[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71178-71179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20678]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10215 and CMS-10148]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 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 & 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: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Collection of Physician Administered Drug 
National Drug Code (NDC) Numbers on State Medicaid Claims and 
Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR 447.520. Use: Section 6002 of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) added provisions under Section 1927 
of the Social Security Act to require physicians in their offices and 
hospital outpatient settings or other entities (e.g., non-profit 
facilities) to collect and submit the drug NDC numbers on Medicaid 
claims to their State within specified timeframes. We estimate that 
there are 20,000 physician offices, hospital outpatient settings or 
other entities concentrating in the specialties of oncology, 
rheumatology and urology that will be required by their State Medicaid 
Programs to collect and submit ``J'' drug code data match with NDC 
numbers. Form Number: CMS-10215 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: 
Reporting--weekly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and 
not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 20,000; Total 
Annual Responses: 3,910,000; Total Annual Hours: 15,836.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: HIPAA 
Administrative Simplification Enforcement Non-Privacy Enforcement; Use: 
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became 
law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191). Subtitle F of Title II of HIPAA, 
entitled ``Administrative Simplification,'' requires the Secretary of 
HHS to adopt national standards for certain information-related 
activities of the health care industry. The HIPAA provisions, by 
statute, apply only to ``covered entities'' referred to in section 
1320d-2(a)(1) of this title. Responsibility for administering and 
enforcing the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Transactions, Code 
Sets, Identifiers and Security rules has been delegated to CMS. The 
initial information collected to enforce these rules will be used to 
initiate enforcement actions. This information

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collection change clarifies the ``Identify the HIPAA Non-Privacy 
complaint category'' section of the complaint form. In this section, 
complainants are given an opportunity to check the ``Unique 
Identifiers'' option to categorize the type of HIPAA complaint being 
filed. The revised form now includes a ``For a Unique Identifier 
Complaint'' section, that allows a complaint to further categorize 
their identifier complaint as either a ``National Provider Identifier 
(NPI)'' or an ``Employer Identification Number (EIN)'' complaint. Form 
Number: CMS-10148 (OMB: 0938-948); Frequency: Reporting--On 
occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal 
governments; Number of Respondents: 500; Total Annual Responses: 500; 
Total Annual Hours: 500.
    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 February 6, 2007.
    CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development--A, Attention: Melissa Musotto, 
Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 30, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E6-20678 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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