[Federal Register: March 4, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 10644-10645]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10014]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
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) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA)), 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 functions; (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: Informatics,
Telemedicine, and Education Demonstration Project; Form No.: CMS-10014
(OMB 0938-0806); Use: The Informatics, Telemedicine and
Education Demonstration Project studies the use of advanced computer
and telecommunication technology in the collection of data for diabetes
management. It aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale
Web-based system for electronic delivery of health care services that
complies with the date security requirements of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); assess impacts of
telemedicine on the process of care for Medicare beneficiaries with
diabetes; assess impacts on diabetes related health outcomes; and
assess the cost-effectiveness of the telemedicine intervention. The
information collection seeks approval for an extension as the
demonstration project enters Phase 2. Phase 2 of the project employs
new advanced technologies to reduce the public burden associated with
the information collection, while maintaining, to the extent possible,
continuity of design, eligibility criteria, recruitment and enrollment,
intervention, and data collection procedures already established in
Phase 1.; Frequency: Semi-Annually; Affected Public: Business or other
not-for-profit, Individuals or households; Number of Respondents:
4,100; Total Annual Responses: 7,094; Total Annual Hours: 12,379.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's
Web site
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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@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: William N. Parham, III, Mailstop: C4-26-05, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: February 18, 2005.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Regulations Development
Group.
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