[Federal Register: October 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 193)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10052, CMS-R-249 and CMS-10047]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), 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 function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
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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: Recognition of
pass-through payment for additional (new) categories of devices under
the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Supporting Regulations in
42 CFR, Part 4 19; Use: Section 20 1 (b) of the Balanced Budget Act of
1999 amended section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (the Act) by
adding new section 1833(t)(6). This provision requires the Secretary to
make additional payments to hospitals for a period of 2 to 3 years for
certain drugs, radiopharmaceuticals, biological agents, medical devices
and brachytherapy devices. Section 1833(t)(6)(A)(iv) establishes the
criteria for determining the application of this provision to new
items. Section 1833(t)(6)(C)(ii) provides that the additional payment
for medical devices be the amount by which the hospital's charges for
the device, adjusted to cost, exceed the portion of the otherwise
applicable hospital outpatient department fee schedule amount
determined by the Secretary to be associated with the device. Section
402 of the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 made changes
to the transitional pass-through provision for medical devices. The
most significant change is the required use of categories as the basis
for determining transitional pass-through eligibility for medical
devices, through the addition of section 1833(t)(6)(B) of the Act.
Interested parties such as hospitals, device manufacturers,
pharmaceutical companies, and physicians apply for transitional pass-
through payment for certain items used with services covered in the
outpatient prospective payment system. After CMS receives all requested
information, CMS will evaluate the information to determine if the
creation of an additional category of medical devices for transitional
pass-through payments is justified. Form Number: CMS-10052
(OMB: 0938-0857); Frequency: Reporting: Yearly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 10; Total
Annual Responses: 10; Total Annual Hours: 160.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospice Cost and
Data Report and supporting regulations 42 CFR 413.20 and 42 CFR 413.24;
Use: In accordance with sections 1815(a), 1833(e), 1861(v)(A)(ii) and
1881 (b)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act, providers of services in the
Medicare program are required to submit annual information to receive
reimbursement for health care services provided to Medicare
beneficiaries. In addition, 42 CFR 413.20(b) requires that cost reports
be filed with the provider's fiscal intermediary/Medicare
Administrative Contractor (FI/MAC). The functions of the FI/MAC are
described in section 1816 of the Social Security Act. The Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services will use the information from providers
for rate evaluations for the Prospective Payment System. Form Number:
CMS-R-249 (OMB: 0938-0758); Frequency: Reporting: Yearly;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents:
1938; Total Annual Responses: 1938; Total Annual Hours: 341,088.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Physicians'
Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial
Relationships and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Sections 411.352
through 411.361; Use: The collection of information contained in 42 CFR
sections 411.352(d), 411.354(d), 411.355(e), 411.357(a), (b), (d), (e),
(h), (l), (p), and (s), and 411.361 is necessary to allow CMS to
implement section 1877 of the Social Security Act. This collection has
been revised to eliminate the requirement in section 411.357(s) to
notify insurance companies that an entity has a professional courtesy
policy. CMS issued these regulations to comply with the provisions of
section 1877 of the Social Security Act that prohibit a physician from
referring a patient to an entity for a designated health service for
which Medicare might otherwise pay, if the physician or an immediate
family member has a financial relationship with the entity, unless an
exception applies. Form Number: CMS-10047 (OMB: 0938-0846);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and
Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 154,404 Total
Annual Responses: 154,404; Total Annual Hours: 116,035.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
Site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on November 5, 2007.
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax
Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: September 27, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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