Grant funds are awarded by the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to states to provide
information, counseling and assistance to beneficiaries relating to
Medicare and Medicaid matters as well as Medicare supplement
policies, managed care options including Medicare Advantage,
long-term care insurance, and other health insurance benefit
information. States may carry out the objective of the grants by
providing one-on-one counseling, either face-to-face or over the
telephone, by trained paid and volunteer staff, by distributing
written informational materials, or by holding group educational
seminars and presentations and outreach events. The current Client
Contact Form, Public and Media Activity Report Form, and Resource
Report Form have been used to collect data to evaluate program
effectiveness and improvement, and these forms expire July 31,
2013.
US Code:
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USC 1395b-4 Name of Law: Health insurance information,
counseling, and assistance grants
PL:
Pub.L. 101 - 508 4360(F) Name of Law: Health Insurance
Information, Counseling, and Assistance Grants
The Client Contact form and
Public and Media Activity form of the National Performance
Reporting (NPR) system contains 10 National Special Use Fields
(SUFs) and will need to be expanded to capture the data elements
for the Duals Financial Alignment Program. The NPR contractor will
create the 20 Special Use Fields and will design the NPR web entry
screens and the NPR batch upload protocols to allow for the
collection of the designated data elements for Duals. See bottom of
page 2 of the CC Form: SUFs being added are 11 - 30.
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.