81 FR 33257 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
| Page Range | 33257-33258 | |
| FR Document | 2016-12085 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 33257-33258] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12085] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier: CMS-10418] Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish a 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. DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by June 24, 2016. ADDRESSES: When commenting on the proposed information collections, please reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and [[Page 33258]] 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: OIRA_[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 currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Annual Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and Rebate Calculation Report and MLR Rebate Notices: Use: Under section 2718 of the Affordable Care Act and implementing regulation at 45 CFR part 158, a health insurance issuer (issuer) offering group or individual health insurance coverage must submit a report to the Secretary concerning the amount the issuer spends each year on claims, quality improvement expenses, non-claims costs, Federal and State taxes and licensing and regulatory fees, the amount of earned premium, and beginning with the 2014 reporting year, the amounts related to the reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment programs established under sections 1341, 1342, and 1343, respectively, of the Affordable Care Act. An issuer must provide an annual rebate if the amount it spends on certain costs compared to its premium revenue (excluding Federal and States taxes and licensing and regulatory fees) does not meet a certain ratio, referred to as the medical loss ratio (MLR). Each issuer is required to submit annually MLR data, including information about any rebates it must provide, on a form prescribed by CMS, for each State in which the issuer conducts business. Each issuer is also required to provide a rebate notice to each policyholder that is owed a rebate and each subscriber of policyholders that are owed a rebate for any given MLR reporting year. Additionally, each issuer is required to maintain for a period of seven years all documents, records and other evidence that support the data included in each issuer's annual report to the Secretary. Under section 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and implementing regulation at 45 CFR part 153, issuers of qualified health plans (QHPs) must participate in a risk corridors program. A QHP issuer will pay risk corridors charges or be eligible to receive payments based on the ratio of the issuer's allowable costs to the target amount. Each QHP issuer is required to submit an annual report to CMS concerning the issuer's allowable costs, allowable administrative costs, premium, and proportion of market premium in QHPs. Risk corridors premium information that is specific to an issuer's QHPs is collected through a separate plan-level data form, which is included in this information collection. CMS received a total of 3 public comments on a number of specific issues regarding the notice of the revised MLR PRA package. CMS has taken into consideration all of the comments and has modified the information collection instruments and instructions (the 2015 MLR Annual Reporting Form and Instructions and the 2015 Risk Corridors Plan-Level Data Form and Instructions) in order to correct minor errors and to provide additional clarifications. Form Number: CMS-10418 (OMB control number: 0938-1164); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions); Number of Respondents: 538; Number of Responses: 2,818; Total Annual Hours: 235,148. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Christina Whitefield at (301) 492-4172.) Dated: May 18, 2016. William N. Parham, III, Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. 2016-12085 Filed 5-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120-01-P
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above-noted motor vehicle dealers. This Because your comment will be made The FTC Act and other laws that the
resulted in an estimate of 248 motor public, you are solely responsible for Commission administers permit the
vehicle dealers subject to the FTC’s making sure that your comment does collection of public comments to
jurisdiction. After deducting the latter not include any sensitive personal consider and use in this proceeding as
figure from the total of 750 respondents, information, such as a Social Security appropriate. The Commission will
502 respondents were left to divide number, date of birth, driver’s license consider all timely and responsive
50:50 between the agencies. With number or other state identification public comments that it receives on or
rounding, the FTC apportioned 251 of number or foreign country equivalent, before July 25, 2016. You can find more
those respondents to its burden passport number, financial account information, including routine uses
estimates; adding to that the estimated number, or credit or debit card number. permitted by the Privacy Act, in the
total of 248 motor vehicle dealers You are also solely responsible for Commission’s privacy policy, at http://
resulted in 499 respondents for the FTC. making sure that your comment does www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.
not include any sensitive health David C. Shonka,
B. FTC Share of Burden Hours: 998
information, such as medical records or
Hours Acting General Counsel.
other individually identifiable health
Staff assumed that respondents will [FR Doc. 2016–12330 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
information. In addition, do not include
each spend approximately 2 hours to BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any commercial or
monitor compliance with the Rule. financial information which is . . .
Thus, 499 respondents for the FTC privileged or confidential,’’ as discussed
multiplied by the two hour estimate per in Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
respondent resulted in 998 burden 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR HUMAN SERVICES
hours apportioned to the FTC. 4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
C. FTC Share of Labor Costs: $249,500 competitively sensitive information
Services
such as costs, sales statistics,
Staff assumed that in-house legal inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, [Document Identifier: CMS–10418]
counsel for respondents would handle manufacturing processes, or customer
most of the compliance review, and at names. Agency Information Collection
an estimated average hourly wage of If you want the Commission to give Activities: Submission for OMB
$250 per hour. your comment confidential treatment, Review; Comment Request
D. Capital/Non-Labor Costs: $0 you must file it in paper form, with a ACTION: Notice.
request for confidential treatment, and
Assumption: Capital and other you must follow the procedure SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare &
nonlabor costs should be minimal, at explained in FTC Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
most, since the Rule has been in effect 4.9(c). Your comment will be kept an opportunity for the public to
several years, with covered entities now confidential only if the FTC General comment on CMS’ intention to collect
equipped to provide the required notice. Counsel, in his or her sole discretion, information from the public. Under the
Based on staff’s review of industry grants your request in accordance with Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
data and its experience in this area, we the law and the public interest. Postal (PRA), federal agencies are required to
have no information to suggest that mail addressed to the Commission is publish a notice in the Federal Register
these figures are not still valid. subject to delay due to heightened concerning each proposed collection of
Request for Comments security screening. As a result, the information, including each proposed
Commission encourages you to submit extension or reinstatement of an existing
You can file a comment online or on collection of information, and to allow
your comments online. To make sure
paper. Write ‘‘Prescreen Opt-Out a second opportunity for public
that the Commission considers your
Disclosure Rule: FTC File No. P075417’’ comment on the notice. Interested
online comment, you must file it at
on your comment. Your comment— persons are invited to send comments
https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
including your name and your state— regarding the burden estimate or any
ftc/prescreenoptoutpra by following the
will be placed on the public record of other aspect of this collection of
instructions on the web-based form. If
this proceeding, including, to the extent information, including any of the
this Notice appears at http://
practicable, on the public Commission following subjects: (1) the necessity and
www.regulations.gov, you also may file
Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/ utility of the proposed information
a comment through that Web site.
publiccomments.shtm. As a matter of collection for the proper performance of
discretion, the Commission tries to If you file your comment on paper,
write ‘‘Prescreen Opt-Out Disclosure the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
remove individuals’ home contact of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
information from comments before Rule: FTC File No. P075417’’ on your
comment and on the envelope, and mail enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
placing them on the Commission Web of the information to be collected; and
site. it to the following address: Federal
Trade Commission, Office of the (4) the use of automated collection
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue techniques or other forms of information
estimated number of car dealers—62,750 (based on
industry data for the number of franchise/new car NW., Suite CC–5610, (Annex J), technology to minimize the information
and independent/used car dealers) by 199,500 Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your collection burden.
(Commission staff’s PRA estimate of the number of comment to the following address: DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of
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entities that extend credit to consumers subject to information must be received by the
FTC jurisdiction under the FCRA, pre-Dodd-Frank,
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
for the Risk-Based Pricing regulations, as detailed Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th OMB desk officer by June 24, 2016.
at 75 FR 2724, 2748 n.18 (Jan. 15, 2010)). This came Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610, ADDRESSES: When commenting on the
out to 31%. Staff increased this amount to 33% to (Annex J), Washington, DC 20024. If proposed information collections,
account for other motor vehicle dealer types
(motorbikes, boats, other recreational) also covered
possible, submit your paper comment to please reference the document identifier
within the definition of ‘‘motor vehicle dealer’’ the Commission by courier or overnight or OMB control number. To be assured
under section 1029(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act. service. consideration, comments and
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recommendations must be received by the amount of earned premium, and contact Christina Whitefield at (301)
the OMB desk officer via one of the beginning with the 2014 reporting year, 492–4172.)
following transmissions: the amounts related to the reinsurance, Dated: May 18, 2016.
OMB, Office of Information and risk corridors, and risk adjustment William N. Parham, III,
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS programs established under sections
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 1341, 1342, and 1343, respectively, of of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
5806 or Email: OIRA_ the Affordable Care Act. An issuer must Affairs.
omb.eop.gov provide an annual rebate if the amount
[FR Doc. 2016–12085 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
it spends on certain costs compared to
To obtain copies of a supporting its premium revenue (excluding Federal BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
statement and any related forms for the and States taxes and licensing and
proposed collection(s) summarized in regulatory fees) does not meet a certain
this notice, you may make your request DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
ratio, referred to as the medical loss HUMAN SERVICES
using one of following: ratio (MLR). Each issuer is required to
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at submit annually MLR data, including Health Resources and Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ information about any rebates it must Administration
PaperworkReductionActof1995. provide, on a form prescribed by CMS,
2. Email your request, including your for each State in which the issuer Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C
address, phone number, OMB number, conducts business. Each issuer is also HIV Early Intervention Services
and CMS document identifier, to required to provide a rebate notice to Program Existing Geographic Service
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. each policyholder that is owed a rebate Area
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at and each subscriber of policyholders
(410) 786–1326. that are owed a rebate for any given AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MLR reporting year. Additionally, each Administration, HHS.
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– issuer is required to maintain for a ACTION: Notice of Class Deviation from
1326. period of seven years all documents, Competition Requirements for Ryan
records and other evidence that support White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Part C HIV Early Intervention Services
the data included in each issuer’s
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) Program Existing Geographic Service
annual report to the Secretary.
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies Under section 1342 of the Patient Area (EISEGA).
must obtain approval from the Office of Protection and Affordable Care Act and
Management and Budget (OMB) for each implementing regulation at 45 CFR part SUMMARY: The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
collection of information they conduct 153, issuers of qualified health plans is requesting a class deviation from the
or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of (QHPs) must participate in a risk competition requirements in order to
information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. corridors program. A QHP issuer will provide one-year extensions with funds
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and pay risk corridors charges or be eligible to 346 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
includes agency requests or to receive payments based on the ratio (RWHAP) Part C HIV Early Intervention
requirements that members of the public of the issuer’s allowable costs to the Services Program Existing Geographic
submit reports, keep records, or provide target amount. Each QHP issuer is Service Area (EISEGA) recipients. The
information to a third party. Section required to submit an annual report to purpose of the Part C EISEGA program
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. CMS concerning the issuer’s allowable is to provide HIV primary care in the
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies costs, allowable administrative costs, outpatient setting to targeted low
to publish a 30-day notice in the premium, and proportion of market income, underinsured people living
Federal Register concerning each premium in QHPs. Risk corridors with HIV. HAB is finalizing an
proposed collection of information, premium information that is specific to evaluation of the Part C EISEGA
including each proposed extension or an issuer’s QHPs is collected through a program and development of a new
reinstatement of an existing collection separate plan-level data form, which is data-driven methodology. This
of information, before submitting the included in this information collection. methodology is aimed at ensuring that
collection to OMB for approval. To CMS received a total of 3 public awards are based on a consistent
comply with this requirement, CMS is comments on a number of specific approach to promote a rational and
publishing this notice that summarizes issues regarding the notice of the sustainable allocation of resources while
the following proposed collection(s) of revised MLR PRA package. CMS has ensuring responsiveness to geographic
information for public comment: taken into consideration all of the and healthcare financing considerations,
1. Type of Information Collection comments and has modified the indicators of need, and results along the
Request: Revision of currently approved information collection instruments and HIV care continuum. HAB expects to re-
collection; Title of Information instructions (the 2015 MLR Annual compete the entire program in fiscal
Collection: Annual Medical Loss Ratio Reporting Form and Instructions and year (FY) 2018. One-year extensions
(MLR) and Rebate Calculation Report the 2015 Risk Corridors Plan-Level Data with funds for all 346 Part C EISEGA
and MLR Rebate Notices: Use: Under Form and Instructions) in order to recipients enables HAB to finalize the
section 2718 of the Affordable Care Act correct minor errors and to provide evaluation and methodology
and implementing regulation at 45 CFR additional clarifications. Form Number: development and engage recipients and
part 158, a health insurance issuer CMS–10418 (OMB control number: relevant stakeholders with regard to this
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(issuer) offering group or individual 0938–1164); Frequency: Annually; new approach prior to implementation
health insurance coverage must submit Affected Public: Private Sector (Business and without disrupting the provision of
a report to the Secretary concerning the or other for-profits and not-for-profit critical HIV primary medical care
amount the issuer spends each year on institutions); Number of Respondents: services to the current RWHAP clients
claims, quality improvement expenses, 538; Number of Responses: 2,818; Total served by these recipients. Pending the
non-claims costs, Federal and State Annual Hours: 235,148. (For policy availability of funds, the amount of each
taxes and licensing and regulatory fees, questions regarding this collection FY 2017 award will be based on a
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