[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 50338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13032]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-287-22]


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 August 12, 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-287-22 Home Office Cost Statement

    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 without change 
of a previously approved collection; Title of Information Collection: 
Home Office Cost Statement; Use: A home office/chain organization (HO/
CO) submits the home office cost statement annually as the documentary 
support required for a provider that is a member of the HO/CO to be 
reimbursed for HO/CO costs claimed in the provider's cost report (see 
42 CFR 413.24(f)(5)(i)(E)(1) and (2)).
    The relationship of the HO/CO is that of a related organization to 
a provider (see 42 CFR 413.17). A HO/CO usually furnishes central 
management and administrative services, e.g., centralized accounting, 
purchasing, personnel services, management direction and control, and 
other services. To the extent that the HO/CO furnishes services related 
to patient care to a provider, the reasonable costs of such services 
are included in the provider's cost report and are reimbursable as part 
of the provider's costs.
    CMS requires the form to determine a HO/CO's reasonable cost 
incurred in furnishing management and administrative services to 
Medicare providers, each of which includes the costs in their cost 
report for reimbursement. A Medicare-certified provider includes costs 
allocated from the home office cost statement in the provider's costs 
used by CMS for rate setting; payment refinement activities, including 
developing a market basket; and Medicare Trust Fund projections; and to 
support program operations. Additionally, the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission (MedPAC) uses the cost report data to calculate Medicare 
margins (a measure of the relationship between Medicare's payments and 
providers' Medicare costs) and analyze data to formulate Medicare 
Program recommendations to Congress. Form Number: CMS-287-22 (OMB 
control number: 0938-0202); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private 
Sector; Business or other for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 1,646; Total Annual Responses: 1,646; Total 
Annual Hours: 767,036. (For policy questions regarding this collection 
contact Gail S. Duncan at (410) 786-7278.)

William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-13032 Filed 6-12-24; 8:45 am]
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