[Federal Register: July 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-295 and CMS-8003]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare CAHPS
Disenrollment Surveys and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 417.126,
417.470, 422.64, and 422.210; Use: This survey helps track a variety of
consumer satisfaction measures relating to Medicare beneficiaries who
leave their MA plans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) has a responsibility to its Medicare beneficiaries to require
that care provided by managed care organizations under contract to CMS
is of high quality. One way of ensuring high quality care is through
the development of performance measures and standardized satisfaction
surveys that enable CMS to gather the data needed to evaluate the care
provided to Medicare beneficiaries; Form Number: CMS-R-
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295 (OMB: 0938-0779; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public:
Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 44,200; Total Annual
Responses: 41,697; Total Annual Hours: 17,823.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home and
Community-Based Waiver Requests and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
440.180 and 441.300-.310; Use: Under a Secretarial waiver, States may
offer a wide array of home and community-based services to individuals
who would otherwise require institutionalization. States requesting a
waiver must provide certain assurances, documentation and cost &
utilization estimates which are reviewed, approved and maintained for
the purpose of identifying/verifying States' compliance with such
statutory and regulatory requirements; Form Number: CMS-8003
(OMB: 0938-0449); Frequency: Other: when a State requests a
waiver or amendment to a waiver; Affected Public: State, Local or
Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 50; Total Annual Responses:
132; Total Annual Hours: 7,930.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/, or e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS
document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections must be mailed within 30 days of this notice directly to
the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: Christopher Martin, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235,Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: July 5, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Acting Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-13866 Filed 7-14-05; 8:45 am]
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