Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DATES:

Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by July 11, 2025.

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 currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital and Health Care Complex Cost Report; Use: CMS requires the Form CMS-2552-10 to determine a hospital's reasonable cost incurred in furnishing medical services to Medicare beneficiaries and calculate the hospital reimbursement. Hospitals paid under a prospective payment system (PPS) may receive reimbursement in addition to the PPS for hospital-specific adjustments such as Medicare reimbursable bad debts, disproportionate share, uncompensated care, direct and indirect medical education costs, and organ acquisition costs. CMS uses the Form CMS-2552-10 for rate setting; payment refinement activities, including developing a hospital market basket; and Medicare Trust Fund projections; and to support program operations. Additionally, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) uses the hospital cost report data to calculate Medicare margins (a measure of the relationship between Medicare's payments and providers' Medicare costs) and analyze data to formulate Medicare Program recommendations to Congress. This submission seeks to revise the information collection request. The changes for Form CMS-2552-10 are as follows:

• add Worksheet E-90, Payment Adjustment For Establishing And Maintaining Access to a Buffer Stock Of Essential Medicines
• add Worksheet E-95, Payment Adjustments For Domestic NIOSH-Approved Surgical N-95 Respirators

Form Number: CMS-2552-10 (OMB control number: 0938-0050); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector; Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 6,044; Total Annual Responses: 6,044; Total Annual Hours: 4,079,700. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Gail Duncan at 410-786-7278.)

2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: D-SNP Enrollee Advisory Committee; Use: CMS established paragraph (f) at § 422.107 under our authority at section 1856(b)(1) of the Act to establish in regulation other standards not otherwise specified in statute that are both consistent with Part C statutory requirements and necessary to carry out the MA program and our authority at section 1857(e) of the Act to adopt other terms and conditions not inconsistent with Part C as the Secretary may find necessary and appropriate. MA organizations with D-SNPs would use the information collected from enrollees in the enrollee advisory committee to help identify and address barriers to high-quality, coordinated care for enrollees. Any collection of information directly from MA organizations offering a D-SNPs regarding the enrollee advisory committee requirement § 422.107(f) will be included in a separate PRA package. CMS is collecting data on D-SNP enrollee advisory committees as part of the CY 2025 Part C Reporting Requirements. Form Number: CMS-10799 (OMB control number 0938-1422); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector and Business or other for-profits; Number of Respondents: 398; Number of Responses: 398; Total Annual Hours: 15,920. (For questions regarding this collection contact Melissa Maker at 212-616-2329.)

3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Administrative Simplification HIPAA Compliance Review; Use: The purpose of this collection is to retrieve information necessary to conduct a compliance review and carry out the authority delegated to CMS as described in CMS-0014-N (68 FR 60694). These forms will be submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), National Standards Group, from entities covered by HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations. This collection is not applicable to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Form Number: CMS-10662 (OMB control number 0938-1390); Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Private Sector-State, Local, or Tribal Governments; and Business or other for-profits, Not-for-profits institutions and Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 100; Total Annual Responses: 140; Total Annual Hours: 3,040. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Kevin Stewart at 410-786-6149 or Kevin.stewart@cms.hhs.gov. )