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Information Collection Request

Special Requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) (CMS-10863)

ICR 202308-0938-010 · OMB 0938-1460 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2023-08-28
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
261878
New
ICR Details
202308-0938-010
Received in OIRA
HHS/CMS CCSQ
Special Requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) (CMS-10863)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular 08/28/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
68 0
272 0
0 0
This is a request for a new information collection request related to the special requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) and is associated with final rulemaking. The statutory authority for REHs as a new provider type, effective January 1, 2023, is set forth at §125 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, which added §1861(kkk) to the Social Security Act (the Act). In the final rule, which went on display on the Federal Register website on August 1, 2023, we finalized new regulations which implement requirements for the additional information that an eligible facility is required to submit when applying for enrollment as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH), as required by section 125 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021. We also finalized updates to certain definitions in the survey and certification regulations to include REHs as a provider type. Specifically, we finalized updates to “Provider of services or provider” at 42 CFR 488.1; to “Statutory basis” at §488.2; “Documentation of findings” at §488.18; and “Requirements for providers” at §489.102. In this final rule, we also finalized new regulations at 42 CFR § 488.70, titled Special Requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals, which codify the statutory requirement that eligible facilities that submit an application for enrollment as an REH under section 1866(j) of the Act must also submit additional information and also what information must be submitted. In an earlier final rule that was published on November 23, 2022 (87 FR 71748), we finalized regulations which set forth the eligibility requirements for REHs, including the type of health care facilities that are eligible to apply for participation and an REH, and a requirement that eligible facilities be enrolled and certified to participate in Medicare as of December 27, 2020. Also in the November 23, 2022 final rule, CMS established REH CoPs at new Subpart E of 42 CFR Part 485, which are Medicare standard REHs must meet to ensure the health and safety of patients who will receive REH services.
US Code: 42 USC 1395X Name of Law: Social Security Act
   PL: Pub.L. 116 - 260 125 Name of Law: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
  
None
0938-AV08 Final or interim final rulemaking 88 FR 26658 05/01/2023
  88 FR 26658 05/01/2023
88 FR 58640 08/28/2023
No
1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Special Requirements for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs)
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 68 0 0 68 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 272 0 0 272 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
This is a new information collection.
$3,807
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Denise King 410 786-1013 Denise.King@cms.hhs.gov
  No
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.
08/28/2023