[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 936-937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15]


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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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[email protected], 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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