This request seeks Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of (1) collection of
enrollment data by demonstration sites and (2) face-to-face
interviews with Medicare beneficiaries (not to exceed 45 minutes in
length). These data collection and interviews are to be completed
during Phase I of the Evaluation of the Medical Adult Day-Care
Services Demonstration (Contract Number 500-00-0038/5). Section 703
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173) authorizes a three-year
demonstration to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of
providing medical adult day-care services as a substitute for a
portion of home health services that would otherwise be provided in
the beneficiary's home. Under this authority, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), through its Office of
Research, Development and Information (ORDI), is conducting the
Medical Adult Day-Care Services Demonstration. Five Medicare
certified home health agencies were selected by CMS through a
competitive process to participate in the demonstration. These five
demonstration sites are Aurora Visiting Nurse Association
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Doctors Care Home Health (McAllen, Texas),
Landmark Home Health Care Services (Allison Park, Pennsylvania),
Metropolitan Jewish Health System (Brooklyn, New York) and
Neighborly Care Network (St. Petersburg, Florida).
PL:
Pub.L. 108 - 173 703(h) Name of Law: Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
The legal justification for
conducting the Demonstration is provided by Section 703 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-173), which authorizes a three-year
demonstration to permit a home health agency, directly or under
arrangements with a medical adult day-care facility, to provide
medical adult day-care services as a substitute for a portion of
home health services that would otherwise be provided in the
beneficiary's home.
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.