[Federal Register: November 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 217)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10239 and CMS-R-48]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
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) 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: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Conditions of Participation for Critical Access
Hospitals; Use: With this submission, we are creating a new information
collection request for critical access hospitals (CAH). Currently, the
information collection requirements associated with the critical access
hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs) are included with the
hospital CoPs reported under CMS-R-48 (0938-0328). Because the CAH
program has grown in scope of services and the number of providers, we
have removed the CAH burden from the CMS-R-48 with the exception of the
burden associated with the 101 CAHs that have distinct part units
(DPUs), and created a separate information collection request for OMB
review and approval. Section 1820(c)(2)(E)(i) of the Social Security
Act states that if a CAH operates a distinct part psychiatric or
rehabilitation unit it must have 10 beds or less in the DPU and it must
comply with the hospital requirements specified in 42 CFR Subpart A, B,
C, and D of part 482. Based on 2007 data from HRSA, 81 CAHs have
psychiatric distinct part units (DPUs) and 20 CAHs have rehabilitation
DPUs. The burden associated with the 101 CAHs with DPUs is reported in
CMS-R-48. Form Number: CMS-10239 (OMB: 0938-New); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Private sector--Business or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 1,189; Total Annual Responses: 137,990; Total
Annual Hours: 23,291.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital
Conditions of Participation and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
482.12, 482.13, 482.21, 482.22, 482.23, 482.24, 482.27, 482.30, 482.41,
482.43, 482.45, 482.53, 482.56, 482.57, 482.60, 482.61, 482.62, and
485.616 and 485.631; Use: The information collection requirements
described in this information collection request are needed to
implement the Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation (CoP)
for 4,890 accredited and non-accredited hospitals and an additional 101
critical access hospitals (CAHs) that have distinct part psychiatric or
rehabilitation units (DPUs). CAHs that have DPUs must comply with all
of the hospital CoPs on these units. Thus, this package reflects the
paperwork burden for a total of 4,991 (that is, 4,890 hospitals and 101
CAHs which include 81 CAHs that have psychiatric DPUs and 20 CAHs that
have rehabilitation DPUs). The information collection requirements for
the remaining 1,183 CAHs have been reported in a separate package under
CMS-10239.
The CoPs and accompanying requirements specified in the regulations
are used by our surveyors as a basis for determining whether a hospital
qualifies for a provider agreement under Medicare and Medicaid. CMS and
the health care industry believe that the availability to the facility
of the type of records and general content of records, which this
regulation specifies, is standard medical practice and is necessary in
order to ensure the well-being and safety of patients and professional
treatment
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accountability. Form Number: CMS-R-48 (OMB: 0938-328);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private sector--Business or other
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 4,991; Total Annual Responses:
1,120,817; Total Annual Hours: 9,151,200.57.
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 at the address below,
no later than 5 p.m. on January 8, 2008. CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations
Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham, III, Room C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 2, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-21990 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am]
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