[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48646-48647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16814]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-216, CMS-R-262, CMS-10106, and CMS-10173]


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: Issuance of Advisory Opinions 
Concerning Physicians' Referrals.
    Use: Section 1877(g)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act), 
requires that the Department of Health and Human Services issue 
advisory opinions concerning whether the referral of a Medicare patient 
by a physician for certain designated health services (other than 
clinical laboratory services) is prohibited under the physician 
referral provisions of the Social Security Act. Section 1877(g)(6) of 
the Act requires that the Department of Health and Human Services 
accept requests for advisory opinions made after November 3, 1997 and 
before August 21, 2000. Section 543 of the Benefits Improvement and 
Protection Act of 2001, Public Law 106-554, extended indefinitely the 
period during which the Department of Health and Human Services accepts 
requests for these advisory opinions. The collection of information 
contained in 42 CFR 411.372 and 411.373 is necessary to comply with 
this statutory mandate, and allow CMS to consider requests for advisory 
opinions and provide accurate and useful opinions.
    Form Number: CMS-R-216 (OMB: 0938-0714).
    Frequency: Once.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Total Annual Responses: 50.
    Total Annual Hours: 1,000.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Plan Benefit Package (PBP) and 
Formulary Submission for Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans and Prescription 
Drug Plans (PDP).
    Use: CMS requires that MA and PDP organizations submit a completed 
formulary and PBP as part of the annual bidding process. During this 
process, organizations prepare their proposed plan benefit packages for 
the upcoming contract year and submit them to CMS for review and 
approval. To see the comprehensive list of changes from CY2007 to 
CY2008, please refer to the document entitled ``Appendix B--PBP-
Formulary CY2008 List of Changes.''
    Form Number: CMS-R-262 (OMB: 0938-0763).
    Frequency: Yearly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 450.
    Total Annual Responses: 4725.

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    Total Annual Hours: 10,800.
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Medicare Authorization to Disclose 
Personal Health Information.
    Form Number: CMS-10106 (OMB: 0938-931).
    Use: Unless permitted or required by law, Sec.  164.508 of the 
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information 
final rule (67 FR 53182) prohibits Medicare, a Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) covered entity, from disclosing 
an individual's protected health information without a valid 
authorization. In order to be valid, an authorization must include 
specified core elements and statements. Medicare will make available to 
Medicare beneficiaries a standard, valid authorization to enable 
beneficiaries to request the disclosure of their protected health 
information. This standard authorization will simplify the process of 
requesting information disclosure for beneficiaries and minimize the 
response time for Medicare. The completed authorization will allow 
Medicare to disclose an individual's personal health information to a 
third party at the individual's request.
    Frequency: Reporting--On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,000,000.
    Total Annual Hours: 250,000.
    4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Individuals Authorized Access to 
the CMS Computer Services (IACS).
    Form Number: CMS-10173 (OMB: 0938-0989).
    Use: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the 
Individuals Authorized to Customer Service Application for Access to 
CMS Computer Systems. The IACS system provides a centralized user 
provisioning and administration service that supports the creation, 
deletion, and lifecycle management of enterprise identities. This 
service creates accounts, supports Role Based Access Control (RBAC), 
the form flow approval process and enterprise identity audit and 
recertification, and provides business application integration points. 
An application integration point allows business application owners to 
use the form flow process of the user provisioning service to approve 
or deny requests for access to business applications. The primary 
purpose of this system is to implement a unified framework for managing 
user information and access rights, for those individuals who apply for 
and are granted access across multiple CMS systems and business 
contexts. Information in this system will also be used to: (1) Support 
regulatory and policy functions performed within the Agency or by a 
contractor or consultant; (2) support constituent requests made to a 
Congressional representative; and (3) to support litigation involving 
the Agency related to this system. Although the Privacy Act requires 
only that the ``routine use'' portion of the system be published for 
comment, CMS invites comments on all portions of this notice.
    Frequency: As required.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit and Not-for-profit; State, Local or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 60,000,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 15,000,000.
    Total Annual Hours: 15,000,000.
    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.
    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: August 17, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-16814 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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