[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5851-5852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-974]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-70, CMS-10178, CMS-R-209, and CMS-R-245]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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) 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: Information 
Collection Requirements in HSQ-110, Acquisition, Protection and 
Disclosure of Peer review Organization Information and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 480.104, 480.105, 480.116, and 480.134; Use: The 
Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 authorizes quality improvement 
organizations (QIOs), formally known as peer review organizations 
(PROs), to acquire information necessary to fulfill their duties and 
functions and places limits on disclosure of the information. The QIOs 
are required to provide

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notices to the affected parties when disclosing information about them. 
These requirements serve to protect the rights of the affected parties. 
The information provided in these notices is used by the patients, 
practitioners and providers to: Obtain access to the data maintained 
and collected on them by the QIOs; add additional data or make changes 
to existing QIO data; and reflect in the QIO's record the reasons for 
the QIO's disagreeing with an individual's or provider's request for 
amendment.; Form Number: CMS-R-70 (OMB: 0938-0426); Frequency: 
Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, Federal 
government, and State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of 
Respondents: 362; Total Annual Responses: 3729; Total Annual Hours: 
60,919.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Collection of Medicaid and State Children's 
Health Insurance (SCHIP) Managed Care Claims and Related Information; 
Use: The Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
300) requires CMS to produce national error rates in the Medicaid 
program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). To 
comply with the IPIA, CMS will engage a Federal contractor to produce 
error rates in Medicaid managed care and SCHIP managed care. Beginning 
in 2007, CMS will use a rotational approach to review up to 18 States 
for each program, for a total 36 States each year. CMS has completed 
the State selection process for the Medicaid improper payments 
measurement. States have not yet been selected for the measurement of 
improper payments in SCHIP. CMS expects to select the SCHIP States in 
the fall of 2006.; Form Number: CMS-10178 (OMB: 0938-NEW); 
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion, quarterly; Affected Public: State, 
Local, or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 36; Total Annual 
Responses: 23,400; Total Annual Hours: 23,400.
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and 
Medicaid Programs: Reporting OASIS Data as Part of the Conditions of 
Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting Regulations in 42 
CFR 484.11 and 484.20; Use: This request is for OMB approval to 
continue to require home health agencies (HHAs) to electronically 
report the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data to CMS. 
OASIS is a requirement of one of the Conditions of Participation (CoP) 
that HHAs must meet in order to participate in the Medicare program. 
Specifically, the aforementioned regulation sections provide guidelines 
for HHAs for the electronic transmission of the OASIS data as well as 
responsibilities of the State agency or OASIS contractor in collecting 
and transmitting this information to CMS. These requirements are 
necessary to achieve broad-based, measurable improvement, in the 
quality of care furnished through Federal programs, and to establish a 
prospective payment system for HHAs.; Form Number: CMS-R-209 
(OMB: 0938-0761); Frequency: Reporting--Monthly; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, 
Federal government, State, local, or tribal governments; Number of 
Respondents: 8,277; Total Annual Responses: 102,203; Total Annual 
Hours: 1,374,051.
    4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and 
Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as Part of the 
Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR Sections 484.55, 484.205, 484.245, 484.250; Use: 
The Medicare and Medicaid Programs OASIS Collection Requirements as 
Part of the Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) 
information collection requires HHAs to use a standard core assessment 
data set, the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS), to 
collect information and to evaluate adult non-maternity patients. In 
addition, data from the OASIS will be used for purposes of case mix 
adjusting patients under the home health prospective payment system and 
will facilitate the production of necessary case mix information at 
relevant time points in the patient's home health stay.; Form Number: 
CMS-R-245 (OMB: 0938-0760); Frequency: Recordkeeping and 
reporting--Other, upon patient assessment; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal government, 
State, local, or tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 8,277; 
Total Annual Responses: 11,087,565; Total Annual Hours: 9,339,184.
    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://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
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.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received at the address below, 
no later than 5 p.m. on April 4, 2006. CMS, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations 
Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham, III, Room C4-26-05, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 25, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 06-974 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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