Payment Error Rate Measurement - State Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility (CMS-10184)
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
11/25/2024
08/28/2024
OMB is approving this information collection request for a period of three years during which time the agency will request approval to extend or revise this collection. Any burden revisions should be considered and reflected between three connected CMCS PERM collections (OMB 0938-0994, 0938-0974, and 0938-1012)
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2027
36 Months From Approved
108
0
0
36,000
0
0
0
0
0
The Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 requires CMS to produce national error rates for Medicaid and SCHIP. To comply with the IPIA, CMS needs the information to be collected in order to provide some Federal overview of state eligibility determinations to ensure correctness and consistency among states and to use the State-specific error rates as the basis for calculating national eligibility error rates for Medicaid and SCHIP.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 300 2
Name of Law: The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002
The July 5, 2017, Final Rule (82 FR 31158) shifted costs and a significant hourly burden for conducting eligibility reviews from states (MEQC) to the Federal Government and its contractors (PERM). However, these changes would be largely offset by Federal government savings in reduced payments to states in matching funds. Hourly burden for states was significantly reduced due to the removal of the MEQC collection from the submission, which was estimated at 912,164 hours (946,164 total hours in most recent approved package, less PERM estimate of 34,000 Hours). MEQC has created a separate burden estimate for activities within CMS-319 OMB Control # - 0938-0147. Current burden estimate includes additional burden for inclusion of Puerto Rico in the amount of 2,000 hours for a total burden estimate of 36,000 hours. Prior approved cost of $26,044,672 has been reduced to $2,315,520 for a total of $23,729,152 reduction due to labor rate changes and reduction of hours mentioned.
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.