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the Medicare Program Form (CMS–377)
is used by State agencies who conduct
certification surveys on CMS’ behalf to
maintain information on the facility’s
characteristics that facilitate conducting
surveys, e.g., determining the size and
the composition of the survey team on
the basis of the number of ORs/
procedure rooms and the types of
surgical procedures performed in the
ASC. Form Numbers: CMS–370 and
CMS–377 (OMB control number: 0938–
0266); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profit and Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 5,694; Total Annual
Responses: 1,898; Total Annual Hours:
627. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Erin McCoy at 410–
786–2337.)
Dated: June 21, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, 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–10292, CMS–
10332 and CMS–10239]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
the accuracy of the estimated burden,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
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collected, and the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send 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) that are 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.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
(410) 786–1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–10292 State Medicaid HIT Plan,
Planning Advance Planning Document,
and Implementation Advance Planning
Document for Section 4201 of the Recovery
Act
CMS–10332 Disclosure Requirement for the
In-Office Ancillary Services Exception
CMS–10239 Conditions of Participation for
Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and
Supporting Regulations
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
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approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Medicaid
HIT Plan, Planning Advance Planning
Document, and Implementation
Advance Planning Document for
Section 4201 of the Recovery Act; Use:
To assess the appropriateness of state
requests for the administrative Federal
financial participation for expenditures
under their Medicaid Electronic Health
Record Incentive Program related to
health information exchange, our staff
will review the submitted information
and documentation to make an approval
determination of the state advance
planning document. Form Number:
CMS–10292 (OMB control number:
0938–1088); Frequency: Once and
occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments; Number
of Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 56; Total Annual Hours:
896. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Marty Rice at 410–
786–2417.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosure
Requirement for the In-Office Ancillary
Services Exception; Use: Section 6003 of
the ACA established a disclosure
requirement for the in-office ancillary
services exception to the prohibition of
physician self-referral for certain
imaging services. This section of the
ACA amended section 1877(b)(2) of the
Social Security Act by adding a
requirement that the referring physician
informs the patient, at the time of the
referral and in writing, that the patient
may receive the imaging service from
another supplier. The implementing
regulations are at 42 CFR 411.355(b)(7).
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Physicians who provide certain
imaging services (MRI, CT, and PET)
under the in-office ancillary services
exception to the physician self-referral
prohibition are required to provide the
disclosure notice as well as the list of
other imaging suppliers to the patient.
The patient will then be able to use the
disclosure notice and list of suppliers in
making an informed decision about his
or her course of care for the imaging
service. CMS would use the collected
information for enforcement purposes.
Specifically, if we were investigating the
referrals of a physician providing
advanced imaging services under the inoffice ancillary services exception, we
would review the written disclosure in
order to determine if it satisfied the
requirement. Form Number: CMS–
10332 (OMB control number: 0938–
1133); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
7,100; Total Annual Responses:
759,700; Total Annual Hours: 19,638.
(For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Laura Dash at 410–
786–8623.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Conditions of
Participation for Critical Access
Hospitals (CAH) and Supporting
Regulations; Use: At the outset of the
critical access hospital (CAH) program,
the information collection requirements
for all CAHs were addressed together
under the following information
collection request: CMS–R–48 (OCN:
0938–0328). As the CAH program has
grown in both scope of services and the
number of providers, the burden
associated with CAHs with distinct part
units (DPUs) was separated from the
CAHs without DPUs. Section
1820(c)(2)(E)(i) of the Social Security
Act provides that a CAH may establish
and operate a psychiatric or
rehabilitation DPU. Each DPU may
maintain up to10 beds and must comply
with the hospital requirements specified
in 42 CFR subparts A, B, C, and D of
part 482. Presently, 105 CAHs have
rehabilitation or psychiatric DPUs. The
burden associated with CAHs that have
DPUs continues to be reported under
CMS–R–48, along with the burden for
all 4,890 accredited and non-accredited
hospitals.
The CAH conditions of participation
and accompanying information
collection requirements specified in the
regulations are used by surveyors as a
basis for determining whether a CAH
meets the requirements to participate in
the Medicare program. We, along with
the healthcare industry, believe that the
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availability to the facility of the type of
records and general content of records,
which this regulation specifies, is
standard medical practice and is
necessary in order to ensure the wellbeing and safety of patients and
professional treatment accountability.
Form Number: CMS–10239 (OMB
Control number: 0938–1043);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private sector—Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 1,215;
Total Annual Responses: 144,585; Total
Annual Hours: 24,183. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Mary Collins at 410–786–3189.)
Dated: June 20, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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[CMS–3338–FN]
Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
Approval of an Application From the
Center for Improvement in Healthcare
Quality for Continued CMS Approval of
Its Hospital Accreditation Program
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Final notice.
AGENCY:
This final notice announces
our decision to approve the Center for
Improvement in Healthcare Quality
(CIHQ) for continued recognition as a
national accrediting organization for
hospitals that wish to participate in the
Medicare or Medicaid programs.
DATES: This final notice is effective July
26, 2017 through July 26, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Williams (410) 786–8638, Monda
Shaver, (410) 786–3410, or Patricia
Chmielewski, (410) 786–6899.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
A healthcare provider may enter into
an agreement with Medicare to
participate in the program as a hospital
provided certain requirements are met.
Section 1861(e) of the Social Security
Act (the Act) establishes criteria for
providers seeking participation in
Medicare as a hospital. Regulations
concerning Medicare provider
agreements in general are at 42 CFR part
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489 and those pertaining to the survey
and certification for Medicare
participation of providers and certain
types of suppliers are at 42 CFR part
488. The regulations at 42 CFR part 482
specify the specific conditions that a
provider must meet to participate in the
Medicare program as a hospital.
Hospitals that wish to be paid under the
Medicaid program must be approved to
participate in Medicare, in accordance
with 42 CFR 440.10(a)(3)(iii).
Generally, to enter into a Medicare
hospital provider agreement, a facility
must first be certified as complying with
the conditions set forth in part 482 and
recommended to the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for
participation by a State survey agency.
Thereafter, the hospital is subject to
periodic surveys by a State survey
agency to determine whether it
continues to meet these conditions.
However, there is an alternative to
certification surveys by State agencies.
Accreditation by a nationally recognized
Medicare accreditation program
approved by CMS may substitute for
both initial and ongoing state review.
Section 1865(a)(1) of the Act provides
that, if the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) finds that accreditation of a
provider entity by an approved national
accrediting organization meets or
exceeds all applicable Medicare
conditions, we may treat the provider
entity as having met those conditions,
that is, we may ‘‘deem’’ the provider
entity to be in compliance.
Accreditation by an accrediting
organization is voluntary and is not
required for Medicare participation.
Part 488 subpart A implements the
provisions of section 1865 of the Act
and requires that a national accrediting
organization applying for approval of its
Medicare accreditation program must
provide CMS with reasonable assurance
that the accrediting organization
requires its accredited provider entities
to meet requirements that are at least as
stringent as the Medicare conditions.
Our regulations concerning the approval
of accrediting organizations are set forth
at § 488.5. The regulations at
§ 488.5(e)(2)(i) require an accrediting
organization to reapply for continued
approval of its Medicare accreditation
program every 6 years or sooner as
determined by CMS. The Center for
Improvement in Healthcare Quality’s
(CIHQ’s) term of approval as a
recognized Medicare accreditation
program for hospitals expires July 26,
2017.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10292, CMS-10332 and CMS-10239]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice
in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an
existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public
comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the
agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send 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) that are 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.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make
your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS' Web site address at https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
2. Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated
with the following information collections. More detailed information
can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated
materials (see ADDRESSES).
CMS-10292 State Medicaid HIT Plan, Planning Advance Planning
Document, and Implementation Advance Planning Document for Section
4201 of the Recovery Act
CMS-10332 Disclosure Requirement for the In-Office Ancillary
Services Exception
CMS-10239 Conditions of Participation for Critical Access Hospitals
(CAH) and Supporting Regulations
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term
``collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies
to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: State Medicaid
HIT Plan, Planning Advance Planning Document, and Implementation
Advance Planning Document for Section 4201 of the Recovery Act; Use: To
assess the appropriateness of state requests for the administrative
Federal financial participation for expenditures under their Medicaid
Electronic Health Record Incentive Program related to health
information exchange, our staff will review the submitted information
and documentation to make an approval determination of the state
advance planning document. Form Number: CMS-10292 (OMB control number:
0938-1088); Frequency: Once and occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 56; Total Annual Hours: 896. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Marty Rice at 410-786-2417.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Disclosure
Requirement for the In-Office Ancillary Services Exception; Use:
Section 6003 of the ACA established a disclosure requirement for the
in-office ancillary services exception to the prohibition of physician
self-referral for certain imaging services. This section of the ACA
amended section 1877(b)(2) of the Social Security Act by adding a
requirement that the referring physician informs the patient, at the
time of the referral and in writing, that the patient may receive the
imaging service from another supplier. The implementing regulations are
at 42 CFR 411.355(b)(7).
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Physicians who provide certain imaging services (MRI, CT, and PET)
under the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-
referral prohibition are required to provide the disclosure notice as
well as the list of other imaging suppliers to the patient. The patient
will then be able to use the disclosure notice and list of suppliers in
making an informed decision about his or her course of care for the
imaging service. CMS would use the collected information for
enforcement purposes. Specifically, if we were investigating the
referrals of a physician providing advanced imaging services under the
in-office ancillary services exception, we would review the written
disclosure in order to determine if it satisfied the requirement. Form
Number: CMS-10332 (OMB control number: 0938-1133); Frequency:
Occasionally; Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 7,100; Total Annual Responses: 759,700; Total
Annual Hours: 19,638. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Laura Dash at 410-786-8623.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Conditions of
Participation for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Supporting
Regulations; Use: At the outset of the critical access hospital (CAH)
program, the information collection requirements for all CAHs were
addressed together under the following information collection request:
CMS-R-48 (OCN: 0938-0328). As the CAH program has grown in both scope
of services and the number of providers, the burden associated with
CAHs with distinct part units (DPUs) was separated from the CAHs
without DPUs. Section 1820(c)(2)(E)(i) of the Social Security Act
provides that a CAH may establish and operate a psychiatric or
rehabilitation DPU. Each DPU may maintain up to10 beds and must comply
with the hospital requirements specified in 42 CFR subparts A, B, C,
and D of part 482. Presently, 105 CAHs have rehabilitation or
psychiatric DPUs. The burden associated with CAHs that have DPUs
continues to be reported under CMS-R-48, along with the burden for all
4,890 accredited and non-accredited hospitals.
The CAH conditions of participation and accompanying information
collection requirements specified in the regulations are used by
surveyors as a basis for determining whether a CAH meets the
requirements to participate in the Medicare program. We, along with the
healthcare industry, believe that the availability to the facility of
the type of records and general content of records, which this
regulation specifies, is standard medical practice and is necessary in
order to ensure the well-being and safety of patients and professional
treatment accountability. Form Number: CMS-10239 (OMB Control number:
0938-1043); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private sector--
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 1,215; Total
Annual Responses: 144,585; Total Annual Hours: 24,183. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Mary Collins at 410-786-
3189.)
Dated: June 20, 2017.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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