Essential Community Provider Data Collection to Support QHP Certification for PY 2017 (CMS-10561)

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form CMs-10561 Essential Community Provider Petition	Form	Modified	Available
CMS-10561 - ECP Petition PRA Supporting Statement 2018-19.pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-11-14	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
218061	Essential Community Provider Petition	Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0938-1295	ICR Reference No: 201811-0938-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201508-0938-015
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No: CCIIO
Title: Essential Community Provider Data Collection to Support QHP Certification for PY 2017 (CMS-10561)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/19/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/14/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2018
Responses	14,958	0	31,634
Time Burden (Hours)	22,404	0	53,491
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect more complete provider data for inclusion on the HHS Essential Community Provider (ECP) list to ensure a more accurate reflection of the universe of qualified available ECPs in a given service area that can be counted toward an issuer's satisfaction of the ECP standard. The HHS will collect data on qualified and available ECPs from providers. Providers will submit an ECP petition to be added to the HHS ECP list or provide required missing data fields to remain on the list. The degree of provider participation in this data collection effort through the ECP provider petition will help inform HHS's future proposals for counting issuers' ECP write-ins toward satisfaction of the ECP standard.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 155 1311(c)(1)(C) Name of Law: Affordable Care Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 111 - 115 1311(c)(1)(c) Name of Law: Affordable Care Act

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 13130	03/27/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 39759	08/10/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Essential Community Provider Petition	CMs-10561, CMS-10561	ECP Provider Petition ,   ECP Provider Petition Instructions

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	14,958	31,634	0	0	-16,676	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,404	53,491	0	0	-31,087	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Reductions in the three-year provider cost burden are associated, in part, with programming enhancements that HHS has made to its online ECP petition process for providers updating their data for inclusion on the HHS ECP list. We estimate that this logic enhancement will reduce the amount of time for providers to renew their ECP listing by at least 50 percent, necessitating only a half hour to complete the online petition, rather than an hour. Additional reductions in the three-year provider cost burden pertain to an estimated decrease of 16,676 total providers needing to submit the online ECP petition, due to an overall decrease in available ECPs. Fewer providers needing to submit the online ECP petition will reduce the three-year cost burden to the Federal Government with respect to reviewing these online petitions. Furthermore, the Federal Government is estimated to have fewer operational costs during years 2019-2021, compared with years 2016-2018 that included design and launch costs of the online provider petition.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $124,445

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 11/14/2018

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