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completed BPTs are due to CMS by the 

first Monday of June each year. CMS 

reviews and analyzes the information 

provided on the Bid Pricing Tool. 

Ultimately, CMS decides whether to 

approve the plan pricing (i.e., payment 

and premium) proposed by each 

organization. Form Number: CMS– 

10142 (OMB# 0938–0944); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits b. Not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

550; Total Annual Responses: 6050; 

Total Annual Hours: 42,350. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Certification Statement for Electronic 

File Interchange Organizations (EFIOs) 

Use: Health care providers can currently 

obtain a National Provider Identifier 

(NPI) via a paper application or over the 

Internet through the National Plan and 

Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). 

These applications must be submitted 

individually, on a per-provider basis. 

The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) 

process allows provider-designated 

electronic file interchange organizations 

(EFIOs) to capture multiple providers’ 

NPI application information on a single 

electronic file for submission to NPPES. 

This process is also referred to as ‘‘bulk 

enumeration.’’ To ensure that the EFIO 

has the authority to act on behalf of each 

provider and complies with other 

Federal requirements, an authorized 

official of the EFIO must sign a 

certification statement and mail it to the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS). Form Number: CMS– 

10175 (OMB# 0938–0984); Frequency: 

Once; Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits; Number of 

Respondents: 300; Total Annual 

Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 

300. 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Information 

Collection Requirements contained in 

45 CFR Part 162; HIPAA Standards for 

Electronic Transactions. Use: We are 

revising the currently approved 

information collection request to 

include the information collection 

requirements contained in CMS–0009–P 

(73 FR 49742). In the aforementioned 

regulation, we update the adopted 

standards for electronic transactions and 

propose the adoption of a new standard 

transaction for Medicaid subrogation for 

retail pharmacy claims. The use of these 

updated and additional standards 

would improve the Medicare and 

Medicaid programs and other Federal 

health programs as well as private 

health programs, and the effectiveness 

and efficiency of the health care 

industry in general, by simplifying the 

administration of the system and 

fostering and increase in EDI for 

exchanging healthcare information. 

Increased advances in technology and 

improvements in healthcare business 

processes have fostered development of 

updated EDI standards to facilitate 

efficient and effective flow of 

administrative operations. Adopting an 

updated version of the standards and a 

new standard for Medicaid subrogation 

would greatly improve EDI 

standardization for healthcare 

transactions. Form Number: CMS–R– 

218 (OMB# 0938–0866); Frequency: 

Once; Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 696,026; Total Annual 

Responses: 696,026; Total Annual 

Hours: 6,960,260. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web site 

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. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by December 9, 2008: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

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) 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 llll, Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Annual Report / ACF 204 (State 

MOE)—1 collection. 

OMB No.: 0970–0248. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting a three-year extension of the 

ACF–204 (Annual MOE Report). The 

report is used to collect descriptive 

program characteristics information on 

the programs operated by States and 

Territories in association with their 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) programs. All State 

and Territory expenditures claimed 

toward States and Territories MOE 

requirements must be appropriate, i.e., 

meet all applicable MOE requirements. 

The Annual MOE Report provides the 

ability to learn about and to monitor the 

nature of State and Territory 

expenditures used to meet States and 

Territories MOE requirements, and it is 

an important source of information 

about the different ways that States and 

Territories are using their resources to 

help families attain and maintain selfsufficiency. In addition, the report is 

used to obtain State and Territory 

program characteristics for ACFs annual 

report to Congress, and the report serves 

as a useful resource to use in 

Congressional hearings about how 

TANF programs are evolving, in 

assessing State the Territory MOE 

expenditures, and in assessing the need 

for legislative changes. 

Respondents: The 50 States of the 

United States, the District of Columbia, 

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands. 

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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument No. of 

respondents 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–204 .......................................................................................................... 54 1 128 6,912

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................................................................................................... 6,912 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Janean Chambers, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: ACF–IV–E–1 Foster Care and 

Adoption Assistance Financial 

Reporting Form. 

OMB No.: 0970–0205. 

Description: State agencies administer 

the Foster Care and Adoption 

Assistance Programs under Title IV–E of 

the Social Security Act. The 

Administration for Children and 

Families provides Federal funding at the 

rate of 50 percent for most of the 

administrative costs and at other rates 

for other specific categories of costs as 

detailed in Federal statute and 

regulations. This form is submitted 

quarterly by each State to estimate the 

funding needs for the upcoming fiscal 

quarter and to report expenditures for 

the fiscal quarter just ended. This form 

is also used to provide annual budget 

projections from each State. The 

information collected in this report is 

used by this agency to calculate 

quarterly Federal grant awards and to 

enable this agency to submit budget 

requests to Congress through the 

Department and to enable oversight of 

the financial management of the 

programs. 

Respondents: State agencies 

(including the District of Columbia and 

Puerto Rico) administering the Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance programs 

under Title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument No. of 

respondents 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Form ACF–IV–E–1 .......................................................................................... 52 4 17 3,536 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,536. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Janean Chambers, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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