[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8955-8956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4020]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10184]
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
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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: Eligibility Error
Rate Measurement in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance
Program; Use: The collection of information is necessary for CMS to
produce national error rates for Medicaid and CHIP as required by
Public Law 107-300, the IPIA of 2002. The collection of information is
also necessary to implement provisions from the Children's Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) (Pub. L. 111-3)
with regard to the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) and
Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) programs. The information
collected from the States selected for review will be used by CMS to
ensure States use a statistically sound sampling methodology, to ensure
the States complete reviews on all cases sampled, and will be used by
the federal contractor to calculate State and national Medicaid and
CHIP eligibility error rates. Form Number: CMS-10184 (OMB:
0938-1012); Frequency: Reporting--Occasionally; Affected Public: State,
Local, Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 34; Total Annual
Responses: 53; Total Annual Hours: 942,764. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Jessica Woodard at 410-786-9249. 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 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 [email protected], 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 by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on March 29, 2010:
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer,
Fax Number: (202) 395-6974,
E-mail: [email protected].
Dated: February 22, 2010.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-4020 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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