Notice2024-10256
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
May 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
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 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 40484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10256]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-10767]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
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 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 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 must be received by July 9, 2024.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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, please access
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address
into your web browser: <a href="https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing">https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
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-10767 Patient Access through Application Programming Interfaces
(API)
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: Reinstatement without
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information
Collection: Patient Access through Application Programming Interfaces
(API); Use: This final rule is the first phase of policies centrally
focused on advancing interoperability and patient access to health
information using the authority available to the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). We believe this is an important step in
advancing interoperability, putting patients at the center of their
health care, and ensuring they have electronic access to their health
information. We are committed to working with stakeholders to solve the
issue of interoperability and getting patients access to information
about their health care, and we are taking an active approach to move
participants in the health care market toward interoperability and the
secure and timely exchange of electronic health information by adopting
policies for the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), and qualified health plan (QHP) issuers on
the individual market Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs). For
purposes of this rule, references to QHP issuers on the FFEs excludes
issuers offering only stand-alone dental plans (SADPs). Likewise, we
are also excluding QHP issuers only offering QHPs in the Federally-
facilitated Small Business Health Options Program Exchanges (FF-SHOPs)
from the provisions of this rule. This rule requires these impacted
payers to maintain and use standards-based APIs to make certain
information available to enrollees. CMS regulations at 42 CFR 417.414,
417.416, 422.112(a)(1)(i), and 422.114(a)(3)(ii) require that all
Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) offering coordinated care
plans, network-based private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans, and as well
as section 1876 cost organizations, maintain a network of appropriate
providers that is sufficient to provide adequate access to covered
services to meet the needs of the population served. To enforce this
requirement, CMS regulations at Sec. 422.116 outline network adequacy
criteria which set forth the minimum number of providers and maximum
travel time and distance from enrollees to providers, for required
provider specialty types in each county in the United States and its
territories. Organizations must be in compliance with the current CMS
network adequacy criteria guidance, which is updated and published
annually on CMS's website. This collection of information is essential
to appropriate and timely compliance monitoring by CMS, in order to
ensure that all active contracts offering network-based plans maintain
an adequate network. Form Number: CMS-10767 (OMB control number: 0938-
1412); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private sector; Number
of Respondents: 345; Number of Responses: 345; Total Annual Hours:
589,950. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Lorraine Doo at 410-786-6597.)
William N. Parham, III
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-10256 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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