70 FR 105 pgs. 32630-32631 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 105Pages: 32630 - 32631
Docket number: [Document Identifier: CMS-838 and CMS-10148]
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-11136 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-838 and CMS-10148]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY:
Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Credit Balance Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 405.371, 405.378, and 413.20; Form Nos.: CMS-838 (OMB # 0938-0600); Use: Section 1815(a) of the Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary to request information from providers which is necessary to properly administer the Medicare program. Quarterly credit balance reporting is needed to monitor and control the identification and timely collection of improper payments. The reporting requirements provide CMS with the authority to impose sanctions such as the suspension of program payments in accordance with 42 CFR 413.20(e) and 405.371 if providers do not report credit balances on a timely basis. Furthermore, once a credit balance has been identified on an 838 and demand for payment is made, CMS has the authority to charge interest if the amount is not repaid within 30 days in accordance with 42 CFR 405.378. The collection of credit balance information is needed to ensure that millions of dollars in improper program payments are collected. Approximately 48,300 health care providers will be required to submit a quarterly credit balance report that identifies the amount of improper payments they received that are due to Medicare. The intermediaries will monitor the reports to ensure these funds are collected; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 48,300; Total Annual Responses: 193,200; Total Annual Hours: 579,600.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: HIPAA Administrative Simplification Non-Privacy Enforcement; Form Nos.: CMS-10148(OMB # 0938-0948); Use: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191). Subtitle F of Title II of HIPAA, entitled "Administrative Simplification," (A.S.) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt national standards for certain information-related activities of the health care industry. The HIPAA provisions, by statute, apply only to "covered entities" referred to in section 1320d-2(a)(1) of this title. Responsibility for administering and enforcing the HIPAA A.S. Transactions, Code Sets, Identifiers and Security Rules has been delegated to the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services; Frequency: Reporting-On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 500; Total Annual Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 500.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' Web site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/ , or E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov , or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed within 60 days of this notice to the address below:CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, Attention: William N. Parham, III, PRA Analyst, Room C5-13-27, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: May 27, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Acting Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-11136 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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