CMS requires hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient and physician diagnostic data from Medicare Advantage organizations to continue making payment under the risk adjustment methodology as required by the Social Security Act of 1967 as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000; and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.
Since the previous approval, the number of annual respondents has decreased from 819 to 761 and the responses have increased. The increase is due to the increase in the number of diagnoses being submitted (which results from increases in MA enrollment). The number of diagnosis clusters increased significantly and the annual hours have increased from 40,650 total hours to 5,586,942 total hours. This iteration proposes burden adjustments which reflects updated data from 2016, 2017, and 2018.
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.