[Federal Register: February 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 23)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-70, CMS-10178, CMS-R-209, and CMS-R-245]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements in HSQ-110, Acquisition, Protection and
Disclosure of Peer review Organization Information and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 480.104, 480.105, 480.116, and 480.134; Use: The
Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 authorizes quality improvement
organizations (QIOs), formally known as peer review organizations
(PROs), to acquire information necessary to fulfill their duties and
functions and places limits on disclosure of the information. The QIOs
are required to provide
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notices to the affected parties when disclosing information about them.
These requirements serve to protect the rights of the affected parties.
The information provided in these notices is used by the patients,
practitioners and providers to: Obtain access to the data maintained
and collected on them by the QIOs; add additional data or make changes
to existing QIO data; and reflect in the QIO's record the reasons for
the QIO's disagreeing with an individual's or provider's request for
amendment.; Form Number: CMS-R-70 (OMB: 0938-0426); Frequency:
Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, Federal
government, and State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 362; Total Annual Responses: 3729; Total Annual Hours:
60,919.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of Medicaid and State Children's
Health Insurance (SCHIP) Managed Care Claims and Related Information;
Use: The Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
300) requires CMS to produce national error rates in the Medicaid
program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). To
comply with the IPIA, CMS will engage a Federal contractor to produce
error rates in Medicaid managed care and SCHIP managed care. Beginning
in 2007, CMS will use a rotational approach to review up to 18 States
for each program, for a total 36 States each year. CMS has completed
the State selection process for the Medicaid improper payments
measurement. States have not yet been selected for the measurement of
improper payments in SCHIP. CMS expects to select the SCHIP States in
the fall of 2006.; Form Number: CMS-10178 (OMB: 0938-NEW);
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion, quarterly; Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 36; Total Annual
Responses: 23,400; Total Annual Hours: 23,400.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs: Reporting OASIS Data as Part of the Conditions of
Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting Regulations in 42
CFR 484.11 and 484.20; Use: This request is for OMB approval to
continue to require home health agencies (HHAs) to electronically
report the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data to CMS.
OASIS is a requirement of one of the Conditions of Participation (CoP)
that HHAs must meet in order to participate in the Medicare program.
Specifically, the aforementioned regulation sections provide guidelines
for HHAs for the electronic transmission of the OASIS data as well as
responsibilities of the State agency or OASIS contractor in collecting
and transmitting this information to CMS. These requirements are
necessary to achieve broad-based, measurable improvement, in the
quality of care furnished through Federal programs, and to establish a
prospective payment system for HHAs.; Form Number: CMS-R-209
(OMB: 0938-0761); Frequency: Reporting--Monthly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions,
Federal government, State, local, or tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 8,277; Total Annual Responses: 102,203; Total Annual
Hours: 1,374,051.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and
Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as Part of the
Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR Sections 484.55, 484.205, 484.245, 484.250; Use:
The Medicare and Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as
Part of the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
information collection requires HHAs to use a standard core assessment
data set, the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), to
collect information and to evaluate adult non-maternity patients. In
addition, data from the OASIS will be used for purposes of case mix
adjusting patients under the home health prospective payment system and
will facilitate the production of necessary case mix information at
relevant time points in the patient's home health stay.; Form Number:
CMS-R-245 (OMB: 0938-0760); Frequency: Recordkeeping and
reporting--Other, upon patient assessment; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal government,
State, local, or tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 8,277;
Total Annual Responses: 11,087,565; Total Annual Hours: 9,339,184.
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.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received at the address below,
no later than 5 p.m. on April 4, 2006. CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations
Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham, III, Room C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: January 25, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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