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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.

203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 61291

assets or the ownership of, control of, or Office Building, Room 121. The agenda healthcare treatment cost to Medicare.
the power to vote shares of a bank or remains unchanged. MHS performance measures provide
bank holding company and all of the CMS with information to monitor the
Louis H. Blair,
banks and nonbanking companies program operations and identify
Executive Secretary. positive or negative program effects,
owned by the bank holding company,
[FR Doc. 05–21185 Filed 10–19–05; 11:19 provide MHSOs with feedback, and
including the companies listed below. am] serve as the basis for MHS performance
The applications listed below, as well BILLING CODE 6820–AD–P guarantees. To meet these requirements,
as other related filings required by the CMS has developed a performance
Board, are available for immediate monitoring system for MHS. This
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND system includes measures of clinical
indicated. The application also will be HUMAN SERVICES performance that require the collection
available for inspection at the offices of of clinical data from the medical records
the Board of Governors. Interested Centers for Medicare & Medicaid of a sample of Medicare beneficiaries.
persons may express their views in Services Medical record abstraction will be
writing on the standards enumerated in [Document Identifier: CMS–10172, CMS–R– performed in two phases: the first, a
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 0107 and CMS–R–285] pilot test, will take place after
proposal also involves the acquisition of approximately six months of program
a nonbanking company, the review also Agency Information Collection operations, and the second, the full
includes whether the acquisition of the Activities: Proposed Collection; study. CMS will obtain active informed
nonbanking company complies with the Comment Request consent from the affected beneficiaries
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & prior to reviewing medical records;
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise Medicaid Services. Frequency: Reporting—Other: Only
noted, nonbanking activities will be Once; Affected Public: Individuals or
In compliance with the requirement
conducted throughout the United States. Households and Business or other for-
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Additional information on all bank profit; Number of Respondents: 26,643;
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
holding companies may be obtained Total Annual Responses: 26,643; Total
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Annual Hours: 12,416.
from the National Information Center Services (CMS) is publishing the
Web site at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 2. Type of Information Collection
following summary of proposed Request: Extension of a currently
Unless otherwise noted, comments collections for public comment. approved collection; Title of
regarding each of these applications Interested persons are invited to send Information Collection: Medicare—
must be received at the Reserve Bank comments regarding this burden Determining Third Party Liability (TPL)
indicated or the offices of the Board of estimate or any other aspect of this State Plan Preprint and Supporting
Governors not later than November 15, collection of information, including any Regulations in 42 CFR 433.138; Form
2005. of the following subjects: (1) The Number: CMS–R–0107 (OMB#: 0938–
necessity and utility of the proposed 0502); Use: Medicaid beneficiaries
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
information collection for the proper frequently have third party resources
(Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000
performance of the agency’s functions; which are legally obligated to pay
Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia (2) the accuracy of the estimated
30303: medical claims before Medicaid pays.
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, Section 42 CFR 433.138 requires State
1. Madison Financial Corporation, utility, and clarity of the information to Medicaid agencies to take specific steps
Madison, Mississippi; to become a bank be collected; and (4) the use of to identify third party resources and
holding company by acquiring 100 automated collection techniques or determine their legal liability to pay for
percent of the voting shares of Madison other forms of information technology to services under the plan. The collection
County Bank, Madison, Mississippi. minimize the information collection of TPL information results in significant
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve burden. program savings to the extent that liable
System, October 17, 2005.
1. Type of Information Collection third parties can be identified and
Request: New Collection; Title of payments can be made for services that
Robert deV. Frierson, Information Collection: Medicare Health would otherwise be paid for by the
Deputy Secretary of the Board. Support Program Medical Records Medicaid program. The State Medicaid
[FR Doc. E5–5795 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] Abstraction; Form Number: CMS–10172 agencies are the primary users of the
BILLING CODE 6210–01–S (OMB#: 0938–New); Use: The Medicare collected data. Whenever States identify
Health Support Program (MHS) is third party resources, pertinent
authorized under Section 721 of the information is entered into the State’s
Medicare Prescription Drug, Medicaid Management Information
HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP Improvement, and Modernization Act of System (MMIS). This enables the State
FOUNDATION 2003 (MMA). There are eight Medicare to advise the provider to bill the third
Health Support Organizations (MHSOs) party and to seek reimbursement in
Sunshine Act Meeting; Meeting of the that have signed cooperative agreements situations where Medicaid TPL claims
Trustees and Officers of the Harry S. with the Centers for Medicare & have been paid; Frequency:
Truman Scholarship Foundation— Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Recordkeeping—On occasion; Affected
Change of Meeting Date and Time care support services to targeted Public: Individuals or Households and
Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Federal, State, Local and Tribal
The meeting date and time announced beneficiaries. The purposes of the MHS Government; Number of Respondents:
on October 3, 2005 (70 FR 57599) has program are to improve the quality of 2,700,000; Total Annual Responses:
been changed. The meeting will now be healthcare provided to Medicare FFS 2,700,000; Total Annual Hours: 472,259.
held on November 16, 2005 from 11 beneficiaries with congestive heart 3. Type of Information Collection
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cannon House failure and/or diabetes and to reduce the Request: Extension of a currently

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