[Federal Register: March 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 50)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-205, CMS-R-206, CMS-R-228, CMS-10050, CMS-
R-262, and CMS-10080]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA), 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 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: Information
Collection Requirements Referenced in HIPAA, Title 1, for the
Individual Market, Supporting regulations at 45 CFR 148.120, 148.122,
148.124, 148.126, and 148.128, and Forms/instructions; Form No.: CMS-R-
205 (OMB 0938-0703); Use: Information collection requirements
(ICRs) will ensure that issuers in the individual market comply with
Title 1 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
provide individuals with certificates of coverage necessary to
demonstrate prior creditable coverage and file documentation with CMS
for review in a Federal direct enforcement state. ICRs will also ensure
States' flexibility to implement state alternative mechanisms;
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
Individuals or households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal
government, and State, local, or tribal government; Number of
Respondents: 1,041; Total Annual Responses: 3,242,500; Total Annual
Hours: 914,347.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements Referenced in HIPAA, Title 1, for the Group
Market and Supporting Regulations at 45 CFR 146.111, 146.115, 146.117,
146.150, 146.152, 146.160, and 146.180, and Forms/instructions; Form
No.: CMS-R-206 (OMB 0938-0702); Use: Information collection
requirements (ICRs) will ensure that issuers in the group market comply
with Title 1 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act, including providing individuals with certificates of creditable
coverage, notifying individuals about their status with respect to pre-
existing condition exclusions, and giving them special enrollment
rights to which they are entitled and that states and the Federal
government have the flexibility necessary to enforce HIPAA; Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals
or households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal government, and
State, local, or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 2,080; Total
Annual Responses: 43,003,297; Total Annual Hours: 2,652,282.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Adjusted
Community Rate (ACR) Proposal Medicare+Choice; Form No.: CMS-R-228
(OMB 0938-0742); Use: Under part C of the Social Security Act,
a Medicare+Choice (M+C) organization is required to offer a benefit
package that is approved and priced properly to all Medicare
beneficiaries residing in the service area. This form is used by M+C
organizations to price its benefit packages; Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 600; Total Annual Responses: 600;
Total Annual Hours: 57,000.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Survey of Newly
Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries; Form No.: CMS-10050 (OMB
0938-0869); Use: It is not enough to merely mail information about the
Medicare program to each beneficiary. We need to know not only that the
beneficiary got the information, but that they understood the
information and are able to use it in making choices about their
Medicare participation. To this end, CMS must have measure(s) over time
of what beneficiaries know and understand about the Medicare program
now to be able to quantify and attribute any changes to their
understanding or behavior to information/education initiatives.
Measuring beneficiary information needs and knowledge over time will
help us to evaluate the impact of information/education and other
initiatives as well as to understand how the population is changing
apart from such initiatives.; Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:
Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 3600; Total Annual
Responses: 3600; Total Annual Hours: 1080.
5. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: The Adjusted
Community Rate Proposal (ACRP) Medicare+Choice (M+C) Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 417.401, 422.1-
422.10, 422.50-422.80; Form No.: CMS-R-262 (OMB 0938-0763);
Use: Under part C of the Social Security Act, a Medicare+Choice (M+C)
organization is required to offer at least one plan benefit package
that is approved and priced properly to all Medicare beneficiaries
residing in the service area. This software is used by M+C
organizations to describe their plan benefit package(s).; Frequency:
Annually and as required by new legislation; Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 200; Total Annual Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours: 600.
6. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Publications Use Study; Form No.: CMS-10080
(OMB 0938-NEW); Use: CMS/CBC needs to conduct this research to
evaluate how CMS meets beneficiaries'
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informational needs about health care benefits and choices, as directed
by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. This telephone survey will gather
data on publications users' demographics, usage patterns, and attitudes
toward Medicare publications. Research findings will support the
improvement of a dissemination of Medicare publications; Frequency:
Quarterly; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of
Respondents: 3,000; Total Annual Responses: 3,000; Total Annual Hours:
850.
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://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: March 6, 2003.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development and Issuances.
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