This collection
is approved for a three-month pilot as described in supporting
statement A. At the conclusion of the pilot, CMS may use a
non-substantive change request to seek approval for the full data
collection effort as outlined in the supporting statements
originally submitted to OMB for review under this package. Any such
request should include a brief progress report uploaded as a
supplementary document that describes the results of the pilot as
well as any changes sought in the full data collection arising from
CMS' experience with the pilot.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2013
36 Months From Approved
1,900
0
0
475
0
0
0
0
0
The Medicare Community-Based Care
Transitions Program (CCTP), authorized by Section 3026 of the 2010
Affordable Care Act, is a major component of the Partnership for
Patients initiative, one goal of which is to decrease preventable
complications during transition from a care setting, such as a
hospital, to home, community, or another care setting. Appendix A
contains a copy of the relevant portion of the legislation. The
CCTP will provide funding to test models for improving care
transitions from the hospital to the community for high-risk
Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) initiated the CCTP in early 2011 and will operate
the program for five years. Congress has authorized $500 million to
cover the cost of the program. CMS expects that program agreements
will be in place to authorize community-based organizations (CBOs),
in partnership with acute care hospitals, to begin providing care
transition services in November 2011 and, if successful, continue
doing so for up to five years. The planned collection of a
participant experience survey is part of the implementation and
monitoring strategy that will review the performance of
organizations contracted to provide transitional care services
under the CCTP. This clearance package seeks approval for the
participant experience survey.
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.