[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29247-29248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12473]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-855(O), CMS-855(S) and CMS-855(A, B, I, R)]


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: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Medicare Enrollment Application for Eligible 
Ordering and Referring Physicians and Non-physician Practices Use: CMS 
is adding a new CMS-855 Medicare Enrollment Application (CMS 855O--
Medicare Enrollment Application for Ordering and Referring Physicians 
only). CMS has found that many providers and suppliers who are not 
enrolled in Medicare are ordering and referring physicians for Medicare 
enrolled providers and suppliers. The ordering and referring data field 
on the CMS 1500 claims submission form requires an ordering or 
referring physician to have a Medicare identification number. Without 
an ordering or referring physician, specific types of claims submitted 
by Medicare approved providers and suppliers are rejected by Medicare 
Administrative Contractors (MAC) as required by Medicare regulation. 
Therefore, if an ordering or referring physician does not participate 
in the Medicare program, but orders or refers his/her patients to a 
Medicare provider or supplier, the claim submitted by the Medicare 
provider or supplier for the given ordered or referred service is 
automatically rejected by the MAC. The CMS 855O allows a physician to 
receive a Medicare identification number (without being approved for 
billing privileges) for the sole purpose of ordering and referring 
beneficiaries to Medicare approved providers and suppliers. This new 
Medicare application form allows physicians who do not provide services 
to Medicare beneficiaries to be given a Medicare identification number 
without having to supply all the data required for the submission of 
Medicare claims. It also allows the Medicare program to identify 
ordering and referring physicians without having to validate the amount 
of data necessary to determine claims payment eligibility (such as 
banking information), while continuing to identify the physician's 
credentials as valid for ordering and referring purposes. Form Number: 
CMS-855(O) (OMB: 0938-NEW0685); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 
Public: Private Sector; Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 48,000; Total Annual Responses: 
48,000; Total Annual Hours: 46,000. (For policy questions regarding 
this collection contact Kim McPhillips at 410-786-5374. For all other 
issues call 410-786-1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Durable 
Medical Equipment Supplier Enrollment Application; Use: The primary 
function of the CMS 855S DMEPOS supplier enrollment application is to 
gather information from a supplier that tells us who it is, whether it 
meets certain qualifications to be a health care supplier, where it 
renders its services or supplies, the identity of the owners of the 
enrolling entity, and information necessary to establish the correct 
claims payment. The goal of evaluating and revising the CMS 855S DMEPOS 
supplier enrollment application is to simplify and clarify the 
information collection without jeopardizing our need to collect 
specific information. Additionally, periodic revisions are necessary to 
incorporate new regulatory requirements.
    The goal of this revision of the CMS 855S is to incorporate new 
regulatory provisions found at 42 CFR 424.57(c) (1 through 30) and 42 
CFR 424.58. These revisions will allow CMS to be in compliance with the 
above stated regulations implementing new quality standards for DMEPOS 
suppliers, including accreditation requirements. This revision will 
also incorporate new supplier standard regulations found in the final 
regulation that published on August 27, 2010 (75 FR 52629-52649). Form 
Number: CMS-855(S) (OMB: 0938-1056); Frequency: Yearly; 
Affected Public: Private Sector; Business or other for-profit and not-
for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 140,290; Total Annual 
Responses: 140,290; Total Annual Hours: 331,619. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Kim McPhillips at 410-786-5374. For 
all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare 
Enrollment Application; Use: The primary function of the CMS-855 
Medicare enrollment application is to gather information from a 
provider or supplier that tells us who it is, whether it meets certain 
qualifications to be a health care provider or supplier, where it 
practices or renders its services, the identity of the owners of the 
enrolling entity, and other information necessary to establish correct 
claims payments. The goal of this submission is to address

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the following issues. The CMS-855A enrollment form currently captures 
ownership/managerial information on providers. The data required under 
sections 6401 and 6001, however, is more specific than that currently 
obtained on the CMS-855A. CMS will therefore create four attachments to 
the CMS-855A--two for SNFs and the other two for physician-owned 
hospitals--to secure this information. In addition to the application 
changes triggered by ACA, CMS is making other revisions to the forms as 
well.
    This information collection request has been revised since the 60-
day Federal Register notice published on March 22, 2011 (76 FR 13415). 
The group/clinic and individual burden has decreased due to the removal 
of a previously proposed supplier attachment. However, the overall 
burden hour estimate has increased slightly due to additional role-
specific ownership and managerial control data collection for 
institutional providers. Form Number: CMS-855(A, B, I, R) 
(OMB: 0938-0685); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private 
Sector; Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 440,450; Total Annual Responses: 440,450; Total 
Annual Hours: 856,395. (For policy questions regarding this collection 
contact Kim McPhillips at 410-786-5374. 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 June 20, 2011. 
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 17, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division-B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-12473 Filed 5-19-11; 8:45 am]
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