[Federal Register: October 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 208)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-204, CMS-10208, and CMS-301]
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) 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: Data Collection
for the Second Generation Social Health Maintenance Organization
Demonstration; Use: The purpose of the Second Generation Social Health
Maintenance Organization Demonstration (S/HMO-II) is to refine the
targeting and financing methodologies, and benefit design of the Social
Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration model. Four primary
components of the S/HMO-II demonstration are: (1) A geriatric care
approach that will be applied across the entire spectrum of S/HMO-II
enrollees; (2) expanded community care
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coordination through links between chronic care case-management and
acute care providers; (3) provision of long-term-benefits; and (4) an
adjusted average per capita costs based risk-adjusted payment
methodology. Form Number: CMS-R-204 (OMB: 0938-0709);
Frequency: Reporting--yearly; Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Number of Respondents: 17,624; Total Annual Responses:
17,624; Total Annual Hours: 3,425.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Assessing Degrees of Health Care Involvement
Survey; Use: It is not sufficient to merely mail information about the
Medicare program to each beneficiary. CMS needs to know that the
beneficiaries received the information, understood the information and
found the information useful in making choices about their Medicare
participation. To this end, CMS must have measure(s) over time of what
beneficiaries know and understand about the Medicare program now to be
able to quantify and attribute any changes to their understanding or
behavior to information/education initiatives. Measuring beneficiary
information needs and knowledge over time will help CMS to evaluate the
impact of information/education and other initiatives, as well as to
understand how the population is changing separate from such
initiatives. Form Number: CMS-10208 (OMB: 0938--NEW);
Frequency: Reporting--weekly; Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Number of Respondents: 4,000; Total Annual Responses:
3,500; Total Annual Hours: 1,200.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Certification of
Medicaid Eligibility Control (MEQC) Payment Error Rates and Supporting
Regulations at 42 CFR 431.800-431.865; Use: Medicaid Eligibility
Quality Control (MEQC) is operated by Title XIX agencies to monitor and
improve the administration of its Medicaid program. The traditional
MEQC program is based on State reviews of Medicaid beneficiaries
identified through a statistically reliable statewide sample of cases
selected from the eligibility files. These reviews are conducted to
determine whether the sampled cases meet applicable Title XIX
eligibility requirements. State agencies are required to submit the
Payment Error Rate form to their respective CMS Regional Office.
Regional Office staff will review these forms for completeness and will
forward these forms to central office for compilation of error rate
charts for projected quarterly withholdings and/or fiscal
disallowances. Form Number: CMS-301 (OMB: 0938-0246);
Frequency: Recordkeeping and reporting--semi-annually; Affected Public:
State, local or tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 51; Total
Annual Responses: 102; Total Annual Hours: 22,515.
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/PaperworkReductionActof1995,
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.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received at the address below,
no later than 5 p.m. on December 26, 2006. CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations
Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4-26-05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated October 19, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-17910 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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