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OMB Control No: 0938-1067	ICR Reference No: 202103-0938-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202005-0938-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Hospice Conditions of Participation (CMS-10277)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/23/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/01/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2022
Responses	18,725,653	0	17,807,870
Time Burden (Hours)	3,639,215	0	3,484,763
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 97 - 248 122 Name of Law: Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act
   PL: Pub.L. 101 - 239 6005(b) Name of Law: Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989
   US Code: 42 USC 1395x Name of Law: Hospice Care; Hospice Program
   PL: Pub.L. 105 - 33 Title IV, Chapter 4 Name of Law: BBA of 1997
   PL: Pub.L. 108 - 173 946 Name of Law: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, & Modernization Act of 2003

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 42 USC 418.24(b) Name of Law: Election of hospice care
US Code: 42 USC 418.24(c) Name of Law: Election of hospice care

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	18,725,653	17,807,870	917,783
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,639,215	3,484,763	154,452
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Due to several regulatory provisions that were ultimately not finalized in 84 FR 51732 (specifically §§ 418.106(e) and 418.112(c)), the annual hourly burden for the information collection requirements for hospice CoPs has increased by 154,452 hours (from 3,484,763 hours to 3,639,215 hours).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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]? Yes

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? No

Agency Contact: Jamaa Hill 301 492-4190