[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44684-44685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11131]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10695]


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.

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DATES: Comments must be received by July 22, 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-10695--Quality Payment Program/Merit-Based Incentive Payment System 
(MIPS) Surveys and Feedback Collections

    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 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: Quality Payment 
Program/Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Surveys and 
Feedback Collections; Use: The purpose of this submission is to request 
approval for generic clearance of a program of survey and feedback 
collections supporting the Quality Payment Program which includes the 
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative 
Payment Models (AAPMs). MIPS is a program for certain eligible 
clinicians that makes Medicare payment adjustments based on performance 
on quality, cost and other measures and activities, and that 
consolidates components of three precursor programs--the Physician 
Quality Reporting system (PQRS), the Value Modifier (VM), and the 
Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for eligible 
professionals. AAPMs are a track of the Quality Payment Program that 
offer incentives for achieving threshold levels of payments or patients 
in Advanced APMs or Other Payer Advanced APMs. Under the AAPM path, 
eligible clinicians may become Qualifying APM Participants (QPs) and 
are excluded from MIPS. Partial Qualifying APM Participants (Partial 
QPs) may opt to report and be scored under MIPS.
    This generic clearance will cover a program of surveys and feedback 
collections designed to strategically obtain data and feedback from 
MIPS eligible clinicians, third-party intermediaries, Medicare 
beneficiaries, and any other audiences that would support the Agency in 
improving MIPS or the Quality Payment Program. The specific collections 
we intend to conduct are: Human Centered Design (HCD) User Testing 
Volunteer Sign-Up Survey; HCD User Satisfaction, Product Usage, and 
Benchmarking Surveys; and Physician Compare (and/or successor website) 
User Testing. Form Number: CMS-10695 (OMB control number: 0938-1399); 
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or 
other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions and Individuals; 
Number of Respondents: 630,300; Total Annual Responses: 630,300; Total 
Annual Hours: 61,035. (For policy questions regarding this collection, 
contact Renee O'Neill at 410-786-8821.)

William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-11131 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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