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.