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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
The meeting announced below
concerns Research Technical Assistance
To The Ministry Of Public Health Of
Haiti To Support Post Earthquake
Reconstruction, Cholera And HIV/AIDS
Response, GH12–003, initial review.
In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the aforementioned meeting:
Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., May
22, 2012 (Closed).
Place: Teleconference.
Status: The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with provisions set
forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5
U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director,
Management Analysis and Services Office,
CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463.
Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will
include the initial review, discussion, and
evaluation of applications received in
response to ‘‘Research Technical Assistance
To The Ministry Of Public Health Of Haiti To
Support Post Earthquake Reconstruction,
Cholera And HIV/AIDS Response, GH12–
003’’.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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: Medicare Health
Outcomes Survey (HOS); Use: CMS has
a responsibility to its Medicare
beneficiaries to require that care
provided by managed care organizations
under contract to CMS is of high
quality. One way of ensuring high
quality care in Medicare Managed Care
Organizations (MCOs), or more
commonly referred to as Medicare
Advantage Organizations (MAOs), is
through the development of
standardized, uniform performance
measures to enable CMS to gather the
data needed to evaluate the care
provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The
goal of the Medicare Health Outcome
Survey (HOS) program is to gather valid,
reliable, clinically meaningful health
status data in Medicare managed care
for use in quality improvement
activities, plan accountability, public
reporting, and improving health. All
managed care plans with Medicare
Advantage (MA) contracts must
participate. CMS, in collaboration with
the National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA), launched the
Medicare HOS as part of the
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Effectiveness of Care component of the
former Health Plan Employer Data and
Information Set, now known as the
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and
Information Set (HEDIS®).
The HOS measure was developed
under the guidance of a technical expert
panel comprised of individuals with
specific expertise in the health care
industry and outcomes measurement.
The measure includes the most recent
advances in summarizing physical and
mental health outcomes results and
appropriate risk adjustment techniques.
In addition to health outcomes
measures, the HOS is used to collect the
Management of Urinary Incontinence in
Older Adults, Physical Activity in Older
Adults, Fall Risk Management, and
Osteoporosis Testing in Older Women
HEDIS® measures. The collection of
Medicare HOS is necessary to hold
Medicare managed care contractors
accountable for the quality of care they
are delivering. This reporting
requirement allows CMS to obtain the
information necessary for proper
oversight of the Medicare Advantage
program.
Since the last collection, the survey
instrument has been revised and the
burden has changed. There have been
some questions added and others
deleted. Form Number: CMS–10203
(OCN: 0938–0701); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Individuals and
households; Number of Respondents:
2,352; Total Annual Responses:
666,120; Total Annual Hours: 219,820
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Jason Petroski at 410–
786–4681. For all other issues call 410–
786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Feefor-Service Prepayment Medical
Review; Use: The information required
under this collection is requested by
Medicare contractors to determine
proper payment or if there is a suspicion
of fraud. Medicare contractors request
the information from providers or
suppliers submitting claims for payment
from the Medicare program when data
analysis indicates aberrant billing
patterns or other information which
may present a vulnerability to the
Medicare program. In addition, we are
specifically soliciting public comments
on the information collection burden
that is associated with the currently
approved information collection
request. Form Number: CMS–10417
(OMB 0938–0969); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector (Business or other for-profit and
Not-for-profit institutions); Number of
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Respondents: 2,700,000; Total Annual
Responses: 2,700,000; Total Annual
Hours: 1,360,000. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Debbie
Skinner at 410–786–7480. 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.
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 June 26, 2012:
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 llllllll,
Room C4–26–05, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–
1850.
Dated: April 24, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Division B Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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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
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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:
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. HCAHPS (pronounced ‘‘H-caps’’),
also known as the CAHPS® Hospital
Survey, 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.
Three broad goals have shaped
HCAHPS. First, the survey is designed
to produce data about patients’
perspectives of care that allow objective
and meaningful comparisons of
hospitals on topics that are important to
consumers. Second, public reporting of
the survey results creates new
incentives for hospitals to improve
quality of care. Third, public reporting
serves to enhance accountability in
health care by increasing transparency
of the quality of hospital care provided
in return for the public investment.
With these goals in mind, the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
has taken substantial steps to assure that
the survey is credible, useful, and
practical. Hospitals implement HCAHPS
under the auspices of the Hospital
Quality Alliance (HQA), a private/
public partnership that includes major
hospital and medical associations,
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consumer groups, measurement and
accrediting bodies, government, and
other groups that share an interest in
improving hospital quality. Both the
HQA and the National Quality Forum
have endorsed HCAHPS.
The enactment of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 created an
additional incentive for acute care
hospitals to participate in HCAHPS.
Since July 2007, hospitals subject to the
Inpatient Prospective Payment System
(IPPS) annual payment update
provisions (‘‘subsection (d) hospitals’’)
must collect and submit HCAHPS data
in order to receive their full IPPS annual
payment update. IPPS hospitals that fail
to publicly report the required quality
measures, which include the HCAHPS
survey, may receive an annual payment
update that is reduced by 2.0 percentage
points. Non-IPPS hospitals, such as
Critical Access Hospitals, may
voluntarily participate in HCAHPS.
The Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–148)
includes HCAHPS among the measures
to be used to calculate value-based
incentive payments in the Hospital
Value-Based Purchasing program,
beginning with discharges in October
2012.
Currently the HCAHPS survey asks
discharged patients 27 questions about
their recent hospital stay. The survey
contains 18 core questions about critical
aspects of patients’ hospital experiences
(communication with nurses and
doctors, the responsiveness of hospital
staff, the cleanliness and quietness of
the hospital environment, pain
management, communication about
medicines, discharge information,
overall rating of hospital, and would
they recommend the hospital). The
survey also includes four items to direct
patients to relevant questions, three
items to adjust for the mix of patients
across hospitals, and two items that
support Congressionally-mandated
reports.
This revision is being submitted in
order to add five new items to the
survey: three items that comprise a Care
Transitions composite; one item that
asks whether the patient was admitted
through the emergency room; and one
item that asks about the patient’s overall
mental health. This marks the first
addition of items to the HCAHPS
Survey since its national
implementation in 2006. Form Number:
CMS–10102 (OCN: 0938–0981);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: Individuals or Households,
Private Sector—Business or other forprofits and not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 2,713,812;
Total Annual Responses: 2,713,812;
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10203 and CMS-10417]
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: Medicare Health
Outcomes Survey (HOS); Use: CMS has a responsibility to its Medicare
beneficiaries to require that care provided by managed care
organizations under contract to CMS is of high quality. One way of
ensuring high quality care in Medicare Managed Care Organizations
(MCOs), or more commonly referred to as Medicare Advantage
Organizations (MAOs), is through the development of standardized,
uniform performance measures to enable CMS to gather the data needed to
evaluate the care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The goal of the
Medicare Health Outcome Survey (HOS) program is to gather valid,
reliable, clinically meaningful health status data in Medicare managed
care for use in quality improvement activities, plan accountability,
public reporting, and improving health. All managed care plans with
Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts must participate. CMS, in
collaboration with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA),
launched the Medicare HOS as part of the Effectiveness of Care
component of the former Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set,
now known as the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
(HEDIS[supreg]).
The HOS measure was developed under the guidance of a technical
expert panel comprised of individuals with specific expertise in the
health care industry and outcomes measurement. The measure includes the
most recent advances in summarizing physical and mental health outcomes
results and appropriate risk adjustment techniques. In addition to
health outcomes measures, the HOS is used to collect the Management of
Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults, Physical Activity in Older
Adults, Fall Risk Management, and Osteoporosis Testing in Older Women
HEDIS[supreg] measures. The collection of Medicare HOS is necessary to
hold Medicare managed care contractors accountable for the quality of
care they are delivering. This reporting requirement allows CMS to
obtain the information necessary for proper oversight of the Medicare
Advantage program.
Since the last collection, the survey instrument has been revised
and the burden has changed. There have been some questions added and
others deleted. Form Number: CMS-10203 (OCN: 0938-0701); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Individuals and households; Number of
Respondents: 2,352; Total Annual Responses: 666,120; Total Annual
Hours: 219,820 (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Jason Petroski at 410-786-4681. For all other issues call 410-786-
1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Fee-for-
Service Prepayment Medical Review; Use: The information required under
this collection is requested by Medicare contractors to determine
proper payment or if there is a suspicion of fraud. Medicare
contractors request the information from providers or suppliers
submitting claims for payment from the Medicare program when data
analysis indicates aberrant billing patterns or other information which
may present a vulnerability to the Medicare program. In addition, we
are specifically soliciting public comments on the information
collection burden that is associated with the currently approved
information collection request. Form Number: CMS-10417 (OMB 0938-0969);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or
other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of
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Respondents: 2,700,000; Total Annual Responses: 2,700,000; Total Annual
Hours: 1,360,000. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Debbie Skinner at 410-786-7480. 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.
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 June 26, 2012:
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: April 24, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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