[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 240 (Friday, December 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71140-71141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24264]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-218 and CMS-10252]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
    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 of currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information 
Collection Requirements Contained in 45 CFR Part 162; HIPAA Standards 
for Electronic Transactions; Use: This submission contains information 
collection requirements in HCFA-0149-F, CMS-0003-P, CMS-0005-P, and 
CMS-003/005-F. This collection establishes standards for electronic

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transactions and for code sets to be used in those transactions. The 
collection standardizes the approximately 400 formats of electronic 
health care claims used in the United States. The use of these 
standards significantly reduces the administrative burden associated 
with paper documents, lowers operating costs, and improves data quality 
for health care providers and health plans; Form Number: CMS-R-218 
(OMB 0938-0866); Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 3,400,000; Total 
Annual Responses: 3,400,000; Total Annual Hours: 1.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Certificate of Destruction for Data Acquired 
from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Use: The 
Certificate of Destruction will be used by recipients of CMS data to 
certify that they have destroyed the data they have received through a 
CMS Data Use Agreement (DUA). The DUA requires the destruction of the 
data at the completion of the project/expiration of the DUA. The DUA 
addresses the conditions under which CMS will disclose and the User 
will maintain CMS data that are protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, 
Sec.  552a and the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 
1996. CMS has developed policies and procedures for such disclosures 
that are based on the Privacy Act and the Health Insurance Portability 
Act (HIPAA). The Certificate of Destruction is required to close out 
the DUA and to ensure the data are destroyed and not used for another 
purpose. Form Number: CMS-10252 (OMB 0938--New); Frequency: On 
occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of 
Respondents: 500; Total Annual Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 84.
    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 12, 2008.

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham, III, Room C4-
26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-24264 Filed 12-13-07; 8:45 am]
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