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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–10185 and CMS–
10537]
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
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
April 27, 2020.
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 llll, Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
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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 N. 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–10185 Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements
CMS–10537 National Implementation
of Hospice Experience of Care
Survey (CAHPS Hospice Survey)
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 with change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements; Use: Data
collected via Medicare Part D Reporting
Requirements will be an integral
resource for oversight, monitoring,
compliance and auditing activities
necessary to ensure quality provision of
the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
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to beneficiaries. For all reporting
sections, data are reported electronically
to CMS. Each reporting section is
reported at one of the following levels:
Contract (data should be entered at the
H#, S#, R#, or E# level) or Plan (data
should be entered at the Plan Benefit
Package (PBP level, e.g. Plan 001 for
contract H#, R#, S#, or E). Sponsors
should retain documentation and data
records related to their data
submissions. Data will be validated,
analyzed, and utilized for trend
reporting by the Division of Clinical and
Operational Performance (DCOP) within
the Medicare Drug Benefit and C & D
Data Group. If outliers or other data
anomalies are detected, DCOP will work
in collaboration with other Divisions
within CMS for follow-up and
resolution.
In accordance with Title I, Part 423,
Subpart K (§ 423.514), the Act requires
each Part D Sponsor to have an effective
procedure to provide statistics
indicating:
• The cost of its operations
• the patterns of utilization of its
services
• the availability, accessibility, and
acceptability of its services
• information demonstrating it has a
fiscally sound operation
• other matters as required by CMS
Subsection 423.505 of the MMA
regulation establishes as a contract
provision that Part D Sponsors must
comply with the reporting requirements
for submitting drug claims and related
information to CMS. Form Number:
CMS–10185 (OMB control number:
0938–0992); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
744; Total Annual Responses: 17,080;
Total Annual Hours: 25,256. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Chanelle Jones at 410–786–
8008.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: National
Implementation of Hospice Experience
of Care Survey (CAHPS Hospice
Survey); Use: CMS launched the
development of the CAHPS® Hospice
Survey in 2012. Public reporting of the
results on Hospice Compare started in
2018. The goal of the survey is to
measure the experiences of patients and
their caregivers with hospice care. The
survey was developed to:
• Provide a source of information
from which selected measures could be
publicly reported to beneficiaries and
their family members as a decision aid
for selection of a hospice program;
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• Aid hospices with their internal
quality improvement efforts and
external benchmarking with other
facilities; and
• Provide CMS with information for
monitoring the care provided.
CAHPS is a standardized family of
surveys developed by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) for patients to assess and report
the quality of care they receive from
their health care providers and health
care delivery systems.
CMS announced its intention to
implement the CAHPS® Hospice Survey
in the FY 2014 Hospice Wage Index and
Payment Rate Update; Hospice Quality
Reporting Requirements; and Updates
on Payment Reform. National
implementation of the survey launched
on January 1, 2015 with hospices
administering the survey for a ‘‘dry run’’
for at least one month in the first quarter
of 2015. Starting April 1, 2015 (second
quarter), hospices were required to
participate on a monthly basis in order
to receive the full Annual Payment
Update (APU). Implementation is
ongoing and there have been no changes
to the questionnaire.
Publicly reporting comparative survey
results related to patients’ perspectives
of the care they receive from providers
and plans collected through the
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare
Providers and Systems (CAHPS®)
Surveys support CMS’s efforts to put
patients first and improve the
beneficiary experience. Form Number:
CMS–10537 (OMB control number:
0938–1257); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Individuals and Households;
Number of Respondents: 1,032,004;
Total Annual Responses: 1,032,004;
Total Annual Hours: 180,004. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection contact Debra Dean-Whittaker
at 410–786–0848.)
Dated: February 20, 2020.
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; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Adult
Maltreatment Reporting System;
[OMB# 0985–0054]
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 the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-Day
notice collects comments on the
information collection requirements
related to an extension without change
and solicits comments on the
information collection requirements
relating to the National Adult
Maltreatment Reporting System
(NAMRS).
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments on the
collection of information by March 27,
2020.
ADDRESSES: 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:
Stephanie Whittier Eliason,
Administration for Community Living,
Washington, DC 20201, at 202–795–
7467 or Stephanie.WhittierEliason@
acl.hhs.gov.
DATES:
In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance. The National
Adult Maltreatment Reporting System
authorized under the Elder Justice Act
of 2009, which amends Title XX of the
Social Security Act [42.U.S.C. 13976 et
seq.], requires that the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services ‘‘collects and disseminates data
annually relating to the abuse,
exploitation, and neglect of elders in
coordination with the Department of
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Justice’’ [Sec. 2041 (a)(1)(B)] and
‘‘conducts research related to the
provision of adult protective services’’
[Sec. 2041 (a)(1)(D)].
The Elder Justice Coordinating
Council (EJCC) recommended
development of ‘‘a national adult
protective services (APS) system based
upon standardized data collection and a
core set of service provision standards
and best practices.’’
NAMRS is a voluntary system that has
been annually collecting since FFY2016
both summary and de-identified caselevel data on APS investigations
submitted by states. NAMRS consists of
three components:
(1) ACL proposes to collect
descriptive data on state agency and
practices from all states through the
‘‘Agency Component,’’ and
(2) Case-level, non-identifiable data
on persons who receive an investigation
by APS in response to an allegation of
abuse, neglect, or exploitation through
‘‘Case Component’’, or
(3) For states that are unable to submit
a case-level file through the ‘‘Case
Component,’’ a ‘‘Key Indicators
Component’’ will be available for them
to submit data on a smaller set of core
items.
ACL provides technical assistance to
states to assist in the preparation of their
data submissions. Respondents are state
APS agencies and APS agencies in the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin
Islands, and American Samoa (states,
hereafter). No personally identifiable
information is collected. The proposed
form(s) may be found on the ACL
website at https://www.acl.gov/aboutacl/public-input.
Estimated Program Burden
ACL estimates the burden associated
with this collection of information as
follows: 56 States will respond every
year. It will take approximately 4 hours
for all 56 states to respond to the
Agency Component, 20 hours for 17
states to respond to the Key Indicator
Component, and 100 hours for 35 states
to respond to the Case Component. The
total annual burden is estimated to be
4,164 hours. The estimates are based on
the amount of time States have
previously reported in completing the
data collection instruments; continued
increase in the number of states
reporting on Case Component and Key
Indicator Component data; and
assumption of modest incremental
efficiencies by States in reporting data
to NAMRS every year, including, most
significantly, minimal need to recode to
extract data after the initial year.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10185 and CMS-10537]
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 April 27, 2020.
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 N. 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-10185 Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements
CMS-10537 National Implementation of Hospice Experience of Care Survey
(CAHPS Hospice Survey)
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 with change of
a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements; Use: Data collected via
Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource for
oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary to
ensure quality provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to
beneficiaries. For all reporting sections, data are reported
electronically to CMS. Each reporting section is reported at one of the
following levels: Contract (data should be entered at the H#, S#, R#,
or E# level) or Plan (data should be entered at the Plan Benefit
Package (PBP level, e.g. Plan 001 for contract H#, R#, S#, or E).
Sponsors should retain documentation and data records related to their
data submissions. Data will be validated, analyzed, and utilized for
trend reporting by the Division of Clinical and Operational Performance
(DCOP) within the Medicare Drug Benefit and C & D Data Group. If
outliers or other data anomalies are detected, DCOP will work in
collaboration with other Divisions within CMS for follow-up and
resolution.
In accordance with Title I, Part 423, Subpart K (Sec. 423.514),
the Act requires each Part D Sponsor to have an effective procedure to
provide statistics indicating:
The cost of its operations
the patterns of utilization of its services
the availability, accessibility, and acceptability of its
services
information demonstrating it has a fiscally sound operation
other matters as required by CMS
Subsection 423.505 of the MMA regulation establishes as a contract
provision that Part D Sponsors must comply with the reporting
requirements for submitting drug claims and related information to CMS.
Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB control number: 0938-0992); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 744; Total Annual Responses: 17,080; Total Annual Hours:
25,256. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Chanelle Jones at 410-786-8008.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension without change
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
National Implementation of Hospice Experience of Care Survey (CAHPS
Hospice Survey); Use: CMS launched the development of the CAHPS[supreg]
Hospice Survey in 2012. Public reporting of the results on Hospice
Compare started in 2018. The goal of the survey is to measure the
experiences of patients and their caregivers with hospice care. The
survey was developed to:
Provide a source of information from which selected
measures could be publicly reported to beneficiaries and their family
members as a decision aid for selection of a hospice program;
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Aid hospices with their internal quality improvement
efforts and external benchmarking with other facilities; and
Provide CMS with information for monitoring the care
provided.
CAHPS is a standardized family of surveys developed by the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for patients to assess and
report the quality of care they receive from their health care
providers and health care delivery systems.
CMS announced its intention to implement the CAHPS[supreg] Hospice
Survey in the FY 2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update;
Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; and Updates on Payment Reform.
National implementation of the survey launched on January 1, 2015 with
hospices administering the survey for a ``dry run'' for at least one
month in the first quarter of 2015. Starting April 1, 2015 (second
quarter), hospices were required to participate on a monthly basis in
order to receive the full Annual Payment Update (APU). Implementation
is ongoing and there have been no changes to the questionnaire.
Publicly reporting comparative survey results related to patients'
perspectives of the care they receive from providers and plans
collected through the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (CAHPS[supreg]) Surveys support CMS's efforts to put patients
first and improve the beneficiary experience. Form Number: CMS-10537
(OMB control number: 0938-1257); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Individuals and Households; Number of Respondents: 1,032,004; Total
Annual Responses: 1,032,004; Total Annual Hours: 180,004. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Debra Dean-Whittaker at
410-786-0848.)
Dated: February 20, 2020.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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