80 FR 29713 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 99 (May 22, 2015)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 99 (May 22, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-12498 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 29713-29714] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-12498] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifiers CMS-668B] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (the 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 any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 21, 2015. 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, you may make your request using one of following: 1. Access CMS' Web site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995. 2. Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to [email protected]. 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786- 1326. 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-668B Post Clinical Laboratory Survey Questionnaire and Supporting Regulations 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: Post Clinical Laboratory Survey Questionnaire and Supporting Regulations; Use: Form CMS-668B is used by a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) laboratory to express its satisfaction with the survey process and to make recommendations for improvement. Surveyors furnish this form to all laboratories that receive [[Page 29714]] either an onsite survey or the Alternate Quality Assessment Survey (i.e., paper survey of quality indicators). We perform an overview evaluation of the completed forms. Each calendar year, a summary of the information collected is sent to the State and CMS Regional Offices. Form Number: CMS-668B (OMB Control Number 0938-0653); Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Private sector (Business or other for- profits and Not-for-profit institutions), State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 19,051; Total Annual Responses: 9,526; Total Annual Hours: 2,382. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Kathleen Todd at 410-786-3385.) Dated: May 19, 2015. William N. Parham, III, Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. 2015-12498 Filed 5-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120-01-P
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photo ID, persons may not be permitted DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND To obtain copies of a supporting
entry to the building. HUMAN SERVICES statement and any related forms for the
• Security measures include proposed collection(s) summarized in
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid this notice, you may make your request
inspection of vehicles, inside and out, at
Services using one of following:
the entrance to the grounds.
[Document Identifiers CMS–668B] 1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
• All persons entering the building http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
must pass through a metal detector. Agency Information Collection PaperworkReductionActof1995.
• All items brought into CMS Activities: Proposed Collection; 2. Email your request, including your
including personal items, for example, Comment Request address, phone number, OMB number,
laptops and cell phones are subject to and CMS document identifier, to
physical inspection. AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
Medicaid Services, HHS. 3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
• The public may enter the building ACTION: Notice.
30 to 45 minutes before the meeting (410) 786–1326.
convenes each day. SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
• All visitors must be escorted in
an opportunity for the public to 1326.
areas other than the lower and first-floor
levels in the Central Building. comment on CMS’ intention to collect SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information from the public. Under the
• The main-entrance guards will Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the Contents
issue parking permits and instructions PRA), federal agencies are required to This notice sets out a summary of the
upon arrival at the building. publish notice in the Federal Register use and burden associated with the
• Foreign nationals visiting any CMS concerning each proposed collection of following information collections. More
facility require prior approval. If you are information (including each proposed detailed information can be found in
a foreign national and wish to attend the extension or reinstatement of an existing each collection’s supporting statement
meeting onsite, in addition to registering collection of information) and to allow and associated materials (see
for the meeting, you must also send a 60 days for public comment on the ADDRESSES).
separate email to APCPanel@ proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our CMS–668B Post Clinical Laboratory
cms.hhs.gov prior to the close of
burden estimates or any other aspect of Survey Questionnaire and Supporting
registration to request authorization to
this collection of information, including Regulations
attend as a foreign national.
any of the following subjects: (1) The Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
VII. Special Accommodations necessity and utility of the proposed 3520), federal agencies must obtain
information collection for the proper approval from the Office of Management
Individuals requiring special performance of the agency’s functions;
accommodations must include the and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
(2) the accuracy of the estimated information they conduct or sponsor.
request for these services during burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
registration. The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
utility, and clarity of the information to defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
VIII. Panel Recommendations and be collected; and (4) the use of 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
Discussions automated collection techniques or or requirements that members of the
other forms of information technology to public submit reports, keep records, or
The Panel’s recommendations at any minimize the information collection provide information to a third party.
Panel meeting generally are not final burden. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
until they have been reviewed and DATES: Comments must be received by requires federal agencies to publish a
approved by the Panel on the last day July 21, 2015. 60-day notice in the Federal Register
of the meeting, before the final concerning each proposed collection of
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
adjournment. These recommendations information, including each proposed
reference the document identifier or
will be posted to our Web site after the extension or reinstatement of an existing
OMB control number. To be assured
meeting. collection of information, before
consideration, comments and
IX. Collection of Information recommendations must be submitted in submitting the collection to OMB for
Requirements any one of the following ways: approval. To comply with this
1. Electronically. You may send your requirement, CMS is publishing this
This document does not impose comments electronically to http:// notice.
information collection requirements, www.regulations.gov. Follow the
Information Collection
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or instructions for ‘‘Comment or
third-party disclosure requirements. Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 1. Type of Information Collection
Consequently, there is no need for to find the information collection Request: Extension of a currently
review by the Office of Management and document(s) that are accepting approved collection; Title of
Budget under the authority of the comments. Information Collection: Post Clinical
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 2. By regular mail. You may mail Laboratory Survey Questionnaire and
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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). written comments to the following Supporting Regulations; Use: Form
address: CMS, Office of Strategic CMS–668B is used by a Clinical
Dated: May 5, 2015.
Operations and Regulatory Affairs Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Andrew M. Slavitt, Division of Regulations Development (CLIA) laboratory to express its
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare Attention: Document Identifier/OMB satisfaction with the survey process and
& Medicaid Services. Control Number llll, Room C4–26– to make recommendations for
[FR Doc. 2015–12527 Filed 5–21–15; 8:45 am] 05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, improvement. Surveyors furnish this
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either an onsite survey or the Alternate hospice. Regulations concerning provides us 210 days after the date of
Quality Assessment Survey (i.e., paper provider agreements are at 42 CFR part receipt of a complete application, with
survey of quality indicators). We 489 and those pertaining to activities any documentation necessary to make
perform an overview evaluation of the relating to the survey and certification the determination, to complete our
completed forms. Each calendar year, a of facilities are at 42 CFR part 488. The survey activities and application
summary of the information collected is regulations at 42 CFR part 418 specify process. Within 60 days after receiving
sent to the State and CMS Regional the conditions that a hospice must meet a complete application, we must
Offices. Form Number: CMS–668B in order to participate in the Medicare publish a notice in the Federal Register
(OMB Control Number 0938–0653); program, the scope of covered services that identifies the national accrediting
Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: and the conditions for Medicare body making the request, describes the
Private sector (Business or other for- payment for hospices. request, and provides no less than a 30-
profits and Not-for-profit institutions), Generally, to enter into an agreement, day public comment period. At the end
State, Local, or Tribal Government; a hospice must first be certified as of the 210-day period, we must publish
Number of Respondents: 19,051; Total complying with the conditions set forth a notice in the Federal Register
Annual Responses: 9,526; Total Annual in part 418 and recommended to the approving or denying the application.
Hours: 2,382. (For policy questions Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)
for participation by a state survey III. Provisions of the Proposed Notice
regarding this collection contact
Kathleen Todd at 410–786–3385.) agency. Thereafter, the hospice is In the December 19, 2014 Federal
subject to periodic surveys by a state Register (79 FR 75817), we published a
Dated: May 19, 2015.
survey agency to determine whether it proposed notice announcing TJC’s
William N. Parham, III, continues to meet these conditions. request for continued approval of its
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office However, there is an alternative to Medicare hospice accreditation
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory certification surveys by state agencies.
Affairs. program. In the December 19, 2014
Accreditation by a nationally recognized proposed notice, we detailed our
[FR Doc. 2015–12498 Filed 5–21–15; 8:45 am] Medicare accreditation program evaluation criteria. Under section
BILLING CODE 4120–01–P approved by CMS may substitute for 1865(a)(2) of the Act and in our
both initial and ongoing state review. regulations at § 488.4 and § 488.8, we
Section 1865(a)(1) of the Act provides conducted a review of TJC’s Medicare
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND that, if the Secretary of the Department
HUMAN SERVICES hospice accreditation application in
of Health and Human Services (the accordance with the criteria specified by
Secretary) finds that accreditation of a our regulations, which include, but are
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid provider entity by an approved national
Services not limited to the following:
accrediting organization meets or
• An onsite administrative review of
[CMS–3307–FN] exceeds all applicable Medicare
TJC’s: (1) Corporate policies; (2)
conditions, CMS may treat the provider
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; financial and human resources available
entity as having met those conditions,
Continued Approval of The Joint to accomplish the proposed surveys; (3)
that is, we may ‘‘deem’’ the provider
Commission’s Hospice Accreditation procedures for training, monitoring, and
entity to be in compliance.
Program evaluation of its hospice surveyors; (4)
Accreditation by an accrediting
ability to investigate and respond
organization is voluntary and is not
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & appropriately to complaints against
required for Medicare participation.
Medicaid Services, HHS. accredited hospices; and (5) survey
Part 488, subpart A, implements the
ACTION: Final notice. provisions of section 1865 of the Act review and decision-making process for
and requires that a national accrediting accreditation.
SUMMARY: This final notice announces
organization applying for approval of its • The comparison of TJC’s Medicare
our decision to approve The Joint hospice accreditation program standards
Commission (TJC) for continued Medicare accreditation program must
provide CMS with reasonable assurance to our current Medicare hospice CoPs.
recognition as a national accrediting • A documentation review of TJC’s
organization for hospices that wish to that the accrediting organization
requires its accredited provider entities survey process to—
participate in the Medicare or Medicaid ++ Determine the composition of the
programs. A hospice that participates in to meet requirements that are at least as
stringent as the Medicare conditions. survey team, surveyor qualifications,
Medicaid must also meet the Medicare and TJC’s ability to provide continuing
Conditions of Participation (CoPs). Our regulations concerning the approval
of accrediting organizations are set forth surveyor training.
DATES: This final notice is effective June ++ Compare TJC’s processes to those
at § 488.4 and § 488.8(d)(3). The
18, 2015 through June 18, 2021. regulations at § 488.8(d)(3) require an we require of state survey agencies,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accrediting organization to reapply for including periodic resurvey and the
Lillian Williams, (410) 786–8636, Cindy continued approval of its Medicare ability to investigate and respond
Melanson, (410) 786–0310, or Patricia accreditation program every 6 years or appropriately to complaints against
Chmielewski, (410) 786–6899. sooner as determined by CMS. The Joint accredited hospices.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Commission’s (TJC’s) current term of ++ Evaluate TJC’s procedures for
monitoring hospices it has found to be
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I. Background approval for its hospice accreditation
program expires June 18, 2015. out of compliance with TJC’s program
Under the Medicare program, eligible requirements. (This pertains only to
beneficiaries may receive covered II. Application Approval Process monitoring procedures when TJC
services in a hospice provided certain Section 1865(a)(3)(A) of the Act identifies non-compliance. If
requirements are met by the hospice. provides a statutory timetable to ensure noncompliance is identified by a state
Section 1861(dd) of the Social Security that our review of applications for CMS- survey agency through a validation
Act (the Act) establishes distinct criteria approval of an accreditation program is survey, the state survey agency monitors
for facilities seeking designation as a conducted in a timely manner. The Act corrections as specified at § 488.7(d)).
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