[Federal Register: January 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 11)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-8003, CMS-10185 and CMS-10164]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 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) 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home and
Community Based Waiver Requests and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
440.180 and 441.300-310; Use: Under a Secretarial waiver, States may
offer a wide array of home and community-based services to individuals
who would otherwise require institutionalization. States requesting a
waiver must provide certain assurances, documentation and cost and
utilization estimates which are reviewed, approved and maintained for
the purpose of identifying/verifying States' compliance with such
statutory and regulatory requirements. CMS has recently revised this
data collection tool, as well as the methodology by which the data is
collected. Form Number: CMS-8003 (OMB 0938-0449); Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments; Number
of Respondents: 49; Total Annual Responses: 71; Total Annual Hours:
9,059.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations under 42 CFR 423.505;
Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB 0938-0992); Use: Title I, Part
423, Sec. 423.514 describes CMS' regulatory authority to establish
requirements for Part D sponsors. It is noted that each Part D plan
sponsor must have an effective procedure to develop, compile, evaluate,
and report to CMS, its enrollees, and the general public, at the times
and in the manner that CMS requires, statistics in the following areas:
(1) The cost of its operations; (2) The availability of utilization of
its services; (3) The availability, accessibility; and acceptability of
its services; (4) Information demonstrating that the Part D plan
sponsor has a fiscally sound operation; and (5) other matters that CMS
may require. Subsection 423.505 of the Medicare Prescription Drug
Modernization and Modernization Act establishes as a contract provision
that Part D Sponsors must comply with the reporting requirements for
submitting drug claims and related information to CMS. Data collected
via Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource
for oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary
to ensure quality provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
to beneficiaries. Refer to the ``Crosswalk of Changes between the
CY2009 and CY2010 Part D Reporting Requirements'' document to view a
list of current changes. Frequency: Reporting--yearly, quarterly and
semi-annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 4,526; Total Annual Responses: 343,976; Total Annual
Hours: 154,610.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI Enrollment Form and Medicare EDI Registration Form;
Form No.: CMS-10164 (OMB 0938-983); Use: Federal law requires
that CMS take precautions to minimize the security risk to Federal
information systems. Accordingly, CMS is requiring that trading
partners who wish to conduct the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
transactions provide certain assurances as a condition of receiving
access to the Medicare system for the purpose of conducting EDI
exchanges. Health care providers, clearinghouses, and health plans that
wish to access the Medicare system are required to complete this form.
The information will be used to assure that those entities that access
the Medicare system are aware of applicable provisions and penalties;
Frequency: Recordkeeping and Reporting--Other (one-time only); Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 240,000; Total Annual Responses: 240,000; Total
Annual Hours: 80,000.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'
Web Site 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 March 17, 2009:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
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 8, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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