Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 7457-7458 [2022-02738]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2022 / Notices committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Kalwant Smagh, Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2022–02648 Filed 2–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifiers: CMS–10545 and CMS–10520] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 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 11, 2022. 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’’ lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 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: ll, 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. 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–10545 Outcome and Assessment Information Set OASIS–E CMS–10520 Marketplace Quality Standards 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: Outcome and Assessment Information Set OASIS–E; Use: This request is for OMB approval PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7457 to modify the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) that home health agencies (HHAs) are required to collect in order to participate in the Medicare program. The current version of the OASIS, OASIS–D (0938–1279) data item set was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on December 6, 2018 and implemented on January 1, 2019. We are seeking OMB approval for the proposed revised OASIS item set, referred to hereafter as OASIS–E, scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2023. The OASIS–E includes changes pursuant to the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (the IMPACT Act); and, to accommodate data element removals to reduce burden; and improve formatting throughout the document. Form Number: CMS–10545 (OMB control number: 0938–1279); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 11,354; Total Annual Responses: 18,030,766; Total Annual Hours: 13,139,904. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Joan Proctor at 410–786–0949). 2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Marketplace Quality Standards; Use: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act establishes requirements to support the delivery of quality health care coverage for health insurance issuers offering Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in Exchanges. Section 1311(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act directs the Secretary to develop a system to rate QHPs on the basis of quality and price and requires Exchanges to display this quality rating information on their respective websites. Section 1311(c)(4) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires the Secretary to develop an enrollee satisfaction survey system to assess enrollee experience with each QHP (with more than 500 enrollees in the previous year) offered through an Exchange. Section 1311(h) requires QHPs to contract with certain hospitals that meet specific patient safety and health care quality standards. This collection of information is necessary to provide adequate and timely health care quality information for consumers, regulators, and Exchanges as well as to collect information to appropriately monitor and provide a process for a survey vendor to appeal HHS’ decision to not approve a QHP Enrollee Survey vendor application. Form Number: CMS–10520 E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1 7458 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2022 / Notices (OMB control number: 0938–1249); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Public sector (Individuals and Households); Private sector (Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 314; Total Annual Responses: 314; Total Annual Hours: 384,014. For policy questions regarding this collection contact Nidhi Singh Shah at 301–492– 5110. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Dated: February 4, 2022. William N. Parham, III, Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2022–02738 Filed 2–8–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120–01–P [CMS–9133–N] It is possible that an interested party may need specific information and not be able to determine from the listed information whether the issuance or regulation would fulfill that need. Consequently, we are providing contact persons to answer general questions concerning each of the addenda published in this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances—October through December 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Notice. This quarterly notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other SUMMARY: Addenda Contact I CMS Manual Instructions .............................. II Regulation Documents Published in the Federal Register. III CMS Rulings ............................................... IV Medicare National Coverage Determinations. V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs ................. VI Collections of Information ........................... VII Medicare –Approved Carotid Stent Facilities. VIII American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites. IX Medicare’s Active Coverage-Related Guidance Documents. X One-time Notices Regarding National Coverage Provisions. XI National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry Sites. XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities. XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities. XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery Facilities. XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Dementia Trials. All Other Information ......................................... Ismael Torres ................................................... Terri Plumb ....................................................... (410) 786–1864 (410) 786–4481 Tiffany Lafferty .................................................. Wanda Belle, MPA ........................................... (410)786–7548 (410) 786–7491 John Manlove ................................................... William Parham ................................................ Sarah Fulton, MHS ........................................... (410) 786–6877 (410) 786–4669 (410) 786–2749 Sarah Fulton, MHS ........................................... (410) 786–2749 JoAnna Baldwin, MS ........................................ (410) 786–7205 JoAnna Baldwin, MS ........................................ (410) 786–7205 David Dolan, MBA ............................................ (410) 786–3365 David Dolan, MBA ............................................ (410) 786–3365 Sarah Fulton, MHS ........................................... (410) 786–2749 Sarah Fulton, MHS ........................................... (410) 786–2749 David Dolan, MBA ............................................ (410) 786–3365 Annette Brewer ................................................. (410) 786–6580 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), health insurers, and other stakeholders. To implement the various statutes on which the programs are based, we issue regulations under the authority granted to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under sections 1102, 1871, 1902, and related provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) and Public Health Service Act. We also issue various manuals, memoranda, and statements necessary to administer and oversee the programs efficiently. Section 1871(c) of the Act requires that we publish a list of all Medicare manual instructions, interpretive rules, statements of policy, and guidelines of general applicability not issued as regulations at least every 3 months in the Federal Register. I. Background lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Federal Register notices that were published from July through September 2021, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs administered by CMS. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs and coordination and oversight of private health insurance. Administration and oversight of these programs involves the following: (1) Furnishing information to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, and the public; and (2) maintaining effective communications with CMS regional offices, state governments, state Medicaid agencies, state survey agencies, various providers of health care, all Medicare contractors that process claims and pay bills, National VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 08, 2022 Jkt 256001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Phone No. II. Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices This quarterly notice provides only the specific updates that have occurred in the 3-month period along with a hyperlink to the full listing that is available on the CMS website or the appropriate data registries that are used as our resources. This is the most current up-to-date information and will be available earlier than we publish our quarterly notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7457-7458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02738]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10545 and CMS-10520]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 
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 11, 2022.

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.

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-10545 Outcome and Assessment Information Set OASIS-E
CMS-10520 Marketplace Quality Standards

    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: Outcome and 
Assessment Information Set OASIS-E; Use: This request is for OMB 
approval to modify the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) 
that home health agencies (HHAs) are required to collect in order to 
participate in the Medicare program. The current version of the OASIS, 
OASIS-D (0938-1279) data item set was approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) on December 6, 2018 and implemented on 
January 1, 2019. We are seeking OMB approval for the proposed revised 
OASIS item set, referred to hereafter as OASIS-E, scheduled for 
implementation on January 1, 2023. The OASIS-E includes changes 
pursuant to the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act 
of 2014 (the IMPACT Act); and, to accommodate data element removals to 
reduce burden; and improve formatting throughout the document. Form 
Number: CMS-10545 (OMB control number: 0938-1279); Frequency: 
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or other for-
profit and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 11,354; 
Total Annual Responses: 18,030,766; Total Annual Hours: 13,139,904. 
(For policy questions regarding this collection contact Joan Proctor at 
410-786-0949).
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Marketplace 
Quality Standards; Use: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
establishes requirements to support the delivery of quality health care 
coverage for health insurance issuers offering Qualified Health Plans 
(QHPs) in Exchanges. Section 1311(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act directs the Secretary to develop a system to rate 
QHPs on the basis of quality and price and requires Exchanges to 
display this quality rating information on their respective websites. 
Section 1311(c)(4) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
requires the Secretary to develop an enrollee satisfaction survey 
system to assess enrollee experience with each QHP (with more than 500 
enrollees in the previous year) offered through an Exchange. Section 
1311(h) requires QHPs to contract with certain hospitals that meet 
specific patient safety and health care quality standards.
    This collection of information is necessary to provide adequate and 
timely health care quality information for consumers, regulators, and 
Exchanges as well as to collect information to appropriately monitor 
and provide a process for a survey vendor to appeal HHS' decision to 
not approve a QHP Enrollee Survey vendor application. Form Number: CMS-
10520

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(OMB control number: 0938-1249); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Public sector (Individuals and Households); Private sector (Business or 
other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of 
Respondents: 314; Total Annual Responses: 314; Total Annual Hours: 
384,014. For policy questions regarding this collection contact Nidhi 
Singh Shah at 301-492-5110.

    Dated: February 4, 2022.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-02738 Filed 2-8-22; 8:45 am]
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