[Federal Register: February 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 36)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10148]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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 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
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minimize the information collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: HIPAA
Administrative Simplification Enforcement Non-Privacy Enforcement; Use:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became
law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191). Subtitle F of Title II of HIPAA,
entitled ``Administrative Simplification,'' requires the Secretary of
HHS to adopt national standards for certain information-related
activities of the health care industry. The HIPAA provisions, by
statute, apply only to ``covered entities'' referred to in section
1320d-2(a)(1) of this title. Responsibility for administering and
enforcing the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Transactions, Code
Sets, Identifiers and Security rules has been delegated to CMS. The
initial information collected to enforce these rules will be used to
initiate enforcement actions. This information collection change
clarifies the ``Identify the HIPAA Non-Privacy complaint category''
section of the complaint form. In this section, complainants are given
an opportunity to check the ``Unique Identifiers'' option to categorize
the type of HIPAA complaint being filed. The revised form now includes
a ``''For a Unique Identifier Complaint'' section, that allows a
complaint to further categorize their identifier complaint as either a
``National Provider Identifier (NPI)'' or an ``Employer Identification
Number (EIN)'' complaint. Form Number: CMS-10148 (OMB: 0938-
948); Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals
or households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 500; Total Annual Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 500.
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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections must be mailed or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-3028 Filed 2-22-07; 8:45 am]
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