Notice2024-13032
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
June 13, 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 115 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 50338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13032]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-287-22]
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 August 12, 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-287-22 Home Office Cost Statement
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: Extension without change
of a previously approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Home Office Cost Statement; Use: A home office/chain organization (HO/
CO) submits the home office cost statement annually as the documentary
support required for a provider that is a member of the HO/CO to be
reimbursed for HO/CO costs claimed in the provider's cost report (see
42 CFR 413.24(f)(5)(i)(E)(1) and (2)).
The relationship of the HO/CO is that of a related organization to
a provider (see 42 CFR 413.17). A HO/CO usually furnishes central
management and administrative services, e.g., centralized accounting,
purchasing, personnel services, management direction and control, and
other services. To the extent that the HO/CO furnishes services related
to patient care to a provider, the reasonable costs of such services
are included in the provider's cost report and are reimbursable as part
of the provider's costs.
CMS requires the form to determine a HO/CO's reasonable cost
incurred in furnishing management and administrative services to
Medicare providers, each of which includes the costs in their cost
report for reimbursement. A Medicare-certified provider includes costs
allocated from the home office cost statement in the provider's costs
used by CMS for rate setting; payment refinement activities, including
developing a market basket; and Medicare Trust Fund projections; and to
support program operations. Additionally, the Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission (MedPAC) uses the cost report data to calculate Medicare
margins (a measure of the relationship between Medicare's payments and
providers' Medicare costs) and analyze data to formulate Medicare
Program recommendations to Congress. Form Number: CMS-287-22 (OMB
control number: 0938-0202); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private
Sector; Business or other for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 1,646; Total Annual Responses: 1,646; Total
Annual Hours: 767,036. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Gail S. Duncan at (410) 786-7278.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-13032 Filed 6-12-24; 8:45 am]
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