78968 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 249 / Friday, December 27, 2013 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

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–10215 Medicaid Payment for 

Prescription Drugs—Physicians and 

Hospital Outpatient Departments 

Collecting and Submitting Drug 

Identifying Information to State 

Medicaid Programs 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(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 Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid 

Payment for Prescription Drugs— 

Physicians and Hospital Outpatient 

Departments Collecting and Submitting 

Drug Identifying Information to State 

Medicaid Programs; Use: In accordance 

with the Deficit Act of 2005, states are 

required to provide for the collection 

and submission of utilization data for 

certain physician-administered drugs in 

order to receive federal financial 

participation for these drugs. 

Physicians, serving as respondents to 

states, submit National Drug Code 

numbers and utilization information for 

‘‘J’’ code physician-administered drugs 

so that the states will have sufficient 

information to collect drug rebate 

dollars; Form Number: CMS–10215 

(OCN: 0938–1026); Frequency: Weekly; 

Affected Public: Private sector— 

business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 20,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 3,910,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 16,227. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Bernadette Leeds at 410–786–9463). 

Dated: December 23, 2013. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10379 and 

CMS–724] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid 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 (the 

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 

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. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 25, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number (OCN). 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 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, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

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–10379 Rate Increase Disclosure 

and Review Reporting Requirements 

CMS–724 Medicare/Medicaid 

Psychiatric Hospital Survey Data 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(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 


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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 Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved information 

collection; Title of Information 

Collection: Rate Increase Disclosure and 

Review Reporting Requirements; Use: 

Section 1003 of the Affordable Care Act 

adds a new section 2794 of the PHS Act 

which directs the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (the Secretary), in conjunction 

with the states, to establish a process for 

the annual review of ‘‘unreasonable 

increases in premiums for health 

insurance coverage.’’ The statute 

provides that health insurance issuers 

must submit to the Secretary and the 

applicable state justifications for 

unreasonable premium increases prior 

to the implementation of the increases. 

Section 2794 also specifies that 

beginning with plan years beginning in 

2014, the Secretary, in conjunction with 

the states, shall monitor premium 

increases of health insurance coverage 

offered through an Exchange and 

outside of an Exchange. 

Section 2794 directs the Secretary to 

ensure the public disclosure of 

information and justification relating to 

unreasonable rate increases. The 

regulation therefore develops a process 

to ensure the public disclosure of all 

such information and justification. 

Section 2794 requires that health 

insurance issuers submit justification 

for an unreasonable rate increase to both 

us and the relevant state prior to its 

implementation. Additionally, section 

2794 requires that rate increases 

effective in 2014 (submitted for review 

in 2013) be monitored by the Secretary, 

in conjunction with the states. To those 

ends the regulation establishes various 

reporting requirements for health 

insurance issuers, including a 

Preliminary Justification for a proposed 

rate increase, a Final Justification for 

any rate increase determined by a state 

or CMS to be unreasonable, and a 

notification requirement for 

unreasonable rate increases which the 

issuer will not implement. 

On November 14, 2013, we issued a 

letter to State Insurance Commissioners 

outlining transitional policy for nongrandfathered coverage in the small 

group and individual health insurance 

markets. If permitted by applicable State 

authorities, health insurance issuers 

may choose to continue coverage that 

would otherwise be terminated or 

cancelled, and affected individuals and 

small businesses may choose to reenroll in such coverage. Under this 

transitional policy, non-grandfathered 

health insurance coverage in the 

individual or small group market that is 

renewed for a policy year starting 

between January 1, 2014, and October 1, 

2014, will not be considered to be out 

of compliance with certain market 

reforms if certain specific conditions are 

met. These transitional plans continue 

to be subject to the requirements of 

section 2794, but are not subject to 2701 

(market rating rules), 2702 (guaranteed 

availability), 2704 (prohibition on 

health status rating), 2705 (prohibition 

on health status discrimination) and 

2707 (requirements of essential health 

benefits) and the because the single risk 

pool (1311(e)) is dependent on all of the 

aforementioned sections (2701, 2702, 

2704, 2705 and 2707), the transitional 

plans are also exempt from the single 

risk pool The Unified Rate Review 

Template and system are exclusively 

designed for use with the single risk 

pool plan, and any attempt to include 

non-single risk pool plans in the Unified 

Rate Review template or system will 

create errors, inaccuracies and 

limitations on submissions that would 

prevent the effectiveness of reviews of 

both sets of non-grandfathered plans 

(single risk pool and transitional). For 

these many reasons, we are requiring 

issuers with transitional plans that 

experience rate increases subject to 

review to use the Rate Review 

Justification system and templates 

which were required and utilized prior 

to April 1, 2013. Form Number: CMS– 

10379 (OCN: 0938–1141); Frequency: 

Annual; Affected Public: Private Sector, 

State Governments; Number of 

Respondents: 81; Number of Responses: 

359; Total Annual Hours: 1,880. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection, contact Doug Pennington at 

410–786–1553.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Medicare/Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital 

Survey Data; Use: The CMS–724 form is 

used to collect data that is not collected 

elsewhere and assists us in program 

planning and evaluation and in 

maintaining an accurate database on 

providers participating in the 

psychiatric hospital program. Form 

Number: CMS–724 (OCN: 0938–0378); 

Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 

Private Sector: Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 500; Total 

Annual Responses: 150; Total Annual 

Hours: 75. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Donald 

Howard at 410–786–6764.) 

Dated: December 23, 2013. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30994 Filed 12–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10500 and CMS– 

10515] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

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 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. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by January 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions: OMB, Office of 


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