This emergency
information collection request is approved through 05/2002, at
which time CMS must resumit for OMB approval. The resubmission must
be consistent with the final Upper Payment Limit regulation
proposed this month, taking all comments into account. Further, CMS
must submit by 11/30/2001 a revised copy of the UPL reporting
spreadsheet that displays OMB number, and expiration date, along
with the Paperwork Reduction Act burden statement.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2002
05/31/2002
51
0
0
704
0
0
0
0
0
The purpose of this collection is to
provide CMS with sufficient information to ensure adequate
overisght of Federal expenditures related to the Medicaid Program.
In order to ensure that State Medicaid payments do not exceed the
new upper payment limits, we need to collect information regarding
payments made in excess of those limits during the transition
periods provided in the final rule, and under the new limit for
public non-state owned or operated hospitals. States may be
required to report Medicaid payments made to nursing facilities,
itnermediate care facilities for the mentally......
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.