[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67943-67944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18868]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10767]
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 23, 2024.
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
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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, 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 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 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. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information
Collection: Patient Access through Application Programming Interfaces
(API); Use: This final rule is the first phase of policies centrally
focused on advancing interoperability and patient access to health
information using the authority available to the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). We believe this is an important step in
advancing interoperability, putting patients at the center of their
health care, and ensuring they have electronic access to their health
information. We are committed to working with stakeholders to solve the
issue of interoperability and getting patients access to information
about their health care, and we are taking an active approach to move
participants in the health care market toward interoperability and the
secure and timely exchange of electronic health information by adopting
policies for the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), and qualified health plan (QHP) issuers on
the individual market Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs). For
purposes of this rule, references to QHP issuers on the FFEs excludes
issuers offering only stand-alone dental plans (SADPs). Likewise, we
are also excluding QHP issuers only offering QHPs in the Federally-
facilitated Small Business Health Options Program Exchanges (FF-SHOPs)
from the provisions of this rule. This rule requires these impacted
payers to maintain and use standards-based APIs to make certain
information available to enrollees. CMS regulations at 42 CFR 417.414,
417.416, 422.112(a)(1)(i), and 422.114(a)(3)(ii) require that all
Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) offering coordinated care
plans, network-based private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans, and as well
as section 1876 cost organizations, maintain a network of appropriate
providers that is sufficient to provide adequate access to covered
services to meet the needs of the population served. To enforce this
requirement, CMS regulations at Sec. 422.116 outline network adequacy
criteria which set forth the minimum number of providers and maximum
travel time and distance from enrollees to providers, for required
provider specialty types in each county in the United States and its
territories. Organizations must be in compliance with the current CMS
network adequacy criteria guidance, which is updated and published
annually on CMS's website. This collection of information is essential
to appropriate and timely compliance monitoring by CMS, in order to
ensure that all active contracts offering network-based plans maintain
an adequate network. Form Number: CMS-10767 (OMB control number: 0938-
1412); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private sector; Number
of Respondents: 345; Number of Responses: 345; Total Annual Hours:
589,950. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Lorraine Doo at 410-786-6597.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-18868 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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