[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 178 (Friday, September 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52567-52568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18116]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10054]


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: Extension without change 
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: 
Recognition of payment for new technology services for New Technology 
ambulatory payment classification (APC) groups under the Outpatient 
Prospective Payment System and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Part 
419; Use: CMS needs to keep pace with emerging new technologies and 
make them accessible to Medicare beneficiaries in a timely manner. It 
is necessary that CMS continue to collect appropriate information from 
interested parties such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, 
pharmaceutical companies and others that bring to CMS' attention 
specific services that they wish us to evaluate for New Technology APC 
payment. The information that CMS seeks to continue to collect is 
necessary to determine whether certain new services are eligible for 
payment in New Technology APCs, to determine appropriate coding and to 
set an appropriate payment rate for the new technology service. The 
intent of these provisions is to ensure timely beneficiary access to 
new and appropriate technologies. Interested parties such as hospitals, 
device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and physicians use this 
information to apply for New Technology APC payments for certain 
services covered in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System. Form 
Numbers: CMS-10054 (OMB: 0938-0860); Frequency: Reporting--
Once; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Number of 
Respondents: 15; Total Annual Responses: 15; Total Annual Hours: 180.
    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 November 13, 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: September 5, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-18116 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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