[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 568-569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22570]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-193]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Important Message 
from MedicareUse: Requirements that hospitals notify beneficiaries in 
inpatient hospital settings of their rights as a hospital patient 
including their discharge appeal rights are referenced in Section 
1866(a)(1)(M) of the Social Security Act. The authority for the right 
to an expedited determination is set forth at Section 
1869(c)(3)(C)(iii)(III) of the Act. Under sections 42 CFR 405.1205 and 
422.620, the hospital must deliver valid, written notice, the Important 
Message from Medicare (IM), of a patient's rights as a hospital patient 
including the discharge appeal rights, within 2 calendar days of 
admission. A follow-up copy of the signed IM is given again as far as 
possible in advance of discharge, but no more than 2 calendar days 
before. Follow-up notice is not required if the provision of the 
admission IM, falls within 2 calendar days of discharge. Form Number: 
CMS-R-193 (OMB : 0938-0692); Frequency: Reporting: Yearly; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 6,000; Total Annual Responses: 
13,000,000; Total Annual Hours: 2,990,000.
    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 March 6, 2007.

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4-26-
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.


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    Dated: December 27, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-22570 Filed 1-4-07; 8:45 am]
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