[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8955-8956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4020]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10184]


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

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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: Eligibility Error 
Rate Measurement in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance 
Program; Use: The collection of information is necessary for CMS to 
produce national error rates for Medicaid and CHIP as required by 
Public Law 107-300, the IPIA of 2002. The collection of information is 
also necessary to implement provisions from the Children's Health 
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) (Pub. L. 111-3) 
with regard to the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) and 
Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) programs. The information 
collected from the States selected for review will be used by CMS to 
ensure States use a statistically sound sampling methodology, to ensure 
the States complete reviews on all cases sampled, and will be used by 
the federal contractor to calculate State and national Medicaid and 
CHIP eligibility error rates. Form Number: CMS-10184 (OMB: 
0938-1012); Frequency: Reporting--Occasionally; Affected Public: State, 
Local, Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 34; Total Annual 
Responses: 53; Total Annual Hours: 942,764. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Jessica Woodard at 410-786-9249. For 
all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    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 by the OMB desk 
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on March 29, 2010:

OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer,
Fax Number: (202) 395-6974,
E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: February 22, 2010.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-4020 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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