[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 22709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9846]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-R-21]


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: Withholding 
Medicare Payments to Recover Medicaid Overpayments and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 447.31; Form No.: CMS-R-21 (OMB: 0938-
0287); Use: Section 2104 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 
provides CMS with the authority to withhold Medicare payments to 
recover Medicaid overpayments that the Medicaid State Agency has been 
unable to recover. When the CMS Regional Office (RO) receives an 
overpayment case from a State Agency, the case file is examined to 
determine whether the conditions for withholding Medicare payments have 
been met. If the RO determines that the case is appropriate for 
withholding Medicare payments, the RO will contact the institution's 
intermediary or individual's carrier to determine the amount of 
Medicare payments to which the entity would otherwise be entitled. The 
RO will then give notice to the intermediary/carrier to withhold the 
entity's Medicare payment; Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: 
State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 54; Total 
Annual Responses: 27; Total Annual Hours: 81. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Rory Howe at 410-786-4878. For all 
other issues call 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 May 23, 2011.
    OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: April 19, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group--Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-9846 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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