[Federal Register: February 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-50]

 
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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medical Records 
Review under the Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 412.40-412.52 Use: The Social Security Amendments 
of 1983 (Pub. L. 98-21), requires quality improvement organization 
(QIO) review of medical services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. 
Review of services under the QIO program can be accomplished by 
individual case review and the Clinical Data Abstraction Centers 
(CDACs). Accordingly, QIOs must review, at the direction of CMS: (1) 
All anti-dumping referrals; (2) beneficiary complaints involving 
quality issues; (3) potential gross and flagrant violations of 
unnecessary admission concerns identified during project data 
collection; (4) requests from hospitals for higher-weighted DRG 
adjustments; (5) hospital and managed care plan issued notices of non-
coverage; (6) specific codes for assistants at cataract surgery; and 
(7) cases referred by CMS, the Office of the Inspector General, the 
Department of Justice, the managed care appeals contractor, 
intermediaries, carriers, or the CDACs. Form Number: CMS-R-50 
(OMB 0938-0359); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private 
sector--Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 6,100; Total Annual Responses: 276,500; Total 
Annual Hours: 8,280.
    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.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections, please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by April 1, 2008:
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or


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Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) 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: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number ------, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 25, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E8-1810 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]

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