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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–10398 #37]
Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic
Information Collection Activities:
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On May 28, 2010, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’
clearance process. Generally, this is an
expedited process by which agencies
may obtain OMB’s approval of
collection of information requests that
are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and
uncontroversial collections,’’ do not
raise any substantive or policy issues,
and do not require policy or
methodological review. The process
requires the submission of an
overarching plan that defines the scope
of the individual collections that would
fall under its umbrella. On October 23,
2011, OMB approved our initial request
to use the generic clearance process
under control number 0938–1148
(CMS–10398). It was last approved on
April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA
process which included the publication
of 60- and 30-day Federal Register
notices. The scope of the April 2021
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umbrella accounts for Medicaid and
CHIP State plan amendments, waivers,
demonstrations, and reporting. This
Federal Register notice seeks public
comment on one or more of our
collection of information requests that
we believe are generic and fall within
the scope of the umbrella. Interested
persons are invited to submit 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.
Comments must be received by
April 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the applicable form number
(see below) and the OMB control
number (0938–1148). 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: CMS–10398 (#7)/OMB
control number: 0938–1148, 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, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
browser: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/
PRAListing.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
Following
is a summary of the use and burden
associated with the subject information
collection(s). More detailed information
can be found in the collection’s
supporting statement and associated
materials (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Generic Information Collections
1. Title of Information Collection:
Managed Care Rate Setting Guidance;
Type of Information Collection Request:
Revision of an existing generic
information collection request; Use: In
accordance with 42 CFR 438.7, states
must submit to CMS for review and
approval all rate certifications for
managed care organizations (MCOs),
prepaid inpatient health plans (PIHPs),
and prepaid ambulatory health plans
(PAHPs). The rate certification itself is
prepared by a state’s actuary who
certifies the managed care program’s
capitation rates as actuarially sound for
a specific time period, and documents
the rate development process and final
certified capitation rates.
Our Medicaid Managed Care Rate
Development Guide (otherwise referred
to as the ‘‘rate guide’’) outlines the rate
development standards and CMS’
expectations for documentation
included in rate certifications such as
descriptions of base data used, trend
factors to base data, projected benefit
and non-benefit costs, and any other
considerations or adjustments used
when setting capitation rates. The
information outlined in the rate guide
must be included within the rate
certification in adequate detail to allow
CMS to determine compliance with
applicable provisions of 42 CFR part
438, including that the data,
assumptions, and methodologies used
for rate development are consistent with
generally accepted actuarial principles
and practices and that the capitation
rates are appropriate for the populations
and services to be covered. There is no
required template that states’ actuaries
must utilize for the rate certification, but
the guidance outlined in the rate guide
serves as a resource for states and their
actuaries. Adherence by states and their
actuaries to the rate development
standards and documentation
expectations outlined in the rate guide,
will aid in ensuring compliance with
the regulations and support CMS’s
review and approval of actuarially
sound capitation rates and associated
federal financial participation. Form
Number: CMS–10398 (#37) (OMB
control number: 0938–1148); Frequency:
Annual; Affected Public: State, Local, or
Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 46; Total Annual
Responses: 135; Total Annual Hours:
743. For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Rebecca Burch-Mack
at 303–844–7355.
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Dated: April 5, 2023.
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 Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
Program Data Reports: Demographic
and Service Utilization, Grantee
Performance Measures and Quarterly
Performance Reports
Office of Early Childhood
Development; Administration for
Children and Families; Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a new information collection
for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
Tribal Home Visiting Program Data
Reports: Demographic and Service
Utilization, Grantee Performance
Measures and Quarterly Performance
Reports.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 511 of Title V of
the Social Security Act created the
MIECHV Program and authorizes the
Secretary of the United States
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to award grants to
Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian
tribes), tribal organizations, or urban
Indian organizations to conduct an early
childhood home visiting program. The
legislation set aside 6 percent of the
total MIECHV program appropriation for
grants to tribal entities. Tribal MIECHV
grants, to the greatest extent practicable,
are to be consistent with the
requirements of the MIECHV grants to
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states and jurisdictions and include
conducting a needs assessment and
establishing quantifiable, measurable
benchmarks.
The ACF Office of Early Childhood
Development (ECD), in collaboration
with the Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau, awards grants for the
Tribal MIECHV Program. The Tribal
MIECHV grant awards support 5-year
cooperative agreements to conduct
community needs assessments, plan for
and implement high-quality, culturally
grounded, evidence-based home visiting
programs in at-risk Tribal communities,
and participate in research and
evaluation activities to build the
knowledge base on home visiting among
Native populations.
In Year 1 of the cooperative
agreement, grantees must (1) conduct a
comprehensive community needs and
readiness assessment and (2) develop a
plan to respond to identified needs.
Following each year that Tribal
MIECHV grantees implement home
visiting services; they must comply with
the requirement to submit demographic
and service utilization data once they
begin to provide services, and then on
an annual basis. Grantees also begin to
report quarterly on caseloads and family
and staff retention and submit
performance data in years 2–5 of their
cooperative agreements. Tribal MIECHV
Program data are used to help ACF
better understand the population
receiving services from Tribal MIECHV
grantees, the degree to which they are
using services, as well as staffing data to
better understand the Tribal MIECHV
workforce. This includes demographic
and service utilization data on the
number of newly enrolled and
continuing participants, educational
level and poverty status of participants,
education level of staff, number of home
visits and grantee caseload capacity and
retention of families and staff.
Performance reporting on the six
legislatively mandated areas (referred to
as ‘‘benchmark areas’’) will document
grantee improvement in the benchmark
areas over time and will allow new
cohorts of grantees to reflect on their
performance to make program
improvements or to document
implementation of services successfully
that encompass the major goals of the
program.
ACF will use Tribal Home Visiting
Data Reports to:
• Collect demographic and service
utilization that provides vital
information on the families being served
under the Tribal MIECHV Program;
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10398 #37]
Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic
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: On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) guidance related to the
``generic'' clearance process. Generally, this is an expedited process
by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of collection of
information requests that are ``usually voluntary, low-burden, and
uncontroversial collections,'' do not raise any substantive or policy
issues, and do not require policy or methodological review. The process
requires the submission of an overarching plan that defines the scope
of the individual collections that would fall under its umbrella. On
October 23, 2011, OMB approved our initial request to use the generic
clearance process under control number 0938-1148 (CMS-10398). It was
last approved on April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA process which
included the publication of 60- and 30-day Federal Register notices.
The scope of the April 2021 umbrella accounts for Medicaid and CHIP
State plan amendments, waivers, demonstrations, and reporting. This
Federal Register notice seeks public comment on one or more of our
collection of information requests that we believe are generic and fall
within the scope of the umbrella. Interested persons are invited to
submit 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 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the applicable form number
(see below) and the OMB control number (0938-1148). 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: CMS-10398 (#7)/OMB
control number: 0938-1148, 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, please access
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address
into your web browser: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following is a summary of the use and burden
associated with the subject information collection(s). More detailed
information can be found in the collection's supporting statement and
associated materials (see ADDRESSES).
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Generic Information Collections
1. Title of Information Collection: Managed Care Rate Setting
Guidance; Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of an
existing generic information collection request; Use: In accordance
with 42 CFR 438.7, states must submit to CMS for review and approval
all rate certifications for managed care organizations (MCOs), prepaid
inpatient health plans (PIHPs), and prepaid ambulatory health plans
(PAHPs). The rate certification itself is prepared by a state's actuary
who certifies the managed care program's capitation rates as
actuarially sound for a specific time period, and documents the rate
development process and final certified capitation rates.
Our Medicaid Managed Care Rate Development Guide (otherwise
referred to as the ``rate guide'') outlines the rate development
standards and CMS' expectations for documentation included in rate
certifications such as descriptions of base data used, trend factors to
base data, projected benefit and non-benefit costs, and any other
considerations or adjustments used when setting capitation rates. The
information outlined in the rate guide must be included within the rate
certification in adequate detail to allow CMS to determine compliance
with applicable provisions of 42 CFR part 438, including that the data,
assumptions, and methodologies used for rate development are consistent
with generally accepted actuarial principles and practices and that the
capitation rates are appropriate for the populations and services to be
covered. There is no required template that states' actuaries must
utilize for the rate certification, but the guidance outlined in the
rate guide serves as a resource for states and their actuaries.
Adherence by states and their actuaries to the rate development
standards and documentation expectations outlined in the rate guide,
will aid in ensuring compliance with the regulations and support CMS's
review and approval of actuarially sound capitation rates and
associated federal financial participation. Form Number: CMS-10398
(#37) (OMB control number: 0938-1148); Frequency: Annual; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 46;
Total Annual Responses: 135; Total Annual Hours: 743. For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Rebecca Burch-Mack at 303-
844-7355.
Dated: April 5, 2023.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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