Based on a settlement agreement of the
Weichardt vs. Leavitt class action suit, CMS-4105-F sets forth new
requirements for how hospitals must notify Medicare beneficiaries
who are hospital inpatients about their hospital discharge rights.
Pursuant to sections 405.1206 and 422.622, hospitals and Medicare
Advantage plans must deliver to beneficiaries and enrollees, who
are appealing inpatient hospital discharges, a detailed notice
providing the reasons for the discharge decision. Notice is
required both for original Medicare beneficiaries and for
beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans and other
Medicare health plans subject to the MA regulations.
Statute at
Large: 18
Stat. 1154 Name of Statute: null
The DND was submitted for OMB
approval as a new collection in 2007, and we had predicted that
130,000, or 1% of the 13 million Medicare beneficiaries discharged
would receive a DND. Since implementation of the DND and revised
Important Message from Medicare (IM) began in July 2007, we
selected QIO data from 2008 to reflect a full calendar year of use.
In 2008 a total of 13, 218 or 0.1075% of the annual discharges
required DND delivery.
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No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Bonnie Harkless
4107865666
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.