[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48032-48033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16864]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10553, CMS-R-305 and CMS-10492]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is 
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention 
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in 
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an 
existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity 
for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to 
send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the 
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by 
the OMB desk officer by September 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may make 
your request using one of following:

1. Access CMS' website address at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Parham at (410) 786-4669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. The term ``collection of 
information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and 
includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public 
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires 
federal agencies

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to publish a 30-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each 
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension 
or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before 
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this 
requirement, CMS is publishing this notice that summarizes the 
following proposed collection(s) of information for public comment:
    1. Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Managed Care Quality 
including Supporting Regulations; Type of Information Collection 
Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Use: Medicaid 
beneficiaries and stakeholders use the information collected and 
reported to understand the state's quality improvement goals and 
objectives, and to understand how the state is measuring progress on 
its goals. States use this information to help monitor and assess the 
performance of their Medicaid managed care programs. This information 
may assist states in comparing the outcomes of quality improvement 
efforts and can assist them in identifying future performance 
improvement subjects. CMS uses this information as a part of its 
oversight of Medicaid programs. Form Number: CMS-10553 (OMB control 
number: 0938-1281); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Private 
Sector, Business or other for-profits and State, Local or Tribal 
Governments; Number of Respondents: 376; Number of Responses: 2,655; 
Total Annual Hours: 36,010. (For questions regarding this collection 
contact Jennifer Maslowski at 312-886-2567.)
    2. Title of Information Collection: External Quality Review (EQR) 
of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed 
Care, EQR Protocols, and Supporting Regulations; Type of Information 
Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Use: 
This 2022 information collection request proposes to revise the active 
external quality review (EQR) protocols (which were last revised in 
2019). The revisions would: (1) align the existing protocols, 
appendices, and worksheets with the 2020 Medicaid managed care final 
rule, and (2) add a new protocol, Validation of Network Adequacy (RIN 
0938-AS25, CMS-2480-F). A summary of these changes includes, but is not 
limited to, adding three elements to 42 CFR 438.358(b)(1)(iii) to 
include a review of elements 438.56, 438.100, and 438.114; establishing 
the first protocol for the new mandatory activity described in 
438.358(b)(1)(iv) for network adequacy validation for managed care 
organizations (MCOs), prepaid inpatient health plans (PIHPs), and 
prepaid ambulatory health plans (PAHPs); and other formatting changes. 
Form Number: CMS-R-305 (OMB control number: 0938-0786); Frequency: 
Annually; Affected Public: Private Sector, Business or other for-
profits and State, Local or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 
603; Number of Responses: 5,945; Total Annual Hours: 413,310. (For 
questions regarding this collection contact Jennifer Maslowski at 312-
886-2567.)
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information 
Collection: Data Submission for the Federally-facilitated Exchange User 
Fee Adjustment; Use: Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act 
requires coverage without cost sharing of certain preventive health 
services, including certain contraceptive services, in non-exempt, non-
grandfathered group health plans and health insurance coverage. The 
final regulations establish rules under which the third party 
administrator of the plan would provide or arrange for a third party to 
provide separate contraceptive coverage to plan participants and 
beneficiaries without cost sharing, premium, fee, or other charge to 
plan participants or beneficiaries or to the eligible organization or 
its plan. Eligible organizations are required to self-certify that they 
are eligible for this accommodation and provide a copy of such self-
certification to their third party administrators. The final rules also 
set forth processes and standards to fund the payments for the 
contraceptive services that are provided for participants and 
beneficiaries in self-insured plans of eligible organizations under the 
accommodation described previously, through an adjustment in the FFE 
user fee payable by an issuer participating in an FFE.
    CMS will use the data collections from participating issuers and 
third party administrators to verify the total dollar amount for such 
payments for contraceptive services provided under this accommodation 
for the purpose of determining a participating issuer's user fee 
adjustment. The attestation that the payments for contraceptive 
services were made in compliance with 26 CFR 54.9815-2713A(b)(2) or 29 
CFR 2590.715-2713A(b)(2) will help ensure that the user fee adjustment 
is being utilized to provide contraceptive services for the self-
insured plans in accordance with the previously noted accommodation. 
Form Number: CMS-10492 (OMB control number: 0938-1285); Frequency: 
Annually; Affected Public: Private sector (Business or other for-
profits and Not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 861; 
Total Annual Responses: 861; Total Annual Hours: 12,930. (For policy 
questions regarding this collection contact Jacqueline Wilson at 
[email protected].)

    Dated: August 2, 2022.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-16864 Filed 8-4-22; 8:45 am]
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