[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23978]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-250 and CMS-276]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 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 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: SNF Resident 
Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Sections 
413.337, 413.343, 424.32, and 483.20; Form No.: CMS-R-250 (OMB 
0938-0739); Use: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) are required to 
submit the resident assessment data as described at 42 CFR 483.20 in 
the manner necessary to administer the payment rate methodology 
described in 42 CFR 413.337. Pursuant to sections 4204(b) and 4214(d) 
of OBRA 1987, the current requirements related to the submission and 
retention of resident assessment data for the 5th, 30th, 60th, and 90th 
days following admission, necessary to administer the payment rate 
methodology described in Section 413.337, are subject to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The burden associated with this is the SNF staff time 
required to complete the Minimum Data Set (MDS), SNF staff time to 
encode, and SNF staff time spent in transmitting the data.; Frequency: 
Monthly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 17,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 2,657,859; Total Annual Hours: 1,993,394.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Prepaid Health 
Plan Cost Report; Form No.: CMS-276 (OMB 0938-0165); Use: 
These forms are needed to establish the reasonable cost of providing 
covered services to the enrolled Medicare population of an HMO in 
accordance with Section 1876 of the Social Security Act; Frequency: 
Quarterly, Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; 
Number of Respondents: 30 (see breakdown in Supporting Documentation 
for clarification); Total Annual Responses: 180 (see breakdown in 
Supporting Documentation); Total Annual Hours: 7,860.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
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, phone number, OMB number, and CMS 
document identifier, 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 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 12, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 02-23978 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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