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OMB Control No: 0938-1314	ICR Reference No: 201707-0938-006
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201611-0938-002
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Quality Payment Program/Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) (CMS-10621)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 11/15/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/25/2017
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2020	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2020
Responses	1,689,076	0	1,689,076
Time Burden (Hours)	10,947,453	0	10,947,453
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 1848(q) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 101 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, authorizes the establishment of a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for eligible clinicians. Beginning in CY 2017, eligible clinicians are required to collect and submit data on four performance categories to CMS (quality, cost, advancing care information and improvement activities). This program replaces and consolidates portions of the PQRS, Value-based Modifier, and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The Act also establishes a second track, Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) for clinicians to participate in instead of MIPS.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1395w-4 Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2014

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 42 USC 1395w-4 Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2014

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0938-AT13	Proposed rulemaking	82 FR 30010	06/30/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 30010	06/30/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The reduction in burden for the 2018 MIPS performance period is reflective of several proposed policies, including a new significant hardship exception for small practices for the advancing care information performance category. Our burden estimates also reflect our proposal to allow clinicians that practice primarily in the hospital to elect to use facility-based measurements, thereby eliminating the need for additional quality data submission processes; and our proposal to allow MIPS eligible clinicians to form virtual groups, which would create efficiencies in data submission. Table 22 provides the reasons for changes in the estimated burden for information collections between the CY 2017 Quality Payment Program final rule and CY 2018 Quality Payment Program proposed rule. We have divided the reasons for our change in burden into those related to new policies in the CY 2018 proposed rule, and those related to changes in the baseline burden of continued Year 1 policies that reflect updated data and methods.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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]? No

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

Agency Contact: Denise King 410 786-1013 Denise.King@cms.hhs.gov

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