Approved for use through 5/2004 under the conditions that: 1) no later than 8/2002, CMS determines the burden reductions that can be attributed to its revised policies in this submission, submits an estimation of these reductions in writing to OMB and includes a description in HHS' next Information Collection Budget; 2) the next submission for OMB review includes an analysis of the burdens imposed on hospital-based laboratories compared to Medicare savings, a plan for measuring the prevalence of changes in beneficiary insurance status and methods for improved targetting of follow-up MSP information collections.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2004
06/30/2004
05/31/2002
867,863,540
0
867,863,540
1,339,982
0
773,240
0
0
0
Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) is essentially the same concept known in the private insurance industry as coordination of benefits and refers to those situations where Medicare does not have primary responsibility for paying the medical expenses of a Medicare beneficiary. Medicare intermediaries and carriers must collect information to perform various tasks to detect and process MSP cases.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.