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and Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is being amended at 

Chapter AM, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Financial Resources 

(ASFR), as last amended at 75 FR 369– 

370, dated January 5, 2010, 74 FR 

57679–57682, dated November 9, 2009, 

74 FR 39325–39327, dated August 6, 

2009, 74 FR 18238–18238, dated April 

21, 2009, 73 FR 31486–31487, dated 

June 2, 2008, 72 FR 56074–75, dated 

October 2, 2007, 72 FR 2282–2283, 

dated January 18, 2007, and 71 FR 

38884–88, dated July 10, 2006, as 

follows: 

1. Under Chapter AMS, Office of 

Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions, 

Paragraph 3, Office of Program 

Management and Systems Policy 

(AMS2), retitle all references to the 

‘‘Division of Systems Policy, Payment 

Integrity and Audit Resolution 

(AMS22)’’ as the ‘‘Division of Systems 

Policy and Audit Resolution (AMS22).’’ 

2. Under Chapter AMS, Office of 

Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions, 

Paragraph 3, Office of Program 

Management and Systems Policy 

(AMS2), Section b, Division of Systems 

Policy and Audit Resolution (AMS22), 

delete Section ‘‘(2)’’ and all associated 

subsections (i.e., section (a) thru section 

(c)) in their entirety. 

3. Under Chapter AMS, Office of 

Finance, Section AMS.10 Organization, 

insert the following new office after the 

Office of Program Management and 

Systems Policy, ‘‘Office of Program 

Integrity Coordination (AMS3).’’ 

4. Under Chapter AMS, Office of 

Finance, Section AMS.20 Functions, 

insert the following after Paragraph 3: 

4. Office of Program Integrity 

Coordination (AMS3). The Office of 

Program Integrity Coordination serves as 

the central point for coordinating 

program integrity issues across the 

Department. The Office coordinates 

program integrity related activities and 

projects and supports Department-wide 

communication and exchange of 

program integrity information. The 

office is responsible for overseeing: 

program integrity assessments, 

including development of strategies and 

implementation plans to increase 

program integrity; establishment of 

metrics; ongoing program integrity 

monitoring; reviews of particular 

programs with program integrity 

concerns and payment accuracy 

improvement activities. 

The Office of Program Integrity 

Coordination (OPIC) consists of the 

following components: 

• Division of Program Integrity 

Assessment and Improvement (AMS31). 

• Division of Outreach, 

Communications, and Training 

(AMS32). 

• Division of Payment Accuracy 

Improvement (AMS33). 

a. Division of Program Integrity 

Assessment and Improvement (AMS31): 

The Division’s responsibilities include: 

Developing tools and guidance 

regarding program integrity; Providing 

technical assistance and direction to 

Operating and Staff Divisions on 

implementing program integrity 

improvements; Identifying and utilizing 

innovative tools that increase program 

integrity across the Department; and 

other activities that advance program 

integrity. 

b. Division of Outreach, 

Communications, and Training 

(AMS32): The Division’s responsibilities 

include: Providing support for the 

Secretary’s Council on Program 

Integrity, the Program Integrity 

Coordinating Council, Program Integrity 

response teams, and other program 

integrity groups; Coordinating program 

integrity related communications 

internally and working closely with 

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs 

and Divisions on the preparation of 

public statements and communications 

related to program integrity; Developing 

and/or providing program integrity 

related training materials; and other 

activities that advance the 

communication, training and public 

relations aspects of program integrity. 

c. Division of Payment Accuracy 

Improvement (AMS33): The Division’s 

responsibilities include: Implementing 

the Improper Payment Elimination and 

Recovery Act of 2010 and related 

executive order and improper payment 

guidance across the Department; 

Providing analyses of high risk 

programs and coordinating error rate 

measurements and improvements for 

high risk programs; and other activities 

that support improving payment 

accuracy. 

5. Delegation of Authority. Pending 

further redelegation, directives or orders 

made by the Secretary or ASFR, all 

delegations and redelegations of 

authority made to officials and 

employees of affected organizational 

components will continue in them or 

their successors pending further 

redelegations, provided they are 

consistent with this reorganization. 

Dated: March 30, 2011. 

E.J. Holland, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10185, CMS– 

10261, and CMS–R–268] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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), Department of Health 

and Human Services, 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 function; 

(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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare Part D 

Reporting Requirements and Supporting 

Regulations; Use: 42 CFR part 423, 

§ 423.514, requires each part D Sponsor 

to have an effective procedure to 

provide statistics indicating: the cost of 

its operations, the patterns of utilization 

of its services, the availability, 

accessibility, and acceptability of its 

services, information demonstrating it 

has a fiscally sound operation and other 

matters as required by CMS. In addition, 

subsection 423.505 of the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act (MMA), establishes 

as a contract provision that Part D 

Sponsors must comply with the 

reporting requirements for submitting 

drug claims and related information to 

CMS. Data collected via Medicare Part 

D Reporting Requirements will be an 

integral resource for oversight, 

monitoring, compliance and auditing 

activities necessary to ensure quality 

provision of the Medicare Prescription 

Drug Benefit to beneficiaries. Data will 

be validated, analyzed, and utilized for 

trend reporting by the Division of 


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Clinical and Operational Performance 

(DCOP) within the Medicare Drug 

Benefit Group. Form Number: CMS– 

10185 (OMB#: 0938–0992); Frequency: 

Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually; 

Affected Public: Private Sector, business 

or other for-profit; Number of 

Respondents: 2993; Total Annual 

Responses: 48,490; Total Annual Hours: 

128,754. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact LaToyia Grant at 

410–786–5434. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of currently approved 

collection; Title of Information 

Collection: Part C Medicare Advantage 

(MA) Reporting Requirements and 

Supporting Regulations; Use: CMS has 

authority to establish reporting 

requirements for Medicare Advantage 

Organizations (MAO’s) as described in 

42 CFR 422.516(a). Each MAO must 

have an effective procedure to develop, 

compile, evaluate, and report to CMS, to 

its enrollees, and to the general public, 

at the times and in the manner that CMS 

requires, and while safeguarding the 

confidentiality of the doctor-patient 

relationship, statistics and other 

information with respect to the cost of 

its operations, patterns of service 

utilization, availability, accessibility, 

and acceptability of its services, 

developments in the health status of its 

enrollees, and other matters that CMS 

may require. Data collected via 

Medicare Part C Reporting 

Requirements will be an integral 

resource for oversight, monitoring, 

compliance and auditing activities 

necessary to ensure quality provision of 

the benefits provided by MA plans to 

enrollees. Form Number: CMS–10261 

(OMB# 0938–1054); Frequency: Yearly, 

Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits; Number of 

Respondents: 588; Total Annual 

Responses: 1158; Total Annual Hours: 

245,528. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Terry Leid at 

410–786–8973. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CMS Survey 

Tool for http://www.cms.gov and 

http://www.medicare.gov; Use: The 

purpose of this submission is to 

continue to collect information from 

Internet users as they exit from the Web 

sites Medicare.gov and CMS.gov. To 

ensure that we gather information about 

user reactions to the Web sites, we have 

developed a survey tool that users can 

complete when they exit either site or 

by accessing a link on the bottom bar on 

the page. The responses on this survey 

tool will help CMS to make appropriate 

changes to the Web sites in the future. 

The survey tool contains questions 

about the information that visitors are 

seeking from the sites, the degree to 

which either site was useful to them, the 

improvements that they would like to 

see in the sites, and their general 

comments. Form Number: CMS–R–268 

(OMB# 0938–0756); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, Private sector—Business or 

other for-profit; Number of 

Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 9,100; Total Annual Hours: 

1,167. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Matthew Aiken at 

410–786–1029. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

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/

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email 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. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on May 9, 2011: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer. Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974. E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: April 1, 2011. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10252, CMS– 

1856 and CMS–1893] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Certificate of 

Destruction for Data Acquired from the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services; Use: The Certificate of 

Destruction is used by recipients of 

CMS data to certify that they have 

destroyed the data they have received 

through a CMS Data Use Agreement 

(DUA). The DUA requires the 

destruction of the data at the completion 

of the project/expiration of the DUA. 

The DUA addresses the conditions 

under which CMS will disclose and the 

User will maintain CMS data that are 

protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, 

§ 552a and the Health Insurance 

Portability Accountability Act of 1996. 

CMS has developed policies and 

procedures for such disclosures that are 

based on the Privacy Act and the Health 

Insurance Portability Act (HIPAA). The 

Certificate of Destruction is required to 

close out the DUA and to ensure the 

data are destroyed and not used for 

another purpose. Form Number: CMS– 

10252 (OMB# 0938–1046); Frequency: 

On occasion; Affected Public: Business 

or other for-profit; Number of 

Respondents: 500; Total Annual 

Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 

84. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection, contact Sharon Kavanagh at 

(410) 786–5441. For all other issues call 

(410) 786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: (CMS–1856) 

Request for Certification in the Medicare 

and/or Medicaid Program to Provide 

Outpatient Physical Therapy and/or 

Speech Pathology Services, and (CMS– 

1893) Outpatient Physical Therapy— 

Speech Pathology Survey Report; Use: 

CMS–1856 is used as an application to 

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