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Dated: February 15, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy 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–R–282]
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
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. Title of Information
Collection: Medicare Advantage
Appeals and Grievance Data Disclosure
Requirements (42 CFR 422.111). Use:
Section 1852(c)(2)(C) of the Social
Security Act and 42 CFR 422.111(c)(3)
require that Medicare Advantage (MA)
organizations and demonstrations
disclose information pertaining to the
number of disputes, and their
disposition in the aggregate, with the
categories of grievances and appeals to
any individual eligible to elect an MA
organization who requests this
information. MA organizations and
demonstrations remain under a
requirement to collect and provide this
information to individuals eligible to
elect an MA organization, we continue
to need the same format and form for
reporting. Form Number: CMS–R–282
(OCN 0938–0778). Frequency: Annually
and semi-annually. Affected Public:
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Private Sector (business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions).
Number of Respondents: 51,370. Total
Annual Responses: 52,260. Total
Annual Hours: 5,414. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Stephanie Simons at 206–615–
2420. 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 at 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 April 23, 2013:
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: February 19, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy 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–10430, CMS–
10164 and CMS–838]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Review; Comment
Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
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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: Reinstatement of a previously
approved collection; Title: Information
Collection Requirements for Compliance
with Individual and Group Market
Reforms under Title XXVII of the Public
Health Service Act; Use: The provisions
of title XXVII of the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act) are designed to
make it easier for people to get access
to health care coverage and to reduce
the limitations that can be put on the
coverage. Sections 2723 and 2761 of the
PHS Act direct CMS to enforce a
provision (or provisions) of title XXVII
of the PHS Act with respect to health
insurance issuers when a state has
notified CMS that it has not enacted
legislation to enforce or that it is not
otherwise enforcing a provision (or
provisions) of the individual and group
market reforms with respect to health
insurance issuers, or when CMS has
determined that a state is not
substantially enforcing one or more of
those provisions. This collection also
pertains to notices issued by individual
and group health insurance issuers and
self-funded non-Federal governmental
plans. This collection includes the
issuance of certificates of creditable
coverage; notification of preexisting
condition exclusions; notification of
special enrollment rights; and review of
issuers’ filings of individual and group
market products or similar Federal
review in cases in which a state is not
enforcing a title XXVII individual or
group market provision. This
information collection is a reinstatement
of a previously approved collection
(which expired on September 30, 2012
(OMB#: 0938–0702 and OMB#: 0938–
0703)) with minimal changes to reflect
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laws passed since the previous
collection document was approved.
While the OMB control number for this
proposed collection will remain the
same as the previously approved
collection, this proposed collection will
be given a new CMS Form Number.
Form Number: CMS–10430 (OCN:
0938–0702); Frequency: Annually;
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector; Business or other for-profits and
Not-for-profit institutions, and State,
Local, or Tribal Governments; Number
of Respondents: 8,716; Total Annual
Responses: 39,831,442; Total Annual
Hours: 3,760,422 hours. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Lisa Campbell at 301–492–4114.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement with a change of
a previously approved collection; Title:
Medicare Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI) Registration and Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) Enrollment Form;
Use: The purpose of this collection is to
obtain information that will be
subsequently used during transaction
exchange for identification of Medicare
providers/suppliers and authorization of
requested Electronic Data Interface (EDI)
functions. The EDI Enrollment and the
Medicare Registration Forms are
completed by Medicare providers,
suppliers, or both suppliers and
submitted to Medicare contractors.
Authorization is needed for providers
and suppliers to send and receive
HIPAA standard transactions directly
(or through a designated 3rd party) to
and from Medicare contractors.
Medicare contractors would use the
information for initial set-up and
maintenance of the access privileges.
The use of the standard form provides
an efficient uniform means by which
Medicare captures information
necessary to drive Medicare EDI
security and EDI access privileges. All
EDI providers will complete and sign
the EDI Enrollment Form along with the
Medicare EDI Registration Form. They
will also reconfirm their access
privileges annually.
The information collected will be
uploaded into Medicare contractor
computer systems. Medicare contractors
will store this information in a database
accessed at the time of provider
connection to the Medicare Data
Contractor Network (MDCN). When
authentication is successful and
connectivity is established, transactions
may be exchanged. The information will
be stored in a computer data base and
used to authenticate the user on day-today electronic commerce, support the
submitter and password administration
function, and validate access
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relationships between providers/
suppliers and their designated EDI
submitter/receiver on a per transaction
basis. Form Number: CMS–10164 (OCN:
0938–0983); Frequency: Once; Affected
Public: Private Sector—Business or
other for-profits, Not for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
240,000; Total Annual Responses:
240,000; Total Annual Hours: 80,000.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Claudette Sikora at
410–786–5618. 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:
Medicare Credit Balance Reporting
Requirements and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 405.371, 405.378
and 413.20; Use: Section 1815(a) of the
Social Security Act authorizes the
Secretary to request information from
providers which is necessary to
properly administer the Medicare
program. Quarterly credit balance
reporting is needed to monitor and
control the identification and timely
collection of improper payments. The
information obtained from Medicare
credit balance reports will be used by
the contractors to identify and recover
outstanding Medicare credit balances
and by Federal enforcement agencies to
protect Federal funds. The information
will also be used to identify the causes
of credit balances and to take corrective
action. Form Number: CMS–838 (OCN:
0938–0600); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Private sector—Business or other
for-profits; Number of Respondents:
45,838; Total Annual Responses:
183,352; Total Annual Hours: 550,056.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Milton Jacobson at
410–786–7553. 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, and phone number as well the
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 March 25, 2013.
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS
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Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–
6974, Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: February 19, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development
Group, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–3279–N]
Announcement of the Re-Approval of
the Commission on Office Laboratory
Accreditation (COLA) as an
Accreditation Organization Under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
application of the Commission on Office
Laboratory Accreditation (COLA) for
approval as an accreditation
organization for clinical laboratories
under the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988
(CLIA) program. We have determined
that COLA meets or exceeds the
applicable CLIA requirements. In this
notice, we announce the approval and
grant COLA deeming authority for a
period of 6 years.
DATES: Effective Date: This notice is
effective from February 22, 2013 to
February 22, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raelene Perfetto, (410) 786–6876.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background and Legislative
Authority
On October 31, 1988, the Congress
enacted the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988
(CLIA) (Pub. L. 100–578). CLIA
amended section 353 of the Public
Health Service Act. We issued a final
rule implementing the accreditation
provisions of CLIA on July 31, 1992 (57
FR 33992). Under those provisions,
CMS may grant deeming authority to an
accreditation organization if its
requirements for laboratories accredited
under its program are equal to or more
stringent than the applicable CLIA
program requirements in 42 CFR part
493 (Laboratory Requirements). Subpart
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10430, CMS-10164 and CMS-838]
Agency Information Collection Activities: 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: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection; Title: Information Collection
Requirements for Compliance with Individual and Group Market Reforms
under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act; Use: The provisions
of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) are designed
to make it easier for people to get access to health care coverage and
to reduce the limitations that can be put on the coverage. Sections
2723 and 2761 of the PHS Act direct CMS to enforce a provision (or
provisions) of title XXVII of the PHS Act with respect to health
insurance issuers when a state has notified CMS that it has not enacted
legislation to enforce or that it is not otherwise enforcing a
provision (or provisions) of the individual and group market reforms
with respect to health insurance issuers, or when CMS has determined
that a state is not substantially enforcing one or more of those
provisions. This collection also pertains to notices issued by
individual and group health insurance issuers and self-funded non-
Federal governmental plans. This collection includes the issuance of
certificates of creditable coverage; notification of preexisting
condition exclusions; notification of special enrollment rights; and
review of issuers' filings of individual and group market products or
similar Federal review in cases in which a state is not enforcing a
title XXVII individual or group market provision. This information
collection is a reinstatement of a previously approved collection
(which expired on September 30, 2012 (OMB: 0938-0702 and
OMB: 0938-0703)) with minimal changes to reflect
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laws passed since the previous collection document was approved. While
the OMB control number for this proposed collection will remain the
same as the previously approved collection, this proposed collection
will be given a new CMS Form Number. Form Number: CMS-10430 (OCN: 0938-
0702); Frequency: Annually; Occasionally; Affected Public: Private
Sector; Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions,
and State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 8,716;
Total Annual Responses: 39,831,442; Total Annual Hours: 3,760,422
hours. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Lisa
Campbell at 301-492-4114. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement with a
change of a previously approved collection; Title: Medicare Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI) Registration and Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI) Enrollment Form; Use: The purpose of this collection is to obtain
information that will be subsequently used during transaction exchange
for identification of Medicare providers/suppliers and authorization of
requested Electronic Data Interface (EDI) functions. The EDI Enrollment
and the Medicare Registration Forms are completed by Medicare
providers, suppliers, or both suppliers and submitted to Medicare
contractors. Authorization is needed for providers and suppliers to
send and receive HIPAA standard transactions directly (or through a
designated 3rd party) to and from Medicare contractors. Medicare
contractors would use the information for initial set-up and
maintenance of the access privileges. The use of the standard form
provides an efficient uniform means by which Medicare captures
information necessary to drive Medicare EDI security and EDI access
privileges. All EDI providers will complete and sign the EDI Enrollment
Form along with the Medicare EDI Registration Form. They will also
reconfirm their access privileges annually.
The information collected will be uploaded into Medicare contractor
computer systems. Medicare contractors will store this information in a
database accessed at the time of provider connection to the Medicare
Data Contractor Network (MDCN). When authentication is successful and
connectivity is established, transactions may be exchanged. The
information will be stored in a computer data base and used to
authenticate the user on day-to-day electronic commerce, support the
submitter and password administration function, and validate access
relationships between providers/suppliers and their designated EDI
submitter/receiver on a per transaction basis. Form Number: CMS-10164
(OCN: 0938-0983); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private Sector--
Business or other for-profits, Not for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 240,000; Total Annual Responses: 240,000; Total Annual
Hours: 80,000. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Claudette Sikora at 410-786-5618. 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: Medicare Credit Balance Reporting Requirements and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 405.371, 405.378 and 413.20; Use:
Section 1815(a) of the Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary to
request information from providers which is necessary to properly
administer the Medicare program. Quarterly credit balance reporting is
needed to monitor and control the identification and timely collection
of improper payments. The information obtained from Medicare credit
balance reports will be used by the contractors to identify and recover
outstanding Medicare credit balances and by Federal enforcement
agencies to protect Federal funds. The information will also be used to
identify the causes of credit balances and to take corrective action.
Form Number: CMS-838 (OCN: 0938-0600); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Private sector--Business or other for-profits; Number of
Respondents: 45,838; Total Annual Responses: 183,352; Total Annual
Hours: 550,056. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Milton Jacobson at 410-786-7553. 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, and phone number as well
the 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 March 25, 2013.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: February 19, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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