90 FR 80 pgs. 17601-17603 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 80Pages: 17601 - 17603
Pages: 17601, 17602, 17603Docket number: [Document Identifier: CMS-10105, CMS-10325 and CMS-10653]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-07302 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10105, CMS-10325 and CMS-10653]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 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 (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 May 28, 2025.
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 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:
[top] 1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: National Implementation of the In-Center Hemodialysis CAHPS Survey; Use: The national implementation of the ICH CAHPS Survey is designed to allow third-party, CMS-approved survey vendors to administer the ICH CAHPS Survey using mail-only, telephone-only, or mixed (mail with telephone follow-up) modes of survey administration. Experience from previous CAHPS surveys shows that mail, telephone, and mail with telephone follow-up data collection modes work well for
Data collected in the national implementation of the ICH CAHPS Survey are used for the following purposes:
• To provide a source of information from which selected measures can be publicly reported to beneficiaries as a decision aid for dialysis facility selection.
• To aid facilities with their internal quality improvement efforts and external benchmarking with other facilities.
• To provide CMS with information for monitoring and public reporting purposes. To support the ESRD Quality Improvement Program.
Form Number: CMS-10105 (OMB control number: 0938-0926); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Individuals and Households; Number of Respondents: 95,000; Number of Responses: 95,000; Total Annual Hours: 51,300. (For policy questions regarding this collection, contact Lauren Popham at 410-786-8568 or Lauren.popham@cms.hhs.gov .)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Disclosure and Recordkeeping Requirements for Grandfathered Health Plans under the Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act provides that certain plans and health insurance coverage in existence as of March 23, 2010, known as grandfathered health plans, are not required to comply with certain statutory provisions in the Act. The final regulations titled "Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient Protections" (80 FR 72192, November 18, 2015) require that, to maintain its status as a grandfathered health plan, a plan must maintain records documenting the terms of the plan in effect on March 23, 2010, and any other documents that are necessary to verify, explain, or clarify status as a grandfathered health plan. The plan must make such records available for examination upon request by participants, beneficiaries, individual policy subscribers, or a state or federal agency official. A grandfathered health plan is also required to include a statement in any summary of benefits under the plan or health insurance coverage that the plan or coverage believes it is a grandfathered health plan within the meaning of section 1251 of the Affordable Care Act and provide contact information for questions and complaints. In addition, a grandfathered group health plan that is changing health insurance issuers is required to provide the succeeding health insurance issuer (and the succeeding health insurance issuer must require) documentation of plan terms (including benefits, cost sharing, employer contributions, and annual limits) under the prior health insurance coverage sufficient to make a determination whether the standards of paragraph §?147.140(g)(1) of the 2015 final regulations are exceeded. It is also required that, for an insured group health plan (or a multiemployer plan) that is a grandfathered plan, the relevant policies, certificates, contracts of insurance, or plan documents must disclose in a prominent and effective manner that employers, employee organizations, or plan sponsors, as applicable, are required to notify the issuer (or multiemployer plan) if the contribution rate changes at any point during the plan year. Form Number: CMS-10325 (OMB control number: 0938-1093); Frequency: On Occasion; Affected Public: Private Sector, State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 14,603; Total Annual Responses: 2,094,506; Total Annual Hours: 40. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Adam Pellillo at 667-290-9621.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of information Collection: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act; Use: Section 2713 of the PHS Act requires non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health insurance coverage to provide benefits for certain recommended preventive services without cost sharing, including benefits for certain women's preventive health services as provided for in comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The final regulations issued on November 15, 2018, titled "Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" (83 FR 57536) and "Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act" (83 FR 57592) (2018 final regulations) finalized interim final rules that expanded exemptions for religious beliefs and established an exemption for moral convictions for certain entities or individuals whose health plans are otherwise subject to the requirement to cover contraceptive services without cost sharing under PHS Act section 2713. The final regulations extended the exemption to health insurance issuers with sincerely held religious or moral objections to contraceptive coverage in certain circumstances, as well as to additional categories of group health plan sponsors.
The 2018 final regulations also left in place, from previous rulemaking, an accommodation process for certain objecting entities that wish to use it to avoid contracting, arranging, paying, or referring for contraceptive coverage, but made use of the accommodation optional for such entities. An organization seeking to be treated as an eligible organization for purposes of the optional accommodation may self-certify (by using EBSA Form 700), prior to the beginning of the first plan year to which an accommodation is to apply, that it meets the definition of an eligible organization. The eligible organization must provide a copy of its self-certification to each health insurance issuer that would otherwise provide such coverage in connection with the health plan (for insured group health plans or student health insurance coverage). The issuer that receives the self-certification must provide separate payments for contraceptive services for plan participants and beneficiaries (or student enrollees and covered dependents). For a self-insured group health plan, the self-certification must be provided to its third party administrator, which must provide or arrange separate payments for contraceptive services. An eligible organization may submit a notification to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an alternative to submitting EBSA Form 700 to the eligible organization's health insurance issuer or third party administrator. A health insurance issuer or third party administrator providing or arranging separate payments for contraceptive services for participants and beneficiaries in plans (or student enrollees and covered dependents in student health insurance coverage) of eligible organizations must provide a written notice to such plan participants and beneficiaries (or such student enrollees and covered dependents) informing them of the availability of such payments.
[top] Under the 2018 final regulations, eligible organizations can revoke the
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting an extension of OMB approval for the data collections included in this information collection request. HHS will only implement the information collections to the extent they are consistent with regulations that are in effect. Form Number: CMS-10653 (OMB control number: 0938-1344); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector; Number of Respondents: 60; Total Annual Responses: 595,312; Total Annual Hours: 72. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Russell Tipps at 301-869-3502.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-07302 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
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