[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37229-37230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09745]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10054]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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 60 days for public comment on 
the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments 
regarding our burden estimates 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 must be received by July 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or 
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and 
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
    1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number: __, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.
    To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access 
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address 
into your web browser: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Contents

    This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated 
with the following information collections. More detailed information 
can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated 
materials (see ADDRESSES).

CMS-10054 New Technology Services for Ambulatory Payment 
Classifications under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System

    Under the 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 requires Federal agencies 
to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register

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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.

Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: New Technology 
Services for Ambulatory Payment Classifications Under Outpatient 
Prospective Payment System; Use: In the April 7, 2000 final rule with 
comment period first implementing the hospital outpatient prospective 
payment system (OPPS), we created a set of New Technology ambulatory 
payment classifications (APCs) to pay for certain new technology 
services under the OPPS. These APCs are intended to pay for new 
technology services that were not covered by the transitional pass-
through payments provisions authorized by the Balanced Budget 
Refinement Act (BBRA) of 1999.
    Since implementation of the hospital outpatient prospective payment 
system (OPPS) on August 1, 2000, transitional pass-through payments 
have been made to hospitals for certain drugs, biologicals, and medical 
devices. These are temporary additional payments required by section 
1833(t)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which was added by 
section 201(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1999 (BBRA). The law 
required the Secretary to make these additional payments to hospitals 
for at least 2 but no more than 3 years.
    In the April 7, 2000 final rule with comment period, we specified 
an application process and the information that must be supplied for us 
to consider a request for payment under the New Technology APCs (65 FR 
18478). We posted the application process on our website at 
www.cms.hhs.gov. Services were only considered eligible for assignment 
to a New Technology APC if we listed them in one of a number of lists 
published in Medicare Program Memoranda, which are posted to our 
website (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/transmittals/cms-program-memoranda). We established a quarterly 
application process by which interested parties could submit 
applications to us for particular services. We assign new services to 
the New Technology APCs that we determine cannot be placed 
appropriately in clinical APCs. Under our current policy, we retain 
services in a New Technology APC until we gain sufficient information 
about actual hospital costs incurred to furnish a new technology 
service. Form Number: CMS-10054 (OMB control number: 0938-0860); 
Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private sector, Business or other 
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 25; Number of Responses: 25; Total 
Annual Hours: 400. (For policy questions regarding this collection 
contact Josh Mcfeeters at 410-786-9732.)

William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-09745 Filed 5-3-24; 8:45 am]
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