Approved for a
brief 6-month period with the understanding that CMS will continue
its concerted efforts to define and resolve reimbursement issues in
emergency room settings as described in the enclosed public
comment. In the next submission for OMB review, CMS must: 1)
provide a detailed update on its progress in resolving contractor
reimbursement issues; and 2) evaluate ABN implementation/manual
interpretation in each of the contractor jurisdictions to ensure
that policies are consistently and clearly applied and CMS' policy
objectives are achieved in emergency room settings.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2002
12/31/2002
06/30/2002
19,660,110
0
18,823,150
1,638,345
0
1,568,596
122,700,000
0
0
Physicians, practitioners, suppliers,
and providers furnishing Part A or Part B items or services may
bill a patient for items or services denied by Medicare as not
reasonable and necessary, under Medicare program standards
(1862(a)(1) of title XVIII of the Social Security Act [the Act]),
or under one of several other statutory bases (1862(a)(9),
1814(a)(2)(C), 1835(a)(2)(A), 1861 (dd)(3)(A), 1834(j)(1),
1834(a)(15), and 18134(a)(17)(B) of the Act), if they informed the
patient, prior to furnishing the items or services, that Medicare
was likely to deny payment for the items or services and the
patient, after being so informed, .....
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.