65354 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 204 / Friday, October 22, 2010 / Notices 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

per respondent 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

State, Territorial, or Tribal Health Officials ...................................... 50 50 1 2,500 

County Health Officials .................................................................... 1,600 12 2 38,400 

Municipal/City Health Officials ......................................................... 20 4 1 80 

Total .......................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 40,980 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

Catina Conner, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10336] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506I(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: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare and 

Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health 

Record Incentive Program; Use: The 

American Reinvestment and Recovery 

Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111– 

5) was enacted on February 17, 2009. 

The Recovery Act includes many 

measures to modernize our nation’s 

infrastructure, and improve affordable 

health care. Expanded use of health 

information technology (HIT) and 

certified electronic health records 

(EHRs) will improve the quality and 

value of American health care. Title IV 

of Division B of the Recovery Act 

amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) by 

establishing incentive payments to EPs, 

eligible hospitals, and CAHs to promote 

the adoption and meaningful use of 

interoperable HIT and EHRs. These 

provisions, together with Title XIII of 

Division A of the Recovery Act, may be 

cited as the ‘‘Health Information 

Technology for Economic and Clinical 

Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act.’’ The 

incentive payments for adoption and 

meaningful use of HIT and certified 

EHRs are part of a broader effort under 

the HITECH Act to accelerate the 

adoption of HIT and utilization of 

certified EHRs. 

The HITECH Act creates incentives 

for EPs and eligible hospitals, including 

CAHs, in the Medicare Fee-for-Service 

(FFS), Medicare Advantage (MA), and 

Medicaid programs that meaningfully 

use certified EHR technology, and 

payment adjustments in the Medicare 

FFS and MA programs starting in FY 

2015 for EPs and eligible hospitals 

participating in Medicare that are not 

meaningful users of certified EHR 

technology. 

In the final rule that published July 

28, 2010 (75 FR 44314), CMS establishes 

the definition of ‘‘meaningful use of 

certified EHR technology’’ and describes 

the use of HIT to advance the goals of 

information exchange among healthcare 

professionals and hospitals. As required 

by section 3004(b)(l) of the Public 

Health Service Act (amended by section 

13101 of the HITECH Act), the ‘‘certified 

EHR technology’’ with which to 

demonstrate ‘‘meaningful use’’ will be 

determined in a rulemaking document 

provided by the Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC). The functionality of 

certified EHR technology should 

facilitate the implementation of 

meaningful use. 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

information collection request are 

needed to implement the HITECH Act. 

In order to avoid duplicate payments, 

all EPs are enumerated through their 

NPI, while all eligible hospitals and 

CAHs will also be enumerated through 

their CCN. State Medicaid agencies and 

CMS will use the provider’s TIN and 

NPI or CCN combination in order to 

make payment, validate payment 

eligibility and detect and prevent 

duplicate payments for EPs, eligible 

hospitals and CAHs. Form Number: 

CMS–10336 (OMB#: 0938–New); 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: State, Local and Tribal 

governments, Private Sector: Business or 

other for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

1,448,895 Total Annual Responses: 

2,099,458; Total Annual Hours: 

6,344,458. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Rachel 

Maisler at 410–786–5754. 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 November 22, 2010. OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: October 18, 2010. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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