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Information Collection: Standards
Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors,
and Risk Adjustment; Use: The data
collection and reporting requirements
will be used by HHS to run the
permanent risk adjustment program,
including validation of data submitted
by issuers, on behalf of States that
requested HHS to run it for them. Risk
adjustment is one of 3 market stability
programs established by the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act and
is intended to mitigate the impact of
adverse selection in the individual and
small group health insurance markets
inside and outside of the Health
Insurance Exchanges. HHS will also use
this data to adjust the payment transfer
formula for risk associated with highcost enrollees. State regulators can use
the reporting requirements outlined in
this collection to request a reduction to
the statewide average premium factor of
the risk adjustment transfer formula,
beginning for the 2019 benefit year, and
thereby avoid having to establish their
own programs. Issuers and providers
can use the alternative reporting
requirements for mental and behavioral
health records described herein to
comply with State privacy laws. Form
Number: CMS–10401 (OMB control
number: 0938–1155); Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local,
or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 700; Total Annual
Responses: 17,287; Total Annual Hours:
5,770,621. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Ernest
Ayukawa at 301–492–5213.)
Dated: November 5, 2018.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
SUMMARY:
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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
January 7, 2019.
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 lll, 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
website address at https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/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:
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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–10565 Off-cycle Submission of
Summaries of Model of Care Changes
CMS–10325 Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for
Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act
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: Off-cycle
Submissions of Summaries of Model of
Care Changes; Use: The ACA, Section
3205(e), requires that all SNPs be
approved by NCQA. This approval is
based on NCQA’s evaluation of SNPs’
MOC narratives using MOC scoring
guidelines. The NCQA and CMS will
use information collected in the SNP
Application HPMS module to review
and approve MOC narratives in order
for a Medicare Advantage Organization
(MAO) to operate as a new SNP in the
upcoming calendar year(s). This
information is used by CMS as part of
the Medicare Advantage SNP
application process.
The NCQA and CMS will use
information collected in the Renewal
Submission section of the HPMS MOC
module to review and approve the MOC
narrative in order for the SNP to receive
a new approval period and operate in
the upcoming calendar year(s). Results
of the Initial and Renewal MOC review
will be made publically available.
NCQA and CMS will use information in
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the Off-Cycle Submission section of the
HPMS MOC module to review changes
made to an approved MOCs by SNPs. It
is the responsibility of SNPs to notify
CMS of significant changes to their
MOC in HPMS. NCQA will conduct a
review for CMS to determine if the
changes made to a MOC are consistent
with the overall approved MOC before
SNPs may implement the changes.
The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of
2018 Section 50311 modified the MOC
requirements for C–SNPs in section
1859(b)(6)(B)(iii) of the Act.
Specifically, section (B)(iv) requires that
beginning in 2020 and subsequent years,
C–SNPs will submit MOCs annually for
evaluation and approval. SNPs are a
specific type of Medicare Advantage
coordinated care plan that provide
targeted care to individuals with unique
special needs. Form Number: CMS–
10565 (OMB control number: 0938–
1296); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Private Sector (Business or other
for-profits, Not-for-Profit Institutions);
Number of Respondents: 354; Total
Annual Responses: 354; Total Annual
Hours: 1,856. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Donna
B. Williamson at 410–786–4647.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for
Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251
of the Affordable Care Act provides that
certain plans and health insurance
coverage in existence as of March 23,
2010, known as grandfathered health
plans, are not required to comply with
certain statutory provisions in the Act.
The final regulations titled ‘‘Final Rules
under the Affordable Care Act for
Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting
Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and
Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent
Coverage, Appeals, and Patient
Protections’’ (80 FR 72192, November
18, 2015) require that, to maintain its
status as a grandfathered health plan, a
plan must maintain records
documenting the terms of the plan in
effect on March 23, 2010, and any other
documents that are necessary to verify,
explain or clarify status as a
grandfathered health plan. The plan
must make such records available for
examination upon request by
participants, beneficiaries, individual
policy subscribers, or a state or federal
agency official. A grandfathered health
plan is also required to include a
statement in any summary of benefits
under the plan or health insurance
coverage, that the plan or coverage
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within the meaning of section 1251 of
the Affordable Care Act, and providing
contact information for participants to
direct questions and complaints. In
addition, a grandfathered group health
plan that is changing health insurance
issuers is required to provide the
succeeding health insurance issuer (and
the succeeding health insurance issuer
must require) documentation of plan
terms (including benefits, cost sharing,
employer contributions, and annual
limits) under the prior health insurance
coverage sufficient to make a
determination whether the standards of
paragraph § 147.140(g)(1) of the final
regulations are exceeded. It is also
required that, for an insured group
health plan (or a multiemployer plan)
that is a grandfathered plan, the relevant
policies, certificates, or contracts of
insurance, or plan documents must
disclose in a prominent and effective
manner that employers, employee
organizations, or plan sponsors, as
applicable, are required to notify the
issuer (or multiemployer plan) if the
contribution rate changes at any point
during the plan year. Form Number:
CMS–10325 (OMB control number:
0938–1093); Frequency: On Occasion;
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments; Private Sector; Number of
Respondents: 20,973; Number of
Responses: 3,831,484; Total Annual
Hours: 114. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Usree
Bandyopadhyay at 410–786–6650.)
Dated: November 5, 2018.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Administration for Children and
Families
Office on Trafficking in Persons;
Notice of Meeting
Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting and
call for best practices.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) and the Preventing Sex
Trafficking and Strengthening Families
Act, that a meeting of the National
Advisory Committee (NAC) on the Sex
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Trafficking of Children and Youth in the
United States (Committee) will be held
on December 10, 2018. The purpose of
the meeting is for the Committee to
discuss its duties and information for a
draft outline on recommended best
practices for States to follow in
combating the sex trafficking of children
and youth based on multidisciplinary
research and promising, evidence-based
models and programs. The Committee
members will remain in Washington,
DC, on December 11, 2018, to conduct
internal subcommittee meetings and a
fact-finding site visit.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, December 10, 2018, from 9:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
330 C Street SW, Washington, DC,
20201. Space is limited. Identification
will be required at the entrance of the
facility (e.g., passport, state ID, or
federal ID).
To attend the meeting virtually,
please register for this event online:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/resource/
nacagenda1218.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katherine Chon, Director, Office on
Trafficking in Persons, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) at
EndTrafficking@acf.hhs.gov or (202)
205–4554 or 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC, 20201. Additional
information is available at https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/partnerships/thenational-advisory-committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
formation and operation of the NAC are
governed by the provisions of Public
Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.
2), which sets forth standards for the
formation and use of federal advisory
committees.
Purpose of the NAC: The purpose of
the NAC is to advise the Secretary and
the Attorney General on practical and
general policies concerning
improvements to the nation’s response
to the sex trafficking of children and
youth in the United States. The NAC is
established pursuant to Section 121 of
the Preventing Sex Trafficking and
Strengthening Families Act of 2014
(Pub. L. 113–183).
Tentative Agenda: The agenda can be
found at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/
resource/nacagenda1218.
To submit written statements or RSVP
to attend in-person or make verbal
statements, email Ava.Donald@
acf.hhs.gov by November 19, 2018.
Please include your name, organization,
and phone number. More details on
these options are below.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 41 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10565 and CMS-10325]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human Services.
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 January 7, 2019.
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 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-10565 Off-cycle Submission of Summaries of Model of Care Changes
CMS-10325 Disclosure and Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered
Health Plans under the Affordable Care Act
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: Off-cycle
Submissions of Summaries of Model of Care Changes; Use: The ACA,
Section 3205(e), requires that all SNPs be approved by NCQA. This
approval is based on NCQA's evaluation of SNPs' MOC narratives using
MOC scoring guidelines. The NCQA and CMS will use information collected
in the SNP Application HPMS module to review and approve MOC narratives
in order for a Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) to operate as a
new SNP in the upcoming calendar year(s). This information is used by
CMS as part of the Medicare Advantage SNP application process.
The NCQA and CMS will use information collected in the Renewal
Submission section of the HPMS MOC module to review and approve the MOC
narrative in order for the SNP to receive a new approval period and
operate in the upcoming calendar year(s). Results of the Initial and
Renewal MOC review will be made publically available. NCQA and CMS will
use information in
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the Off-Cycle Submission section of the HPMS MOC module to review
changes made to an approved MOCs by SNPs. It is the responsibility of
SNPs to notify CMS of significant changes to their MOC in HPMS. NCQA
will conduct a review for CMS to determine if the changes made to a MOC
are consistent with the overall approved MOC before SNPs may implement
the changes.
The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018 Section 50311 modified the
MOC requirements for C-SNPs in section 1859(b)(6)(B)(iii) of the Act.
Specifically, section (B)(iv) requires that beginning in 2020 and
subsequent years, C-SNPs will submit MOCs annually for evaluation and
approval. SNPs are a specific type of Medicare Advantage coordinated
care plan that provide targeted care to individuals with unique special
needs. Form Number: CMS-10565 (OMB control number: 0938-1296);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or other
for-profits, Not-for-Profit Institutions); Number of Respondents: 354;
Total Annual Responses: 354; Total Annual Hours: 1,856. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Donna B. Williamson at 410-
786-4647.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Disclosure and
Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered Health Plans under the
Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act
provides that certain plans and health insurance coverage in existence
as of March 23, 2010, known as grandfathered health plans, are not
required to comply with certain statutory provisions in the Act. The
final regulations titled ``Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act
for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and
Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient
Protections'' (80 FR 72192, November 18, 2015) require that, to
maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan, a plan must
maintain records documenting the terms of the plan in effect on March
23, 2010, and any other documents that are necessary to verify, explain
or clarify status as a grandfathered health plan. The plan must make
such records available for examination upon request by participants,
beneficiaries, individual policy subscribers, or a state or federal
agency official. A grandfathered health plan is also required to
include a statement in any summary of benefits under the plan or health
insurance coverage, that the plan or coverage believes it is a
grandfathered health plan within the meaning of section 1251 of the
Affordable Care Act, and providing contact information for participants
to direct questions and complaints. In addition, a grandfathered group
health plan that is changing health insurance issuers is required to
provide the succeeding health insurance issuer (and the succeeding
health insurance issuer must require) documentation of plan terms
(including benefits, cost sharing, employer contributions, and annual
limits) under the prior health insurance coverage sufficient to make a
determination whether the standards of paragraph Sec. 147.140(g)(1) of
the final regulations are exceeded. It is also required that, for an
insured group health plan (or a multiemployer plan) that is a
grandfathered plan, the relevant policies, certificates, or contracts
of insurance, or plan documents must disclose in a prominent and
effective manner that employers, employee organizations, or plan
sponsors, as applicable, are required to notify the issuer (or
multiemployer plan) if the contribution rate changes at any point
during the plan year. Form Number: CMS-10325 (OMB control number: 0938-
1093); Frequency: On Occasion; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments; Private Sector; Number of Respondents: 20,973; Number of
Responses: 3,831,484; Total Annual Hours: 114. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Usree Bandyopadhyay at 410-786-
6650.)
Dated: November 5, 2018.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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