[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38052-38053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16104]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[CMS-10077, CMS-301]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: ``Medicare Decisions and Your Rights''; Form 
No.: CMS-10077 (OMB 0938-NEW). Use: Purusant to 42 CFR 422.568 
(c), M+C practitioners must deliver notices to enrollees informing them 
of their right to obtain a detailed notice regarding services from 
their M+C organizations. This notice fulfills the regulatory 
requirement. Frequency: Other (distribution); Affected Public: 
Individuals or Households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 155. Total 
Annual Responses: 5,000,000. Total Annual Hours: 83,333.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Certification of Medicaid 
Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) Payment Error Rates and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 431.816; Form No.: CMS-301 (OMB 0938-
0246); Use: MEQC is operated by the State title XIX agency to monitor 
and improve the administration of its Medicaid system. The MEQC system 
is based on State reviews of Medicaid beneficiaries from the 
eligibility files. The reviews are used to assess beneficiary 
liability, if any, and to determine the amounts paid to provide 
Medicaid services for these cases; Frequency: Semi-annually; Affected 
Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 51. 
Total Annual Responses: 102. Total Annual Hours: 22,515.
    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 [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: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax 
Number: (202) 395-6974.


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    Dated: June 19, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Division of Regulations Development and 
Issuances, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-16104 Filed 6-25-03; 8:45 am]
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