB No.
0990-New-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE).
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval on a new data collection, consisting of a survey of a national
sample of health insurers to learn about the effects of various recent
insurance market reforms from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on premiums
and coverage for certain benefits. ASPE will use the results of this
survey in conjunction with other data sources to build a more complete
picture of the effects of the insurance market reforms that went into
effect in September of 2010. The survey instrument will be a one-time,
self-administered web survey sent to eight of the 12 largest insurers
in each state plus the District of Columbia based on total 2009
comprehensive major medical premiums, yielding a targeted sample of 408
health insurers. Each health insurer will be asked to provide self-
reported data on the percentage of covered lives with coverage for
various benefits before and after the insurance market reforms went
into effect, any effect of these reforms on premiums, and coverage for
select other benefits under consideration for the essential benefits
package. The survey design and content have been reviewed by both the
ASPE project officer and other ASPE personnel, and by several former
and current chief actuaries at health insurers. Data collection
activities will be completed within 60 days (two months) of OMB
Clearance.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Forms Type of respondent Number of responses per (in hours) Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Self-administered web survey.................... Chief Actuary at health insurance 408 1 45/60 306
companies.
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Mary Forbes,
Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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