80 FR 51275 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)

Page Range		51275-51276
FR Document		2015-20787

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 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10185, CMS-10261 and CMS-10561]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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 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.

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DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by 
the OMB desk officer by September 23, 2015.

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the proposed information collections, 
please reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be 
assured consideration, comments and recommendations must be received by 
the OMB desk officer via one of the following transmissions: OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-5806 or, Email: 
[email protected].
    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: 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D 
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use: To ensure 
quality provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to 
beneficiaries, the collected information will serve as an integral 
resource for oversight, monitoring, compliance, and auditing 
activities. Sponsors should retain documentation and data records 
related to their data submissions. Data will be validated, analyzed, 
and utilized for trend reporting. For CY 2016 reporting, the following 
sections will be reported and collected at the Contract-level or Plan-
level: (1) Enrollment and disenrollment, (2) retail, home infusion, and 
long-term care pharmacy access, (3) medication therapy management 
programs, (4) grievances, (5) coverage determinations and 
redeterminations, (6) long term care utilization, (7) employer/union 
sponsored sponsors, and (8) plan oversight of agents. Form Number: CMS-
10185 (OMB control number 0938-0992); Frequency: Annually and semi-
annually; Affected Public: Private sector (Business or other for-
profits); Number of Respondents: 694; Total Annual Responses: 6,875; 
Total Annual Hours: 10,865. (For policy questions regarding this 
collection contact Chanelle Jones at 410-786-8008).
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Part C Medicare 
Advantage Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use: There 
are a number of information users of Part C reporting data, including 
our central and regional office staff that use this information to 
monitor health plans and to hold them accountable for their 
performance, researchers, and other government agencies such as the 
Government Accounting Office. Health plans can use this information to 
measure and benchmark their performance. Form Number: CMS-10261 (OMB 
control number 0938-1054); Frequency: Annually and semi-annually; 
Affected Public: Private sector (Business or other for-profits); Number 
of Respondents: 561; Total Annual Responses: 3,508; Total Annual Hours: 
201,503. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Terry 
Lied at 410-786-8973).
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection (Request 
for new OMB control number); Title of Information Collection: Essential 
Community Provider Data Collection to Support QHP Certification for PY 
2017; Use: For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, Health 
and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect more complete provider data 
for inclusion on the HHS Essential Community Provider (ECP) list to 
ensure a more accurate reflection of the universe of qualified 
available ECPs in a given service area that can be counted toward an 
issuer's satisfaction of the ECP standard. The HHS will collect data on 
qualified and available ECPs from providers. Providers will submit an 
ECP petition to be added to the HHS ECP list or provide required 
missing data fields to remain on the list. The degree of provider 
participation in this data collection effort through the ECP provider 
petition will help inform HHS's future proposals for counting issuers' 
ECP write-ins toward satisfaction of the ECP standard. Form Number: 
CMS-10561 (OMB control number: 0938-New); Frequency: Annually; Affected 
Public: Private sector (Business or other for-profits and Not-for-
profit Institutions); Number of Respondents: 31,634; Total Annual 
Responses: 31,634; Total Annual Hours: 53,491. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Deborah Hunter at 410-786-0625.)

    Dated: August 18, 2015.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
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(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and United States. It is estimated that each gastrointestinal illness in the general
clarity of the information to be year, 48 million Americans (1 in 6) population, describe common
collected; (d) Minimize the burden of become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, symptoms associated with diarrhea, and
the collection of information on those and 3,000 die as the result of a determine the proportion of persons
who are to respond, including through foodborne illness. Since 1996, the with diarrhea who seek medical care.
the use of appropriate automated, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance The survey also collects data on
electronic, mechanical, or other Network (FoodNet) has conducted exposures (e.g. food, water, animal
technological collection techniques or active population-based surveillance for contact) commonly associated with
other forms of information technology, Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, foodborne illness. Information about
e.g., permitting electronic submission of Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga food exposures in the general public has
responses; and (e) Assess information toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 proved invaluable during outbreak
collection costs. and non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and
To request additional information on investigations. The ability to compare
Yersinia infections. Data from FoodNet
the proposed project or to obtain a copy exposures reported by outbreak cases to
serve as the nation’s ‘‘report card’’ on
of the information collection plan and the ‘background’ exposure in the general
food safety by monitoring progress
instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or toward CDC Healthy People 2020 population allows investigators to more
send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written objectives. quickly pinpoint a source and enact
comments and/or suggestions regarding control measures. To date, five 12-
Evaluation of efforts to control
the items contained in this notice month cycles of the survey have been
foodborne illnesses can only be done
should be directed to the Attention: effectively if there is an accurate completed without an existing OMB
CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management estimate of the total number of illness number: 1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2000–
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or that occur and if these estimates are 2001, 2002–2003, and 2006–2007. Data
by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written recalculated and monitored over time. has been shared with participating state
comments should be received within 30 Total burden estimates of begin with an health departments and multiple
days of this notice. accurate and reliable estimate of the programs at CDC, is available to the
Proposed Project number of acute gastrointestinal illness public through a summary report posted
episodes that occur in the general to the FoodNet Web site, and also
FoodNet Population Survey—Existing
community. To more precisely estimate available via individual data requests.
Collection In Use Without an OMB
Control Number—National Center for this and to describe the frequency of More than two dozen manuscripts
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious important exposures associated with highlighting population survey data
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control illness, FoodNet created the Population have been published. We seek to
and Prevention (CDC). Survey. continue this important work.
The FoodNet Population Survey is a The total annual burden is 6,000
Background and Brief Description survey of persons residing in the hours.
Foodborne illnesses represent a surveillance area. Data are collected on
significant public health burden in the the prevalence and severity of acute

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per
respondents response
respondent (in hours)

U.S. General Population ......................................................... Population Survey .................. 18,000 1 20/60

Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND concerning each proposed collection of
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES information, including each proposed
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the extension or reinstatement of an existing
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid collection of information, and to allow
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Services a second opportunity for public
Prevention. comment on the notice. Interested
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[Document Identifier: CMS–10185, CMS–
10261 and CMS–10561] persons are invited to send comments
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Activities: Submission for OMB information, including any of the
Review; Comment Request following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
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information from the public. Under the (4) the use of automated collection
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 techniques or other forms of information
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Dates		Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by September 23, 2015.
Contact		Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786- 1326.
FR Citation		80 FR 51275

80 FR 51275 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services