[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78958-78959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30988]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-20694-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for renewal of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0162 scheduled 
to expire on January 31, 2014 Comments submitted during the first 
public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept 
further comments from the public on this ICR during the review and 
approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 27, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0162 and 
document identifier HHS-OS-20694-30-D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: State Medicaid Fraud Control 
Units' Reports.
    OMB No.: 0990-0162.
    Abstract: Office of Inspector General (OIG) is requesting an 
extension by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the 
collection of information to comply with the requirements in Title 19 
of the Social Security Act at 1903(q), 42 CFR 1007.15, and 42 CFR Sec.  
1007.17, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
information collected consists of fifty separate annual reports and 
fifty separate application requests for certification/recertification 
of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU). The collection is 
required by the statute and submitted yearly to OIG by the fifty MFCUs. 
OIG uses the information collected to determine the MFCUs' compliance 
with Federal requirements and eligibility for continued Federal 
financial participation (FFP) under the Federal MFCU grant program.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Public Law 95-142, the 
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments, was enacted in 1977 
to strengthen the capabilities of Federal and State governments to 
combat and eliminate fraud and abuse

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in Medicaid, through the establishment of the MFCUs. This law amended 
section 1903 of the Social Security Act to establish operating 
requirements for MFCUs and provide FFP to State governments for the 
cost of establishing MFCUs, training State personnel, and keeping the 
MFCUs operational.
    Under section 1903(q)(7), each MFCU must annually submit to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) an application and 
annual report containing information that the Secretary determines is 
necessary to certify the MFCU as meeting the requirements for FFP. FFP 
is available only for activities directly related to the investigation 
and prosecution of health care providers suspected of committing 
Medicaid fraud. The MFCUs also review complaints of alleged abuse or 
neglect of patients and the misuse of patients' personal funds in 
health care facilities. OIG reviews the information collected to ensure 
that Federal matching funds are expended by MFCUs only for allowable 
costs. In addition, OIG analyzes each MFCU's submission to determine 
whether there is a need for OIG technical assistance and to establish 
priorities for onsite reviews to further monitor program activities.
    Likely Respondents: 50.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
          Respondent                  Form          respondents   responses  per   response  (in       hours
                                                                     respondent       hours)
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MFCU..........................  Annual Report...              50               1              88           4,400
MFCU, estimating a ``medium''   Annual Report,                13               1               1              13
 \1\ level of State              data mining
 participation in data mining    reporting only.
 activities.
MFCU..........................  Recertification               50               1               5             250
                                 Application.
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    Total.....................  ................              50               2              94           4,663
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\1\ For medium participation, we estimate 25 percent of the 50 MFCUs participating, or 13 Units.


Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30988 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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