[Federal Register: December 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-R-205, CMS-R-206, CMS-10050, and CMS-R-228]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In compliance with
the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly
known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)), Department
of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of
proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited
to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including any of the following
subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2)
the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
(1) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Information Collection Requirements Referenced in HIPAA for the
Individual Market and Supporting Regulations at 45 CFR 148; Form No.:
CMS--R-205 (OMB 0938-0703); Use: Information collection
requirements (ICRs) will ensure that issuers in the individual market
comply with Title 1 of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, provide individuals with certificates of coverage
necessary to demonstrate prior creditable coverage and file
documentation with CMS for review in a Federal direct enforcement
state. ICRs will also ensure States' flexibility to implement state
alternative mechanisms; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Individuals or households, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal government, and State, local, or tribal
government; Number of Respondents: 1,041; Total Annual Responses:
3,242,500; Total Annual Hours: 914,347.
(2)Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements Referenced in HIPAA for the Group Market and
Supporting Regulations at 45 CFR 146; Form No.: CMS--R-206 (OMB
0938-0702); Use: Information collection requirements (ICRs)
will ensure that issuers in the group market comply with Title 1 of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, including
providing individuals with certificates of creditable coverage,
notifying individuals about their status with respect to pre-existing
condition exclusions, and giving them special enrollment rights to
which they are entitled and that states and the Federal government have
the flexibility necessary to enforce HIPAA.; Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal government, and State,
local, or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 2,080; Total Annual
Responses: 43,003,297; Total Annual Hours: 2,652,281.
(3) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Survey
of Newly Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries; Form No.: CMS-10050 (OMB
0938-0869); Use: It is not enough to merely mail information
about the Medicare program to each beneficiary. We need to know not
only that the beneficiaries got the information, but that they
understood the information and are able to use it in making choices
about their Medicare participation. To this end, CMS must
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have measure(s) over time of what beneficiaries know and understand
about the Medicare program now to be able to quantify and attribute any
changes to their understanding or behavior to information/education
initiatives. Measuring beneficiary information needs and knowledge over
time will help us to evaluate the impact of information/education and
other initiatives as well as to understand how the population is
changing apart from such initiatives; Frequency: Monthly; Affected
Public: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 3,600; Total
Annual Responses: 3,600; Total Annual Hours: 1,080.
(4) Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Adjusted
Community Rate (ACR) Proposal Medicare+Choice; Form No.: CMS-R-228 (OMB
0938-0742); Use: Under Part C of the Social Security Act
(ACT), a Medicare + Choice (M + C) organization is required to offer a
benefit package that is approved and priced properly to all Medicare
beneficiaries residing in the service area. This form is used by M + C
organization to price its benefit packages; Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of
Respondents: 700 ; Total Annual Responses: 700 ; Total Annual Hours:
66,500.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's
Web Site address at http://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, or
E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development
and Issuances, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: December 6, 2002.
Julie Brown,
Acting, Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance
Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs, Division
of Regulations Development and Issuances.
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