[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79000-79001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31541]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-102 and CMS-105, CMS-10241, CMS-10261, CMS-
10185, and CMS-10340]
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 without change
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Budget
Workload Reports and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-.2001; Use:
The collected information will be used by CMS to determine the amount
of Federal reimbursement for surveys conducted. Use of the information
includes program evaluation, audit, budget formulation and budget
approval. Form CMS-102 is a multi-purpose form designed to capture and
record all budget and expenditure data. Form CMS-105 captures the
annual projected CLIA workload that the State survey agency will
accomplish. It is also used by the CMS regional office to approve the
annual projected CLIA workload. The information is required as part of
the section 1864 agreement with the State; Form Numbers: CMS-102 and
CMS-105 (OMB: 0938-0599); Frequency: Quarterly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 50;
Total Annual Responses: 50; Total Annual Hours: 4,500. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Carla Ausby at 410-786-
2153. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension without change
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Annual State Report and Annual State Performance Rankings; Use: Section
6001(f) of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) requires CMS to contract
with a vendor to conduct a monthly national survey of retail
prescription drug prices and to report the prices to the States. These
national average prices may be used as a benchmark by the States for
the management of their prescription drug programs. The DRA also
requires that the States submit pricing information for the 50 most
widely prescribed drugs so that the States' prices can be compared to
the national average prices obtained from the survey. The States
pricing information will be compared and the States will be ranked. The
Act also requires that States report their drug utilization rates for
noninnovator multiple source (generic) drugs, their payment rates under
their State plan, and their dispensing fees. The template has been
developed to facilitate data collection; Form Number: CMS-10241
(OMB: 0938-1041); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 51; Total Annual
Responses: 51; Total Annual Hours: 765. (For policy questions regarding
this collection contact Joseph Fine at 410-786-2128. For all other
issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Part C Medicare
Advantage (MA) Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use:
CMS has authority to establish reporting requirements for Medicare
Advantage Organizations (MAO's) as described in 42 CFR Sec. 422.516
(a). Each MAO must have an effective procedure to develop, compile,
evaluate, and report to CMS, to its enrollees, and to the general
public, at the times and in the manner that CMS requires, and while
safeguarding the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship,
statistics and other information with respect to the cost of its
operations, patterns of service utilization, availability,
accessibility,
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and acceptability of its services, developments in the health status of
its enrollees, and other matters that CMS may require. Data collected
via Medicare Part C Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource
for oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary
to ensure quality provision of the benefits provided by MA plans to
enrollees. Form Number: CMS-10261 (OMB 0938-1054); Frequency:
Yearly, Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 588; Total Annual Responses: 1158; Total Annual
Hours: 245,528. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Terry Leid at 410-786-8973. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use: 42 CFR part
423, Sec. 423.514, requires each Part D Sponsor to have an effective
procedure to provide statistics indicating: the cost of its operations,
the patterns of utilization of its services, the availability,
accessibility, and acceptability of its services, information
demonstrating it has a fiscally sound operation and other matters as
required by CMS. In addition, subsection 423.505 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA),
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.
Data will be validated, analyzed, and utilized for trend reporting by
the Division of Clinical and Operational Performance (DCOP) within the
Medicare Drug Benefit Group. Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB:
0938-0992); Frequency: Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually; Affected
Public: Private sector, business or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 2993; Total Annual Responses: 48,490; Total Annual Hours:
128,754. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
LaToyia Grant at 410-786-5434. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
5. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of Encounter Data from Medicare
Advantage Organizations; Use: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) intends to collect encounter data, or data on each item
or service delivered to an enrollee, from Medicare Advantage
Organizations. Medicare Advantage organizations will obtain this data
from providers. CMS would collect the data electronically from Medicare
Advantage Organizations via the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant standard Health Care Claims
transactions for professional data and institutional data. The
information is used to submit health care claims or equivalent health
encounter information, carry out health plan enrollments and
disenrollments, determine health plan eligibility, send and receive
health care payment and remittance advices, transmit health plan
premium payments, determine health care claim status, provide referral
certifications and authorizations, and coordinate the benefits for
individuals who have more than one health plan. Form Number: CMS-10340
(OMB: 0938-New); Frequency: Weekly; Affected Public: Private
sector; businesses or other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 678;
Total Annual Responses: 384,041,063; Total Annual Hours: 768. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact Sean Creighton at
410-786-9302 or Deondra Moseley at 410-786-4577. For all other issues
call 410-786-1326.)
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 [email protected], 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 February 15, 2011:
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: December 10, 2010.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Division-B, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-31541 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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