[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22571]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-301]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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), 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: Certification of 
Medicaid Eligibility Control (MEQC) Payment Error Rates and Supporting 
Regulations at 42 CFR 431.800-431.865; Use: Medicaid Eligibility 
Quality Control (MEQC) is operated by Title XIX agencies to monitor and 
improve the administration of its Medicaid program. The traditional 
MEQC program is based on State reviews of Medicaid beneficiaries 
identified through a statistically reliable statewide sample of cases 
selected from the eligibility files. These reviews are conducted to 
determine whether the sampled cases meet applicable Title XIX 
eligibility requirements. State agencies are required to submit the 
Payment Error Rate form to their respective CMS Regional Office. 
Regional Office staff will review these forms for completeness and will 
forward these forms to central office for compilation of error rate 
charts for projected quarterly withholdings and/or fiscal 
disallowances. Form Number: CMS-301 (OMB: 0938-0246); 
Frequency: Recordkeeping and Reporting--Semi-annually; Affected Public: 
State, Local or Tribal Governments; 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://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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections must be mailed or faxed within 30 days of this notice 
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503. Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: December 27, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-22571 Filed 1-4-07; 8:45 am]
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