Supporting Statement for Information Collection Requirements
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Medicaid Report on Payables and Receivables
Form CMS-R-199
The Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990, as amended by the Government Management Reform Act (GMRA) of 1994, requires government agencies to produce auditable financial statements. Because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fulfills its mission through its contractors and the States, these entities are the primary source of information for the financial statements. There are three basic categories of data: expenses, payables, and receivables. The CMS-64 is used to collect data on Medicaid expenses. The CMS-R-199 collects Medicaid payable and receivable accounting data from the States.
B. JUSTIFICATION
1. Need and Legal Basis
Section 1903(b)(d)(1) of the Social Security Act requires the Secretary to estimate the amount each State should be paid at the beginning of each quarter. This amount is to be based on a report filed by the State and other investigation. Section 1903(b)(d)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary to pay the amount estimated, reduced or increased to the extent of any overpayment or underpayment for any prior quarter.
Section 3515 of CFO Act requires government agencies to produce auditable financial statements in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidelines on Form and Content. The Government Management and Reform Act of 1994 requires that all offices, bureaus and associated activities of the 24 CFO Act agencies must be covered in an agency-wide, audited financial statement. Because of the size of the Medicaid program, Medicaid Receivables and Payables are material to both financial statements. Failure to collect this information could result in noncompliance with the law.
2. Information Users
The information collection requirements contained in this form will be used in the CMS annual financial statements and shared with the auditors who validate CMS’ financial position.
3. Improved Information Technology
The limited amount of information required of each organization does not lend itself to automated systems.
4. Duplication/Similar Information
There is no other information collection that duplicates this effort.
5. Small Business
This request does not affect small businesses.
6. Less Frequent Collection
The information cannot be collected less frequently than once a year, since the law requires annual financial statements,
7. Special Circumstances
This collection of information does not require any special circumstances.
8. Federal Register Notice
A 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register notice was published
May 12, 2006.
9. Payment/Gift To Respondent
This collection of information does not provide for any additional payment or any gifts. States are reimbursed for a portion of Medicaid administrative expenses and required to submit financial reports.
10. Confidentiality
There are no confidentiality requirements associated with this report.
11. Sensitive Questions
The documentation to be provided by the applying entity is not sensitive in nature and does not require any additional justification.
12. Burden Estimate (Hours)
The burden calculation for this information collection is approximately 6 hours. Most States have this information readily available.
TOTAL BURDEN 57 States x 6 hours = 342 hours
The cost to the States is estimated at $3,420 annually. (Approximately 342 hours times $10 an hour).
13. Capital Costs
There are not capital costs.
14. Cost to Federal Government
The Federal cost is based on the efforts expended by CMS staff to review the data submitted by the respondents. We estimate about $3,183 for the Federal cost (57 respondents x 2 hours review per form times the hourly rate of the reviewer, a GS-12)
15. Program/Burden Changes
There are no program or burden changes at this time.
16. Publication and Tabulation Dates
There are no plans to publish the information for statistical use.
17. Expiration Date
We plan to show the expiration date.
18. Certification Statement
We have not identified any exceptions.
Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods
This section does not apply because statistical methods were not used for this collection.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Supporting Statement for Information Collection Requirements |
| Author | CMS |
| Last Modified By | CMS |
| File Modified | 2007-06-11 |
| File Created | 2007-06-11 |