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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10191]
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
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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
June 1, 2018.
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’ website address at
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995/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–10191 Medicare Parts C and D
Program Audit and Timeliness
Monitoring Data Requests
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Parts
C and D Program Audit and Timeliness
Monitoring Data Requests; Use:
Medicare Part D plan sponsors and
Medicare Advantage organizations
(collectively referred to as sponsoring
organizations) are required to comply
with all Medicare Parts C and D
program requirements. In 2010, the
explosive growth of these sponsoring
organizations precipitated the need for
CMS to develop an annual audit strategy
to ensure that we evaluate sponsoring
organizations compliance with the
program requirements. In addition to
describing how sponsoring
organizations are selected for audit and
which program areas will be audited,
CMS’ annual audit strategy reflected a
move to a more targeted, data-driven,
and risk-based audit approach. Since
2010, CMS has continued to focus on
assisting the industry with improving
their operations to ensure beneficiaries
receive appropriate access to care. CMS
has developed audit protocols that focus
on high-risk areas that have the greatest
potential for beneficiary harm.
CMS’ program audit protocols are
posted to the CMS website each year for
use by sponsoring organizations to
prepare for their audit. Currently CMS
utilizes the following 5 protocols to
audit sponsoring organizations’
performance: Compliance Program
Effectiveness (CPE), Formulary
Administration (FA); Coverage
Determinations, Appeals, and
Grievances (CDAG); Organization
Determinations, Appeals, and
Grievances (ODAG), Special Needs
Program Model of Care (SNP–MOC)
(only administered on organizations
who operate SNPs). Beginning in audit
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year 2019, the SNP–MOC program area
has been more accurately renamed
Special Needs Program Care
Coordination Quality Improvement
Performance Evaluation (SNP–CCQIPE).
In addition, the Medication Therapy
Management (MTM) pilot protocol has
been suspended until further notice. For
that reason, it is no longer posted to the
CMS website.
Beginning in audit year 2019, the data
collected via program-specific record
layouts, and collected via impact
analyses on an as-needed basis, will be
consolidated into each program area
data request document. The pre-audit
issue summary was updated for
technical terminology changes. Three of
the questionnaires and the power point
template that previously have been
distributed as part of our CPE audits
will remain. However, the CPE selfassessment questionnaire and the CDAG
and ODAG questionnaires have been
removed. We have added new
questionnaires for FA and SNP–
CCQIPE. A revised template for
collecting root cause analyses from
organizations on an as-needed basis
during the program audit has been
included in this package.
We have also included a new
independent validation audit work plan
template that will be collected from
sponsors that are required to undergo an
independent validation audit. The
validation audit is part of our robust
audit process where CMS requires
sponsoring organizations that have been
audited and found to have deficiencies
to undergo a validation audit to ensure
correction. The validation audit utilizes
the same audit protocols, but only tests
the elements where deficiencies were
found, as opposed to re-administering
the entire audit. This validation audit
work plan template will be populated
by the sponsoring organization’s
independent auditing firm to describe
how it plans to test for correction of the
deficiencies identified during the
program audit.
To assist in improving the audit
process, we have also included an audit
feedback questionnaire that is
representative of the survey link we
send to sponsoring organizations at the
end of each program audit. Completion
of this questionnaire is optional for
sponsoring organizations to provide
feedback on the audit process.
The proposed changes to each data
collection instrument, along with the
new FA and SNP–CCQIPE
questionnaires, root cause template,
validation audit work plan template and
audit feedback questionnaire are
included in the posted PRA package.
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Finally, separate from the audit
process and in order to address
sponsoring organizations’ concerns
regarding undue harm in Star Ratings
during audit years. The number of
sponsoring organizations that are
required to submit universes annually
for their coverage/organization
determinations and appeals increased.
In 2016, CMS expanded this annual
collection to all MA and Part D
sponsoring organizations. The universes
are submitted in the same format as
required for audits under the Part D
CDAG protocol and the Part C ODAG
protocol. The universes are then
analyzed for timeliness on an annual
basis, across all sponsoring
organizations, to allow a more
comprehensive review of the accuracy
of Part C and D appeals data to calculate
Star Ratings. Form Number: CMS–10191
(OMB control number: 0938–1000);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private Sector (business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions);
Number of Respondents: 166; Total
Annual Responses: 211; Total Annual
Hours: 51,548. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Brenda
Hudson at 443–743–9299.)
Dated: March 28, 2018.
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
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
Older American Act Title III and Title VII
(Chapters 3 and 4) Annual State
Program Reporting (Annual
Performance Data Collection); This is a
Revision to the Existing State Program
Report (OMB Approval 0985–0008)
Administration for Community
Living (ACL), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living is announcing that
the proposed collection of information
listed above has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance as
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This 30-Day notice collects comments
on the information collection
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requirements related to annual
performance data from State grantees
under the Older Americans Act related
to Title III and Title VII (Chapters 3 and
4) of that act. Title III includes, for
example, home delivered and
congregate meal services, transportation
and caregiver service; and Title VII
includes Elder Abuse Prevention and
Legal Assistance Development (ICR
Rev).
Submit written comments on the
collection of information by May 2,
2018.
DATES:
Submit written comments
on the collection of information by:
(a) Email to: OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB Desk Officer
for ACL;
(b) Fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for ACL; or
(c) By mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725
17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, Washington,
DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ACL’s Office of Performance and
Evaluation at SPRredesign.comments@
acl.hhs.gov.
ADDRESSES:
In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance. This collection is
a revision of the 2016 approved version
of the State Program Report and
incorporates significant reduction in
data collected. This data collection is
essential to provide performance
measures as required by Congress and
the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010
(GPRAMA). Significant revisions to the
SPR were last implemented in 2005.
This proposed collection is a revision of
the currently approved version
(effective 2016–2019). The factors that
influenced the proposed revision of the
SPR, include: (1) The need to modernize
the data structure to allow for more
efficient reporting and the ability to use
current technology for reporting and
analysis; (2) the interest in aligning data
elements within and across data
collections; (3) the need to consider
alternative data elements that reflect the
current Aging Network and long-term
care services and supports; and (4) the
need to reduce reporting burden while
enhancing data quality. The proposed
SPR revision reduces the number of data
elements reported by 70% and the
amount of time for completion by 30%
as compared to the current 2016–2019
SPR. This is a reduction of 874 hours
from the previous version.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10191]
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 June 1, 2018.
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' website 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 [email protected].
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-10191 Medicare Parts C and D Program Audit and Timeliness
Monitoring Data Requests
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Parts C
and D Program Audit and Timeliness Monitoring Data Requests; Use:
Medicare Part D plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage organizations
(collectively referred to as sponsoring organizations) are required to
comply with all Medicare Parts C and D program requirements. In 2010,
the explosive growth of these sponsoring organizations precipitated the
need for CMS to develop an annual audit strategy to ensure that we
evaluate sponsoring organizations compliance with the program
requirements. In addition to describing how sponsoring organizations
are selected for audit and which program areas will be audited, CMS'
annual audit strategy reflected a move to a more targeted, data-driven,
and risk-based audit approach. Since 2010, CMS has continued to focus
on assisting the industry with improving their operations to ensure
beneficiaries receive appropriate access to care. CMS has developed
audit protocols that focus on high-risk areas that have the greatest
potential for beneficiary harm.
CMS' program audit protocols are posted to the CMS website each
year for use by sponsoring organizations to prepare for their audit.
Currently CMS utilizes the following 5 protocols to audit sponsoring
organizations' performance: Compliance Program Effectiveness (CPE),
Formulary Administration (FA); Coverage Determinations, Appeals, and
Grievances (CDAG); Organization Determinations, Appeals, and Grievances
(ODAG), Special Needs Program Model of Care (SNP-MOC) (only
administered on organizations who operate SNPs). Beginning in audit
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year 2019, the SNP-MOC program area has been more accurately renamed
Special Needs Program Care Coordination Quality Improvement Performance
Evaluation (SNP-CCQIPE). In addition, the Medication Therapy Management
(MTM) pilot protocol has been suspended until further notice. For that
reason, it is no longer posted to the CMS website.
Beginning in audit year 2019, the data collected via program-
specific record layouts, and collected via impact analyses on an as-
needed basis, will be consolidated into each program area data request
document. The pre-audit issue summary was updated for technical
terminology changes. Three of the questionnaires and the power point
template that previously have been distributed as part of our CPE
audits will remain. However, the CPE self-assessment questionnaire and
the CDAG and ODAG questionnaires have been removed. We have added new
questionnaires for FA and SNP-CCQIPE. A revised template for collecting
root cause analyses from organizations on an as-needed basis during the
program audit has been included in this package.
We have also included a new independent validation audit work plan
template that will be collected from sponsors that are required to
undergo an independent validation audit. The validation audit is part
of our robust audit process where CMS requires sponsoring organizations
that have been audited and found to have deficiencies to undergo a
validation audit to ensure correction. The validation audit utilizes
the same audit protocols, but only tests the elements where
deficiencies were found, as opposed to re-administering the entire
audit. This validation audit work plan template will be populated by
the sponsoring organization's independent auditing firm to describe how
it plans to test for correction of the deficiencies identified during
the program audit.
To assist in improving the audit process, we have also included an
audit feedback questionnaire that is representative of the survey link
we send to sponsoring organizations at the end of each program audit.
Completion of this questionnaire is optional for sponsoring
organizations to provide feedback on the audit process.
The proposed changes to each data collection instrument, along with
the new FA and SNP-CCQIPE questionnaires, root cause template,
validation audit work plan template and audit feedback questionnaire
are included in the posted PRA package.
Finally, separate from the audit process and in order to address
sponsoring organizations' concerns regarding undue harm in Star Ratings
during audit years. The number of sponsoring organizations that are
required to submit universes annually for their coverage/organization
determinations and appeals increased. In 2016, CMS expanded this annual
collection to all MA and Part D sponsoring organizations. The universes
are submitted in the same format as required for audits under the Part
D CDAG protocol and the Part C ODAG protocol. The universes are then
analyzed for timeliness on an annual basis, across all sponsoring
organizations, to allow a more comprehensive review of the accuracy of
Part C and D appeals data to calculate Star Ratings. Form Number: CMS-
10191 (OMB control number: 0938-1000); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Private Sector (business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions); Number of Respondents: 166; Total Annual Responses: 211;
Total Annual Hours: 51,548. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Brenda Hudson at 443-743-9299.)
Dated: March 28, 2018.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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