[Federal Register: October 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 193)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10218 and CMS-10250]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human Services.
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: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Survey for the Evaluation of the Low Vision
Rehabilitation Demonstration; Use: This information collection request
relates to the collection of health status indicators for the Low
Vision Rehabilitation Demonstration through the beneficiary survey. The
survey will be conducted among Medicare beneficiaries with vision
problems who have received vision services. CMS intends to administer
the Low Vision Survey (LVS) for approximately eighteen months. Data on
the process of implementing the demonstration will also be collected
through telephone interviews with physicians and beneficiaries who
receive low vision services. Focus groups will be conducted with low
vision rehabilitation specialists. Form Numbers: CMS-10218
(OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--Once and Yearly;
Affected Public: Individuals and households; Number of Respondents:
2131; Total Annual Responses: 2131; Total Annual Hours: 1059.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Submission of Information for the Hospital
Outpatient Quality Data Program; Use: The submission of outpatient
hospital quality of care information builds on the requirement to
submit such data for inpatient hospital care as required under 501(b)
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173). The requirement to submit hospital
quality of care information is intended to empower consumers with
quality of care information to make more informed decisions about their
health care while also encouraging hospitals and clinicians to improve
the quality of care. This information is used by CMS to direct its
contractor, including Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), to
focus on particular areas of improvement, and to develop quality
improvement initiatives. The information will be made available to
hospitals for their use in internal quality improvement initiatives.
Most importantly, this information is available to beneficiaries, as
well as to the public in general, to provide hospital information to
assist them in making decisions about their health care. Form Numbers:
CMS-10250 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--quarterly;
Affected Public: Private Sector--For-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,500; Total Annual Responses:
17,500; Total Annual Hours: 914,000.
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 4, 2007.
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: September 27, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-19505 Filed 10-4-07; 8:45 am]
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