[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45860-45861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21943]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-224]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    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), Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for 
the collection of information. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding the 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Collection of 
Managed Care Data Using the Uniform Institutional Providers Form (CMS-
1450/UB-92) and Supporting Statute Section 1853(a)(3) of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997; Form No.: CMS-R-224 (OMB No. 0938-0711); Use: 
Section 1853(a)(3) of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) requires 
Medicare+Choice organizations, as well as eligible organizations with 
risk-sharing contracts under section 1876, to submit encounter data. 
Data regarding inpatient hospital services are required for periods 
beginning on or after July 1, 1997. These data may be collected 
starting January 1, 1998. Other data (as the Secretary deems necessary) 
may be required beginning July 1, 1998.
    The BBA also requires the Secretary to implement a risk adjustment 
methodology that accounts for variation in per capita costs based on 
health status. This payment method must be implemented no later than 
January 1, 2000. The encounter data are necessary to implement a risk 
adjustment methodology.
    CMS continues to require hospital inpatient encounter data from 
Medicare+Choice organizations to

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develop and implement a risk adjustment payment methodology as required 
by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
    Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, and Federal government; Number of 
Respondents: 211; Total Annual Responses: 1,353,500; Total Annual 
Hours: 6,533.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's WEB SITE ADDRESS 
at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your request, 
including your address and phone number, to [email protected], 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 
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 1, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS, Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-21943 Filed 8-29-01; 8:45 am]
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