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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

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Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating 

Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10003, CMS– 

10146, CMS–R–234 and CMS–222–17] 

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 October 17, 2024. 

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/PRAListing. 


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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: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a previously 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Notice of Denial 

of Medical Coverage (or Payment)— 

NDMCP; Use: Section 1852(g)(1)(B) of 

the Social Security Act (the Act) 

requires Medicare health plans to 

provide enrollees with a written notice 

in understandable language of the 

reasons for the denial and a description 

of the applicable appeals processes. 

Regulatory authority for this notice is 

set forth in subpart M of part 422 at 42 

CFR 422.568, 422.572, 417.600(b), and 

417.840. 

Medicare health plans, including 

Medicare Advantage plans, cost plans, 

and Health Care Prepayment Plans 

(HCPPs), are required to issue form 

CMS–10003 to Medicare Advantage 

plan enrollees when a request for either 

a medical service or payment is denied 

in whole or in part. The notice explains 

to the enrollee why the plan denied the 

service or payment and informs 

Medicare enrollees of their appeal 

rights. Form Number: CMS–10003 

(OMB control number: 0938–0829); 

Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 

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

Number of Respondents: 970; Total 

Annual Responses: 18,232,560; Total 

Annual Hours: 3,037,544. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Sabrina Edmonston at (410) 

786–3209.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a previously 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Notice of Denial 

of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage; 

Use: Part D plan sponsors are required 

to issue the Notice of Denial of Medicare 

Prescription Drug Coverage notice when 

a request for a prescription drug or 

payment is denied, in whole or in part. 

The written notice must include a 

statement, in understandable language, 

the reasons for the denial and a 

description of the appeals process. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

provide information to enrollees when 

prescription drug coverage has been 

denied, in whole or in part, by their Part 

D plans. The notice must be readable, 

understandable, and state the specific 

reasons for the denial. The notice must 

also remind enrollees about their rights 

and protections related to requests for 

prescription drug coverage and include 

an explanation of both the standard and 

expedited redetermination processes 

and the rest of the appeal process. Form 

Number: CMS–10146 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0976); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Private Sector; Business 

or other for-profits, Not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

772; Total Annual Responses: 

2,962,857; Total Annual Hours: 740,714. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Coretta Edmonston at 

(410) 786–0512.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: Subpart 

D-Private Contracts and Supporting 

Regulations; Use: Section 4507 of the 

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 

1997) amended section 1802 of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) to permit 

certain physicians and practitioners to 

opt-out of Medicare and to provide— 

through private contracts—services that 

Medicare would otherwise cover. Under 

such contracts, the mandatory claims 

submission and limiting charge rules of 

section 1848(g) of the Act would not 

apply. CMS–R–234 allows certain 

physicians and practitioners to opt out 

of Medicare and furnish covered 

services to Medicare beneficiaries 

through private contracts. Physicians 

and practitioners use this information 

collection to comply with the applicable 

regulations. Physicians and 

practitioners entering private contracts 

with beneficiaries must file an affidavit 

with Medicare in which they agree to 

opt-out of Medicare for 2 years and to 

meet certain other criteria. In general, 

the applicable regulations require that 

during that 2-year period, physicians 

and practitioners who have filed 

affidavits opting out of Medicare must 

sign private contracts with all Medicare 

beneficiaries to whom they furnish 

services that Medicare would otherwise 

cover (except those who need 

emergency or urgently needed care). In 

addition, Medicare Administrative 

Contractors (MACs) use this information 

to determine if benefits should be paid 

or continued. Form Number: CMS–R– 

234 (OMB control number: 0938–0730); 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profit and 

not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents; 78,258; Total Annual 

Responses; 78,258; Total Annual Hours: 

22,780. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Frank Whelan at 

410–786–1302.) 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Rural Health 

Clinic Cost Report; Use: Under the 

authority of sections 1815(a) and 

1833(e) of the Social Security Act, CMS 

requires that providers of services 

participating in the Medicare program 

submit information to determine costs 

for health care services rendered to 

Medicare beneficiaries. CMS requires 

that providers follow reasonable cost 

principles under 1861(v)(1)(A) of the 

Act when completing the Medicare cost 

report. Regulations at 42 CFR 413.20 

and 413.24 require that providers 

submit acceptable cost reports on an 

annual basis and maintain sufficient 

financial records and statistical data, 

capable of verification by qualified 

auditors. CMS requires Form CMS–222– 

17 to determine an RHC’s reasonable 

costs incurred in furnishing medical 

services to Medicare beneficiaries and 

reimbursement due to or from an RHC. 

Each RHC submits the cost report to its 

contractor for a reimbursement 

determination. Section 1874A of the Act 

describes the functions of the 

contractor. 

CMS regulations at 42 CFR 

413.24(f)(4)(ii) require each RHC submit 

an annual cost report to their contractor 

in American Standard Code for 

Information Interchange (ASCII) 

electronic cost report (ECR) format. 

RHCs submit the ECR file to contractors 

using a compact disk (CD), flash drive, 

or the CMS approved Medicare Cost 

Report E-filing (MCREF) portal. Form 

Number: CMS–222–17 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0107); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Private Sector, State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments, Federal 

Government, Business or other forprofits, Not-for-profits institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 2,101; Total 

Annual Responses: 2,101; Total Annual 

Hours: 115,555. (For policy questions 


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regarding this collection contact LuAnn 

Piccione at (410) 786–5423.) 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–R–297/CMS– 

L564 and CMS–2088–17] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

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 

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 

November 18, 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 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: ll, 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: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing. 

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–R–297/CMS–L564 Medicare 

Request for Employment Information 

CMS–2088–17 The Community Mental 

Health Center Cost Report 

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 Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved information collection; Title 

of Information Collection: Medicare 

Request for Employment Information; 

Use: Section 1837(i) of the Social 

Security Act (the Act) provides for a 

SEP for individuals who delay enrolling 

in Medicare Part B because they are 

covered by a group health plan based on 

their own or a spouse’s current 

employment status. Disabled 

individuals with Medicare may also 

delay enrollment because they have 

large group health plan coverage based 

on their own or a family member’s 

current employment status. When these 

individuals apply for Medicare Part B, 

they must provide proof that the group 

health plan coverage is (or was) based 

on current employment status. Form 

CMS L564 provides this proof so that 

SSA can determine eligibility for the 

SEP. Individuals eligible for the SEP can 

enroll in Part B without incurring a late 

enrollment penalty (LEP). Individuals 

may also use this form to prove that 

their group health plan coverage is 

based on current employment status and 

to have the assessed Medicare LEP 

reduced. Form Number: CMS–R–297/ 

CMS–L564 (OMB control number: 

0938–0787); Frequency: Annually; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, Business or other for-profits 

and Not-for-profit institutions; Number 

of Respondents: 594,998; Total Annual 

Responses: 594,998; Total Annual 

Hours: 243,949. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Candace Carter at 410–786–8466 or 

Candace.Carter@cms.hhs.gov.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Community 

Mental Health Center Cost Report Use: 

CMS requires the Form CMS–2088–17 

to determine a provider’s reasonable 

cost incurred in furnishing medical 

services to Medicare beneficiaries and 

reimbursement due to or from a 

provider. In addition, CMHCs may 

receive reimbursement through the cost 

report for Medicare reimbursable bad 

debts. CMS uses the Form CMS–2088– 

17 for rate setting; payment refinement 

activities, including market basket 

analysis; Medicare Trust Fund 

projections; and to support program 

operations. The primary function of the 

cost report is to determine provider 

reimbursement for services rendered to 

Medicare beneficiaries. Each CMHC 

submits the cost report to its contractor 

for reimbursement determination. 

Section 1874A of the Act describes 

the functions of the contractor. CMHCs 

must follow the principles of cost 

reimbursement, which require they 

maintain sufficient financial records 

and statistical data for proper 

determination of costs. The S series of 

worksheets collects the provider’s 

location, CBSA, date of certification, 

operations, and unduplicated census 


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