OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB is
withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the
final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments
related to the information collection and their response, including
any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition,
the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2020
1,689,076
0
1,689,076
10,947,453
0
10,947,453
0
0
0
Section 1848(q) of the Social Security
Act, as amended by section 101 of the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015, authorizes the establishment of a
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for eligible
clinicians. Beginning in CY 2017, eligible clinicians are required
to collect and submit data on four performance categories to CMS
(quality, cost, advancing care information and improvement
activities). This program replaces and consolidates portions of the
PQRS, Value-based Modifier, and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
The Act also establishes a second track, Advanced Alternative
Payment Models (APMs) for clinicians to participate in instead of
MIPS.
US Code:
42
USC 1395w-4 Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2014
US Code: 42 USC 1395w-4 Name of Law: Medicare
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2014
The reduction in burden for the
2018 MIPS performance period is reflective of several proposed
policies, including a new significant hardship exception for small
practices for the advancing care information performance category.
Our burden estimates also reflect our proposal to allow clinicians
that practice primarily in the hospital to elect to use
facility-based measurements, thereby eliminating the need for
additional quality data submission processes; and our proposal to
allow MIPS eligible clinicians to form virtual groups, which would
create efficiencies in data submission. Table 22 provides the
reasons for changes in the estimated burden for information
collections between the CY 2017 Quality Payment Program final rule
and CY 2018 Quality Payment Program proposed rule. We have divided
the reasons for our change in burden into those related to new
policies in the CY 2018 proposed rule, and those related to changes
in the baseline burden of continued Year 1 policies that reflect
updated data and methods.
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.
Form CMS-10621 ?414.1440 Other Payer Advanced APM Identification: Other Payer Initiated Process
CMS-10621 CY 2018 PRA Supporting Statement Part B -10-12 clean.doc
CMS-10621 MIPS CY 2018 PRA Part A - 20171012.docx
?414.1395 (Physician Compare) Opt Out for Voluntary Participants