Crosswalk: Technical Specifications Document

Crosswalk of Changes Part C Reporting Requirements—60 day comments and responses (Part C Reporting Requirements CMS-10261; OMB 0938-1054) August 2016
Initial Version	60-Day Revision	Type of Change	Reason for Change	Burden Change
Listed 5 new data elements for Organization Determinations/Reconsiderations Reporting Section (ODR)	Only 4 new data elements listed for ODR	Revision	Recognized there were only four new data elements for ODR due to comment	Decrease from initial ICR
Reporting requirements lacked some specificity about reporting of terminations.	Revisions to the Mid-Year Network Changes section (16) of the CY 2017 Part C reporting requirements tech specs. MAOs are to report on both for-cause and no-cause terminations, as well as both MAO-initiated and provider-initiated terminations.	Revision	Instructions for reporting needed clarification.	None.
Initial Version	60-Day Revision	Type of Change	Reason for Change	Burden Change
Payments to Providers reporting section had 10 data elements which did not adequately distinguish between payments made based on provider quality and payments not based on quality.	Four new data elements were added that enabled a distinction between payments made based on quality and other payments.	Revision	Need to get more data on payments based on quality	Increase
One of the reporting sections included in the Part C Reporting Requirements was Sponsor Oversight of Agents.	Sponsor Oversight of Agents Reporting Section is suspended for 2017 reporting.	Revision	Need to determine the utility of this reporting section and whether the information it provides is sufficient given the required resources for collection and reporting.	Decrease
Initial Version	60-Day Revision	Type of Change	Reason for Change	Burden Change
Enrollment/Disenrollment Reporting Section includes Data Elements 1-M and 1-N. Of the number reported in A, the number of enrollment transactions submitted using the SEP Election Period code "S" related to SPAP. (This does not apply to Part C or 1876 Cost Plans.) * For stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) only: Of the number reported in A, the number of enrollment transactions submitted using the SEP Election Period code “S” related to SPAP (This does not apply to Part C or 1876 Cost Plans.) *	Data elements 1-M and 1-N need to be removed from Enrollment/Disenrollment Reporting Section	Revision	These data elements no longer apply.	Decrease.