Payment Error Rate
Measurement - State Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility (CMS-10184)
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
08/28/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
108
0
36,000
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.