Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 5054-5055 [E7-1685]

Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 22 (Friday, February 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5054-5055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1685]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-P-0015A and CMS-10204]


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 Current 
Beneficiary Survey (MCBS): Rounds 48-56. Use: The Medicare Current 
Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a 
nationally representative sample of aged, disabled, and 
institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries. MCBS, which is sponsored by 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is the only comprehensive 
source of information on the health status, health care use and 
expenditures, health insurance coverage, and socioeconomic and 
demographic characteristics of the entire spectrum of Medicare 
beneficiaries. MCBS data users can assess the impact of major policy 
innovations and health care reform on Medicare beneficiaries. They can 
monitor delivery of services, sources of payment for Medicare covered 
and non-covered services, beneficiary cost sharing and financial 
protection, and satisfaction with and the access to health care 
services. Form Number: CMS-P-0015A (OMB: 0938-0568); 
Frequency: Third Party Disclosure, Recordkeeping, and Reporting--
Yearly; Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other 
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 
16,500; Total Annual Responses: 49,500; Total Annual Hours: 50,325.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Evaluation of the Medical Adult Day-Care 
Services Demonstration, Phase I; Use: This request seeks Office of 
Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of (1) collection of enrollment 
data by demonstration sites and (2) face-to-face interviews with 
Medicare beneficiaries (not to exceed 45 minutes in length). These data 
collection and interviews are to be completed during Phase I of the 
Evaluation of the Medical Adult Day-Care Services Demonstration 
(Contract Number 500-00-0038/5).
    Section 703 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and 
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173) authorizes a three-
year demonstration to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of 
providing medical adult day-care services as a substitute for a portion 
of home health services that would otherwise be provided in the 
beneficiary's home. Under this authority, the Centers for Medicare &

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Medicaid Services (CMS), through its Office of Research, Development 
and Information (ORDI), is conducting the Medical Adult Day-Care 
Services Demonstration. Five Medicare certified home health agencies 
were selected by CMS through a competitive process to participate in 
the demonstration. These five demonstration sites are Aurora Visiting 
Nurse Association (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Doctor's Care Home Health 
(McAllen, Texas), Landmark Home Health Care Services (Allison Park, 
Pennsylvania), Metropolitan Jewish Health System (Brooklyn, New York) 
and Neighborly Care Network (St. Petersburg, Florida). Form Number: 
CMS-10204 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--One-time; 
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Business or other for-
profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 55; 
Total Annual Responses: 110; Total Annual Hours: 297.5.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web 
site address at https://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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections must be mailed or faxed within 30 days of this notice 
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: January 26, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-1685 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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