[Federal Register: January 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 4)]
[Notices]
[Page 936-937]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10165 and CMS-10149]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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
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: Application for
Participation in the Medicare Care Management Performance
Demonstration; Form Number: CMS-10165 (OMB: 0938-0965); Use:
The Medicare Care Management Performance (MCMP) Demonstration and its
corresponding Report to Congress are mandated by the section 649 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
(MMA). Section 649 of the MMA provides for the implementation of a
``pay for performance'' demonstration under which Medicare would pay
incentive payments to physicians who (1) adopt and use health
information technology; and (2) meet established standards on clinical
performance measures. This demonstration will be held in four States,
Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, and Utah. Providers that are
enrolled in the Doctors' Office Quality--Information Technology (DOQ-
IT) project are eligible to participate in the demonstration. To enroll
in the MCMP Demonstration, a physician/provider must submit an
application form. The information collected will be used to assess
eligibility for the demonstration; Frequency: Reporting--One-time only;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents:
800; Total Annual Responses: 800; Total Annual Hours: 133.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Health Insurance
Reform: Security Standards Final Rule; Form Number: CMS-10149
(OMB: 0938-0949); Use: The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) Medicare Program, other Federal agencies operating
health plans or providing health care, State Medicaid agencies, private
health plans, health care providers, and health care clearinghouses
must assure their customers (for example, patients, insured
individuals, providers, and health plans) that the integrity,
confidentiality, and availability of electronic protected health
information they collect, maintain, use, or transmit is protected. The
confidentiality of health information is threatened not only by the
risk of improper access to stored information, but also by the risk of
interception during electronic transmission of the information. The use
of the security standards will improve the Medicare and Medicaid
programs, other Federal health programs, and private health programs;
in addition, it will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the
health care industry in general by establishing a level of protection
for certain electronic health information.; Frequency: Recordkeeping
and Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State,
Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 4,000,000; Total
Annual Responses: 4,000,000; Total Annual Hours: 64,539,263.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for these 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
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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 by the OMB Desk
Officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 6, 2006.
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett,
CMS Desk Officer, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,Washington,
DC 20503.
Dated: December 28, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-15 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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