[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81147-81148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27549]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10169]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Correction

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Correction of notice.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the information provided for [Document 
Identifier: CMS-10169] titled ``Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, 
Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program; Change of 
Ownership Forms.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham, III, (410) 786-
4669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In the October 14, 2016, issue of the Federal Register (81 FR 
71100), we

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published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice requesting a 60-day public 
comment period for the information collection request identified under 
CMS-10169, OMB control number 0938-1016, and titled ``Durable Medical 
Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive 
Bidding Program; Change of Ownership Forms.''

II. Explanation of Error

    In the October 14, 2016, notice, the information provided in the 
first column under paragraph 2, on page 71101, inadvertently published 
information in the ``Use'' section that pertained to an older iteration 
of the information collection request. This notice corrects the 
language found in the ``Use'' section under the 2nd paragraph on page 
71101 of the October 14th notice. All of the other information 
contained in the October 14, 2016, notice is correct. The related 
public comment period remains in effect and ends December 13, 2016.

III. Correction of Error

    In FR Doc. 2016-24910 of October 14, 2016 (81 FR 71100), on page 
71101, the language beginning with the word ``Use:'' in the first 
column, in the first full paragraph, in the 8th line, and ending in the 
second column, with the word ``basis'', in the second column, in the 
33rd line, is corrected to read as follows:
    Use: The MMA requires the Secretary to recompete contracts not less 
often than once every 3 years. Section 1847(a)(1)(G) of the Act, added 
by section 522(a) of the MACRA, now requires a bid surety bond for 
bidding entities beginning not earlier than January 1, 2017 and not 
later than January 1, 2019. The addition to the Act states that a 
bidding entity may not submit a bid for a CBA unless, as of the 
deadline for bid submission, the entity has (1) obtained a bid surety 
bond, in the range of $50,000 to $100,000 and (2) provided the 
Secretary with proof of having obtained the bid surety bond for each 
CBA in which the entity submits its bid(s).
    Based on the passage of MACRA, we put forth proposed additions to 
Sec.  414.412, ``Submission of bids under a competitive bidding 
program,'' to add a new paragraph (h) that would allow CMS to implement 
section 1847(a)(1)(G) of the Act, as amended by section 522(a) of 
MACRA, to state that an entity may not submit a bid for a CBA unless, 
as of the deadline for bid submission, the entity has obtained a bid 
surety bond for the CBA.
    We are now seeking approval to update our burden estimates to all 
Forms to account for the consolidation of all rounds in Round 2019. For 
Round 2019 and the proposed rule, CMS will publish a slightly modified 
version of Form A so that suppliers will be better able to identify and 
understand the new requirement related to surety bonds. We have made no 
changes to Forms B, C, D, Change of Ownership (CHOW) Contract Supplier 
Notification and Purchaser Forms, and Subcontracting Disclosure Form. 
However, the burden has been adjusted to account for the increase in 
the number of respondents due to the consolidation of all CBAs into 
Round 2019 under this ICR. We intend to continue use of these Forms on 
an ongoing basis.

    Dated: November 10, 2016.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-27549 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
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